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DUFFIELD, Derbyshire

"DUFFIELD is a large and pleasant village, in the populous parish of its name, in the hundred of Appletree: the village is situate on a fine plain, over which the main road passes, leading from Derby to Belper, Matlock, and Sheffield; about four and a half miles north from Derby, and three and a half south from Belper. It has long been esteemed a favourite residence of persons enjoying a respectable competence, who prefer retirement and quiet to the bustle of larger towns." [There is further information for Duffield]

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Bibliography

• Wiltshire, Mary (and others) - Duffield Firth. Landmark.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Duffield Firth: History and Evolution of the Landscape of a Medieval Derbyshire Forest’ (Peak Advertiser, 21st November 2005) Added 8 Nov 2005.

Church History

• Photograph of Evangelical Baptist Church, Duffield, from Paul Slater.

• Photograph of Trinity Methodist Chapel (1), and Photograph of Trinity Methodist Chapel (2), Duffield, from Paul Slater.

• St Alkmund's Church - their History section has an account of the church's patron saint, St Alkmund.

Church Records

• Nigel Batty-Smith's site of United Kingdom Genealogy has scanned images of Marriages at Duffield, 1598-1766; and Marriages at Duffield, 1766-1812, (from Phillmore's Derbyshire Parish Registers - Marriages, Volumes 2 & 3).

Directories

• A Description of Duffield has been transcribed by Heather Faulkes from Pigot's Directory of 1828.

• A Description of Duffield and Directory for Duffield, with Little Eaton, Breadsall, Makeney,and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Hazlewood by Ann Andrews. Added 1 Mar 2007.

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Duffield from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

History

• A Brief History of the village of Duffield - site also provides information on Duffield's Churches and other information which may be of interest..

• Old Duffield, Village, Church and Castle, with some personal reminiscences - a typescript of a Lecture given before the Duffield Branch of the Church of England Men's Society in 1921. Extremely useful - defintely the 'gem' of my latest web trawl for local village sites!

Schools

• A grammar school at Duffield was founded in 1565 by William Gilbert.
  (Ref: A History of Derbyshire, Gladwyn Turbutt, 1999)

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