GRINDLEFORD, Derbyshire
Biography
- Tales my Father told me about Grindleford - stories told to Alan Jacques by his father, Tom, featuring comprehensive biographies of many of the village's 'characters', interspersed with a taste of life as it was in the early part of the 20th century.
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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. |
|---|---|
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2777 |
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
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Description and Travel
Grindleford village and parish stand in the middle of the Peak District National Park, about 7 miles from downtown Sheffield. This is a popular spot for walkers and mountain climbers.
Grindleford has a Village website to help familiarize you with the place. And Google has a photographs of the bridge over the river.
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<1-- No 1891 Directory entry online -->Historical Geography
- Grindleford is a "modern" parish, being formed from Eyam Woodlands, and Stoke, with Nether Padley and Upper Padley in 1987.
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).