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Butterley
Bibliography
- SCHOFIELD, R. B. - Benjamin Outram. Merton Priory Press, 2001. ISBN 1-898937-42-7.
Census
- The hamlet was in the Ripley sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2745 |
Church History
- There has been NO Anglican parish church or chapel in this hamlet.
Church Records
- For parish registers, search the nearby parish of Ripley (the church on Butterley Hill road), Pentrich or Swanwic.
Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- This place was never a separate Civil Parish, so records would be under Pentrich Civil Parish.
- The hamlet was in the Ripley sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
Description and Travel
"BUTTERLEY is a hamlet, in the parish of Pentrich, and hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, 3 miles from Alfreton, and about 2 from Ripley; it contains but few houses, and derives its importance from being the site of the extensive iron-works of the Butterley Company, where, and at Codnor Park, the manufacture of iron is conducted upon a scale of immense magnitude: all the heavier articles in cast iron a produced at these works, including bridges, steam engines, various kinds of machinery, and water and gas pipes."
[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
Directories
- Rosemary LOCKIE provides a transcription of the Butterley entry from Pigot & Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire (1835).
- Ann ANDREWS provides a transcription of the Butterley entry under Riplay from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
Gazetteers
- Colin HINSON provides the transcription of the section for Butterley from the National Gazetteer (1868).
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Butterley has been placed at times in the past.
Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Butterley (Ripley) to another place.
History
- The Midland (Heritage) Railway is located in Butterley and preserves some of the railway history of the region.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK404514 (Lat/Lon: 53.058312, -1.398656), Butterley which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Open StreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google map.
Military History
- Sir James OUTRAM, a hero of the Indian Mutiny, was born at Butterley Hall in January, 1803.
Politics and Government
- This hamlet was never a separate modern Civil Parish.
- Although most of the hamlet was in Pentrich Civil Parish, some portions were in Ripley and some parts in Swanwick Civil Parishes.
- This hamlet was in the ancient Morleston Hundred (or Wapentake).
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Alfreton petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms, the parish joined the Belper Poorlaw Union.