Description
Carsington, a village and a parish in Derbyshire, on the Peak railway, 2 1/2 miles W of Wirksworth railway station, and 5 W of Whatstandwell Bridge. Post town, Wirksworth under Derby. Acreage, 1141; population, 206. Limestone abounds, and lead ore occurs. Lead mines were worked by the Romans. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £130 with residence. Patron, the Bishop of Southwell. The church is small, and contains a very ancient font. Oldfield the nonconformist, and Farneworth the translator of Machiavel, were rectors.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
