Dore, Derbyshire Family History Guide
Dore is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1720 from chapelry in Dronfield Ancient Parish.
Other places in the parish include: Totley.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1738
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1809
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
- Beauchief Abbey
- Holmesfield
- Norton
- Hathersage
- Dronfield
- Fulwood, Yorkshire
- Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire
- Derwent
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DORE, a township and a chapelry in Dronfield parish, Derby. The township lies near the river Sheaf, adjacent to Yorkshire, 3 miles NW of Dronfield, and 5 SW by S of Sheffield r. station; and has a post-office under Sheffield. Pop., 610. Houses, 131. The chapelry includes also the township of Totley; and was constituted in 1844. Rated property, £2,839. Pop., 1,006. Houses, 213. The property is divided among a few. Quarrying, brick-making, the preparing of copperas, and the making of saw-handles are carried on. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £90. Patron, Earl Fitzwilliam. The church was rebuilt in 1828. There are Wesleyan and P. Methodist chapels, an endowed school with £33 a year, and charities £12.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Census
England and Wales Census, 1841
England and Wales Census, 1851
England and Wales Census, 1861
England and Wales Census, 1871
England and Wales Census, 1881
England and Wales Census, 1891
England and Wales Census, 1901
England and Wales Census, 1911
Parish Records
FamilySearch Catalog
Census
Census returns for Dore, 1841-1891
Church Records
Bishop’s transcripts for Dore, 1809-1868 Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Dore (Derbyshire)
England, Derbyshire, Dore, parish registers Author: University of York. Borthwick Institute
Computer printout of Dore or Dore and Totley, Derby., Eng
Cemeteries
Dore–the monumental inscriptions of Dore graveyard Author: Dunn, M. P.
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Valuation list, 1863 Author: Dore (Derbyshire)
Taxation
Valuation list, 1863 Author: Dore (Derbyshire)
Derbyshire
England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918
Records for England
Births and Baptism Records
England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975
Great Britain, Births and Baptisms, 1571-1977
England and Wales Birth Registration Index, 1837-2008
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Marriage Records
Great Britain Marriages, 1797-1988
England and Wales Marriage Registration Index, 1837-2005
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
Death Records
England Death Records, 1998-2015
England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991
Great Britain Deaths and Burials, 1778-1988
England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
England and Wales, National Index of Wills and Administrations, 1858-1957
England and Wales, Prerogative Court of Canterbury Wills, 1640-1660
Non-Conformist Records
England and Wales Non-Conformist Record Indexes (RG4-8), 1588-1977
Occupations
United Kingdom, Merchant Navy Seamen Records, 1835-1941
War and Conflict
Great Britain, War Office Registers, 1772-1935
United Kingdom, Chelsea Pensioners’ Service Records, 1760-1913
United Kingdom, Royal Hospital Chelsea: Discharge Documents of Pensioners 1760-1887 (WO 122)
United Kingdom, Maritime Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1787-1933
United Kingdom, Militia Service Records, 1806-1915
United Kingdom, World War I Service Records, 1914-1920
United Kingdom, World War I Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps Records, 1917-1920
Newspaper Archives
British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices
British Newspaper Archives, Obituaries
Maps
Vision of Britain historical maps
Administration
- County: Derbyshire
- Civil Registration District: Ecclesall Bierlow
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Brampton
- Poor Law Union: Ecclesall Bierlow
- Hundred: Scarsdale
- Province: Canterbury