Breaston Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Breaston is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1719 from a chapelry in Wilne chapelry in Sawley Ancient Parish. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1719
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1719

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Methodist New Connexion, and Primitive Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BREASTON, a chapelry in Wilne parish, Derbyshire; on the Derby canal and the Midland railway, ½ a mile NW of Sawley station, and 8 ESE of Derby. Post Town, Sawley, under Derby. Real property £3,593. Pop., 709. Houses, 160. The property is much subdivided. The living is a rectory, united with the rectory of Risley, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £350. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is good; and there are two Methodist chapels, and charities £16.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Registers

Breaston Marriages 1719 to 1810

England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918 – FamilySearch

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Derbyshire, Breaston – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Breaston, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Derbyshire, Breaston – Church records ( 7 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Breaston, 1719-1854
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Breaston (Derbyshire)

Church records, 1825-1944
Author: New Connexion Methodist Chapel (Breaston, Derbyshire)

Derbyshire parish registers in Wilne, England, 1540-1723
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Wilne (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Breaston, parish registers, 1906-1975
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Breaston (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Marriages at Breaston, 1719-1810
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Breaston (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Breaston, 1719-1920
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Breaston (Derbyshire)

Record of members, ca. 1848-1857
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Breaston Branch (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Breaston – Church records – Indexes ( 5 )
Computer printout of Breaston, Derby., Eng

Parish register printouts of Breaston, Derbyshire, England ; christenings, 1719-1854
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Breaston, Derbyshire, England ; marriages, 1719-1837
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Sawley and Long Eaton, Derby, England ; christenings, 1672-1808
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Wilne, Derby, England ; christenings, 1540-1742
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Derbyshire Historical Directories

Administration

  • County: Derbyshire
  • Civil Registration District: Shardlow
  • Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Sawley
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Ockbrook
  • Poor Law Union: Shardlow
  • Hundred: Morleston and Litchurch
  • Province: Canterbury