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BLACKWELL by ALFRETON, Derbyshire

"BLACKWELL, a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale, in the county of Derby, 3 miles to the N.E. of Alfreton. Coal is procured in this place. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield, of the value of £90, in the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire. The church, which was rebuilt in 1826, is dedicated to St. Werburgh. The parochial charities amount to £4 per annum."

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

Church History

• Photograph of St Werburgh's Church, Blackwell, from Heather Faulkes.

Description and Travel

• "A parish and pleasant village, 3½ miles N.E. from Alfreton, and in 1851 had 467 inhabitants. The Church, dedicated to St. Werburgh, is a handsome stone edifice. The living is a vicarage; the Rev. Thomas Leeson Cursham, D.C.L., incumbent." [Ex. Harrison, Harrop & Co.'s Directory & Gazetteer of Derbyshire, 1860]

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Blackwell by Alfreton by Ann Andrews.

Occupations

• Don't be deterred by the name - the official web site of the Blackwell Miners Welfare Football Club has a considerable amount of historical detail, beginning with details of Blackwell's entry in the Domesday Book, and describing its growth in the 19thC as a coal mining area.

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