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FAIRFIELD, a chapelry in Hope parish, Derby; near the Buxton railway, 1 mile ENE of Buxton. It has a post office under Buxton. Acres, 3, 914. Real property, £6, 093; of which £61 are in gas-works. Pop. in 1851, 574; in 1861, 1, 075. Houses, 185. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. The living is a vicarage, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £160. Patrons, Trustees. The church was rebuilt in 1839. There is a Wesleyan chapel. An endowed school has £39.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a chapelry" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Fairfield Parish Hope Parish Derbyshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Fairfield |
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