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Mackworth, Amber Valley

Coordinates: 52°56′06″N 1°32′06″W / 52.935°N 1.535°W / 52.935; -1.535
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Mackworth
Mackworth Castle.
Mackworth is located in Derbyshire
Mackworth
Mackworth
Location within Derbyshire
Population229 (Including Kedleston. 2011)
OS grid referenceSK313376
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townDERBY
Postcode districtDE22
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
52°56′06″N 1°32′06″W / 52.935°N 1.535°W / 52.935; -1.535

Mackworth is a village and civil parish in the borough of Amber Valley, in Derbyshire, England. The 2011 Census recorded a population for the parish of 229.[1] Mackworth is about two miles (3.2 km) from Derby and ten miles (16 km) from Ashbourne. It shares its name with the nearby Mackworth Estate in Derby.

Heritage

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Mackworth, a conservation village, is mentioned in the Domesday Book and has evidence of Roman occupation. The site of the original medieval village can still be seen in the slopes of the hillside. Historically, the parish also contained the neighbouring village of Markeaton,[2] now within the Derby city boundary. In 1881[2] the population of Mackworth village was given as 253, whilst Markeaton was given as 758, making a total of 1,011 in the parish of Mackworth.

The village shares its stone-built All Saints' Church with Markeaton. The church has memorials to the Mundy family of Markeaton, whose arms date back to the reign of Edward the Confessor.

Close by is Mackworth Castle, seat of the Mackworth family until the death of Sir Thomas Mackworth in 1640. The castle estate was later the property of Lord Scarsdale.

Notable residents

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  • William Emes (c. 1729–1803), landscape gardener, moved to a farmhouse at Bowbridge Fields about 1860.[3]
  • Samuel Richardson, "father of the English novel", was baptised here in 1689.[4]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Area: Mackworth (Parish): Key Figures for 2011 Census: Key Statistics". Neighbourhood Statistics. Office for National Statistics. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  2. ^ a b Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland Archived 2006-08-28 at the Wayback Machine London (May 1891), p. 250.
  3. ^ Keith Goodway, "Emes, William (1729/30–1803)", ODNB, Oxford University Press, 2004. retrieved 7 September 2014. Pay-walled.
  4. ^ John A. Dussinger, "Richardson, Samuel (bap. 1689, d. 1761)", ODNB, Oxford University Press, 2004. retrieved 7 September 2014. Pay-walled.
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