In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scarcliffe like this:
SCARCLIFF, a parish, with a village, in the district of Mansfield and county of Derby; 6 miles N N W of Mansfield r. station. Post-town, Mansfield. Acres, 3, 674. Real property, £3, 790. Pop., 548. Houses, 126. The property is divided among a few. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £70. Patron, Earl Bathurst. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower of 1842. There are an endowed school, and charities £30.
Scarcliffe through time
Scarcliffe is now part of Bolsover district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bolsover has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scarcliffe itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scarcliffe, in Bolsover and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1826
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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