Barlborough Derbyshire Family History Guide

Barlborough is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1648
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1664

Nonconformists include: Roman Catholic and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Eckington
• Killamarsh
• Staveley
• Clowne
• Whitwell
• Harthill

Historical Descriptions

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BARLBOROUGH, a parish in the district of Work sop and county of Derby; near the Chesterfield canal, 2 miles E of Eckington r. station, and 8 NE of Chesterfield. It has a post office under Chesterfield. Acres, 3,220. Real property, £7,029; of which £1,738 are in mines. Pop., 1,170. Houses, 231. The property is divided among a few. Barlborough Hall, an edifice in the Tudor style, is the seat of W. H. de Rodes, Esq. Coal and iron stone are worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £750. Patron, W. H. de Rodes, Esq. The church was repaired in 1859. An almshouse, founded in 1752, has £69, and other charities £13.

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

Parish Records

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

Administration

County: Derbyshire
Civil Registration District: Worksop
Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
Diocese: Lichfield
Rural Deanery: Staveley
Poor Law Union: Worksop
Hundred: Scarsdale
Province: Canterbury