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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Renishaw like this:
RENISHAW, a township in Eckington parish, Derby; on the river Rother, the Chesterfield canal, and the Mid-land railway, at Eckington r. station, 6½ miles N E by N of Chesterfield. It has a post-office under Chesterfield. Real property, £6,013; of which £2, 976 are in mines. Pop., 721. R. Hall is the seat of Sir G. R. Sitwell, Bart. There are a large iron foundry and a slightly endowed school.
Renishaw 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 Renishaw itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Renishaw, in North East Derbyshire and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25030
Date accessed: 09th April 2026
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