UPPER LANGWITH, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"UPPER LANGWITH, a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale, county Derby, 6 miles N.W. of Mansfield, its post town, and 9 S.E. of Chesterfield. It is a small irregularly built village, and is wholly agricultural. The surface is undulating and well wooded. The prevailing timber is oak, ash, and elm. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £195. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £204.

The church, dedicated to St. Helen, is a small ancient structure with a low tower. The charities consist of Mrs. Vaughan's annuity of £3, distributed to the poor in September, and other endowments of the Devonshire family. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor and chief landowner."

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