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CHARLESWORTH, a hamlet in the parish of Glossop, hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 2½ miles S.W. of Glossop. It had formerly a market and fair, granted to the Abbot of Basingwerk. It is situated near the Manchester and Sheffield railway, which has a station at Glossop. The hamlet is bounded on the W. by the river Etherow.

The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the vicarage, of Glossop, in the diocese of Lichfield, value £150, in the patronage of the crown and bishop alternately. The church, dedicated to St. John, is a neat modern edifice. The Wesleyan Methodists, Primitive Methodists, Independents, and Particular Baptists have places of worship. There is a National school, and schools in connection with some of the above Dissenting chapels.”

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Archives & Libraries

Charlesworth village is served by the Mobile Library route N, which makes two stops every fourth Monday in the late morning.

The Glossop Library is an excellent nearby resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Cemeteries

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Census

  • The parish was in the Hayfield sub-district of the Hayfield Registration District.
     
  • Be sure to check Marjorie Ward's website for Charlesworth 1841 census records.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1861R.G. 9 / 2552
1891R.G. 12 / 2785 & 3801
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Evangelist.
     
  • The church was built in 1849 and the ecclesiastical parish formed that same year out of Glossop.
     
  • The church seats 480.
     
  • Alan FLEMING has a photograph of St John's Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2005.
     
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1849. See Glossop for earlier registers.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Glossop.
     
  • We have a pop-up window of a partial extract of the Independent Church burials into a text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
     
  • The Congregationalists took over the former Catholic chapel here by 1891. The chapel had been founded here in 1709. It appears that they took over the Catholic burial yard as well. The chapel was called "Top Chapel".
     
  • The "Top Chapel" Monument Inscriptions have been transcribed by R. MANSFIELD in 1948 and published as "Charlesworth Independent Chapel...1778 - 1948".
     
  • John SLATER has a photograph of the Congregational Church on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014.
     
  • The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built in Chisworth in 1834.
     
  • The Particular Baptists had a chapel built on Glossop Road in 1835.
     
  • David DIXON has a photograph of the Particular Baptist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011.
     
  • John SLATER has a photograph of the Trinity Baptist Church on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2014. This is the new name of the chapel above. You will note that this church has a graveyard.
     
  • Be sure to check Marjorie Ward's website for Charlesworth church records.
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Civil Registration

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

"CHARLESWORTH is a populous hamlet, about three miles south-west from Glossop, in that parish; it contains a place of worship for independent Calvinists, and a population (by the last returns) of 1,206 inhabitants, who are chiefly supported by the manufacturing interest."

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

Charlesworth is a village, a township and a parish on the border of Cheshire, 200 miles north of London. Chisworth and Simmondley are townships in this parish.

You can see pictures of Charlesworth which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

  • The section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Glossop, transcribed by Barbarann Ayars, includes a portion on Charlesworth.
     
  • The George and Dragon Public House was a popular place for local news and gossip. It was run by Mrs. Ann HALLAS in 1899.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK006929 (Lat/Lon: 53.432634, -1.992674), Charlesworth which are provided by:

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Military History

  • Gerald ENGLAND has a photograph of the War Memorial at the end of Town Lane on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2009.
     
  • David DIXON has a photograph of the same War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2011. It is possible to make all the names on this photo.
     
  • In the churchyard of the Independent Chapel are 4 Commonwealth War Graves from World War I and 2 from World War Two.
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Military Records

Carl has a photograph AND a list of names at Carl's Cam website.

The one World War I Commonwealth War Grave in St. John's churchyard is for:

  1. Samuel ROBINSON, priv., RAMC, age 34, died 10 Jan. 1919.
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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient Chapelry in Glossop parish in Derby county but was incorporated as a separate modern Civil Parish in December, 1894.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • In an April, 1934, boundary adjustment, this parish transferred 271 acres to Glossop Civil Parish.
     
  • You may contact the local Parish Council regarding civic and political matters, but please do NOT ask them for help with family history lookups.
     
  • District governance is provided by the High Peak Borough Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Glossop petty session hearings.
     
  • As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became a member of the Hayfield Poorlaw Union.