English Explanatory Dictionary

Arkwright Town

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Sutton cum Duckmanton parish, North East Derbyshire district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK4271).

Word forms

Arkwright Town

Etymology

Named from the family of the English inventor and entrepreneur Richard Arkwright (1732–1792), whose son Richard Arkwright junior (1755–1843) purchased Sutton Scarsdale Hall, a stately home in nearby Sutton Scarsdale, in 1824.

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