Other current and historical names
Location and coordinates are for the approximate centre of Wirksworth within this administrative area. Geographic features and populated places may cross administrative borders.
Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887). John Bartholomew
Wirksworth.-- market town, par., and township with ry. sta., Derbyshire, 13¼ miles NW. of Derby by rail - par., 14,154 ac., pop. 6950; town and township, 3020 ac., pop. 3678; P.O., T.O., 2 Banks. Market-day, Tuesday. Wirksworth is an ancient market town, with a fine 13th century church; and a moot hall of 1814, where mining cases are tried. Some of the inhabitants are employed in the cotton mfr., but most of them in the lead mines; and in the immediate vicinity are establishments for the production of ginghams, hosiery, hats, tape, and silk, and for iron smelting.
A village in Hamston hundred, in the county of Derbyshire.