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King Sterndale

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King Sterndale is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England. It is located in the Peak District, 4 miles east of Buxton.

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Archives & Libraries

The Buxton Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Bibliography

  • Critchlow, Joyce - A History of King Sterndale, 'Church in the Market Place' Publications, 2009. No ISBN. Added 5 Apr 2009.
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Census

  • The parish was in the Buxton sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2151
1861R.G. 9 / 2545
1891R.G. 12 / 2779
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Christ.
     
  • The church was built in 1847.
     
  • The church is noted on Wikipedia's Website.
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1851.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Buxton.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Buxton sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"KING'S STERNDALE, a hamlet in the parish of Bakewell, county Derby, 3 miles S.E. of Buxton, on the river Wye.

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

The little hamlet of King's Sterndale can only be reached by car from one direction off of the A515. The parish also contains the hamlets of Cowdale and Staden. Roger MAY provides a photograph of the base of the Market Cross on Geo-graph, taken in 2005.

You can see pictures of King Sterndale which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK095721 (Lat/Lon: 53.245837, -1.859095), King Sterndale which are provided by:

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Military History

  • The War Memorial stands near the side of the church in the churchyard.
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Military Records

From the WWI War Memorial: "These men from this Parish fell fighting for their Country"

  1. WALTER BENNETT M.M. Sergeant Royal Field Artillery
  2. JOHN DUGDALE, Driver, M.T. Royal Army Service Corps
  3. ERNEST MOSS, Trooper, Derbyshire Yeomanry
  4. JOHN ROBERT RILEY, Private, The Welsh Regiment.
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Politics & Government

  • This Chapelry was incorporated as a modern Civil Parish in December, 1894.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Buxton petty session hearings held on the last Saturday of each month.
     
  • The Common Land was enclosed here in 1773.
     
  • As a result of the Poor Law Amenment reforms of 1834, the parish was in the Chapel en le Frith Poorlaw Union.