Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Clay Cross

Clay Cross, town with ry. sta., E. Derbyshire, 4½ m. S. of Chesterfield and 145 NW. of London, pop. 6879; P.O., T.O., 1 Bank; a town of modern growth, the centre of a large coal and iron district. See CLAVLANE.


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

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Feature Description: "town with railway station"   (ADL Feature Type: "cities")
Administrative units: Derbyshire AncC
Place: Clay Cross

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