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BASLOW, Derbyshire
"BASLOW is a small neat village, and chapelry to Bakewell, 4
N. E. miles from that town, situate on the banks of the
Derwent. The coaches passing through here infuse a degree of
liveliness into it; but it possesses nothing otherwise
interesting. The chapel, which is dedicated to St. James
[Ed: other ancient sources may give St James, or St Anne; it
is now quite definitely, St. Anne's] is a neat building,
standing on the bank of the river; the living is a perpetual
curacy, in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire; the Rev.
Anthony Auriol Barker is the present minister. Population of
the chapelry, at the last census 863."
[Description from
Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
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- Taylor, Keith - Baslow, Rowsley, Edensor, Pilsley, Beeley.
Ashridge Press/Country Books, 2008.
Read more in this
Review of ‘Baslow, Rowsley, Edensor, Pilsley, Beeley’
- Sheldon, John - A Short History of Baslow and Bubnell.
Published by S.M. Evans, 1986.
Probably out of print, but may be available on Inter-Library Loan (ILL).
- Transcription of the Census for Baslow of
1841,
1851,
1861,
1871,
1881,
1891, and
1901
by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 14 Mar 2004.
- Transcription of the Census for Bubnell of
1841,
1851,
1861,
1871,
1881,
1891, and
1901
by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 14 Mar 2004.
Note: Baslow and Bubnell have been split solely to make downloading of
the web pages easier.
A Surname Index (which includes both Baslow and Bubnell Sections)
is available for each year:-
1841,
1851,
1861,
1871,
1881,
1891, and
1901
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Photograph of St. Anne's Church, and
Photograph of Inside St Anne's Church, Baslow,
from (respectively) Rosemary Lockie and Godfrey Bowring.
NOTE: the clock face in the tower of St Anne's Church commemorates Queen Victoria's
Diamond Jubilee in 1897, with the 12 hours represented by the
characters:-"V I C T O R I A 1 8 9 7"-
the 'V' beginning at 9 o'clock. The clock face was designed by the village doctor, Edward Mason WRENCH.
- A CD containing a transcription of
The Parish Registers of St Anne's Church
is available for purchase from Valerie Neal. Added 12 Nov 2005.
- Records of Baslow Burials for the period 1846-1858 are available
in the searchable database of
GenoGold (transcribed by Michael Spencer).
- There is a handwritten transcription of the early Baslow parish
register covering the period 1569 to 1582 made in 1905-6 by a
Mr Cockerton held at the Derbyshire Record Office - DRO Ref: D2031/1-2.
Thanks to Lynn Burnet for this information.
- Here are some Extracts of
Baslow Parish Records, collected by Rosemary Lockie.
- Here are
some notes from Baslow Parish Registers, 1688-1737; 1738-51; 1752-1804.
- Golden Gates for the Duke, or Baslow in the 1820s,
compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 6 Jun 2007.
- Various documents relating to change of use/ownership of land
at the time of the Enclosure Award of 1824 -
Freeholders and Freehold Land in Baslow,
Exchange of Lands in 1823 and
Freeholders in 1824;
compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 22 Oct 2005.
- An Index to the Enclosure Act, 1824
for Baslow and Bubnell, compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Lists
tenant's names and allotment of lands. Added 2 Jul 2005.
- Perambulations of
the Boundaries of Baslow, 1614, 1625 and 1721,
compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Each description
contains a list of names, and the one for 1614 has
some ages as well! Added 30 Jan 2005.
- In the past, the Duke of Rutland owned most of Baslow. Bubnell was
"sold" to the Duke of Devonshire in the 1870s; then in 1920,
more Rutland property, both in Baslow and elsewhere, was sold. This
Schedule of the 1920 Sale of Property -
compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith - provides a summary of the
properties in Baslow. Added 19 Dec 2004.
- Farms in Baslow -
details of farms 1829-1901, and their occupants, compiled
by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 23 May 2004.
- Farms in Bubnell -
details of farms 1841-1901, and their occupants, compiled
by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 8 Feb 2004.
- An account of
Bubnell Hall, taken from
Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I
1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by
Rosemary Lockie. Added 3 Mar 2008.
The following men were mustered from Baslow for military
service; training at Bakewell under Sir John Manners, and Robert
Eyre Esq. in preparation for defending Britain in Protestant
Elizabeth I's war against Catholic Philip II of Spain - the force
which was to become known as the Spanish Armada. The original
documents are preserved at Belvoir Castle, in the possession of the
Duke of Rutland, and were first published in the Journal of the
Derbyshire Archaeological Society, January 1895. This particular
transcription is an extract from
The Spanish Armada & Local Levies (Notes from a Peakland Parish, Chapter X).
