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BRASSINGTON, Derbyshire

"BRASSINGTON, a township and village, in the parish of Bradbourn, and in the hundred of Wirksworth, is four miles N.W. from the last named town, and contains about 700 inhabitants, principally in agricultural employment."

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

Cemeteries Census Church History Description and Travel Directories

Early 20thC Map Click to view larger area.

Gazetteers Genealogy Newspapers Population Probate Records

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St James's Churchyard, Brassington, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

Census

• Transcriptions of the Wirkswirth Area Census covering Brassington for 1841, 1851 and 1881 (other years to follow) are available on John Palmer's Wirksworth site. This site also features Histories of Brassington, from various sources.

Church History

• Photograph of St James's Church, and Photograph of Inside St James's Church, Brassington, from Alf Beard.

Description and Travel

• Information about, and photographs of Brassington are featured on the Derbyshire UK page on Brassington village in Derbyshire.

Directories

• Directory for Wirksworth and Cromford, with the villages of Alderwasley, Brassington, Carsington, Hopton, Holloway, Lea 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 Brassington by Ann Andrews. Added 1 Mar 2007.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

• Welcome to Brassington - a comprehensive site of Brassington records, memorabilia and photographs, including History, Parish Registers, Monumental Inscriptions, &c. - look for the MENU at the bottom of the page for navigating.

Newspapers

• Some Newspaper Articles mentioning Brassington. Added 21 Aug 2000.

Population

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

  1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
  560	650	689	714	776	729	718	705	690	667
  1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991
  651	638	602	645	617	529	525	558	535

  The above census statistics have been contributed by Joseph Platt.

Probate Records

• A list of Brassington Probate Documents 1535-1800, transcribed by Ron Slack. Added 6 Nov 2006.

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