MAPPERLEY, a township in that part of the parish
of KIRK-HALLAM which is in the hundred of APPLETREE,
county of DERBY, 7 miles (N. E. by E.) from Derby,
containing 338 inhabitants. Henry Leaper, in 1791, left
an annuity of £6 towards the support of a Sunday
school, established in 1792. This township is entitled
to share in the benefits of West Hallam school, founded
by John Scargill.