Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Ironville

Ironville, vil., Alfreton par., Derbyshire, and eccl. dist., also in Codnor Park and Pentrich pars., Derbyshire, and Selston par., Notts - dist., pop. 2802; vil., 3½ miles SE. of Alfreton; P.O., T.O. Market-day, Saturday. Ironville is a place of modern growth close to the Cromford and Erwash Canals, and has immense ironworks and collieries.


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

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

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