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ASHFORD in the WATER, Derbyshire

"ASHFORD, or Ashford-in-the-Water, from being seated on the Wye, is a small village, and chapelry to Bakewell, about one mile from that town, on the road to Buxton. There are many lead mines in the neighbourhood, several of which are now working; and at the entrance of the village from Buxton are the marble-mills and show-rooms of Messrs. Oldfield & Co. established near a century ago, where the sawing of marble, by improved machinery is carried on in all its various branches, for chimney-pieces, monuments, tables, &c., from quarries on the estate of the Duke of Devonshire." [There is further information for Ashford in the Water]

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

Cemeteries Census Church History Church Records Description and Travel Directories

Early 20thC Map Click to view larger area.

Gazetteers History Manors Maps Occupations Schools

Cemeteries

• A full transcription of Memorial Inscriptions in Holy Trinity Churchyard is available on Rev. Clive Thrower's Home Page. A super site which also provides a brief History of the Church. Added 19 Nov 2007.

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in Holy Trinity Churchyard,Ashford in the Water collected and transcribed by Alf Beard. Added 25 Jun 2003.

Census

• Complete transcriptions of the Ashford-in-the-Water Census of 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881 - included as Four Rural Areas, 1851-1881 - are accessible by various means.

Church History

• Photograph of Holy Trinity Church, Ashford in the Water, from Geoff Bradley.

  Holy Trinity is one of very few Churches known to retain Maidens' Funeral Garlands also known as 'Crowns' or 'Crantz' ('Crants').

  Check here for a Photograph of Maiden's Funeral Garland (1), Holy Trinity Church, and Photograph of Maiden's Funeral Garland (2), Holy Trinity Church, Ashford in the Water, from Janet & Peter Kirk.

• Photograph of Chantrey Cottage and Methodist Chapel (1899), Ashford in the Water, from Janet & Peter Kirk.

• Photograph of Holy Trinity Church, Ashford, from Alf Beard.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of Holy Trinity Church is available for purchase from Valerie Neal.

• Here is a list of Ashford Parish Registers available on Microfilm from LDS Family History Libraries. Film Numbers are reproduced on GENUKI by kind permission of the Genealogical Society of Utah.

  Parish registers, 1687-1959.	Microfilm Number
  Baptisms, 1687-1880 Marriages, 1692-1803, 1818-1881 Burials, 1688-1812	1041631
  Banns, 1875-1881 Burials, 1813-1881	1041677
  Baptisms, 1879-1901 Marriages, 1880-1902 Banns, 1880-1900	1751974
  Baptisms, 1899-1958 Marriages, 1899-1959	2081110
  Bishop's transcripts, 1669-1864.	Microfilm Number
  Baptisms, marriages, and burials, 1669-1812	0422180
  Baptisms, marriages, and burials, 1813-1864	0497375
  Transcripts
  Marriages, 1669-1767 / copied by the Society of Genealogists.	0823616

Description and Travel

• Here are several Pictures of the Past of Ashford, dating from the early 20th century.
  (Contributed by Moyra Burnett / and an anonymous donor)

• Here also are some notes written by Moyra's uncle, Howard Needham WALTERS, on The Village of Ashford-in-the-Water, in the 1960s.

Directories

• A Description of Ashford and Directory for Bakewell, with the villages of Ashford, Baslow, Edensor - with Chatsworth, Youlgrave and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Partial transcription of section of Directory of Sheffield and 20 miles round, 1862, for Ashford by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Ashford in the Water by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

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

History

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Ashford by Barbarann Ayars.

Manors

• An account of Ashford Rookery and Little Longstone Manor House, taken from Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I 1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie.

Maps

• A simple Map of Ashford is available on Registered Tourist Guide Lesley Badger's site.

Occupations

• Bygone Industries of the Peak: Ashford Marble, article by Julie Bunting, reproduced from The Peak Advertiser.

Schools

• A Free Grammar School was founded in the village in 1631 by William Harris, a notable local benefactor. It was succeeded by a Church of England (Aided) Primary School. The buildings of the latter date from about 1880 and were erected on the site of the old school for boys, the girls having been previously accommodated in another building further along the Buxton road.
  [Extract from The Village of Ashford-in-the-Water, notes on the village, by Howard Needham WALTERS.]

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