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Ironville
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Also known as Ironville, Derbyshire

Ironville in Derbyshire, England, was built about 1830 by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers. The population of the civil parish was 1,930 at the 2021 Census. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park.

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Place details

Locality
Amber Valley
Region
England
Country
United Kingdom

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Key facts

UK place.country
England
UK place.static_image_name
Ironville 227337 88c39afd.jpg
UK place.static_image_width
200px
UK place.static_image_caption
A doctor's house, built by the local mineowner from iron slag. The first doctor appointed (who was due to marry the mineowner's daughter) died in an accident.
UK place.map_type
Derbyshire
UK place.official_name
Ironville
UK place.population
1,930
UK place.population_ref
(2021)
UK place.shire_district
Amber Valley
UK place.shire_county
Derbyshire
UK place.region
East Midlands
UK place.post_town
NOTTINGHAM
UK place.postcode_district
NG16
UK place.postcode_area
NG
UK place.dial_code
01773
UK place.os_grid_reference
SK436519

via Wikipedia infobox

Wikidata facts

Instance of
civil parish
Located in
Amber Valley
Population
1851
Shares border with
Codnor
Image
Ironville 227337 88c39afd.jpg
Dialing code
01773
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Commons category
Ironville
postal code
NG16
OS grid reference
SK436519
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Encyclopedic overview

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Ironville in Derbyshire, England, was built about 1830 by the Butterley Company as a model village to house its workers. The population of the civil parish was 1,930 at the 2021 Census. It is situated between Riddings and Codnor Park.

John Wright and William Jessop had purchased the land adjacent to the Cromford Canal from Lancelot Rolleston of Watnall in 1809.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ironville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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