ILKESTON

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ILKESTON , a market town and municipal

borough

BOROUGH (A.S. nominative burh, dative byrig, which produces some of the place-names ending in bury, a sheltered or fortified place, the camp of refuge of a tribe, the stronghold of a chieftain; cf. Ger. Burg, Fr. bor, bore, bourg)
BOROUGH [BURROUGH, BURROWE, BORROWS], STEVEN (1525–1584)

, in the Ilkeston parliamentary division of

Derbyshire

DERBYSHIRE

, England, 9 M. E.N.E. of Derby, on the Midland and the

Great

GREAT

Northern railways. Pop. (1891) 19i744, (1901) 25,384. It is situated on a hill commanding fine views of the Erewash valley. The

church

of St Mary is Norman and Early

English

ENGLISH

, and has a fine chancel screen dating from the later

part

PART

of the 13th century. The manufactures of the town are principally hosiery and lace, and various kinds of stoneware. Coal and iron are wrought in the neighbourhood. An alkaline

mineral

MINERAL

spring

SPRING (from " to spring," " to leap or jump up," " burst out," O. Eng., springau, a common Teut. word, cf. Ger.
springer
- SPRINGER (Fr. rein)
- SPRINGER, ANTON HEINRICH (1825–1891)
, possibly allied to Gr. QnrFpxecOac, to move rapidly)

, resembling the seltzer water of Germany, was discovered in 1830, and baths were then erected, which, however, were subsequently closed. The town, which is very ancient, being mentioned in Domesday, obtained a grant for a market and

fair

FAIR

in 1251, and received its charter of incorporation in 1887. It is governed by a mayor, 6 aldermen and 18 councillors. Area, 2526 acres.

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