CALVER, Derbyshire
Bibliography
- Edwards, Brian - Calver, Curbar and Froggatt in Old Photographs.
Northend of Sheffield, 2005. ISBN 0-9525064-9-1.
- Calver - A Booklet for the Millennium. Published locally, 2000.
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Census
- The parish was in the Bakewell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2538 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2773 |
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Bakewell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"CALVER is a hamlet, in the parish of Bakewell; one mile E. S.E. from Stoney Middleton, situate upon the river Derwent. It contains a considerable cotton mill, and the neighbourhood abounds with lime-stone. The population, by the parliamentary returns for 1831, amounted to 616."
[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Calver from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.