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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.
SHIRLEY, a township and a parish in Ashborne district, Derby. The township lies 4 miles SE of Ashborne r. station. Real property, £2,738. Pop., 301. Houses, 66. The parish includes two other townships, and comprises 3,560 acres. Post town, Brailsford, under Derby. Pop., 596. Houses, 128. The property is subdivided. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £179.* Patron, Earl Ferrers. The church was repaired in 1842. The vicarage of Yeaveley is a separate benefice. There are two dissenting chapels and two national schools.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township and a parish" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Shirley CP/AP Ashbourne RegD/PLU Derbyshire AncC |
| Place: | Shirley |
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