MIDDLETON by WIRKSWORTH, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Brassington sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2517 thru 2519 & 2524 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2756 |
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Brassington sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"MIDDLETON-BY-WIRKSWORTH, a hamlet in the parish and hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 1 mile N.W. of Wirksworth, its post town, and 2 miles S.W. of the Cromford railway station. The village is extensive, and a portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the marble quarries. This township, in conjunction with Ible and Ironbrook Grange, forms a chapelry."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Middleton by Wirksworth from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient Wirksworth Hundred (or Wapentake).