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CHURCH BROUGHTON, a parish in the hundred of Appletree, in the county of Derby, 10 miles to the W. of Derby. It is situated on a branch of the river Dove, and contains the township of Sapperton. The North Staffordshire railway passes within a short distance. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield, worth £228, in the patronage of B. Broadhurst, Esq.

The church, which contains several stone stalls, is dedicated to St. Michael. Here is an endowed free school founded about 1745, which has an income of £30, and some other charities producing about £20 a year. Broughton is within the honour of Tutbury, in the ducky of Lancaster."

"SAPPERTON, a hamlet in the parish of Church Broughton, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 10 miles W. of Derby, on a branch of the river Dove.”

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Archives & Libraries

The Etwall Library is close, but it does not have a Local History section or a Family History section.

The Derby City Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section to help with your search.

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Cemeteries

Geoff PICK has a photograph of the churchyard at St. Michael's on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2004.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Tutbury sub-district of the Burton upon Trent Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1861R.G. 9 / 1958
1891R.G. 12 / 2196
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Michael and All Angels.
     
  • The church was built in the "Early English" period (circa 1200).
     
  • The church was fully restored in 1885-86.
     
  • The church seats 250.
     
  • Geoff PICK has a photograph of St. Michael & All Angels on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2004.
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1538 for all entries.
     
  • Marriages at Church Broughton, 1538-1812 are available in Nigel BATTY-SMITH's database of scanned images of Phillimore's Parish Registers.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Longford.
     
  • The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1828.
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Civil Registration

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

"CHURCH BROUGHTON, a parish in the hundred of Appletree, in the county of Derby, 10 miles to the W. of Derby. It is situated on a branch of the river Dove, and contains the township of Sapperton. The North Staffordshire railway passes within a short distance. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield, worth £228, in the patronage of B. Broadhurst, Esq."

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

The village is 9 miles south-east of Ashbourne and 130 miles north of the City of London. The branch of the River Dove, mentioned above is the Broughton brook.  The hamlet and township of Sapperton is within this parish.

The Broughton Heath Golf Club, set up in 1998. is located 1.4 miles south-east of the village.

The village and parish have their own website for your use. Alas, there is little for the family historian there.

You can see pictures of Church Broughton which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

Malcolm NEAL has a photograph of the Holly Bush Public House on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2017.

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Manors

"Gravenhurst" is a house with 9 acres of land in the parish.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK205337 (Lat/Lon: 52.900354, -1.696688), Church Broughton which are provided by:

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Military History

  • There is a black metal silhouette of a soldier standing in the churchyard. The life-sized figure is of a WW1 soldier with peaked cap and helmet on his backpack, standing in the churchyard with reversed arms and bowed head. It appears to be a relatively modern addition, perhaps to commemorate of the centenary of the Armistice.
     
  • There is a World War One "Roll of Service" inside St. Michael's Church with 78 names on it.
     
  • There was an RAF airfield near Heathtop, just south of the village, during World War 2. Only the old concrete runways remain, now used for agricultural storage.
     
  • John POVSER has a photograph of the disused runway at the old WW II airfield on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2007.
     
  • The Commonwealth War Grave Commission (CWGC) reports two war graves in St. Michael's Churchyard.
     
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Military Records

  • The two Commonwealth War Graves in St. Michael's Churchyard (data from the CWGC site) are for:
     
NameRankUnitDiedOther info.
Geoffrey William AUDENcadetRoyal Air Force4 Nov 1918Age 18, son of Alfred Millington and Edith Elizabeth AUDEN
Ernest JOHNSONbombardier13th Coy., Royal Garrison Artillery24 Feb. 1919Age 29, son of George and Elizabeth JOHNSON

Names on the Roll of Service: "Men of this Parish who served in His Majestys Forces in the Great European War 1914 - 1919"

  1. Walter Alcock
  2. William Allen
  3. Charles Alsopp
  4. Percy Alsopp
  5. Jack Appleby
  6. Albert Askey
  7. Isaac Askey
  8. Percy Atkins
  9. Alfred John Auden
  10. Geoffrey William Auden
  11. Harry Banks
  12. William Banks
  13. George Bannister
  14. John Bannister
  15. Harry Billing
  16. Joe Billing
  17. Sam Billing
  18. Walter Billing
  19. Ernest Blackwell
  20. James Booker
  21. Charles Bradshaw
  22. Ernest Bradshaw
  23. John Bradshaw
  24. Charles Chatfield
  25. William Clarke
  26. Arthur James Coxon
  27. Frank Coxon
  28. Henry Coxon
  29. Percy Luke Degg
  30. Thomas Degg
  31. Thomas Dunn
  32. Frank Evans
  33. Frank Flowers
  34. Joseph Harvey
  35. Samuel Harvey
  36. Joseph Hunt
  37. Thomas Jackson
  38. Ernest Johnson
  39. Harry Johnson
  40. Raymond Jones
  41. Ernest Kidd
  42. John Lane
  43. John Lane
  44. Timothy Litherland
  45. Arthur Middleton
  46. Arthur Middleton
  47. Frederick Middleton
  48. Frederick Middleton
  49. John Middleton
  50. Samuel Middleton
  51. Lewis Murby
  52. William Neal
  53. Egerton Orme
  54. Harold Osborne
  55. Josiah Phillips
  56. Geoffrey Pritchard
  57. John Pritchard
  58. Sydney Redfern
  59. Ted Refern
  60. David Robertson
  61. William Sharratt
  62. George Shaw
  63. James Smith
  64. Joseph Smith
  65. Sydney Smith
  66. Anthony Thornton
  67. Clifford Twigg
  68. Thomas Twigg
  69. Alfred Wagstaff
  70. John Wall
  71. Percy Walters
  72. Jacob Willatt
  73. Norman Willoughby
  74. Percy Willoughby
  75. George Wright
  76. George Wyatt
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Obituaries

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar contributes this from the Derby Mercury of 20 December, 1804: DIED: "On Sunday last, Mr. Thomas MILNER, sen. of Church Broughton, in this county, in the 91st year of his age, universally respected by all who knew him."

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Derby county and it became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • You may contact the Church Broughton Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist with family history searches. For some reason you have to login to use the site. I presume they are limiting access to residents.
     
  • District governance is provided by the South Derbyshire District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases were heard in the Sudbury petty session hearings on the last Monday of each month.
     
  • There is an index of over 20 Church Broughton Bastardy Papers held at the DRO on the Yesterdays Journey website. Select "Bastardy Papers" on the left side, then "Church Broughton" from the list of parishes displayed.
     
  • The Common Land was enclosed here in 1775.
     
  • As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms, this parish became a member of the Burton upon Trent Poorlaw Union.
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Schools

Prior to 1830, school was taught here in a barn.

A Public Elementary School was built here in 1830 for 49 mixed and 36 infant students.

To see today's school, use the CB Primary School link.