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Brampton (Derbyshire) A Description

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BRAMPTON, an extensive parish and village, pleasantly situated 3½ miles W. by N. from Chesterfield, consists of many scattered hamlets and pleasant houses; and at the north extremity the constablewick of Cutthorpe, the whole of which keep their poor conjointly, and for parochial purposes is divided into the Upper and Lower divisions. It contains 8,000 acres of land, 840 houses, and 3,937 inhabitants, of whom 1,936 were males, and 2,001 females. Rateable value, £9,764 16s. Population in 1801, 2,047; in 1831, 3,595, including Cutthorpe, which is returned as containing 333 inhabitants. The Duke of Devonshire is the principal owner and lord of the manor, chiefly freehold; a part of Cutthorpe is copyhold. The Duke of Portland, Sir George Sitwell, Bart., and Robert Arkwright, Esq. And others, are also owners. The church, dedicated to St Peter and St Paul, is an ancient embattled structure, on a bold elevation, on the north side of the village. The above description is from Bagshaws Directory of 1846 - Brampton, Old Brampton and vicinity. See also BRAMPTON MOOR and NEW BRAMPTON... CUTTHORPE... WADSHELF (formerly known as Watshelf), WATCHELL, or WADESEEL... WIGLEY.

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