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HILTON, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"HILTON, a township in the parish of Marston-upon-Dove, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 3 miles N.W. of Egginton station, 5 from Burton, and 8½ S.W. of Derby. It contains the extra parochial place of Hargate. Here is a school for the education of children above seven years old, erected in 1655 by Arthur and Thomas Hanson, which is endowed with about 14 acres of land. There are places of worship for the Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. The executors of the late William Mousley Esq., are lords of the manor."

"HARGATE MANOR, in the township of Hilton and parish of Marston-upon-Dove, county Derby, 7 miles S.W. of Derby."

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

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