Blackwell, a parish, including the hamlets of Hillcote and Newton, in Derbyshire. The parish lies on the verge of the county, and has a station (Westhouses and Blackwell) on the M.R., 137 miles from London. It has a post and money order office under Alfreton; telegraph office, Tibshelf and Newton (R.S.) Acreage, 1739; population, 3140. There are extensive collieries, and the district is noted for its cheese. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £260 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church was rebuilt in 1827-28 and enlarged in 1879. There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels. An institute and reading-room was erected by the Blackwell Colliery Company in 1878. The same company also support a colliery hospital.
