Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for CARSINGTON

CARSINGTON, a parish in Ashborne district, Derby; on the Peak railway, 2 miles W of Wirksworth r. station, and 5 W of Whatstandwell Bridge. Post Town, Wirksworth. Acres, 1,118. Real property, £1,965. Pop., 269. Houses, 54. The property is divided among a few. Limestone abounds; and lead ore occurs. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £176. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is good. An endowed school has £80. Oldfield, the non-conformist, and Farneworth, the translator of Machiavel, were rectors.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Carsington AP/CP       Ashbourne RegD/PLU       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Carsington

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