BEELEY, Derbyshire
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. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2540 |
| 1891 | R.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.
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Church Records
- A CD containing a transcription of
The Parish Registers of St Anne's Church is available for purchase from Valerie Neal.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Bakewell.
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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 and 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]
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Directories
- Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Beeley entry in Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
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History
- Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Beeley by Barbarann Ayars.