In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ballidon like this:
BALLIDON, a chapelry in Bradbourne parish, Derby; near the North Stafford railway, 6 miles W by N of Wirksworth. Post Town, Brassington under Wirksworth. Real property, £2,488. Pop., 110. Houses, 15 The property is divided among a few. The living is p. curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Bradbourne, in the diocese of Lichfield. The church is good.
Ballidon through time
Ballidon 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 Ballidon itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ballidon in Derbyshire Dales | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/3412
Date accessed: 01st May 2024
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