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Ironville
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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.
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- 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
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- Instance of
- civil parish
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Located in
- Amber Valley
- Population
- 1851
- Shares border with
- Codnor
- Image
- Ironville 227337 88c39afd.jpg
- Dialing code
- 01773
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- Ironville
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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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