Middleton and Smerrill Derbyshire Family History Guide

Middleton and Smerrill is a chapelry of Youlgreave Ancient Parish in Derbyshire.

Other places in the parish include: Smerrill and Smerril.

Alternative names: Middleton, Middleton by Youlgreave

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: None
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: None

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MIDDLETON, a township, conjoint with Smerril, in Youlgreave parish, Derby; 5 miles SSW of Bakewell.

Acres, 2,300. Real property, £3,115. Pop., 244. Houses, 50.

Lombardale Hall is the seat of the Batemans; and was the residence of the late T. Bateman, Esq., who investigated the antiquities of the county, and formed a large museum.

Arborlowes Ring is a complete Druidical circle; and there are many barrows, in which Celtic relics have been found.

A chapel of ease was built in 1865; and there is a dissenting chapel, built by the late T. Bateman, Esq.

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

Administration

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