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BRETBY, Derbyshire

"BRETBY, or Bradby, is a hamlet, in the parish of Repton, about a mile and a half from that village. Bretby Castle, the seat of the Earl of Chesterfield, is here; the scenery around which is very beautiful. The population returns for Bretby include those for MELTON hamlet, together amounting to 325 persons."

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

Directories

• Directory for Melbourn, Repton-with-Bretby, Ticknall, Caulk, Chellaston, Foremark-with-Ingleby, Smisby, Stanton-by-Bridge, Swarkeston, Twyford, Willington 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 Bretby by Ann Andrews. Added 1 Mar 2007.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

• Extracts from Trade Directories, Parish Registers, Census, &c. and other miscellaneous information for this area may be found on Brett Payne's South Derbyshire Genealogical Resources. Site is updated regularly.

Population

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

  1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
  265	341	302	325	298	369	324	346	336	367
  1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991
  351	414	352	670	760	809	760	643	783

  The above census statistics have been contributed by Joseph Platt.

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