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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
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KEDLESTON, a parish in Belper district, Derbyshire; on an affluent of the river Derwent, 3¼ miles SW by W of Duffield r. station, and 4 NW of Derby. Post town, Derby. Acres, 950. Real property, £1, 918. Pop., 116. Houses, 19. The property, with Kedleston Hall, be1ongs to Lord Scarsdale. K. Hall was erected in 1765, after designs by Adams; comprises a centre and two pavilions, with connecting corridors; has a frontage of 360 feet, with a portico on pillars 30 feet high; contains a grand hall, 67 feet by 42, with ceiling supported by 20 alabaster columns; contains also a very fine circular saloon, 42 feet in diameter and 55 feet high; has a rich collection of paintings, chiefly by the old masters; and stands in a beautiful park of 700 acres, containing old oaks 24 feet in girth, arches of Constantine, a lake, and a medicinal spring. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £155.* Patron, Lord Scarsdale. The church is ancient and cruciform; has a Norman door, and a low embattled tower; and contains several ancient and splendid monuments of the Curzons.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Kedleston AP/CP Belper RegD/PLU Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Kedleston |
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