Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOYLSTONE

BOYLSTONE, a parish in the district of Uttoxeter, and county of Derby; on an affluent of the river Dove, 3¾ miles N by W of Scropton r. station, and 7 S of Ashborne. Post Town, Cubley, under Derby. Acres, 1,360. Real property, £2,660. Pop., 268. Houses, 61. The property is divided among a few. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £260.* Patron, the Rev. Tansley Hall. The church is very good.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a parish"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Boyleston AP/CP       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Boyleston

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