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Derwent, Derbyshire

Extract from Directory of "Sheffield and 20 miles round", 1862

DERWENT is a scattered township and chapelry, 6 miles N.N.W. from Hathersage, contains 3,327A. 2R. 30P. of land, and in 1861 had 164 inhabitants. Rateable value, £867 6s. 6d. The Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Rutland, Francis Newdigate, Esq., and Misses Rodgers, are the principal owners. The Church (St. James) is a stone edifice, with a turret and one bell. The perpetual curacy, value £83, is in the gift of Lord Denman; the Rev. G.W. Guest is the incumbent. The Parsonage, a neat residence, was built in 1859. The Methodists have a small Chapel at Ashopton. The School, which is taught on the National plan, has an income of about £6 per annum. The Hall is a venerable structure, the seat of G. Newdigate, Esq. Ashopton Inn, on the Sheffield and Glossop road, is a commodious house, about 11 miles W. of Sheffield, the proprietor of which has the sole right of the Ashop and Derwent trout streams, which are strictly preserved. Feast, nearest Sunday to St. James's day.

DERWENT TOWNSHIP.

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[Transcribed by Rosemary Lockie in June 2000,
from photocopies of an original edition in the Society of Genealogists' Library]

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