ALFRETON, Derbyshire

Census

Census
Year
Piece No.
1861 R.G. 9 / 2514 thru 2516
1891 R.G. 12 / 2748 & 2749
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Church History

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Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Description and Travel

"ALFRETON is a market town, and with Alfreton-outseats forms a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale; 141 miles from London, 51 S.E. from Manchester, 14 N. from Derby, 10 S. from Chesterfield, and 7 N. by E. from Belper. The town, which possesses no pretensions to uniformity in its arrangement, or beauty in its buildings, is seated upon a small eminence."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Alfreton is in the Amber Valley of Derby, near the #28 junction on the M1 motorway. There is bus service from several towns and villages in the area. Passenger rail service ceased in the 1960s, but began again in 1973.

Visit the Alfreton web portal for additional information.

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Gazetteers

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History

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Politics and Government

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

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URL of this page: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Alfreton/index.html