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BEIGHTON, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"BEIGHTON, a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale, in the county of Derby, 7 miles to the S.E. of Sheffield, its post town, and 10 N.E. of Chesterfield. The Midland, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railways pass near the village, and have stations at Eckington and Woodhouse Mill. The approach to the village from Eckington is through a massive stone cutting.

The village itself is delightfully situated on a gentle declivity near the border of Yorkshire, on the banks of the river Rother. It is included within the Poor-law Union of Rotherham, Yorkshire, from which place it is distant about 6 miles to the south. The living is a vicarage* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £250, in the patronage of Earl Manvers, who is also lord of the manor and chief landowner. The church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient structure with square tower of pointed stone. The Wesleyan Methodists have a small chapel in the hamlet of Hackenthorpe, about 2 miles east of the village.

The parochial charities produce £34 per annum, including a bequest by William Jessop for apprenticing boys and other purposes, and the endowment of a small free school. The parish includes the hamlets of Hackenthorpe, Sothal, Waterthorpe, and Birley-the first distinguished for its manufacture of scythes and sickles, and the last for its spa and baths, which have been held in much repute for several centuries."

"HACKENTHORPE, a hamlet in the parish of Beighton and hundred of Scarsdale, county Derby, 5 miles N.E. of Dronfield, and 9 N. of Chesterfield."

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

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