ATLOW, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Ashbourne Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2521 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2753 |
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Ashbourne Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"ATLOW, a chapelry in the parish of Bradborne, and hundred of Appletree, in the county of Derby, 4 miles to the N.E. of Ashbourne. It is situated in a pleasant district on the river Dove, and from a lofty hill, called Magger's Bush, not far from the village, there is a fine prospect. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, of the value of £148, in the patronage of C. H. Oakover, Esq."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).