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.
STANTON, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Youlgreave parish, Derby; 1½ mile SW of Rowsley r. station, and 3½ SSE of Bakewell. Post town, Bakewell. Acres, 1,838. Real property, £2,787. Pop., 716. Houses, 158. The manor, with S.-Hall, belongs to W. P. Thornhill, Esq. S.-Wood House is a seat of the Duke of Rutland. S.-Lees, S.-Hillside, Pilbrough, and Congreave also are prominent places. The living is a p. curacy, united with Rowtor, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, not reported. Patron, W. P. Thornhill, Esq. The church was built in 1839, and has a tower and spire. There are a dissenting chapel and a free school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry, with a village" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Stanton CP/Ch Youlgreave CP/AP Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Stanton |
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