BRAMPTON, a parish in the hundred of SCARSDALE,
county of DERBY, 3 miles (W. by N.) from Chesterfield,
containing 2632 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the archdeaconry of Derby, and diocese
of Lichfield and Coventry, endowed with £200
private benefaction, and s£200 royal bounty, and in the
patronage of the Dean of Lincoln. The church is dedicated
to St. Peter. A new church, or chapel, is about
to be erected in the eastern part of the parish, by subscription,
and a grant from the parliamentary commissioners.
There are places of worship for Primitive and
Wesleyan Methodists. The parish abounds with coal
and iron-stone, and the casting of iron is carried on
to a limited extent: the manufactory of pottery-ware is
conducted on a larger scale. There is a canal from Chesterfield
to Gainsborough. A National school, used also
as a Sunday school, has been established, for which the
erection of a new school-room is contemplated: it is
also intended to form a similar institution in connexion
with the new church.