Mackworth

Mackworth

Infobox UK place
country = England
static_

static_image_caption=Mackworth Castle.
latitude = 52.935
longitude = -1.535
map_type = Derbyshire
official_name = Mackworth
population =
shire_district = Amber Valley
shire_county = Derbyshire
region = East Midlands
constituency_westminster =
post_town = DERBY
postcode_district = DE22
postcode_area = DE
dial_code =
os_grid_reference = SK313376

Mackworth is a village and civil parish in the borough of Amber Valley, in Derbyshire, England. Historically, the parish also contained the neighbouring village of Markeaton, [http://www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/dby/kelly/mackworth.htm Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland] pub. London (May, 1891) - p.250] now within the Derby city boundary. Mackworth shares its name with the Mackworth estate, a large Derby housing estate built in the 1950s which is located slightly east of the village.

Mackworth village is about two miles from Derby and ten miles from Ashbourne. The village shares its stone built All Saint's church with Markeaton. The church has memorials to the Mundy family of Markeaton whose arms date back to Edward the first.

In 1881 the population of Mackworth village was given as 253,whilst Markeaton was given as 758 i.e. with 1,011 in total, in the parish of Mackworth.

Famous Residents

* William Emes, Landscape gardener had a farm here in the eighteenth century
* Samuel Richardson, writer was born here in 1689 [ [http://www.nndb.com/people/703/000104391/ Samuel Richardson biography at nndb] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/DBY/Mackworth/index.html Genuki]


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