Mercaston

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Mercaston
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Halter Devils Chapel near Mercaston.
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Mercaston
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference SK267431
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town ASHBOURNE
Postcode district DE6
Police Derbyshire
Fire Derbyshire
Ambulance East Midlands
List of places
UK
England
Derbyshire
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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