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LONGFORD, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"LONGFORD, a parish and township in the hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 6 miles S. of Ashbourne, and 9 W. by N. of Derby, its post town. It is situated on a tributary of the river Dove, and includes the hamlets of Alkmonton, Hollington, Hungry Bently, and Rodsley. The land is chiefly in pasture, with a very small quantity of arable and woodland. The soil is in general fertile. At Alkmonton are traces of an ancient religious house. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £700.

The parish church, dedicated to St. Chad, is an ancient structure, mostly in the Norman style of architecture. It contains freestone stalls, and a monument of the Countess of Leicester. There is also a district church at Alkmonton, the living of which is a perpetual curacy*, value £50. There are almshouses founded by Sir R. Coke, and endowed with property producing £55 per annum. In 1688 Lady Catherine Coke bequeathed land producing £50 per annum for school purposes. The total amount of charities is about £77 per annum. The Earl of Leicester is lord of the manor."

"HOLLINGTON, a township in the parish of Longford, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 5 miles S.E. of Ashbourne."

"HUNGRY-BENTLEY, a liberty in the parish of Longford, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 4 miles S. of Ashbourne."

"NETHER THURVASTON, a hamlet in the parish of Longford, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 8 miles N.W. of Derby, near the river Dove."

"RODSLEY, a hamlet in the parish of Longford, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 4 miles S.E. of Ashbourne. There is a chapel for Wesleyans, also a school."

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

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