FINDERN, a chapelry in the parish of MICKLEOVER,
hundred of MORLESTON-AND-LITCHURCH, county of
DERBY, 5 miles (S.W. by S.) from Derby, containing
363 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to All Saints.
There is a place of worship for the Unitarians. The
Trent and Mersey canal passes through the chapelry.
John Allsop, in 1714, bequeathed land arid premises,
now producing £50 a year, for the mamtenanee
of a schoolmaster to teach the children of Findern,
Wellington, and Stenson; there is also a bequest by
John Erpe, of 13s. per annum, applied to the same purpose.