Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for MERCASTON

MERCASTON, a township in Mugginton parish, Derbyshire; 6 miles NW of Derby. Acres, 1,120. Real property, £2,125. Pop., 135. Houses, 21. A church was here at Domesday.


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

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "a township"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions")
Administrative units: Derbyshire AncC
Place: Mercaston

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