Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for SCARSDALE

SCARSDALE, a hundred in the N E of Derby; containing Alfreton parish, 30 other parishes, and part of 2others; and giving the title of Baron to the family of Curzon. Acres, 144, 187. Pop. in 1851, 60, 971; in 1861, 79, 978. Houses, 15, 746.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

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Feature Description: "a hundred"   (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 3rd order divisions")
Administrative units: Derbyshire Ancient County
Place: Scarsdale

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