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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.
KILLAMARSH, a village and a parish in Chesterfield district, Derby. The village stands on the Chesterfield canal, near the boundary with Yorkshire, 2 miles NE of Eckington r. station, and 8½ NE of Chesterfield; was known at Domesday as Chinewoldemarese; and has a post office under Chesterfield. The parish comprises 1, 646 acres. Real property, £4, 810; of which £460 are in mines, and £20 in iron works. Pop., 1, 053. Houses, 224. The manor belongs to Chandos Pole, Esq. There are brick fields and chemical works. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £200.* Patron, the Crown. The church is partly ancient, partly recent; and has a Norman arch in the S porch, and a tower. There are an endowed school, with £22 a year, and other charities with £69.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Killamarsh Ch/CP Chesterfield RegD/PLU Derbyshire AncC |
| Place names: | CHINEWOLDEMARESE | KILLAMARSH |
| Place: | Killamarsh |
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