Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TWYFORD

TWYFORD, a chapelry, with T. and Stenson hamlets, in Barrow-upon-Trent parish, Derbyshire; on the river Trent, 2 miles E by N of Willington r. station, and 5½ SSW of Derby, Post town, Burton-upon-Trent. Acres, 1,800. Real property, £2,008. Pop., 212. Houses, 40. The manor belongs to Sir G. Crewe, Bart. T. Hall is the seat of R. Turner, Esq. The living is annexed to Barrow. The church is old. There are a Wesleyan chapel and an endowed school.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Derbyshire AncC
Place: Twyford

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