Mosbrough, Derbyshire
Historical Description
Mosbrough, a village in Eckington parish, Derbyshire, standing on high ground, near the river Bother, about 1½ mile from Killamarsh railway station, 6 from Sheffield, and 7 NNE of Chesterfield. It occupies the site of a Roman settlement, commands extensive views, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Rotherham. The hamlet of Holbrook forms part of the district, where there is a large colliery. There is a church, consecrated in 1887, and dedicated to St Mark; also a chapel of ease, Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels, and an endowed school witli £30 a year, dating from the time of Charles II.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Derbyshire | |
Civil parish | Eckington | |
Hundred | Scarsdale | |
Poor Law union | Chesterfield |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in conjunction with the Derbyshire Record Office, have the Church of England Baptisms (1538-1916), Marriages and Banns (1538-1932), and Burials (1538-1991) online.
Directories & Gazetteers
We have transcribed the entry for Mosbrough from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Mosborough)
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Derbyshire is online.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Derbyshire papers online: