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ROWSLEY, Derbyshire

"ROWSLEY (Great) township and village, situated at the confluence of the river Wye with the Derwent, 3¼ miles E.S.E. from Bakewell. the church, dedicated to St. Catherine, is situated on a slight elevation, about the centre of the village, and is a handsome stone edifice in the Norman style of architecture, with turret and one bell; the Rev. John Jones, B.A., incumbent. Here is a good day school."

[Description from Harrison, Harrop & Co.'s Directory & Gazetteer of Derbyshire, 1860]

Bibliography

• Waite, Glynn - Rowsley Miscellany. Pynot Publishing, 2006.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Rowsley Miscellany’ (Peak Advertiser, 20th November 2006)

• Waite, Glynn & Knighton, Laurence - Rowsley: A Rural Railway Centre. The Midland Railway Society, 2004.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Rowsley: A Rural Railway Centre’ (Peak Advertiser, 9th February 2004)

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Katherine's Churchyard & Rowsley Methodist Church, Rowsley, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard. Updated 31 Aug 2007.

• Photograph of War Memorial, Rowsley, from Alf Beard.

Church History

• Photographs of St Katherine's Church are available in our Rowsley Photo Gallery, provided by Alf Beard.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Katherine's Church (CMB 1854-1910) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 21 Jul 2006.

Description and Travel

• Old Postcard of The Peacock Hotel, Rowsley, dated around 1904.
  (Contributed by an anonymous donor).

Directories

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

Gazetteers

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

Societies

• The History page of The Rowsley Association website provides a history of the railway through Rowsley, from 1846 to its closure in 1968. Added 24 Nov 2006.

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