In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hognaston like this:
HOGNASTON, a parish, with a village, in Ashborne district, Derby; on an affluent of the river Dove, 5 miles NE of Ashborne r. station. Post town, Ashborne. Acres, 1, 384. Real property, £2, 883. Pop., 295. Houses, 68. The property is much subdivided. The manor belongs to H. Chandos Pole Gell, Esq. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £58. * Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is very ancient; has a fine Saxon arch, and a square tower; and was recently in bad condition. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £5.
Hognaston through time
Hognaston is now part of Derbyshire Dales district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derbyshire Dales has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hognaston itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hognaston in Derbyshire Dales | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2365
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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