Description
Alderwasley, a township-chapelry in Wirksworth parish, Derbyshire, near the Derwent river, the Cromford Canal, and the Whatstandwell Bridge railway station, 2 1/2 miles ESE of Wirksworth, the post town. Acreage, 3156; population, 337. The scenery is picturesque. Alderwasley Hall is a beautiful seat. The church is a handsome stone building in the Early English style. The living is a donative in the diocese of Southwell; value, £140 with residence. There are brick, tile, and drain-pipe works, and wire mills, and also furnaces for smelting lead ore.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
