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HOGNASTON, Derbyshire

"HOGNASTON, a parish in the hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 5 miles N.E. of Ashbourne, its railway station and post town, and 5 S.W. of Wirksworth. The village, which is small, is situated on a branch of the river Dove. The inhabitants are wholly agricultural. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £55.

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

Census

• A Transcription of the 1841 Census of Hognaston is available on Liz Sparkes' Family History Site - a really great resource for anyone having roots in this area.

Directories

• Liz Sparkes' page devoted to Hognaston Village includes Description, and Directory lists of names transcribed from White's Trade Directory, 1857. Also featured are some attractive photographs of Hognaston.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Hognaston by Ann Andrews. Added 4 Jan 2006.

Gazetteers

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

History

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Hognaston by Barbarann Ayars.

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