IRETON (KIRK), a parish in the hundred of
WIRKSWORTH, county of DERBY, 2 miles (S. S.W.) from
Wirksworth, containing, with the township of Wood-
Ireton, 826 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the
archdeaconry of Derby, and diocese of Lichfield and
Coventry, rated in the king's books at £7. 10. 10., and
in the patronage of the Dean of Lincoln. The church,
dedicated to the Holy Trinity, has portions in the Norman
style. There is a place of worship for Independents.
A school was erected and endowed by John
Slater, in 1686; the income is about £15 a year. An
annuity of £ 5, arising from a bequest by John Bower,
is also paid for the instruction of seven girls. This parish
is in the honour of Tutbury, duchy of Lancaster,
and within the jurisdiction of a court of pleas held at
Tutbury every third Tuesday, for the recovery of debts
under 40s.