In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rowtor like this:
ROWTOR, a chapelry in Youlgreave parish, Derby; 3½ miles S of Bakewell r. station. Post-town, Bakewell. The statistics are returned with the parish. A ridge ofground here, 120 feet high, is crowned with a logan stone and with other Druidical remains. The living is a p.curacy, conjoint with Stanton, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, not reported. Patron, W. P. Thornhill, Esq.
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Rowtor through time
Rowtor 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 Rowtor itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rowtor in Derbyshire Dales | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26071
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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