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Shirland
Shirland is a village in the North East Derbyshire district of Derbyshire, England. Together with the neighbouring villages of Higham, Stretton and Stonebroom, it forms part of the civil parish of Shirland and Higham. The population of this civil parish at the 2011 Census was 4,802. Formerly a mining village, Shirland has existed since at least 1086. Local politics is largely Labour. The River Amber flows through the parish.