Cromford, Derbyshire : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Cromford. You may be able to find further references to Cromford in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Cromford Canal Bartholomew
Cromford small market town and township with railway station Bartholomew
CROMFORD a small town, and a township-chapelry Imperial
CROMFORD AND HIGH-PEAK RAILWAY a railway Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Lea Bridge 0 1
Wirksworth 9 3
Middleton By Wirksworth 0 2
Holloway 0 2
Lea 0 2
Dethick 0 2
Bonsall 0 2
Whatstandwell 0 2
Matlock Bridge 0 1
Ashleyhay 0 2
Ible 0 2
Griffe Grange 0 2
Snitterton 0 2
Matlock 26 3
Alderwasley 0 2
Matlock Bank 0 1
Hopton 0 2
Crich 1 2
Tansley 0 2
Callow 0 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Cromford. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
CROMFORD John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).
CROMFORD AND HIGH PEAK RAILWAY John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

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