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ALDERWASLEY, Derbyshire

"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]

Census

• Transcriptions of the Wirkswirth Area Census covering Alderwasley for 1841, 1851 and 1881 (other years to follow) are available on John Palmer's Wirksworth site. This site also features Histories of Alderwasley, from various sources.

Church Records

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

Directories

• Directory for Wirksworth and Cromford, with the villages of Alderwasley, Brassington, Carsington, Hopton, Holloway, Lea and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Alderwasley by Ann Andrews. Added 26 Jan 2007.

Gazetteers

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

• Nigel Batty-Smith's site of United Kingdom Genealogy has a section devoted to Derbyshire, which includes a transcription of the section on Alderwasley from Stephen Glover's "History, Gazetteer, and Directory of the County of Derby".

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