Derbyshire is bounded, North by Yorkshire, East by Nottinghamshire, South by Leicestershire, and West by Staffordshire. It is about 50 miles long, and 38 broad; divided into six hundreds: — Appletree, High-Peake, Morleston and Litchurch, Repton and Gresley, Scarsdale, and Wirksworth. It has 12 Market-Towns. It is in the Province of Canterbury, in the Diocese of Litchfield and Coventry, and in the Midland Circuit. It contains 1026 square miles, or 656,640 acres. Population, 212,211.
Source: Leonard’s Gazetteer of England and Wales; Second Edition; C. W. Leonard, London; 1850
Thorpe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Other places in the parish include: Hanson Grange. Parish church: Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1538 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1663 Nonconformists include: Adjacent Parishes Ilam Fenny Bentley Alstonfield Tissington Blore Ray Alsop en le Dale Parwich Okeover Ashbourne Historical Descriptions The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870 THORPE, a …
The Boundary is an extra-parochial place. Search surrounding parishes for records and information. Alternative names: Bondary, The Boundary, Burton Road Parish church: Parish registers begin: Parish registers: Search surrounding parishes Bishop’s Transcripts: Search surrounding parishes Nonconformists include: Adjacent Parishes Hartshorne Smisby Ashby de la Zouch Holy Trinity Historical Descriptions The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales …
Swadlincote is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1849 from Church Gresley Ancient Parish. Parish church: Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1846 Bishop’s Transcripts: None Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist. Adjacent Parishes Newhall Hartshorne Church Gresley Woodville Bretby Ashby de la Zouch Holy Trinity Historical Descriptions …
Woodville is an Ecclesiastical Parish created in 1847 from Ashby de la Zouch Ancient Parish (Leicestershire) and Hartshorne Ancient Parish; partly in Derbyshire and partly in Leicestershire. Parish church: Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1846 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1847 Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist. Adjacent Parishes Swadlincote …
Stretton en le Field is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Other places in the parish include: Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe. Parish church: Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1638 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662 Nonconformists include: Adjacent Parishes Appleby Church Gresley No Mans Heath Chilcote Seal Measham Historical Descriptions The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870 STRETTON-EN-LE-FIELD, a parish …
Measham is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Other places in the parish include: Oakthorpe and Donisthorpe. Parish church: Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1681 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662 Separate registers exist for Donisthorpe Parish registers: 1838 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1838 Nonconformists include: Baptist, General Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist. Adjacent Parishes Stretton en le Field Church Gresley …
Church Gresley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Other places in the parish include: Castle Gresley, Drakelow, Linton, Oakthorpe, and Donisthorpe. Parish church: Parish registers begin: Parish registers: 1574 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1664 Separate registers exist for Donisthorpe Parish registers: 1838 Bishop’s Transcripts: 1838 Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan …