Tunstead Milton
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Tunstead Milton is a village in Derbyshire, England.
It is situated on the B470 road west of, and in the parish of, Chapel en le Frith near the northern edge of the Coombes Reservoir.
It is the location of Tunstead Dickey a "Screaming Skull" and is mentioned in Highways and Byways in Derbyshire by J B Frith a guide published in 1905 and in Blacks guide published throughout the 19C.
The Name Tunstead is likely derived from hundred homestead and Milton from Mill town.
The Hamlet has in the past had a post office a garage and two public houses all of which have now closed.
It should not be confused with Tunstead, which is roughly five miles to the southeast, near Wormhill.
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