CROMFORD, Derbyshire
Bibliography
- Allsop, Eddie - Around Cromford Dam. Scarthin Books, 2005.
ISBN 1-900446-08-1.
- Naylor, Peter J - Cromford - A History. Watnay Publishing, 2003.
ISBN 1-84114-185-2.
- Potter, Hugh - The Cromford Canal. Tempus, 2003.
ISBN 0-7524-2802-0.
- Waite, Glynn - Cromford Station - A History.
Pynot Publishing, 2009. ISBN 978-0-9562706-0-3. Added 19 Aug 2009.
- Memories of Cromford : A Derbyshire Village seen through the eyes of its people 1900 - 2000. Cromford Womens' Institute, 2001. No ISBN.
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Census
- The parish was in the Matlock sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2542 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2776 |
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Church Records
- A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Mary's Church, Cromford is available for purchase from Valerie Neal.
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Matlock sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"CROMFORD, a market-town and township, in the parish of Wirksworth, situate about midway between that town and Matlock, is eminently distinguished by the extensive cotton works, established by the late Sir Richard Arkwright, the father of the improvements effected in this branch of trade in this country. These works are now in the proprietary of Messrs. Peter Arkwright and Co. which, with the lead mines, smelting works, manufacture of red lead, grinding and preparing calaminaris, &c. give employment to a great number of hands, and renders this village of high importance in a mercantile view, to which the Cromford canal, and "Cromford and High Peak railway", are great auxiliaries."
[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Cromford from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient Wirksworth Hundred (or Wapentake).