In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Tansley like this:
TANSLEY, a township-chapelry in Crich parish, Derby; 1½ mile E of Matlock r. station. It has a post-office under Matlock-Bath. Acres, 1,150. Real property, £1,812. Pop., 622. Houses, 132. The property is much subdivided. There are manufactories of small wares and candle-wicks. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £204.* Patron, the Vicar of Crich. The church was built in 1840. There are chapels for Wesleyans and U. free Methodists, and a national school.
Tansley through time
Tansley 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 Tansley itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Tansley in Derbyshire Dales | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4148
Date accessed: 25th April 2024
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