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Archives & Libraries

The nearby Bakewell Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Bibliography

  • NAYLOR, Diane - The Chatsworth Villages - Beeley, Edensor & Pilsley. Landmark, 2005. ISBN 1-84306-198-8.
     
  • TAYLOR, Keith - Baslow, Rowsley, Edensor, Pilsley, Beeley. Ashridge Press/Country Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1-906789-06-0.
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Census

  • The parish was in the Bakewell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2149
1861R.G. 9 / 2540
1891R.G. 12 / 2774
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Anne.
     
  • Parts of the church fabric date back to 1150.
     
  • The church was extensively restored in 1884.
     
  • The church seats 200.
     
  • Andrew HILL has a photograph of St. Anne's Church on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2013.
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1538.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Bakewell.
     
  • The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here in 1890.
     
  • Martin SPECK has a photograph of the former Wesleyan Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2012.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Bakewell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"BEELEY, a chapelry in the parish and union of Bakewell, hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 5 miles to the S.E. of Bakewell, and 6 N.W. from Matlock. It is situated on the river Derwent, and has a stone quarry on Beeley Moor, from which the well-known grindstones are obtained. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, val. £98, in the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire. The church, dedicated to St. Anne, is an old building with a low tower. There are several small charities, of the value of £7 per annum. There is a free school, erected and supported by the Duke of Devonshire, who is lord of the manor and chief landowner."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]

Neil THEASBY has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2012. You may want to stop in and ask for a schedule of forthcoming events.

You can see pictures of Beeley which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK266676 (Lat/Lon: 53.20481, -1.603219), Beeley which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient Chapelry in Bakewell parish in Derby county and it was incorporated as a seperate, modern CIvil Parish in December, 1866.
     
  • You may contact the local parish council regarding civic or political matters, but they can NOT help you with family history questions.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake) in the Western division of the county.
     
  • District governance is provided by the Derbyshire Dales District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bakewell petty session hearings.
     
  • There is an index of a handful of Beeley Bastardy Papers held at the DRO on the Yesterdays Journey website. Select "Bastardy Papers" on the left side, then "Beeley" from the list of parishes displayed.
     
  • As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Bakewell Poorlaw Union.
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Schools

A Church or England (mixed) Girls School was erected in 1851 for 60 boys, girls & infants; average attendance in 1890, 44 children.