Kirk Ireton

Kirk Ireton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish (including Callow) at the 2011 Census was 518. It is located 4 miles south west of Wirksworth nestling on a hillside, near to Carsington Water 700 ft above sea level. Ireton is a corruption of Hyre-Tun in the Saxon and means 'The Irishman's Enclosure'. 'Kirk' was added after the Norman invasion and the building of the church. The village dates back at least as far as the Bronze Age.