BEIGHTON, Derbyshire

"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."

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

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Beighton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Historical Geography

• "Includes Birley, Hackenthorpe and Frecheville. Now in City of Sheffield and since 1974 in Sheffield diocese."
  (Ref: Derbyshire Record Office: Catalogue of Parish Registers)