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FERNILEE, Derbyshire

"FERNILEE, a township in the parish of Hope, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 4 miles S.W. of Chapel-en-le-Frith, and 5 N.W. of Buxton. The Cromford and High Peak railway passes in the vicinity. Coal is obtained in this place, and there is a powder-mill. Here is a chapel belonging to the Wesleyan Methodists, and a National school. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

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Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in Methodist Church's Churchyard, Fernilee, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

Church History

• Photograph of Methodist Church, Fernilee, from Alf Beard.

Church Records

• Transcriptions by Joyce Eyre of Baptisms, Marriages and Burials at St James's Church, Taxal, include entries for those living in Fernilee. Added 5 Mar 2007.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Fernilee by Ann Andrews.

Genealogy

• Fernilee Sources - part of Marjorie Ward's North West Derbyshire Sources - a developing site with new material being added all the time. Added 29 Mar 2006.

Historical Geography

• The river Goyt, which flows through Horwich End and Whaley Bridge, was formerly the boundary between Derbyshire and Cheshire, separating the parishes of Taxal (St James's Church) and Fernilee. Originally, Fernilee was united with Chapel en le Frith, which was then a chapelry in the parish of Hope. However when Chapel en le Frith became an independent parish in 1297, Fernilee remained part of Hope, where it stayed until in 1898, when it was transferred to Buxton. Shortly after (1905) it became a separate parish, then in 1966, it was joined with Taxal, in the diocese of Chester. For the purposes of civil administration, however Taxal and Fernilee are now in Derbyshire.

  Complicated, huh? Further details are available in the Derbyshire Record Office's Guide A History of the Registers of the Church of England. Added 5 Mar 2007.

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