Mercaston

Mercaston
Halter Devils Chapel near Mercaston.
Mercaston is located in Derbyshire
Mercaston
Mercaston
Location within Derbyshire
OS grid referenceSK267431
District
Shire county
Region
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townASHBOURNE
Postcode districtDE6
PoliceDerbyshire
FireDerbyshire
AmbulanceEast Midlands
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UK
England
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52°59′06″N 1°36′11″W / 52.985°N 1.603°W / 52.985; -1.603

Mercaston is a hamlet[1] in Derbyshire, England.[2] It is located in the Peak District 7 miles west of Duffield. It is in the civil parish of Hulland Ward.

In 1793 Sarah Kirkland (later Bembridge) was born here. She evangelised for the Primitive Methodists in the surrounding counties and Hull.[3]

  1. ^ Mercaston, Derbyshire Dales - area information, map, walks and more Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  2. ^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 119 Buxton & Matlock (Chesterfield, Bakewell & Dove Dale) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231890.
  3. ^ Graham, E. Dorothy (23 September 2004), "Bembridge [née Kirkland; other married name Harrison], Sarah (c. 1793–1880), Primitive Methodist travelling preacher", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47030, ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8, retrieved 28 March 2023