Mercaston

Mercaston
Mercaston
	Halter Devils Chapel near Mercaston.
	Mercaston Location within Derbyshire
OS grid reference	SK267431
District	Derbyshire Dales;
Shire county	Derbyshire;
Region	East Midlands;
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	ASHBOURNE
Postcode district	DE6
Police	Derbyshire
Fire	Derbyshire
Ambulance	East Midlands
	List of places UK England Derbyshire 52°59′06″N 1°36′11″W / 52.985°N 1.603°W

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]

References

^ Mercaston, Derbyshire Dales - area information, map, walks and more Retrieved 2018-03-28.
^ Ordnance Survey: Landranger map sheet 119 Buxton & Matlock (Chesterfield, Bakewell & Dove Dale) (Map). Ordnance Survey. 2012. ISBN 9780319231890.
^ 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

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