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In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Calver like this:
CALVER, a township in Bakewell parish, Derby; on the river Derwent, 4 miles N by E of Bakewell. It has a post office under Sheffield. Real property, £1,540. Pop., 617. Houses, 129. The inhabitants are chiefly lime-burners and cotton-spinners; and there are extensive cotton-mills.
Calver 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 Calver itself, go to Statistics.
How to reference this page:
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Calver, in Derbyshire Dales and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/2691
Date accessed: 08th April 2026
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