Four ducal seats, collectively known as the Dukeries, run through the coalfields of Nottinghamshire south of Worksop.
This area, rich in aristocratic heritage, holds abbeys, stately homes (ruined and whole), estate park, wood and heathland, as well as lakes and meadows edged with lodge cottages of decorative chimney stacks, leaded windows and bargeboards.
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