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BEELEY, Derbyshire

"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]

Bibliography

• Naylor, Diane - The Chatsworth Villages - Beeley, Edensor & Pilsley. Landmark, 2005.
  Read more in this Review of ‘The Chatsworth Villages - Beeley, Edensor & Pilsley’
  (Peak Advertiser, 16th January 2006)

Church History

• Photograph of St Anne's Church, Beeley, from Andrew McCann.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Anne's Church is available for purchase from Valerie Neal.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Directory of Sheffield and 20 miles round, 1862, for Beeley by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Beeley by Ann Andrews.

History

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Beeley by Barbarann Ayars.

Manors

• An account of The Greaves, Beeley, taken from Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I 1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie.

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