Mercaston

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Mercaston
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Mercaston
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK267431
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Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ASHBOURNE
Postcode district DE6
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52°59′06″N1°36′11″W / 52.985°N 1.603°W / 52.985; -1.603

Mercaston is a hamlet [1] in Derbyshire, England. [2] It is located in the Peak District 7 miles west of Duffield. It is in the civil parish of Hulland Ward.

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In 1793 Sarah Kirkland (later Bembridge) was born here. She evangelised for the Primitive Methodists in the surrounding counties and Hull. [3]

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References

  1. Mercaston, Derbyshire Dales - area information, map, walks and more Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  2. Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 119 Buxton & Matlock (Chesterfield, Bakewell & Dove Dale) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN   9780319231890.
  3. Graham, E. Dorothy (23 September 2004), "Bembridge [née Kirkland; other married name Harrison], Sarah (c. 1793–1880), Primitive Methodist travelling preacher" , Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47030, ISBN   978-0-19-861412-8 , retrieved 28 March 2023

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