MICKLEOVER, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"MICKLEOVER, a parish in the hundred of Morleston, county Derby, 3 miles S.W. of Derby, its post town. The parish includes the chapelries of Littleover and Findern, at which places are chapels-of-ease. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture, and the making of lace, and some in weaving of silk and velvet. The village, which is considerable, is neatly built. The tithes were commuted under Acts of Enclosure in 1768 and 1790 for land and a money payment.

The living is a vicarage* with the curacies of Littleover and Findern annexed, in the diocese of Lichfield, value £562. The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient edifice, with a low embattled tower, containing three bells. The Wesleyans and Unitarians have places of worship. The charities produce about £87 per annum, of which £60 is the endowment of a free school founded by John Alsop in 1715. The Limes and the Pastures are the principal residences."

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