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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Lea like this:
LEA, a village in Dethwick chapelry, Ashover parish, Derby; near the river Derwent and the Midland railway, 2½ miles SE of Matlock. It has a post office, of the name of Lea Bridge, under Matlock Bath, chapels for Wesleyans and Unitarians, spacious schools erected in 1860 under supervision of Miss Florence Nightingale, lead smelting works, and hat and hosiery manufactories. Lea Hurst, in the neighbourhood, is a handsome Gothic mansion, the seat of W. E. Nightingale, Esq.; and possesses interest in association with Miss Florence Nightingale.
Lea is now part of AMBER VALLEY District. Click here for graphs and data of how AMBER VALLEY has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Lea itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Lea, in Amber Valley and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25071
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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