Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Lea

Lea, vil., Ashover par., Derbyshire, 2½ miles SE. of Matlock; P.O.; in vicinity is Lea Hurst, residence of the Nightingale family. See DETHICK AND LEA.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: Ashover CP/Tn/AP       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Lea

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