ELVASTON, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Shardlow sub-district of the Shardlow Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2721 |
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Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.
- The church was entirely restored in 1474.
- The church seats 250.
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Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1662.
- We have a pop-up window of extracted Parish Register baptisms (partial) in a text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
- We have a partial extract of Parish Register burials in a pop-up window text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
- The church was in the rural deanery of MeIbourne.
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Shardlow sub-district of the Shardlow Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"ELVASTON, a parish in the hundred of Morleston, county Derby, 6 miles S.E. of Derby, its post town, and 2 S. of the Draycar station on the Derby and Nottingham branch of the Midland Counties railway."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Directories
- Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Elvaston entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Elvaston from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient Morleston and Litchurch Hundred (or Wapentake).