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BRAILSFORD, Derbyshire

"BRAILSFORD is rather a considerable village, in the parish of its name, and hundred of Appletree; situate on the main road between Derby and Ashbourn, equidistant from each place. Coaches to different parts of the kingdom are continually passing through here, and the support of the village is chiefly derived from that circumstance - there being no manufactures, nor any extensive trade existing here. The places of worship are the parish church, and a chapel for Wesleyan methodists; the former, which is situate, about half a mile from the village, is dedicated to All-Saints, and the living is a rectory, in the patronage of Earl Ferrers. The parish (which has no dependent township) contained, in 1821, 724 inhabitants, & in 1831, 780."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Bibliography

• Alcock, Stanley - John Alcock and his Family. Derry & Sons Limited, Nottingham, 1948.
  Here are some brief Notes from this book, relating to Brailsford and life during the 18thC there.

Cemeteries

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of the Church of All Saints, Brailsford published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 2002.
  Full details of inscriptions are available from DARG by postal application. See their How to Contact details for how to get in touch with them.

Church Records

• Nigel Batty-Smith's site of United Kingdom Genealogy has scanned images of Marriages at Brailsford, 1653-1812 (from Phillmore's Derbyshire Parish Registers - Marriages, Volume 2).

Description and Travel

• A short Description of Brailsford and All Saints Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 2001, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries).

Directories

• Directory for Brailsford, Langley, Longford, Shirley and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Brailsford (with Ednaston) by Ann Andrews. Added 1 Mar 2007.

Gazetteers

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

Population

• Census Statistics - the population figures for the village of Brailsford are as follows:-

  1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
  648	709	724	780	756	708	775	742	651	639
  1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991
  673	644	672	736	670	668	720	792	836

  The above census statistics have been contributed by Joseph Platt.

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