Eyam Woodlands
Census
- The parish was in the Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2543 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2777 |
Church Records
- The church would have been in the rural deanery of Eyam.
- The Reformed Methodist chapel was built here before 1891
Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
Description and Travel
"EYAM WOODLANDS, (or Woodland Eyam), a township in the parish of Eyam, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 2 miles north-east of Eyam abd 5 miles N. of Bakewell.".
[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 Eyam entry (containing Eyam Woodland) from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
- There are also several Directories at the Rosemary Lockie Wishful Thinking site.
Gazetteers
- A transcription of the section of Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland for Eyam Woodlands in 1899, by Brian WILLEY.
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Historical Geography
- The parish of Eyam Woodlands no longer exists, but corresponded largely to the modern village of Grindleford. It was bounded by Bretton Clough in the west, included Hazelford and Leam to the north, and was bounded by the River Derwent to the east. Crossing over the river at Grindleford Bridge would have taken you into the Township of Nether Padley, or you could turn right taking the footpath towards Hay Wood (now National Trust property) crossing over the Hay Wood Brook into the parish of Froggatt.
Goatscliffe Brook was the boundary to the south, bordering the separate parish of Stoke, which extended to Stoney Middleton Brook. Both Stoke and Nether Padley are now also part of Grindleford parish.
You can see the administrative areas in which Eyam Woodlands has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK235770 (Lat/Lon: 53.289449, -1.648939), Eyam Woodlands which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient Township in Eyam parish in Derby county and it was incorporated as a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
- This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake) in the Western division of the county.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bakewell petty session hearings every Friday.
- As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Bakewell Poorlaw Union.