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IDRIDGEHAY & ALTON, Derbyshire

"IDERIDGEHAY, a township in the parish of Wirksworth, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 3 miles S. of Wirksworth, its post town, 10 N.W. of Derby, and 4 W. of the Belper railway station."

"ALLTON, a township in the parish of Wirksworth and hundred of Appletree, in the county of Derby, 2 miles to the S. of Wirksworth. It is now united with Idridgehay."

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

Church History

• Photograph of St James's Church, Idridgehay & Alton, from Paul Slater.

Census

• Transcriptions of the Wirkswirth Area Census covering Idridgehay for 1841, 1851 and 1881 (other years to follow) are available on John Palmer's Wirksworth site. This site also features Histories of Idridgehay, from various sources.

Directories

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

Gazetteers

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

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