PRIESTCLIFFE, a township in the parish of BAKEWELL,
hundred of HIGH-PEAK, county of DERBY, 3
miles (S.S.W.) from Tideswell. The population is returned
with the chapelry of Taddington. The Rev.
Roger Wilkinson, late of this place, gave £400 for
the endowment of a charity school, which, having been
invested in land, produces £ 80 per annum.