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HARTINGTON, Derbyshire

"HARTINGTON, a parish in the hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 7 miles S.W. of Bakewell. The parish, which is very extensive, is divided into the Town, Middle, Nether, and Upper Quarters, with the townships of Biggin and Earl-Sterndale. It is situated near the river Dove, and the Cromford and High Peak railway passes on the E., at the distance of about 3 miles. The village, which was formerly a market town under the Ferrers, who held the castle, is still very considerable. In the reign of Charles I., it became the property of the Villiers family."

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

Cemeteries Church History Church Records Description and Travel Directories Gazetteers

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Historical Geography History Military History Names, Personal Occupations

Cemeteries

• Memorial Inscriptions in St Giles's Churchyard, Hartington, kindly provided by Jean Durbin, transcribed from LDS film, supplemented by those collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

• Inscriptions on the War Memorial, contributed by Jean Durbin.

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of St Giles, Hartington published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, April 2001.
  Full details of inscriptions are available from DARG by postal application. See their How to Contact details for how to get in touch with them.

Church History

• Photograph of St Giles's Church, and Photograph of Inside St Giles's Church, Hartington, from Rosemary Lockie.

• Photograph of Old Chapel, Hartington, from Alf Beard.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Giles's Church (CMB 1610-1910) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 9 Sep 2007.

Description and Travel

• A short Description of Hartington & St Giles Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, April 2001, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries).

• Information about, and photographs of Hartington are featured on the Derbyshire UK page on Hartington village in Derbyshire.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Hartington by Ann Andrews. Added 6 May 2006.

Gazetteers

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

Historical Geography

• The "old" parish of Hartington was divided into four quarters: Town Quarter, which now forms the village of Hartington, Nether Quarter, which became the parish of Biggin in 1849, Upper Quarter, which became the parish of Burbage in 1869, and Middle Quarter which became the parish of Earl Sterndale in 1873.
  [q.v. Description of Hartington & St Giles Church - Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group] Added 1 Feb 2007.

History

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Hartington by Barbarann Ayars.

Military History

• The Pilsbury Castle website - an 11th century motte-and-bailey castle surviving now only as a series of banks and ditches. One of the documents promised (January 2006) is a History of Manor of Hartington. Added 28 Jan 2006.

Names, Personal

• A list of Deans and Vicars of Hartington (1298-1977), contributed by Jean Durbin.

Occupations

• Bygone Industries of the Peak: Cheese Making, article by Julie Bunting, reproduced from The Peak Advertiser. "Hartington Blue Stilton is now world-famous, though the factory produces and introduces other varieties, bringing 20th-century technology to an age-old skill".

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