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BRIMINGTON, a chapelry or parish, with a village of its own name, in Chesterfield district, Derby; near the Chesterfield canal and the North Midland railway, 2 miles NE of Chesterfield. The village is modern and well-built, and has a post office under Chesterfield. Real property in the parish, £3,778. Pop., 1,808. Houses, 370. The property is divided among a few. Brimington Hall is a chief-residence. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300.* Patron, the Vicar of Chesterfield. The church was built in 1808, and rebuilt, all except the tower, in 1847. There are three Methodist chapels, a mechanics' institute, a national school, and charities £6.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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Feature Description: | "a chapelry or parish, with a village of its own name" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
Administrative units: | Brimington CP/Ch Chesterfield RegD/PLU Derbyshire AncC |
Place: | Brimington |
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