COTON IN THE ELMS, Derbyshire - Extract from National Gazetteer, 1868

"COTON IN THE ELMS, a township in the parish of Lullington, hundred of Repton, in the county of Derby, 5 miles S. of Burton-on-Trent, its post town, and 2 N.W. of the Oakley railway station. The chapel-of-ease is built in the Gothic style with square tower. There is a free school for girls, supported by Lady Horton, who is lady of the manor. In the vicinity is Coton Park."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]