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BURBAGE, Derbyshire

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Bibliography

• Owen, David G, - Under Grin Low: A Burbage History, 2007.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Under Grin Low: A Burbage History’. Added 16 Aug 2007.

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in Christ Church's Churchyard,Burbage, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard. Added 8 Sep 2006.

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St James's Church and Methodist Church, Harpur Hill, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard. Updated 16 Feb 2007.

Church History

• Photograph of Christ Church, and of an Photograph of Unusal Gravestone, Burbage, from Alf Beard. Added 23 Sep 2006.

• Photograph of St James's Church, and the Photograph of Methodist Church, Harpur Hill, from Alf Beard. Added 16 Feb 2007.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of Christ Church (CMB 1859-1905) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 12 Aug 2005.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Burbage-on-the-Wye by Ann Andrews. Added 1 Mar 2007.

Historical Geography

• The parish of Burbage was formed in 1869 from Hartington Upper Quarter.
  [q.v. Description of Hartington & St Giles Church - Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group]

Population

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

  1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
  							1420	1917	1316
  1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991
  1503	1533	1700	1798 (3274)	4780

  In Hartington Upper Quarter to 1861
  1871, 1881 - Ecclesiastical Parish
  1961-1991 - Not possible to separate figures
  

  The above census statistics have been contributed by Joseph Platt.

Social Life and Customs

• The local Town, or Village Brass (or Silver) Band is as much of an institution in Derbyshire as the Well Dressings! See Burbage Band (Buxton) for a taste of today's activities in Burbage. This is a particularly interesting site as it has information about the Band's history. It was established in 1861 by a local quarry owner, Robert BROOME.

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