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BARLBOROUGH, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"BARLBOROUGH, a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale, in the county of Derby, 7 miles to the N.E. of Chesterfield, its post town. It lies on the borders of Yorkshire, in a district abounding in coal and ironstone, in working which many of the people are employed. The Midland railway and the Chesterfield canal pass near the village, the latter connecting the district with the Trent. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield, of the value of £750, in the patronage of W. H. Rodes, Esq.

The church is dedicated to St. James. There is an almshouse for six persons, founded in the middle of the last century by Margaret and Mary Role, and having an income from endowment of £69. There are some other small charities. Barlborough Hall, the seat of the Rodeses, is a large mansion of the Elizabethan style. It was erected in 1583, by Francis Rodes, a justice of the Court of Common Pleas."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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