In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Foremark like this:
FOREMARK, a township and a parish in the district of Burton-upon-Trent and county of Derby. The township lies near the river Trent, 2½ miles E by S of Willington r. station, and 6½ SSE of Derby. Real property, £1, 915. Pop., 93. Houses, 13. The parish includes also the township of Ingleby; and its post town is Repton, under Burton-upon-Trent. ...
Acres, 2, 870. Real property, £3, 339. Pop., 233. Houses, 40. Foremark House is the seat of Sir R. Burdett, Bart. A cave, called the Anchor Church, got its name from being the retreat of an anchorite. The living is a donative in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £31. Patron, Sir R. Burdett, Bart.
Foremark through time
Foremark 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 Foremark itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Foremark in South Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2360
Date accessed: 18th April 2024
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