Edensor, Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Edensor is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.

Other places in the parish include: Pilsley, Pilsley near Bakewell, and Pilsey.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1539
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

EDENSOR, a village, a township, and a parish, in Bakewell district, Derby.

The village stands on the river Derwent, ½ a mile W of Chatsworth House, and 2 ENE of Bakewell r. station; is a pretty place of villa-cottages; and has a post-office under Chesterfield, and a good inn.

The township includes the village, and comprises 4,328 acres. Real property, £4,669. Pop., 272. Houses, 51.

The parish contains also the township of Pilsley. Acres, 4, 829. Real property, £5,363. Pop., 592. Houses, 123. The property is divided among a few.

The church is very old; has a pinnacled tower; and contains a splendid alabaster monument to the first Earl of Devonshire. Charities, £73.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Derbyshire
  • Civil Registration District: Bakewell
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Eyam
  • Poor Law Union: Bakewell
  • Hundred: High Peake
  • Province: Canterbury