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BREASTON, a chapelry in Wilne parish, Derbyshire; on the Derby canal and the Midland railway, ½ a mile NW of Sawley station, and 8 ESE of Derby. Post Town, Sawley, under Derby. Real property £3,593. Pop., 709. Houses, 160. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Risley, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £350. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels, and charities £16.
(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: | Breaston Parish Wilne Chapelry Derbyshire Ancient County |
| Place: | Breaston |
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