A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HOLMESFIELD, a township-chapelry in Dronfield parish, Derby; 2 miles W of Dronfield, and 6¼ NW of Chesterfield r. station. It has a post office under Chesterfield. Real property, £2, 985. Pop., 529. Houses, 107. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £97. * Patron,Cawton, Esq. The church was built, on the site of a previous church, in 1826. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists, a free school, and charities £50.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Dronfield CP/AP Holmesfield CP/Ch Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Holmesfield |
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