Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for TURNDITCH

TURNDITCH, a township and a chapelry in Duffield parish, Derby. The township lies 3½ miles W of Belper r. station, and has a post-office under Derby. Acres, 1,071. Real property, £1,660. Pop., 350. Houses, 81. The manor belongs to the Rev. Sir E. R. Jodrell, Bart-The Lilies and Green-Bank House are chief residences. -The chapelry was constituted in 1847. Pop., 324. Houses, 75. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £68.* Patron, the Vicar of Duffield. The church is ancient There are two dissenting chapels, and a national school.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township and a chapelry"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Duffield CP/AP       Turnditch CP/Ch       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Turnditch

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