CHELMORTON, Derbyshire
Bibliography
- Gould, David - Then and Now and Odds and Ends of Chelmorton.
Published by the Author, October 2008. No ISBN. Added 25 Oct 2008.
- Gould, David - A Short History of Chelmorton. Published by the Author, February 2008. No ISBN. Added 21 Feb 2008.
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Census
- The parish was in the Bakewell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2539 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2774 |
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Church Records
- We have a small pop-up window of Parish Register marriages in a text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Buxton.
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Bakewell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"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]
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Directories
- Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Chelmorton entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Chelmorton from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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History
- Transcription of a section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Chelmorton by Barbarann Ayars.