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Shottle, with Postern

SHOTTLE, with Postern, a township, in the parish of Duffield, union of Belper, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 2ΒΌ miles (W. by S.) from Belper; containing 503 inhabitants. These places form an extensive township, in some parts four miles across, and comprising 3712a. 39p., whereof 1230 acres are arable, 2322 pasture, 105 wood, and 55 in roads: the soil is various. Shottle is a district of scattered houses, forming the south side of the township; Shottle-Gate is a village on the Ashbourn road, and Postern a small village on the road between Derby and Wirksworth.

Transcribed from A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858.

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