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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mercaston like this:
MERCASTON, a township in Mugginton parish, Derbyshire; 6 miles NW of Derby. Acres, 1,120. Real property, £2,125. Pop., 135. Houses, 21. A church was here at Domesday.
Mercaston is now part of DERBYSHIRE DALES District. Click here for graphs and data of how DERBYSHIRE DALES has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Mercaston itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Mercaston, in Derbyshire Dales and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1785
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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