Milltown, Derbyshire

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Milltown
Derbyshire
Milltown and Ravennest Tor.jpg
Milltown and Ravennest Tor
Location
Grid reference: SK354616
Location: 53°9’4"N, 1°28’16"W
Data
Post town: Chesterfield
Postcode: S45
Local Government
Council: North East Derbyshire

Milltown is a village in Derbyshire, located a mile south-east of Ashover (to whose civil parish it has been allocated). To the north of the village is Milltown Quarry, now closed:[1] this was is a small quarry, which was open for limestone extraction.

Milltown once had a station on the Ashover Light Railway, which closed in 1936.

The village has a listed chapel, Milltown Methodist Church, also known as Ashover Hay Primitive Methodist Chapel.[2]

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References

  1. "Mindat". 
  2. National Heritage List 1218516: Ashover Hay Primitive Methodist Chapel (Grade II listing)