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MELLOR, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"MELLOR, a chapelry in the parish of Glossop, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 8 miles N.N.W. of Chapel-en-le-Frith. In the village are extensive cotton-mills, which afford employment to a considerable portion of the inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £136. The church, dedicated to St. Thomas, is an ancient structure, with a rudely-carved pulpit and font. The Wesleyans and Independents have places of worship. The charities produce £27 per annum, of which £25 goes to the free school, founded in 1639."

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

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