Littleover, Derbyshire

Description
Littleover, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish in Mickleover parish, Derbyshire. The village stands near Eykneld Street, 2 miles SW by W of Derby, is a straggling place, and has a post, money order, and telegraph office under Derby. The ecclesiastical parish includes the village, and extends into the country. Acreage of the township, 1466; population, 819 ; of the ecclesiastical parish, 842. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £130 with residence. Patron, Lord Scarsdale. The church is old, was restored in 1871-72, consists of nave, aible, and chancel, with a belfrv, and contains a handsome monument to Sir Richard Harpur, Kt. There are also Baptist and Primitive Methodist chapels and a village library.