STANTON, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"STANTON, a chapelry in the parish of Youlgreave, hundred of High Peake, county Derby, 3 miles N. of Winster. The village is situated near the rivers Derwent and Wye, and belongs to the Duke of Rutland. The Stanton harriers are kennelled here. On Stanton Moor are many Druidical remains, logan stones, ancient British camps, barrows, &c.

The principal residence is Stanton Hall, the old seat of the Thornhills and Foljambes. The living is a curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, annexed to that of Youlgreave. The church was built in the beginning of the present century. There is a village school."

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