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LITTON, Derbyshire

"LITTON, a hamlet in the parish of Tideswell, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 1 mile S.E. of Tideswell, and 6 miles N.W. of Bakewell. It lies in the Dale of Litton Frith, near Monsal Dale. There are lead mines, in which some of the people are employed, but the neighbourhood is chiefly agricultural. Many of the females are engaged in stocking knitting. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have places of worship. There are a few small charities. This was the birth-place in 1628 of William Bagshaw, the celebrated Nonconformist divine called the “Apostle of the Peak”."

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

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Bibliography

• Authors, Various - Behind the View: Life & times in Cressbrook - a Derbyshire mill village. Published Locally, 2005.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Behind the View: Life & times in Cressbrook - a Derbyshire mill village’ (Peak Advertiser, 19th December 2005)

  For further details of this book see Chris Gilbert's Behind the View website.

Census

• Transcription of the Census for Litton, Part Of (1 of 2) in 1891 with Summary;
  and Litton, Part Of (2 of 2) in 1891 with Summary, by Rosemary Lockie,
  from microfiche as part of the FreeCEN project.
  NB these 2 parts comprise the whole of the Litton Census in 1891.

Church History

• Photograph of Christ Church, Litton, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of Methodist Church, Litton, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of St John the Evangalist's Church, Cressbrook, from Alf Beard.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St John the Baptist's Church Tideswell contains entries for Litton residents. Added 22 May 2007.

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