In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Trent like this:
TRENT, a r. station with telegraph in the E of Derbyshire; on the Midland line from Derby, at the forking of the lines toward Nottingham and Leicester, 8½ miles ESE of Derby. A middle-class college was founded in its vicinity in the latter part of 1866, and was estimated to cost £20,000.
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Trent through time
Trent is now part of Erewash district. Click here for graphs and data of how Erewash has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Trent itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Trent, in Erewash and Derbyshire | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/25960
Date accessed: 20th April 2024
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