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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Abney like this:
ABNEY, a hamlet in Hope parish, Derby; on a tributary of the river Derwent, 4 miles NE of Tideswell.
Abney 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 Abney itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Abney, in Derbyshire Dales and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2201
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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