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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Rowtor like this:
ROWTOR, a chapelry in Youlgreave parish, Derby; 3½ miles S of Bakewell r. station. Post-town, Bakewell. The statistics are returned with the parish. A ridge ofground here, 120 feet high, is crowned with a logan stone and with other Druidical remains. The living is a p.curacy, conjoint with Stanton, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, not reported. Patron, W. P. Thornhill, Esq.
Rowtor 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 Rowtor itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Rowtor, in Derbyshire Dales and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/26071
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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