CALVER, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"CALVER, a hamlet in the parish of Bakewell, hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 4 miles to the N. of Bakewell. It is on the banks of the river Derwent. Limestone is quarried and burnt here, and some of the inhabitants are employed in the cotton trade."

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