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MIDDLETON by WIRKSWORTH, Derbyshire

"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]

Census

• Transcriptions of the Wirkswirth Area Census covering Middleton for 1841, 1851 and 1881 (other years to follow) are available on John Palmer's Wirksworth site. This site also features Histories of Middleton, from various sources.

Church History

• Photograph of Holy Trinity Church, Middleton by Wirksworth, from Paul Slater.

• Photograph of Congregational Chapel, Photograph of Mount Zion Primitive Methodist Chapel, and Photograph of Wesleyan Chapel (1874), Middleton by Wirksworth, from Paul Slater.

Description and Travel

• Information about, and photographs of Middleton by Wirksworth are featured on the Derbyshire UK page on Wirksworth in Derbyshire (towards the bottom of the page) .

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Middleton by Wirksworth by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Middleton by Wirksworth from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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