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MILFORD, Derbyshire

"MILFORD is a village, partly in the township of Belper and partly in the hamlet of Makeney, in the parish of Duffield; two miles S. of Belper, and 6 to the north of Derby. The river Derwent flows across the centre of the village, over which is a handsome stone bridge. The cotton works of Messrs. Strutt, which are conducted here upon a scale of great magnitude, employ the larger portion of the population. The mansions and grounds of the Hon. Capt. Gore, and of Anthony Strutt, Esq. are great embellishments to this busy little village. The population is returned with the parish."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Church History

• Photograph of Holy Trinity Church, Milford, from Paul Slater.

• Photograph of Baptist Chapel (1849), Milford, from Paul Slater.

• Photograph of Ebenezer Chapel (1859), Milford, from Paul Slater.

• Photograph of Primitive Methodist Chapel (1813), Milford, from Paul Slater.

• Photograph of Wesleyan Chapel (1842), Milford, from Paul Slater.

Description and Travel

• Photograph of The Bridge and Weir, Milford, from Peter & Janet Kirk.

Directories

• Directory for Belper, with the villages of Milford, Holbrook and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

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

Gazetteers

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

Names, Geographical

• It is possible that during the latter part of the 18th century Milford may also have been known as 'New Mills'. See the New Mills parish page on this site for more details.

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