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BEIGHTON, Derbyshire

"BEIGHTON, a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale, in the county of Derby, 7 miles to the S.E. of Sheffield, its post town, and 10 N.E. of Chesterfield. The Midland, and the Manchester, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire railways pass near the village, and have stations at Eckington and Woodhouse Mill. The approach to the village from Eckington is through a massive stone cutting."

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

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Early 20thC Map Click to view larger area.

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Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in Christchurch Churchyard, Hackenthorpe, collected and transcribed by Anne Paling Lawson.

Church History

• Colin Hinson is providing photographs of Parishes of Beighton and Eckington Churches as part of GENUKI/Yorkshire.

Description and Travel

• Our Beighton - local community site featuring people and places in Beighton, now and in the past. Added 5 Jan 2006.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Beighton (with Hackenthorpe) by Ann Andrews. Added 19 Feb 2007.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Beighton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

Historical Geography

• "Includes Birley, Hackenthorpe and Frecheville. Now in City of Sheffield and since 1974 in Sheffield diocese."
  (Ref: Derbyshire Record Office: Catalogue of Parish Registers)

History

• Beighton - Articles and History, including a map, Churches and Pubs, and a photograph of the War Memorial. One of 20 South Yorkshire towns and villages around "Junction 31" on the M1 Motorway (hence the domain name).

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