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ASHOVER, Derbyshire

"ASHOVER is a village, in the parish of its name, partly in the hundred of Wirksworth, but chiefly in Scarsdale hundred; 4 miles N.N.E. from Matlock, about 7 miles S. from Chesterfield, and about the like distance N.W. from Alfreton; pleasantly situate near the rivers Amber and Milntown: it is a place of considerable antiquity having had a church at the time of the conquest, and was formerly a market-town. Coal, iron-stone, mill-stone and lead are found in the parish, and the Gregory lead mine is said to have been, at one time, the richest in the kingdom, but of late years its produce has much decreased." [There is further information for Ashover]

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

Bibliography Church Records Directories

Early 20thC Map Click to view larger area.

Gazetteers Genealogy Newspapers

Bibliography

• Wombwell, Margaret - Barm and Battleships. DCC Cultural & Community Services, 2006.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Barm and Battleships’ (Peak Advertiser, 25th September 2006)
  Added 11 Sep 2006.

• Wombwell, Margaret - Ashover Remembered. DCC Cultural & Community Services, 2005.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Ashover Remembered’ (Peak Advertiser, 29th August 2005)
  Added 24 Aug 2005.

Church Records

• A transcription of Ashover Weddings 1642-1724 provided by John Mills on his Bygone Days In Ashover site.

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

Directories

• A Description of Ashover and Directory for Ashover and neighbourhood transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Ashover (includes Alton etc) by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

• Ashover, a Guide for Genealogists, by Rob Marriott - Baptisms, Marriages and Burials, Census, Directories &c.

Newspapers

• Some Newspaper Articles mentioning Ashover. Added 21 Aug 2000.

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