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CURBAR, Derbyshire

"CURBAR, a township in the parish of Bakewell, hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 4 miles N.E. of Bakewell. It is situated on the river Derwent. The Duke of Rutland is lord of the manor and principal landowner."

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

Bibliography

• Edwards, Brian - Calver, Curbar and Froggatt in Old Photographs. Published by Northend of Sheffield.
  • ISBN 0-9525064-9-1
  Read more in this Review of ‘Calver, Curbar and Froggatt in Old Photographs’
  (Peak Advertiser 31st January 2005)

Cemeteries

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of the Church of All Saints, Curbar published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 1998.
  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.

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in All Saints Churchyard, Curbar, collected and transcribed by various.

• Inscriptions on the War Memorial, and Photograph of the War Memorial, supplied by Alf Beard.

Census

• Transcription of the Census for Curbar of 1881, converted from LDS data (jointly) by Rodney Shaw and Rosemary Lockie, and included here to augment the transcribed collection of parishes of special interest.

Church History

• Photograph of All Saints' Church, Curbar, from Andrew McCann.

• Photograph of Wesleyan Reform Church, Curbar, from Janet Kirk.

Description and Travel

• A short Description of Curbar & All Saints Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 1998, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries).

Directories

• Transcription of section of a Bagshaw's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Derbyshire for Curbar in 1846 by Paul Bradford.

• Transcription of section of Directory of Sheffield and 20 miles round, 1862, for Curbar by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Curbar by Ann Andrews. Added 8 Dec 2005.

History

• The section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Baslow, transcribed by Barbarann Ayars, includes the briefest of mentions of Curbar.

Occupations

• Curbar - Licensed Victuallers 1822-1827, transcribed by Janet Kirk.

Religion and Religious Life

• Here is a Postcard of Cliff College, Curbar, c.1928.
  (Donated by Moyra Burnett - see Derbyshire GENUKI Service Providers for contact details)

  Cliff College has a full academic status in the present day, providing training for members of the Methodist Church. Its origins however, are rooted firmly in the past, with its benefactors, the GARDOM family - the previous owners of the land where the college was built. Further details of Cliff College - a History are provided on a separate web page.

Schools

• For a small village, Curbar seems to have been particularly well endowed with colleges and schools over the years! An account of Stocking Farm School, and Stanton Ford School is available amongst a series of articles relating to Curbar - a Village of Special Interest on Wishful Thinking's Website; Cliff College as mentioned above is also part of this set.

Social Life and Customs

• Photograph of Siddalls Well, Curbar, from Peter & Janet Kirk.

  An account of the Well is included in The Siddalls of Curbar.

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