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CHINLEY, Derbyshire

"CHINLEY, a township in the parish of Glossop, in the hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 3 miles N. of Chapel-le-Frith. Together with Bugsworth and Brownside it forms a chapelry. The village is very considerable. There is an Independent chapel, which anciently belonged to William Bagshawe, an eminent Nonconformist divine, who was called “the Apostle of the Peak”."

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

Bibliography

• The Diary of James Clegg of Chapel-en-le-Frith, 1708-55. In three parts, 1708-36, 1737-47 and 1748-55. Edited by Vanessa S. Doe. 1978 and published by the Derbyshire Record Society (although Vol 1 is out of print).

  James Clegg (1679-1755) was a Dissenting Minister but found his income insufficient to support himself and his growing family so he followed friends' advice and also took up medicine. He was apprenticed to a practitioner in Macclesfield for a time, then obtained a degree in Medicine from the University of Aberdeen in 1729. Both as a preacher and a doctor he was in demand over a wide area and the diary mentions journeys to Manchester, Chesterfield, Tideswell, Castleton etc. and contains records of children he baptised along the way.

  The books contain a wealth of material covering national, as well as local issues - for instance James even has comments on the Scots Rebellion of 1715! Arguably the definitive guide for anyone researching in the Chinley area, these volumes contain a vivid account of 18th century life.

Cemeteries

• Roll of Honour - Derbyshire - War Memorial Selection has a photograph of the Chinley War Memorial. Added 5 Aug 2005.

• A list of Surnames from the Gravestones at White Knowle (Chinley) published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 1993.
  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.

Church Records

• Chinley Independent Chapel Registers, 1727-1840, complete transcription by Rowena Clarke (on Marjorie Ward's North West Derbyshire Sources site). Added 29 Mar 2006.

Description and Travel

• A short Description of Chinley & White Knowle Methodist Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 1993, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries).

Directories

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

Genealogy

• Chapel en le Frith with Chinley Sources - part of Marjorie Ward's North West Derbyshire Sources - a developing site with new material being added all the time.

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