Smisby

Contents & Site Map

Where is it In Derbyshire

SMISBY, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"SMISBY, (or Smithesby) a parish in the hundred of Repton, county Derby, 2 miles N.W. of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, its post town, and 9 S.W. of Burton railway station. The village is situated on the S.E. border of the county. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture. The parish includes the extra parochial place of Bondang, or Burton-road.

The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £58. The church, dedicated to St. James, is of great antiquity. The parochial charities produce about £41, arising from Church estate. There is a National school. The Wesleyans have a place of worship. Sir John Harper Crewe, Bart., is lord of the manor."

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

© Copyright Colin Hinson, GENUKI and Contributors 1999-2008, &c.
GENUKI is a registered trade mark of the charitable trust GENUKI, see About GENUKI as an Organisation

Are you lost in the Genuki hierarchy or arrived here from a Search Engine?
If so, use the up-arrow(s) at the top of the page to go up the hierarchy.

URL of this page: http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Smisby/Gaz1868.html