Morton, Derbyshire

Description
Morton, a township and a parish in Derbyshire. The township lies half a mile WNW of Doehill railway station, 1 SE of Stretton railway station, and 2 1/2 miles N of Alfreton. It has a post and money order office under Alfreton; telegraph office, Doehill. Acreage, 1125; population, 750. The parish contains also the township of Brackenfield. Acreage, 2676 ; population of the civil parish, 1096, of the 30ecclesiastical, 980. Ogston Hall is the seat of the Turbutt family. Upwards of 1000 acres were leased by a company for the working of coal and other minerals, and a large colliery was opened in 1863. The living is a rectory in, the diocese of Southwell; net value, £439 with residence. Patrons, alternately St John's College, Cambridge, and the Turbutt family. The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1850; is a small building in the Decorated English style; consists of nave, N aisle, and chancel, with pinnacled tower; and contains monuments to the Turbutts. The vicarage of Brackenfield is a separate benefice. A Fiee Methodist chapel is in Brackenfield.