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KNIVETON, Derbyshire

"KNIVETON, a parish in the hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 3½ miles N.E. of Ashbourne, its railway station and post town. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in the cotton mills. Lime-burning is carried on. The land is chiefly rich pasture. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £64. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient edifice, with a low spired tower. The parochial charities produce about £11 per annum, including the endowment of Hurd's school, &c. There is a National school."

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

Church History

• Photograph of St Michael's Church, Photograph of St Michael's Church (North Side), and Photograph of St Michael's Church (South Side), Kniverton, from Alf Beard.

Description and Travel

• Information about, and photographs of Kniveton are featured on the Derbyshire UK page on Kniveton village in Derbyshire.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Kniveton by Ann Andrews. Added 8 Dec 2005.

History

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

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