In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Killamarsh like this:
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.
Killamarsh through time
Killamarsh is now part of North East Derbyshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how North East Derbyshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Killamarsh itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Killamarsh in North East Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/5556
Date accessed: 24th April 2024
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