Eckington (Derbyshire) A Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831

The information on this page is provided by Rosemary LOCKIE to supplement Eckington-related material from Jayne's North East Derbyshire website.

A Topographical Dictionary of England

Eckington, Derbyshire

by Samuel Lewis,
?th Edition, 1831

This transcription complements Jayne's descriptions of
Brampton, Newbold and Whittington.

ECKINGTON, a parish in the hundred of SCARSDALE, county of DERBY, comprising the townships of Eckington, Mosborough, Renishaw, and Troway, and containing 3598 inhabitants, of which number, 1013 are in the township of Eckington, 7 miles (N.E. by N.) from Chesterfield. The living is a rectory with Killamarsh in the archdeaconry of Derby, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at £40. 13. 4., and in the patronage of the Crown. The church is dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. There is a chapel of ease at Killamarsh.

The Wesleyan Methodists have two places of worship, and there is a Roman Catholic chapel within the parish. Here are several manufactories for scythes and sickles, the produce of which, besides being transmitted to all parts of England, is exported to America, Russia, Poland, Scotland, Ireland, &c.: a considerable quantity of nails is made in the parish. A statute fair for the hiring of servants is held on the 5th of November. The Chesterfield canal passes through the parish.

Thomas Cam, in 1704, gave lands for the endowment of a free school; in 1717 George Sitwell gave a school house; and in 1719, Lady Trechville bequeathed £100 in furtherance of this charity, the present annual income of which is about £70: the school is partly conducted on the National plan. A school for girls, which is also a Sunday school, is supported entirely by Lady Sitwell. There are also endowed schools at Mosborough, Renishaw, and Ridgeway. There are several benefactions for the relief of the poor.

[Transcribed by Rosemary LOCKIE]