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CODNOR PARK (ex. par.), Derbyshire

"CODNOR PARK liberty, with CODNOR CASTLE, form an extra-parochial district, in the same hundred as Butterley, two miles therefrom. The inhabitants obtain their chief support from the employment of the Butterley Company. There is also a considerable pottery in the vicinity, of which Mr. Joseph Bourne is the proprietor. Here was an ancient castle belonging to the noble family of Grey, of Codnor, the last of whom, Henry, a philosopher and alchymist, obtained from the credulous Edward IV, a license to practice the transmutation of metals. Population, at the last census, 637."

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

Directories

• Directory for Butterley, Codnor Park, Denby, Heage, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse, Kilburne and Ripley transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Codnor Park by Ann Andrews. Added 2 Feb 2006.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Codnor Park from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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