Derbyshire

Situated in the East Midlands, Derbyshire is predominantly made up of small market towns, villages and rolling countryside, much of which makes up the Peak District National Park. The county has long been a favourite for city folk to visit, with many tourist attractions - the mines and caverns around the Castleton area, Eyam otherwise known as The Plague Village, Chatsworth House, and Bakewell for a traditional Bakewell Pudding, and Buxton - famous for its mineral water. Florence Nightingale was the daughter of a Derbyshire gentleman and although born in Florence she spent much of her early life at Lea Hirst, near Crich.

The county has undergone numerous boundary changes over the years. A summary of these can be found here. County town: Derby Other major towns: Ilkeston, Chesterfield Derbyshire Places of Worship Regional Projects Forum

Source: Wikipedia

Resources

Primary Reference

• Derbyshire Record Office

• Derbyshire Libraries

• Derbyshire Family History Society

• Derbyshire Look-up Exchange

• Parish Register UK Look-up Exchange

Countywide Interest

• Derbyshire Assizes and Prisoners

• Derby Gaol - Crime & Punishment List of executed prisoners

• Derbyshire Churches and Chapels

• White’s 1857 Directory of Derbyshire

• Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, 1891

• Derbyshire Directory - Local & Family History

• Derbyshire Genealogy at UKIsearch.com

• Derbyshire Lads at War: 1914-1918

• Derbyshire Links

• Old Stokie's Website - Lead Mining in Brassington

• Derbyshire Museums and Heritage Centres

• Derbyshire Parishes, 1811

• Derbyshire Parish Records - UK Genealogy Archives

• Yesterdays Journey Names from Derbyshire documents

• Jayne's North East Derbyshire Pages

• North East Derbyshire

• North West Derbyshire Sources

• South Derbyshire Baptisms, Deaths and Marriages

• South Derbyshire Genealogy Pages

• You and Yesterday

Specific Town and Village Interest

• Alfreton History

• Ashover - A Guide for Genealogists

• Ashover, Belper Workhouse, Blackwell, Crich, Cromford, Morton, Riddings, Somercotes various census and parish records

• Belper Research

• Bonsall History Project

• Brassington - History of the Village

• The Parish of Brimington

• Carsington and Hopworth

• Carsington Parish Registers

• Chesterfield & District Family History Society

• Clay Cross

• Clay Cross Genealogy and Local History

• The Yesteryears of Clowne

• Codnor and District Local History and Heritage

• Crich Parish

• Cutthorpe

• Derwent Valley Mills

• Dethick, Lea & Holloway

• Eyam Feb 2009

• Glossop Heritage Centre, Peak District, Derbyshire

• Glossop Page

• The Ancient Parish of Glossop including 19th and 20th century trade directories

• Window Tax for the Parish of Glossop, 1783

• Goodluck Lead Mine, Via Gellia, Derbyshire

• Hasland

• Great Hucklow

• Hartshorne on the Web

• Heanor & District Local History

• Heanor and Heage Feb 2009

• Hognaston

• Hope Valley

• Little Hucklow

• The Ilkeston and District Local History Society

• Kegworth

• Matlock and Matlock Bath

• Matlock's Church Records

• Mellor

• A Mellor Boyhood Mar 2009

• New Mills

• Newhall Resources

• Pentrich Historical Society

• Repton & Gresley Hundred, South Derbyshire - Parish Register Transcripts

• Repton Village History Group

• Ridgeway

• Rosliston - A One Village Genealogical Study

• Sandiacre History and Heritage

• Shardlow Heritage Centre

• Smalley One Place Study

• Stanley One Place Study

• Staveley

• Taddington and Priestcliffe

• Taghill

• Tansley, Holy Trinity Church includes Baptisms, Marriages and Burials 1840-1899

• Whitwell Local History Group

• Winster Ancestry

• Wirksworth Parish Records 1600-1900 and Wirksworth Area Census

Maps and Photographs

• GenMaps - Derbyshire Old Maps

• Lower Dove Tithe Maps and Apportionments

• Picture the Past - Images of Derbyshire

• 19th and 20th Century Photographers & Photographic Studios in Derbyshire

• Matlock and Matlock Bath Photographers

• Victorian Photography and Photographers in Matlock & Matlock Bath

Books of local interest

Register Office

• Derbyshire County Council - Replacement certificates

Ashbourne covers Ashbourne registration district

Ashbourne Town Hall
Market Place
Ashbourne
DE6 1ES
Tel: 01335 300575

Bakewell covers Bakewell registration district Town Hall

Bakewell
DE45 1BW
Tel: 01629 812261

Chapel en Le Frith covers High Peak Registration District

Superintendent Registrar's Office (for marriages and certificate requests)
Council Offices
Hayfield Road
Chapel-en-le-Frith
High Peak.
SK23 0QJ
Tel: 01663 750473

Chesterfield covers Chesterfield registration district

New Beetwell Street
Chesterfield
S40 1QJ
Tel: 01246 271405

Derby covers South Derbyshire registration district

Royal Oak House,
Market Place,
Derby
DE1 3AR
Tel: 01332 256526 or 256535 or 256536

Ilkeston covers Erewash registration district

87 Lord Haddon Road
Ilkeston
DE7 8AX
Tel: 0115 932 1014

Matlock

Firs Parade
Matlock
DE4 3AS
Tel 01629 582870

Swadlincote

Civic Way
Swadlincote
DE11 0AB
Tel: 01283 213976

Record Office & Archive Lookup Requests

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Record Office & Archive Lookup Contacts

• Derbys R/O, MATLOCK. Fortnightly Tatty Bear

Cemetery Lookup Requests

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Cemetery Lookup Contacts

• Aldercar St John's Just Mandy (SCHOOL HOLIDAYS ONLY)
• Codnor St James Just Mandy
• Darley Dale Methodist Tatty Bear
• Heanor St Lawrence Just Mandy
• Killamarsh Vicky the Viking
• Langley Mill St Andrew's Just Mandy
• Leabrooks Cemetery Tatty Bear
• Losco St Lukes Just Mandy
• Marlpool Cemetery Just Mandy
• St James Church, Riddings Tatty Bear
• St Helens, Darley Dale Tatty Bear

Photo Offers

Members that have offered to take photographs in particular areas. Please send a private message to the member with your queries.

• Derbyshire jules of the desert

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