In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Clowne like this:
CLOWN, a parish in the district of Worksop and county of Derby; 3½ miles E by N of Stavcley r. station, and 8 ENE of Chesterfield. It has a post office under Chesterfield. Acres, 1,860. Real property, £3, 238. Pop., 704. Houses, 156. The property is much sub-divided. Limestone is quarried. ...
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £311.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has Norman portions and is good. There are chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and United Free Methodists. A school has £17 from endowment; and other charities £12.
Clowne through time
Clowne is now part of Bolsover district. Click here for graphs and data of how Bolsover has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Clowne itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Clowne, in Bolsover and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5705
Date accessed: 31st October 2024
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