Scarsdale Hundred
Scarsdale Hundred is one of the hundreds of Derbyshire, located in the north-east of the county. It is bounded to the north by Yorkshire; to the east by Nottinghamshire; to the south by Morleston and Litchurch and Appletree Hundreds; to the south-west by Wirksworth Hundred; and to the north-west by High Peak Hundred. The northern parts of the hundred contain some of the suburbs of Sheffield. It is the most-populous of the hundreds, with a population of 420,136 in 2011.
It comprises the ancient parishes of:
- Alfreton
- Ashover (part)*
- Ault Hucknall
- Barlborough
- Beauchief
- Beighton
- Blackwell
- Bolsover
- Brampton
- Chesterfield
- Clowne
- Crich (part)†
- Dronfield
- Eckington
- Elmton
- Heath
- Killamarsh
- Morton
- North Wingfield
- Pinxton (part)‡
- Pleasley
- Scarcliffe
- Shirland
- South Normanton
- South Wingfield
- Staveley
- Sutton-cum-Duckmanton
- Tibshelf
- Upper Langwith
- Whittington
- Whitwell
- Wingerworth
*: Extends into Wirksworth Hundred.
†: Mostly in Morleston and Litchurch Hundred.
‡: Extends into Nottinghamshire (Broxtow Wapentake).
| Hundreds of Derbyshire |
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Appletree • High Peak • Morleston and Litchurch (including Derby) • Repton and Gresley • Scarsdale • Wirksworth |
