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KIRK IRETON, Derbyshire

"KIRK IRETON, a parish in the hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 3 miles S.W. of Wirksworth. The village, which is considerable, was much damaged by a tornado in 1811, which unroofed the houses and twisted large trees from their roots. The living is a rectory* in the diocese of Lichfield, value £355, in the patronage of the bishop."

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

Census

• Transcriptions of the Wirkswirth Area Census covering Kirk Ireton for 1841, 1851 and 1881 (other years to follow) are available on John Palmer's Wirksworth site. This site also features Histories of Kirk Ireton, from various sources.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of Holy Trinity Church (CMB 1572-1910) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 22 Mar 2008.

• Nigel Batty-Smith's site of United Kingdom Genealogy has scanned images of Marriages at Kirk Ireton, 1572-1812 (from Phillmore's Derbyshire Parish Registers - Marriages, Volume 3).

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Kirk Ireton by Ann Andrews. Added 8 Dec 2005.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Mapperly by Ann Andrews. Added 4 Jan 2006.

Gazetteers

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

Occupations

• The Barley Mow, Kirk Ireton - photos and landlords since 1750. Added 6 Nov 2006.

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