Mackworth
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
| Mackworth | |
|
|
|
  Mackworth shown within Derbyshire |
|
| OS grid reference | |
|---|---|
| District | Amber Valley |
| Shire county | Derbyshire |
| Region | East Midlands |
| Constituent country | England |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | DERBY |
| Postcode district | DE22 |
| Police | Derbyshire |
| Fire | Derbyshire |
| Ambulance | East Midlands |
| European Parliament | East Midlands |
| List of places: UK • England • Derbyshire | |
Mackworth is historically a parish which contained the towns of Mackworth and Markeaton.[1] Mackworth parish is part of the borough of Amber Valley. Mackwork can be confused with the Mackworth estate which is a large estate built in the 1950s which is separated by a main road from the village.
Mackworth village is about two miles from Derby and ten miles from Ashbourne. The village shares its stone built All Saint's church with MarkEaton. The church has memorials to the Mundy family of Markeaton whose arms date back to Edward the first.
In 1881 [1] the population of Mackworth village was given as 253,whilst Markeaton was given as 758 i.e. with 1,011 in total, in the parish of Mackworth.
[edit] Famous Residents
- William Emes, Landscape gardener had a farm here in the eighteenth century
- Samuel Richardson, writer was born here in 1689[2]
- Julia Watson, Actress (Baz in Casualty) grew up here[3]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.250
- ^ Samuel Richardson biography at nndb
- ^ BBC description of Mackworth
[edit] External links
|
|||||
