WHITWELL, a parish in the hundred of SCARSDALE, county of DERBY, 10 miles (B. N.'E.) from Chesterfield, containing 873 inhabitants. The living is a rectory, in the archdeaconry of Derby, and diocese of Lichfield and Coventry, rated in the king's books at £20. 3. 4., and in the patronage of the Duke of Portland. The church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, has a Norman tower. A school for boys is principally supported by the Duke of Portland, and another for girls by the Duchess, on the National system. Whitwell, together with some of the neighbouring villages, has been on the decline since the opening of the Chesterfield canal; frame-work knitting is still carried on to a small extent. A statute lair for hiring servants, formerly held on November 1st, is now in disuse. The ancient hall has been converted into a farm-house. At Steetley, said to have been at one period a distinct parish, is a desecrated church, exhibiting a curious and good specimen of the later ana more enriched style of Norman architecture; it is an interesting ruin., and is preserved with great care.