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Bugsworth (Buxworth)

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Wikipedia tells us:

: "Buxworth is a village in the High Peak of Derbyshire, England. The area, which was once an important centre for the limestone industry, became the terminus of the Peak Forest Canal. Its pub, the Navigation Inn, was once owned by Coronation Street actress Pat Phoenix."

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Archives & Libraries

The Chapel-en-le-Frith Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Cemeteries

  • The Bugsworth Cemetery was built in 1879 initially for the Church of England only.
     
  • Basher EYRE has a photograph of St. James Cemetery on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2015.
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Census

  • The parish was in the Chapel en le Frith sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2151
1861R.G. 9 / 2548
1891R.G. 12 / 2780 & 2781
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint James.
     
  • The church was built in 1874.
     
  • The church seats about 200.
     
  • Basher EYRE has a photograph of St. James Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2015.
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Church Records

  • The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1876.
     
  • David BEVIS has a photograph of the Primitive Methodist chapel on Geo-graph, taken in 2012.
     
  • Congregationalists also worshipped here in 1891 using a local schoolroom as a meeting place.
     
  • David BEVIS has a photograph of the Congregationalist chapel on Geo-graph, taken in 2012.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Chapel en le Frith sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"BUGSWORTH, a township with Chinley, in the parish of Glossop, hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 3 miles to the N.W. of Chapel-en-le-Frith."

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

Bugsworth lies just north of the A6 motorway west of Chapel-en-leFrith.

David DUNFORD has a photograph of the Footbridge over the A6 on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2014.

You can see pictures of Bugsworth (Buxworth) which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

  • "A hamlet, 3 miles W. from Chapel-en-le Frith. A school was erected in 1826, which is also licensed as a dissenting place of worship." [Ex. Harrison, Harrop & Co.'s Directory & Gazetteer of Derbyshire, 1860]
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Genealogy

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History

  • The Navigation Inn has been a place to catch up on the latest local gossip for over 200 years.
     
  • Roger KIDD has a photograph of the Navigation Inn on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2014.
     
  • John TUSTIN has a photograph of the Navigation Inn on Geo-graph, taken in 2010.
     
  • John COTTON, the last man to be hanged in Derby Gaol in 1898, murdered his wife in Bugsworth basin after drinking heavily in the Rose & Crown (now demolished) at Bugsworth.
     
  • Brierley Green adjoins Buxworth and in the early 19th century it was the home of the CLAYTON family. The eldest son, Joel Henry CLAYTON, emigrated to the US to live with an uncle at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Other members of the CLAYTON family followed him and eventually they settled in a valley at the foot of Mount Diablo, some 30 miles from San Francisco, California where they founded the small town of CLAYTON. Buxworth and Clayton are now twinned.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK049835 (Lat/Lon: 53.348503, -1.927413), Bugsworth (Buxworth) which are provided by:

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Military History

  • The Traces of War website shows us that St. James churchyard has 2 Commonwealth War graves.
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Military Records

  • Marjorie WARD provides this list of names from the War Memorial in a pop-up text file.
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Names, Geographical

The name of Bugsworth derives from one Ralph Bugge, of Nottingham, an erstwhile woollen trader, who diversified into lead mining in Derbyshire, becoming Bailiff of the Forest in the Peak in 1250. His enclosure, land bounded by the Wye, Etherow, Goyt and Derwent rivers, became known as Buggesworth; the 'ge' was slowly dropped during the 17th century, becoming 'standardised' in the 19th century as Bugsworth.

Attempts to change the name, prompted by the villagers' rebellion against a town named after 'bugs', or pestilence, began in 1874. The names 'Lymedale', or 'Limedale' were proposed; Buxworth was suggested as early as 1900-01, but it wasn't until 1929/30 that agreement locally was reached, and 1935 before the name was changed officially by the Derbyshire County Council to Buxworth.

Due to either a late-1990s embracing of all things 'organic', bugs and all, or the perverseness of human nature, an attempt was made to rename the village to Bugsworth for the Millennium, which went so far as a village referendum taking place. The change has apparently been rejected, at least for now...

A series of articles by Keith Holford about the change of name have been published in the Derbyshire Family History Society Journal, Branch News, Issue 91, Dec 1999, pp30-31; Issue 92, Mar 2000, pp28-30; Issue 93, June 2000, pp26-27; Issue 96, Mar 2001, pp23-25, to which I am indebted for the factual information in the above brief summary.

According to Wikipedia, locals refer to the place as "Buggy".

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Politics & Government

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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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Schools

A school was erected here in 1826.

Eirian EVANS has a photograph of Buxworth Primary School on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2014.