Shardlow is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1839 from Aston on Trent Ancient Parish.
Alternative names: Shardlow and Great Wilne, Shardlow with Far Wilne, Shardlow with Great Wilne
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1838
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1838
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
- Lockington, Leicestershire
- Sawley
- Aston on Trent
- Elvaston cum Thurlston and Ambaston
- Wilne with Draycott
- Castle Donington, Leicestershire
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHARDLOW, a village, a parish, a sub-district, and a district, in Derbyshire. The village stands near the river Trent, 2 miles S of Draycott r. station, and 6½ ESE of Derby; and has a post-office under Derby. The parish contains also the village of Great Wilne, and comprises 1,580 acres. Real property, £3,848. Pop. in 1851, 1,121; in 1861, 945, of whom 136 were in the workhouse. Houses, 191. The property is subdivided. S. Hall is the seat of J. Sutton, Esq. Cavendish Bridgeover the Trent, near the village, was built in 1771, at a cost of £3,333. The Trent and Mersey canal joins the Trent about ½ a mile below the village, and has here timber and coal wharves. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £300. Patron, J. Sutton, Esq. The church is good, and has a pinnacled tower. There are chapels for Wesleyans and New Connexion Methodists, and a parochial school. The sub-district contains six parishes and parts of three others. Acres, 11,586. Pop., 4,454. Houses, 959. The district comprehends also the sub-districts of Spondon, Stapleford, Melbourne, and Castle-Donington. Acres, 73,290. Poor-rates in 1863, £13,221. Pop. in 1851, 32,322; in 1861, 31,113. Houses, 7,006. Marriages in 1863, 191; births, 1,030, of which 91 were illegitimate; deaths, 612, of which 197 were at ages under 5 years, and 24 at ages above 85. Marriages in the ten years 1851-60, 2,060; births, 10,118; deaths, 6,443. The places of worship, in 1851, were 44 of the Church of England, with 10,966 sittings; 6 of Independents, with 1,173 s.; 10 of Baptists, with 2,371 s.; 1 of Quakers, with 200 s.; 31 of Wesleyans, with 4,997 s.; 6 of New Connexion Methodists, with 1,421 s.; 15 of Primitive Methodists, with 1,289s.; 4 of Wesleyan Reformers, with 435 s.; 1 of Moravians, with 227 s.; and 1 of the New Church, with 110s. The schools were 43 public day schools, with 3,132 scholars; 70 private day schools, with 1,595 s.; 84 Sunday schools, with 6,580 s.; and 5 evening schools for adults, with 95 s.
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: Shardlow
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Stanton by Bridge
- Poor Law Union: Shardlow
- Hundred: Morleston and Litchurch
- Province: Canterbury