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CODNOR, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"CODNOR, a district parish in the parish of Heanor, hundred of Morleston, in the county of Derby, 5 miles E. of Belper railway station, and 9 from Derby, its post town. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfeld, value £150, in the patronage of the crown and bishop alternately. The church, dedicated to St. James, is a modern stone building. The Wesleyan Reformers and Wesleyan Methodists have places of worship. There are National schools, and the parochial charities produce about £12 per annum. The chief employment of the inhabitants is in the ironstone mines and collieries."

"LOSCOE, (or Loscow) a hamlet and township in the parish of Heanor, hundred of Morlaston, county Derby, 5 miles E. of Derby, and 6 S.E. of Alfreton. It is joined with Codnor. The village is considerable. There is a place of worship for Baptists."

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

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