A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
BAMFORD, a township-chapelry in Hathersage parish, Derby; on a head-stream of the river Derwent, in the Peak, 4½ miles ENE of Castleton, and 9 N of Bakewell r. station. Post Town, Hathersage under Sheffield. Acres, 1,456. Real property, £1,456. Pop., 377. Houses, 73. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £100.* Patron, W.Moore, Esq The church was built in 1859, after designs by Mr. Butterfield; is in the decorated English style; consists of nave, north aisle, and chancel, with tower and spire 108 feet high; and has floor of encanstic tiles. There are a Methodist chapel and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township-chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Hathersage CP/AP Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Bamford |
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