HEATH, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Bolsover sub-district of the Chesterfield Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2533 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2767 |
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Church Records
- Marriages at Heath, 1682-1812 are available in Nigel Batty-Smith's database of scanned images of Phillimore's Parish Registers.
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Bolsover sub-district of the Chesterfield Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"HEATH, a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale, county Derby, 5 miles S.E. of Chesterfield, its post town, and 3 N.E. of the Clay Cross station. The village, which is small, and wholly agricultural, is situated on the road from Chesterfield to Mansfield. There are several coal-pits. The land is exceedingly fertile. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £259 4s. The living is a vicarage* in the dioc, of Lichfield, value £237."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Gazetteers
- We have the transcription of the section for Heath from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.