HADFIELD, Derbyshire

Census

• The parish was in the Hayfield sub-district of the Hayfield Registration District.
  
  
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
  
  

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Church History

• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Andrew.
  
  
• The church was built in the late 1800s.
  

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Church Records

• The Anglican parish register starts in the late 1800s. For entries prior to that, check Glossop.
  
  

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Civil Registration

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
  
  
• The parish was in the Hayfield sub-district of the Hayfield Registration District.
  

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Description and Travel

"HADFIELD is a village, in the township of Hadfield and Dinting, in the parish of Glossop, about two miles west therefrom. About thirty years ago this township was strictly an agricultural district, with a small population; but at the last census it contained 1,270 inhabitants."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

The parish is on the border of Yorkshire, 2 miles WNW of Glossop and close to the River Etherow.

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Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Hadfield from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

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Historical Geography

• In 1875, the township of Hadfield was joined with the chapelry of Padfield to become a separate parish. Prior to that, they were parts of the parish of Glossop.

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Military History

• During World War I the Greenfield Mill produced munitions for the war effort.
  

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Military Records

• For a photograph of the Hadfield War Memorial and the list of names on it, see the Carl's Camera website.

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Politics and Government

• This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
  
• This place does not have a parish council.
  

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