Blore-with-Swinscoe in 1859

BLORE (ST. BARTHOLOMEW), a parish, in the N. division of the hundred of TOTMONSLOW, and of the county of STAFFORD ; containing 333 inhabitants, of 
whom 273 are in the township of Blore with Swainscoe, 4 miles (N. W. by W.) from Ashbourn.

The parish comprises about 1900 acres, and is bounded on thenorth by the rivers Manifold and Dove, and intersected by the road from Derby to Manchester; it commands, from its elevated situation, very extensive views, theWrekin in Shropshire, and the Leicestershire hills being distinctly visible. There is excellent limestone, which is used for building; and lead-ore, in small quantity, is sometimes found in the limestone rocks. A fair is held for cattle and sheep on the 20th of September.

The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £8.8.; net income, £130,  patron, Offley Shore, Esq.: the glebe consists of about 40 acres, with a house, newly built in the Elizabethan style. The church, erected in the fourteenth century, has a nave and chancel, with a square tower. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. 

[Description(s) from The Topographical Dictionary of England (1859) by Samuel Lewis - Transcribed by Mike Harbach ©2020]