DALBURY LEES, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Repton sub-district of the Burton on Trent Registration District.
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Church Records
- The
London Family History Centre has the parish registers for 1545 thru 1982 on microfilm. They also have the Bishop's transcripts for 1676 thru 1874.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Longford.
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Repton sub-district of the Burton on Trent Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"DALBURY, (or Dalbury with Lees) a parish in the hundred of Appletree, in the county of Derby, 6 miles N.E. of Burton-on-Trent, the same distance S.W. of Derby, and 3½ N. of Egginton station."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Dalbury from
the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
- And we have the transcription of the section for Dalbury from "Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland" in 1891 at the Andrews pages.
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Names, Geographical
- "Dalbury" is from the Old Norse deity named "Delingr." The village is referred to twice in the 1086 Domesday Book; once as Delbebi, and once as Dellingeberie.
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).
- District governance is provided by the South Derbyshire District Council.
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.
- The
London Family History Centre has the Churchwardens Accounts for 1852 thru 1916.
- As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish joined the Burtton upon Trent Poorlaw Union.