From  the  Topographical  Dictionary  of  England  of  1831

SMALLEY, a chapelry in the parish of MORLEY, hundred of MORLESTON, and LITCHURCH, county of DERBY, 7 miles (N.E.) from Derby, containing 727 inhabitants. The chapel is dedicated to St. John the Baptist. John and Samuel Richardson, in 1712 conveyed certain property to trustees, for the erection and support of a school for twelve poor boys, each to receive eightpence per week; the present annual income is £88, and twenty-eight boys are educated, viz., fourteen from this chapelry, eight from Heanor, and six from Horsley-Woodhouse. There are extensive collieries in the neighbourhood.

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