CARSINGTON, Derbyshire

Census

Census
Year
Piece No.
1861 R.G. 9 / 2524
1891 R.G. 12 / 2756
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Church History

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Church Records

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Civil Registration

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Description and Travel

"CARSINGTON is a small parish, about two miles and a half W. from Wirksworth, containing a small ancient church, dedicated to St. Margaret; the living is a rectory, of which the dean of Lincoln is the patron. The parish contained, in 1831, 286 inhabitants, who are chiefly supported by agriculture and mining."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

The parish covered 1,116 acres in 1857 and was mostly dairy farms. The village lies in a sheltered valley six miles north of Belper.

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Gazetteers

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History

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Politics and Government

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