BURBAGE (Burbage-on-the-Wye), Derbyshire
Bibliography
- Owen, David G, - Under Grin Low: A Burbage History, 2007. No ISBN. Added 16 Aug 2007.
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Census
- The parish was in the Buxton sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2545 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2778 & 2779 |
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Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Christ.
- The church was built in 1861.
- The church seats 430.
- A Mission chapel was built at Harper Hill circa 1887.
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Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1869.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Buxton.
- The Wesleyan Methodists built a chapel here before 1891, and the Primitive Methodsists built one at Canhoile also prior to 1891.
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Buxton sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
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Description and Travel
The village and former parish of Burbage backs onto Grinlow Woods in the High Peak section of Derbyshire about 1 miles south of Buxton.
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Directories
- Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Burbage entry in Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
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Historical Geography
- The parish of Burbage was formed in 1869 from Hartington Upper Quarter.
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Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient Township in Hartington parish, Derbyshire, and became the modern Civil Parish of Burbage in December, 1894.
- This parish was in the ancient Wirksworth Hundred (or Wapentake).
- In 1961 the Civil Parsih of Burbage was abolished and amalgamated with the Civil Parish of Buxton.