Crich, Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Crich is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.

Other places in the parish include: Wessington and Washington.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1600
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1664

Nonconformists include: General Baptist, Independent/Congregational, Primitive Methodist, Society of Friends/Quaker, Wesleyan Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist Reform.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CRICH, a township in Belper district, and a parish in Belper, Chesterfield, and Bakewell districts, Derby.

The township adjoins the Cromford canal and the river Derwent, near Wingfield and Whatstandwell-Bridge r. stations, 4 miles W by S of Alfreton; has a post office under Derby; was formerly a market-town; and still has fairs on Old Lady-day and Old Michaelmas-day. Acres, 3,770. Pop., 2,829. Houses, 612.

The parish contains also the townships of Wessington and Tansley. Acres, 5,878. Real property, £11,800; of which £100 are in mines, and £2,427 in quarries. Pop., 3,970. Houses, 858. The property is much subdivided.

Lead mines, in limestone, at Crich-Cliffs, are very valuable. Crich-Cliffs are conspicuous hills; and Crich-Stand, on their summit, has an altitude of 995 feet above the level of the sea, and commands an extensive view. Many of the inhabitants are employed in a bobbin-mill and in stocking-weaving.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £170. Patrons, Trustees. The church is handsome, and has a tower and spire.

The rectory of Tanslee and the vicarage of Wessington are separate benefices.

There are six dissenting chapels, a national school, and charities £9.

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

Parish Registers

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Census

Census returns for Crich, 1871-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Parish chest records, 1711-1846
Author: Crich (Derbyshire)

Parish chest records, 1741-1882
Author: Crich (Derbyshire)

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Crich, 1673-1874
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Crich (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Tansley, 1839-1878
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Tansley (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Wessington, 1860-1865
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wessington (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Crich, Bowns Hill United Methodist Free Church, church records, 1910-1980
Author: Bownes Hill Chapel (Crick, Derbyshire : United Methodist Free); Bownes Hill Chapel (Crick, Derbyshire : Methodist); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Crich, parish registers, 1903-1971
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Crich (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Parish chest records, 1741-1882
Author: Crich (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Crich, 1565-1991
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Crich (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Tansley, 1840-1952
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Tansley (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Wessington, 1858-1892
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Wessington (Derbyshire)

Computer printout of Crich, Derby., Eng

Computer printout of Tansley, Derby., Eng

Computer printout of Wessington, Derby., Eng

Parish register printouts of Crich, Derby, England ; christenings, 1810-1874
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Crich, Derby, England ; marriages, 1810-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Church History

The cartulary of the Wakebridge chantries at Crich
Author: Saltman, Avrom

Cemeteries

Baptist Church, Crich
Author: Derbyshire Family History Society

Memorial inscriptions of the parish church of St. Mary the Virgin, Crich, Derbyshire
Author: Derbyshire Family History Society

Occupations

Parish chest records, 1711-1846
Author: Crich (Derbyshire)

Parish chest records, 1741-1882
Author: Crich (Derbyshire)

Poorhouses & Poor Law

Parish chest records, 1711-1846
Author: Crich (Derbyshire)

Schools

England, Derbyshire, Crich, Crich Council School, admission registers, 1883-1939
Author: Crich British School (Crich, Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Crich, Crich Infants School, admission registers, 1902-1950
Author: Crich Parochial School (Crich, Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

History

850 years of Crich parish church, 1135-1985 : words behind a pageant
Author: James, Trevor

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Derbyshire
  • Civil Registration District: Belper
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Alfreton
  • Poor Law Union: Belper
  • Hundred: Morleston and Litchurch; Scarsdale
  • Province: Canterbury