Description
Markeaton, a township in Mackworth parish, Derbyshire, on an affluent of the river Derwent, 1 1/4 mile NW of Derby station on the G.N.R., L. & N.W.R., and M.R. Post town and money order office, Mackworth; telegraph office, Derby. Acreage, 1867; population, 217. The manor belonged to the Earls of Chester, passed to the Touchets, and, with Markeaton Hall, belongs now to the Mundy family. The Hall was built in 1755, and stands in a park of 100 acres.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
