Hasland, Derbyshire

Description
Hasland, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Chesterfield parish, Derbyshire. The village stands 1 1/4 mile SE of Chesterfield town and railway station, is a scattered place, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Chesterfield and a station for goods on the M.R. Acreage of township, 2103; population, 5817. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. Hasland Hall belonged to the Lowes, and passed to the Lucases. There are collieries and ironworks, and bricks and tiles are made. The ecclesiastical parish is less extensive than the township, and was constituted in 1851. Population, 4099. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £245 with residence. There are a Primitive Methodist chapel and a cemetery.