Ironville Derbyshire Family History Guide

Ironville is an Ecclesiastical Parish partly in Nottinghamshire and partly in Derbyshire; created in 1850 from Selston with Underwood and Westwood Ancient Parish in Nottinghamshire and parts of Codnor and Loscoe Ecclesiastical Parish, Pentrich Ancient Parish, Riddings Ecclesiastical Parish and Codnor Park extra-parochial in Derbyshire. 

Other places in the parish include: Codnor Park. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

Parish registers: 1852
Bishop’s Transcripts: 1852

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

IRONVILLE, a village in Alfreton parish, Derby; and a chapelry partly also in Pentrich parish and Codnor-Park extra-parochial tract, Derby, and Selston parish, Notts.

The village stands at the end of the Pinxton canal, close to the Erewash canal, ½ a mile N of Codnor-Park r. station, and 3½ SE of Alfreton; has a post-office under Alfreton, a weekly market on Saturday, and an artists’ and mechanics’ library; and publishes a weekly newspaper.

The chapelry was constituted in 1850. Pop. in 1861, 2,293. Houses, 419. Pop. of the Alfreton portion, 1,508; of the Pentrich portion, 84; of the Codnor-Park portion, 614.

The inhabitants are employed chiefly in iron works.

The living is a Vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £150. Patron, Francis Wright, Esq.

The church was built in 1852, by the Butterley Iron company; and consists of nave, transepts, and chancel, with a tower.

There are large national and infant schools, and a new cemetery of about 1½ acre.

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

England, Derbyshire, Ironville – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Ironville burials, 1852-1901
Author: Smedley, J. M.; Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group

The memorial inscriptions of Christ Church, Ironville
Author: Derbyshire Family History Society

England, Derbyshire, Ironville – Church records ( 6 )
Baptismal register, 1874-1904
Author: Providence Chapel (Ironville : United Methodist Free Church)

Bishop’s transcripts for Ironville, 1852
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ironville (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Ironville and Pyehill Providence United Methodist Free Chapel, church records, 1899-1955
Author: Ironville and Pye Hill Providence Chapel (Selston, Nottinghamshire : United Methodist Free); Ironville and Pye Hill Providence Chapel (Selston, Nottinghamshire : Methodist); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Ironville, parish registers, 1907-1967
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ironville (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Ironville baptisms, 1852-1877
Author: Smedley, J. M.; Church of England. Chapelry of Ironville (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Ironville, 1852-1960
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Ironville (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Ironville – Church records – Indexes ( 1 )
Computer printout of Ironville, Providence Chapel United Methodist Free Church, Derby., Eng

Administration

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