OSMASTON, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"OSMASTON, a parish in the hundred of Repton, county Derby, 2 miles S.E. of Derby, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the road from London to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The river Derwent, the canal, and the Midland railway pass through the parish. The inhabitants are wholly engaged in agriculture. The soil is sand and loam upon a subsoil of gravel.

The glebe comprises 25 acres, within the parish, besides land at Belton and Hathern. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £280. The church is dedicated to All Saints. The parochial charities produce about £7 per annum. Osmaston Hall, the seat of the Wilmot family, was erected in 1696. It has a gallery of paintings by eminent English, Flemish, and Italian masters. Sir R. Wilmot, Bart., is lord of the manor."

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