Muggington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.
Other places in the parish include: Ravensdale Park, Weston Under Wood, Weston Underwood, and Mercaston.
Alternative names: Mugginton
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1674
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
MUGGINTON, a township in Belper district, and a parish partly also in Ashborne district, Derby. The township lies on an affluent of the river Derwent, 4 miles W by N of Duffield r. station, and 5 SW of Belper; and contains a pleasant village of its own name, situated on an acclivity. Real property, £4,112. Pop., 261. Houses, 52. The parish contains also the townships of Weston-Underwood and Mercaston, and the hamlet of Ravensdale Park. Post-town, Brailsford, under Derby. Acres, 5,324. Real property, £8,525. Pop., 689. Houses, 133. The property is divided among a few. The manor of Mugginton belongs to T. Hallowes, Esq.; and the manors of Weston-Underwood and Ravensdale Park belong to Lord Scarsdale. Mercaston Hall was an ancient seat of the Knivetons. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £526. Patron, E. S. Chandos Pole, Esq. The church is early English; was recently restored; consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with pinnacled tower; and contains the tomb of Sir R. Kniveton, who died in 1400. There are a national school, a girls’ school, and charities £65, a portion of which goes to the national school.
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
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: Belper
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Radbourne
- Poor Law Union: Belper
- Hundred: Appletree; Morleston and Litchurch
- Province: Canterbury