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CHELMORTON, Derbyshire

"CHELMORTON, a chapelry in the parish of Bakewell, in the hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 4 miles S.W. of Tideswell, and 7 W. of Bakewell. It is situated at the foot of a high hill. The inhabitants are principally engaged in the ribbon manufacture. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £78, in the patronage of the Vicar of Bakewell. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a stone building with a fine spire, built in the year 1111."

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

Bibliography

• Gould, David - A Short History Of Chelmorton. Published by the author, 2008.
  Read more in this Review of ‘A Short History Of Chelmorton’. Added 21 Feb 2008.

Cemeteries

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of St John the Baptist, Chelmorton published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, April 1997.
  Full details of inscriptions are available from DARG by postal application. See their How to Contact details for how to get in touch with them.

Census

• Complete transcriptions of the Chelmorton Census of 1851, 1861, 1871 and 1881 - included as Four Rural Areas, 1851-1881 - are accessible by various means.

Church History

• Photograph of St John the Baptist' Church, Chelmorton, from Andrew McCann.

Description and Travel

• A short Description of Chelmorton & St John the Baptist Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, April 1997, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries).

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Chelmorton by Ann Andrews. Added 2 Feb 2006.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Chelmorton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

History

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Chelmorton by Barbarann Ayars.

• Chelmorton is one of the villages for which information on its history, and news is provided, on the Primitive Hall web site. The site is regularly updated with recent and future events.

• There is a most interesting account of Chelmorton's History on The Church Inn website. Added 18 Feb 2008.

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