ALDERWASLEY (or ARROWSLEY), Derbyshire

Census

• The parish was in the Wirksworth sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• There was a small chapel built here during the reign of Henry VIII, but it was disused in 1857. By 1891 it was back in use as a mortuary chapel and the burial ground was still active.
  
  
• The church was built in 1850.
  
  
• The church seats about 300 (this number varies widely depending on source).
  

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Church Records

• For information only - the "Parish Chest" for Alderwasley contains no Settlement Certificates. My grateful thanks to Janet Kirk for this information.

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Wirksworth sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
  

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Description and Travel

"ALDERWASLEY is a township, in the parish of Wirksworth, about two miles E. by S. from that town. The mansion of Francis Hurt, Esq. is pleasantly situate near the church, and commands an extensive prospect. Population 424."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

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Directories

• Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Alderwasley entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).

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Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Alderwasley from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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Politics and Government

• This parish was in the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).
  

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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.

• As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Belper Poorlaw Union.
  

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