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BUTTERLEY, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

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The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer (1868)]
"BUTTERLEY, a hamlet in the parish of Pentrich, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, in the county of Derby, 2 miles to the S. of Alfreton. This place is the site of very extensive iron-works, which were founded in 1792. The district abounds in coal, iron, and limestone. Conveyance of coal, ore, &c., is provided for by various railways and the Cromford canal, the latter being carried under the works through a tunnel, nearly 1¾ mile in length. In the vicinity is Butterley Hall."

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