Fenny Bentley
Census
- The parish was in the Calton sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District.
- In 1911, the parish was in the Brassington sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2522 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2754 |
Churches
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Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Edmund, King and Martyr. The church has ALWAYS been dedicated to St. Edmund, but for some 380 years people thought the dedication was to St. Mary Magdalene. Nor reason for the error has been noted.
- A chapelry existed here as early as 1240.
- The church was re-built in the early 14th century, and little of the older building has survived.
- The church was thoroughly restored in 1850 and the tower added.
- The spire was added in 1864.
- The church seats 200.
- Nikki MAHADEVAN has provided a photograph of St. Edmund's Church at Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
- And there is another photograph of St. Edmund's Church at Geo-graph, taken in January, 2010.
Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1604, but early years are very illegible. The pages for 1642 through 1660 are missing.
- The London Family History Centre has the parish registers on microfilm covering 1604 to 1991.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Ashbourne.
- There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built here in 1832, but by 1890 it was only occasionally used.
Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Calton sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District.
- In 1911, the parish was in the Brassington sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District.
Description and Travel
"BENTLEY is a small agricultural parish, in the same hundred as Tissington, about a mile and a half, south, from that village. Part of the old Manor house is still standing, and is occupied as a farm house. The church, which is dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene, is a small structure with a low tower: the living is a discharged rectory, in the patronage of the Dean of Lincoln. The parish contained, at the last census, 308 inhabitants."
[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
Note: The church dedication above is incorrect.
Neil THEASBY has a photograph of the Bentley Brook Inn on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2016, This Inn is at the southern tip of the village.
You can see pictures of Fenny Bentley which are provided by:
Directories
- Rosemary LOCKIE provides a transcription of the Bentley entry under Tissington from Pigot & Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire (1835).
- Ann ANDREWS provides a transcription of the Fenny Bentley entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
Gazetteers
- Mel LOCKIE provides a transcription of the Fenny Bentley entry from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831.
- The transcription of the section for Fenny Bentley from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin HINSON.
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Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Fenny Bentley has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
History
- The land has been used chiefly for pasturage.
- Peter BARR has a photograph of the Coach and Horses pub on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2010. This pub is also at the southern end of the village.
Manors
- Nikki MAHADEVAN has provided a photograph of the Old Manor Hall at Geo-graph, taken in 2007.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK175502 (Lat/Lon: 53.048779, -1.7404), Fenny Bentley 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.
Military History
Neil THEASBY has a photograph of the Memorial window in the parish church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2016. This window is dedicated to Major Beresford A.J. HAVELOCK who was killed in action September 14th 1918.
Military Records
- There is a War Memorial inside St. Edmund's Church. A photograph and names are listed at Derbyshire War Memorials.
Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient parish in county Derby and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- This parish was in the ancient Wirksworth Hundred (or Wapentake).
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Bastardy cases were heard at the Petty Sessional Hearings at the Green Man Inn in Ashbourne every Saturday.
- With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Ashbourn Poorlaw Union.