Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Pilsley

Pilsley.-- township and vil., North Wingfield par., Derbyshire - township (partly in town of Claycross), 1594 ac., pop. 1821; vil., 6 miles SE. of Chesterfield; P.O.; has collieries and ironworks.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "township and village"   (ADL Feature Type: "populated places")
Administrative units: North Wingfield CP/AP       Derbyshire AncC
Place: Pilsley

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