In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Derby Hills like this:

DERBY-HILLS, an extra-parochial liberty in Shardlow district, Derbyshire; 9 miles S of Derby. Acres, 270. Real property, £483. Pop., 37. Houses, 9.

Derby Hills through time

Derby Hills is now part of SOUTH DERBYSHIRE District. Click here for graphs and data of how SOUTH DERBYSHIRE has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Derby Hills itself, go to Statistics.

How to reference this page:

GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Derby Hills, in South Derbyshire and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.

URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/4039

Date accessed: 08th April 2026


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