HEANOR, Derbyshire

"HEANOR is a neat village and populous township, in the parish of its name, and in the same hundred as Ilkeston, about four miles N.N.W. from that town, eight and a half N.E. from Derby, and eight S. from Alfreton. This place, which was formerly a market-town, is pleasantly situate on an eminence, and the eastern boundary of the parish is watered by the Erewash river. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the neighbouring coal works, and others in the manufacture of lace."

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

Directories

• A Description of Heanor has been transcribed by Heather Faulkes from Pigot's Directory of 1828.

Gazetteers

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