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| | Genealogy site of Carol Herbert - Alfreton, Derbyshire (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10) |
 | | ALFRETON is a market town, and with Alfreton-outseats forms a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale; 141 miles from London, 51 S.E. from Manchester, 14 N. from Derby, 10 S. from Chesterfield, and 7 N. by E. from Belper. |
 | | Alfreton is one of the stations, appointed under the new Boundary Act, for receiving votes at the election of knights of the shire, to represent the northern division of the county. |
 | | The places of worship are the parish church, and a chapel for the Wesleyan methodists; the former, which is dedicated to St. Martin, is a rude structure, having an embattled tower with pinnacles, and appears to have been erected at different periods, probably some portion of it prior to the reign of Henry II. |
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