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"LITTON, a hamlet in Tideswell parish, Derby; ¾ of a mile E of Tideswell. It has a post office under Sheffield. Real property, £3,613; of which £10 are in quarries. Pop., 974. Houses, 177. The manor belongs to Lord Scarsdale. Some of the inhabitants are employed in stocking-weaving, and some in lead mines. There are chapels for Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists. Bagshaw, "the apostle of the Peak," was a native."

From: John Marius WILSON's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870 - 72)

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Archives & Libraries

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

Altrnatively, the Chapel-en-le-Frith Library also has a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Bibliography

  • Authors, Various - Behind the View: Life & Times in Cressbrook - a Derbyshire mill village. Published locally, 2005. ISBN 0-9551750-0-3.
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Census

  • The parish was in the Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2150
1861R.G. 9 / 2544
1891R.G. 12 / 2777
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Christ.
     
  • The church was built in the late 1920s.
     
  • The church was consecrated in 1928. Prior to that date, Anglican services were held in the local schoolroom.
     
  • Martin SPECK has a photograph of Christ Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2010.
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Church Records

  • The church was in the rural deanery of Buxton.
     
  • There is a CD at various sources containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St John the Baptist's Church Tideswell contains entries for Litton residents.
     
  • The Methodist chapel was built in 1834.
     
  • Josie CAMPBELL has a photograph of the Litton Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2008.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"LITTON, a hamlet in the parish of Tideswell, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 1 mile S.E. of Tideswell, and 6 miles N.W. of Bakewell. It lies in the Dale of Litton Frith, near Monsal Dale. There are lead mines, in which some of the people are employed, but the neighbourhood is chiefly agricultural. Many of the females are engaged in stocking knitting. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have places of worship. There are a few small charities. This was the birth-place in 1628 of William Bagshaw, the celebrated Nonconformist divine called the “Apostle of the Peak”."

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

Andrew HILL has a photograph of approaching Litton on Geo-graph, taken in 2012.

Need a place to keep the kids? Graham HOGG has a photograph of the village stocks on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2012.

You can see pictures of Litton which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

  • The village hall was built in 1907, originally as a Working Men's Club.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK166751 (Lat/Lon: 53.272705, -1.752964), Litton which are provided by:

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Names, Geographical

The village is mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book (as "Litun").

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient township and hamlet in Tideswell parish in county Derby and became a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
     
  • 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 Bakewell petty session hearings each Friday.
     
  • As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Bakewell Poorlaw Union.