KIRK IRETON, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"KIRK IRETON, a parish in the hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 3 miles S.W. of Wirksworth. The village, which is considerable, was much damaged by a tornado in 1811, which unroofed the houses and twisted large trees from their roots. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £355, in the patronage of the bishop.

The church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is partly Norman, and is supposed to date from the 13th century. There are places of worship for Baptists and Primitive Methodists; also a school, erected and endowed by John Slater in 1686. The charities produce about £7 per annum."

"IRETON WOOD, a township in the parish of Kirk Ireton, hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 1 mile W. of Kirk Ireton, and 3 S.W. of Wirksworth."

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