Belper Lane End
village in Derbyshire, England, UK
Belper Lane End is a village in the civil parish of Belper, in the Amber Valley district, in the county of Derbyshire, England.
History
Belper lane End is around a mile north west of and above the historic industrial town of Belper. There is evidence within and near the village of mining. The Bull's Head Inn sits in a prominent position on the junction of Belper Lane and Dalley Lane. It is an old coaching inn mentioned as a stopping place for coaches travelling on the turnpiked, tolled Wirksworth to London Road in 1794.
Historical maps show the position of a Wesleyan Chapel, now converted for residential use, on Belper Lane.
St Faith's
Further south on Dalley Lane is the small church dedicated to St Faith. The church was built in 1890 for the religious education of local children and use by the local community by the Sisters of the Convent of St. Lawrence of Belper together with the then vicar of Belper's Christ Church. The church was closed for use in 2005 by the diocese to the great regret of local residents, who formed the “Friends of St Faith's” group and fought to bring attention to their cause, even holding a Harvest Festival in field opposite the church.
The public source identifies “Belper Lane End” as village in Derbyshire, England, UK. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Belper, Lane and village.
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The strongest evidence will usually combine a dated visual record with documents produced by the authority responsible for the place. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jan 6, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q4884649. Authority coordinates are 53.041, -1.504. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1794, 1890 and 2005.
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This entry incorporates text from “Belper Lane End” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.