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A vision of Britain through time
A vision of Britain from 1801 to now.
Including maps, statistical trends and historical descriptions.
HASLAND, a village, a township, and a chapelry in Chesterfield parish, Derby. The village stands.1½ mile SE of Chesterfield town and r. station; is a scattered place; and has a post office under Chesterfield. The township s acreage is returned with the parish. Real property, £12, 492; of which £6, 000 are in mines, and 1, 193 in quarries. Pop., in 1851, 1, 176: in 1861, 1, 999. Houses, 423. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of coal mining and iron works. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. Hasland Hall belonged to the Lowes, and passed to the Lucases. Bricks and tiles are made; and lace is largely manufactured.—The chapelry is less extensive thaii the township, and was constituted in 1851. Pop., 1, 107. Houses, 234. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Chesterfield. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Pi.imitive Methodists, and a national school.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Chesterfield AP/CP Hasland CP/Tn Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Hasland |
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