Description
Bamford, a township and a parish, formed in 1860 from Hathersage parish, Derbyshire, on a head-stream of the river Derwent, in the Peak district, 4 1/2 miles ENE of Castleton, and 10 from Chapel-en-le-Frith railway station. It has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Sheffield. Acreage, 1770; population, 317. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £155 with residence. The church was built in 1859, after designs by Mr Butterfield ; is in the Decorated English style; consists of nave, north aisle, and chancel, with tower and spire 108 feet high; and has floor of encaustic tiles. There is a Methodist chapel and a cotton mill.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
