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DRONFIELD, a village, a township, and a sub-district in Chesterfield district, Derby; and a parish partly also in Ecclesall-Bierlow district. The village stands on a branch of the river Rother, 5½ miles W of Eckington r. station, and 6 NNW of Chesterfield; is a neat place, with many respectable houses; was known at Domesday as Dranefield; has a post office‡ under Sheffield, and fairs on the Wednesday after 12 March, 25 April, 11 Aug., and the Thursday after 12 Oct.; and was formerly a market-town. The township includes the village, and extends into the country. Real property, £10, 940; of which £2, 184 are in mines. Pop., 2, 998. Houses, 641.—The sub-district contains also four other. townships of Dronfield parish, and a chapelry in Stavely parish. Acres, 19, 340. Pop., 5, 689. Houses, 1, 189. The parish comprises the townships of Dronfield, Unstone, Coal-Aston, Holmesfield and Little Barlow in Chesterfield district, and those of Dore and Totley in Ecclesall-Bierlow district. Acres, 15, 580. Real property, £25, 873; of which £2, 196 are in mines. Pop., 6, 013. Houses, 1, 265. The property is much subdivided. Coal is worked; hardware is manufactured; and there is a sulphureous spring. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £224.* Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church stands on an elevation near the village; is decorated English; has a fine tower and spire; had formerly a chantry; and contains a brass of two priests of 1399. The p. curacies of Dore and Holmesfield are separate benefices. There are an Independent chapel, a Baptist chapel, seven Methodist chapels, two free schools, and charities £149.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a village, a township, and a sub-district" (ADL Feature Type: "populated places") |
| Administrative units: | Dronfield CP/AP Derbyshire AncC |
| Place names: | DRANEFIELD | DRONFIELD |
| Place: | Dronfield |
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