Description
Quarndon, a village and a parish in Derbyshire. The village stands 2 miles SW of Duffield station on the M.R., and 3 NNW of Derby, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Derby. The parish comprises 803 acres; population, 451. The manor belongs to Lord Scarsdale. There are several good residences and some lodging-houses. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £145 with residence. Patron, Lord Scarsdale. The church was built in 1874 in the Early English style, and consists of chancel, nave, aisles, and embattled western tower. There are an endowed school and a village lending library.
Transcribed from The Comprehensive Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1894-5
