Edensor
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Edensor is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 145.
Edensor
The church, circa 1870s)
Edensor Mill, Grade II listed, built in 1762
Edensor, Chatsworth Estate
Joseph Paxton
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Sir Joseph Paxton was an English gardener, architect, engineer and Member of Parliament, best known for designing the Crystal Palace and for cultivating the Cavendish banana, the most consumed banana in the Western world.
The Conservative Wall at Chatsworth
Annie Paxton standing on a Victoria amazonica leaf in the lily house; Paxton's design for the Crystal Palace took its cue from the organic structure of this plant.
Named after William Cavendish, Cavendish bananas were cultivated by Paxton in the greenhouses of Chatsworth House in 1836. They account for the vast majority of bananas consumed in the western world.