Wirksworth is a small market town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of over 9,000. The population of the Wirksworth area including Cromford and many other small villages is about 12,000. Wirksworth is listed in the Domesday book in 1086. The town was granted its market charter by Edward I in 1306. The market is held every Tuesday in the market square in the busy town centre. Perhaps the finest building in Wirksworth is St. Mary's Church, ...
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Wirksworth is a small market town in Derbyshire, England, with a population of over 9,000. The population of the Wirksworth area including Cromford and many other small villages is about 12,000. Wirksworth is listed in the Domesday book in 1086. The town was granted its market charter by Edward I in 1306. The market is held every Tuesday in the market square in the busy town centre. Perhaps the finest building in Wirksworth is St. Mary's Church, which was one of the first centres of Christian teaching in England and is believed to date back to around 653 AD. The ancient Wirksworth Hundred or Wapentake was named after the town.
Wirksworth is on the border of Amber Valley and Derbyshire Dales districts
Historically, it developed as a centre for lead mining, but then later on, it branched into quarrying.
Many of the institutions in the area have connections with the Gell family, of Hopton Hall, whose most famous member was Sir John Gell, 1st Baronet, who fought on Parliament's side in...
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