CLOWNE, Derbyshire
Description and Travel
"CLOWN, a village and parish, in the same hundred as Whitwell, is about three miles N.W. from that village, two S.S.E. from Barlhorough, and three and a half N. from Bolsover. In the neighbourhood of the village coal and lime-stone are obtained, and there is a small manufactory for sail-cloth; but the inhabitants are chiefly employed in agricultural labours. There is a chalybeate spring, called Shuttlewood Spa, in this parish; and a piece of water, called Harlesthorpe Dam, covering about four acres."
[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
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Directories
- A Description of Clowne has been transcribed by Heather Faulkes from Pigot's Directory of 1828.
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Clown from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.