ELTON, Derbyshire
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 / 2541 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2775 |
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Church Records
- A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of All Saints Church 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
"ELTON, a chapelry in the parish of Youlgreave, hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 1 mile N.W. of Winster, its post town, and 6 miles S. of Bakewell. It is situated at the base of Mouldridge Hill. Lead and small quantities of iron-ore are found here. The living is a perpetual curacy* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £98, in the patronage of the inhabitants. The church is a modern structure erected on the site of the old one, and is dedicated to All Saints. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel, and also schools. William Pole Thornhill, Esq., is lord of the manor. The tithes were commuted for land under an Enclosure Act in 1809."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient Wirksworth Hundred (or Wapentake).