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OSMASTON, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"OSMASTON, a parish in the hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 2½ miles S.E. of Ashbourne, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on an eminence near the road from Derby to Manchester. It is wholly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £104, and the glebe comprises about 27 acres. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield.

The church, dedicated to St. Martin, has a tower containing five bells. It was erected on the site of the old one, together with the National school, about the year 1845, at the expense of F. Wright, Esq., who is lord of the manor and chief owner of the soil. There is a place of worship for the Wesleyans. Osmaston Manorhouse is the principal residence."

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

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