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MIDDLETON-BY-WIRKSWORTH, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"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.

The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £90, in the patronage of the Vicar of Wirksworth. The church was erected in 1844, at an outlay of £1,200. The Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and Independents, have each a place of worship. A school has recently been erected."

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

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