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IBBLE, or IBLE, a township in Wirksworth parish, Derby; 3½ miles NW of Wirksworth. Acres, 421. Real sary, and some other institutions; and is a seat of petty and quarter sessions. A weekly market is held on Thursday; fairs are held on 10 July and 1 December; and there is a large brewery. The town shared all the privileges of the cinque port charters; had also a special charter from Elizabeth; is now governed by a mayor, 4 aldermen, and 12 councillors; sent two members to parliament from the time of Edward III. till the act of 1832; and now sends one. Its municipal boundaries comprise the parishes of Hythe-St. Leonard and West Hythe; and its parliamentary boundaries comprise, in addition to these, the parishes of Cheriton, Folkestone, and Saltwood, and part of the parish of Newington-next-Hythe. M. borough income, in 1860, £664. Real property of the m. borough, in 1860, £10, 831; of which £256 were in gas works. Electors of the p. borough, in 1868, 1, 313. Pop. of the m. borough, in 1851, 2, 857; in 1861, 3, 001. Houses, 589. Pop. of the p. borough, in 1851, 13, 164; in 1 861, 21, 367. Houses, 2, 843. The parish is Hythe ST. Leonard; and it contains all the town proper. Acres, 882; of which 82 are water. Rated property, £4, 010. Pop. in 1851, 2, 675; in 1861, 2, 871. Houses, 558. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Canterbury; and was formerly annexed to the rectory of Saltwood. Value, £175. Patron, the Rector of Saltwood.—The sub-district contains also seven other parishes, and is in the district of Elham. Acres, 15, 209. Pop., 5, 743. Houses, 1, 132.-The hundred contains only Hythe and West Hythe parishes, and is conterminate with Hythe m. borough.
(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))
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| Feature Description: | "a township" (ADL Feature Type: "countries, 4th order divisions") |
| Administrative units: | Wirksworth CP/AP Derbyshire AncC |
| Place names: | IBBLE | IBBLE OR IBLE | IBLE |
| Place: | Ible |
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