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Buxton

British  
/ ˈbʌkstən /

noun

  1. a town in N England, in NW Derbyshire in the Peak District: thermal springs. Pop: 20 836 (2001)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The festival was set in rolling countryside on Cranborne Chase – a protected National Landscape - and hosted comedians including Fern Brady and Adam Buxton in its Talking Heads arena.

From BBC ● Sep. 6, 2026

Georgie Buxton, 23, is believed to have been working on a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner when he was seriously injured.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

Buxton said the trend, which is often advertised on Instagram and TikTok for as little as £150 for a three-hour session, had been fuelled in-part by permanent make-up practitioners branching into fine-line tattooing.

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

Tanya Buxton, owner of Paradise Tattoo Studio in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire said: "It's encouraging irresponsibility."

From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026

She was using the oddlooking stones with holes in ’em and when they flewed ’cross the tent they made a sound like one n’em fat lazy Buxton bumblebees.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis

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