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STANTON-BY-DALE, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"STANTON-BY-DALE, a parish in the hundred of Morleston, county Derby, 9 miles N.E. of Derby, its post town, and 2 N. of Ilkeston. It is a station on the Erewash Valley railway. The village, which is chiefly agricultural, is situated near the Erewash and Nutbrook canals. Coal is found here. The Donnington hounds meet in this parish. A portion of the inhabitants are engaged in the iron works.

The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £326, in the patronage of trustees. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, has a tower and four bells. It contains an altar-piece and several monuments. The parochial charities produce about £106 per annum, part of which is the endowment to Middlemore's 6 almshouses. In the vicinity is a stone cross bearing date 1632. The Earl of Stanhope is lord of the manor."

"WESTON-UNDERWOOD, a township in the parish of Stanton-by-Dale, hundred of Morleston, county Derby, 6 miles N.W. of Derby."

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

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