In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Scropton like this:
SCROPTON, a township and a parish in the district of Burton-upon-Trent and counties of Derby and Stafford. The township lies on the river Dove and on the North Staffordshire railway, 1¾ mile W by N of Tubury r.station, and 6½ N W of Burton-upon-Trent. Pop. of the Derby portion, 264; of the Stafford portion, 17. ...
Houses, 57 and 3. The parish contains also the township of Foston, which has a post-office under Derby. Acres of the parish, 3, 340. Real property, £6, 589. Pop., 520. Houses, 106. The property is divided among a few. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £80.* Patron, J. Broadhust, Esq. The church was built in 1855. There are a free school, and charities £6.
Scropton through time
Scropton is now part of South Derbyshire district. Click here for graphs and data of how South Derbyshire has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Scropton itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Scropton, in South Derbyshire and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/20435
Date accessed: 19th April 2024
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