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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Ridgeway like this:
RIDGEWAY, a chapelry in Eckington parish, Derby; 3¾ miles N W of Eckington r. station. It was constituted in 1841; and it has a post-office under Chesterfield. Rated property, £4, 800. Pop. in 1861, 1, 745. Houses, 354. The property is subdivided. Coal is worked; and scythes, sickles, knife-blades, and riddles are made. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300. Patron, the Rector of Eckington. The church was built in 1840, at a cost of £2,000.
Ridgeway is now part of NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how NORTH EAST DERBYSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Ridgeway itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Ridgeway, in North East Derbyshire and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/24506
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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