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1587 |
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Baslowe: George HINMAN;
William NORMAN, Robin LEES, James
GREGORY; Henry PENISTON; Simon SPOONER.
iii call'; i ar' i cor'; i bill. |
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Baslowe: George HYNMAN; James
ELLYOTT; ffrancis RIPPON, calliv';
Robte LEES, ar'; James GREGORY,
cor' ; Willm NORMAN, cor'; James
RAGG (name erased.) |
- The Barker Families and the Weaving Trade -
compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 9 Nov 2006.
- "Where did your Ancestors sit in Church?" - a description
of
The Baslow Register of Seats 1789. This most interesting account (contributed by Rodney Marples)
features a little-known 'seating plan' preserved in the Baslow 'Parish Chest', and
illustrates the amount of family background which may be gained from its study.
- Tada! And here is what you've all been waiting for to accompany the above -
a transcription of the occupants of
Seating in Baslow Church, around 1800,
transcribed by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 10 Apr 2005.
- A list of Baslow Vicars (1565-1965),
taken from the Parish Register, with additional references from
John Sheldon's A Short History of Baslow and Bubnell,
1986, transcribed jointly by Glenn Trezza and Rosemary Lockie.
- A list of Baslow Parishioners in
support of Joseph Fearne for Minister, 1677, transcribed by Lynn Burnet -
73 signatures and marks.
- A list of People of Baslow,
transcribed by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 16 May 2004.
- Professionals (Including Notes on Schools), 1841-1901 -
compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 10 Jan 2006; updated 31 Jul 2006
- Tradesmen in Baslow and Bubnell, 1841-1901 -
compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 22 May 2005.
- Inns and Public Houses -
details of Inns and Pubs 1829-1901, and their occupants, compiled
by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 23 May 2004.
- Millers and Maltsters -
details of the Mills 1829-1901, and their occupants, compiled
by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 23 May 2004.
- Baslow Shepherd's Book, January 1777
transcribed by David Dalrymple-Smith. There are 14 Baslow Shepherds listed,
together with the markings used to distinguish their sheep. Added 8 Feb 2004.
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Photograph of Heathy Lea Cottage, and
Photograph of The Old Flour Mill, Baslow, from Rodney Marples.
Heathy Lea Cottage is attached to a former Corn Mill, which later became a Saw Mill, now
taken over by the Water Board and used as a pumping station.
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Photograph of "Mary Brady's House", Baslow, from Rosemary Lockie.
This little building was in fact originally a Watchman's Hut, but later nicknamed
"Mary Brady's House" after a beggar who used to sleep rough inside it.
- It is known that there was a school at Baslow in 1651, as one
John GARDUM was "Adm. sizar. (aged 18) at Peterhouse Oct 10 1651 of
Derbyshire. School, Baslow (Barslovencis) Derbs" (Ref: Alumni
Cantabriensis, 1500-1751) Note that this was during the
Commonwealth period - Oliver Cromwell's rule (1644-1660).
The GARD(O)(U)Ms were a prominent local family, over the years living
at Bubnell Hall, Bawkes (a lost place name in the
parish of Edensor) and Cliffe House (Curbar - now the site of
Cliff College, a training centre for Methodist ministers).
There is a baptism in the IGI of Johannes GURDON, son
of Christopheri GURDON, at Baslow on 27 Apr 1634, which
appears to fit the entry in the Alumni list.
Another John GARDOM of Bubnell, a yarn merchant, and probably a
descendant of the same family, has been noted as the founder of a cotton
mill at Calver, in about 1785. The mill was water-powered, and
produced cotton until about 1923. More recently, the exterior was
used for the filming of Colditz, a 1970s television series,
about prisoners-of-war in Colditz Castle in Germany. Today the building
has been converted into luxury flats.
- "Long ago the villages of Baslow, Curbar and Froggatt celebrated their
annual feasts on the first Sunday in August. Baslow customs included a
unique ceremony called Kit Dressing - a kit being a milk pail - as
described in Glover's History and Gazetteer of the
County of Derby, 1829" -
quote from The Peakland Year: August, an article by Julie Bunting,
published in The Peak Advertiser, 6 Aug 2001.
Articles by Julie are reproduced by kind permission.
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[Last updated 18 May 2009 - 09:00 by Rosemary Lockie]
