Mapperley
"MAPPERLEY, a township in the parish of Kirk-Hallam, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 7 miles N.E. of Derby, its post town, and 2 N.W. of the Ilkeston railway station. The village, which is of small extent, is situated near the Erewash canal. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the collieries. There is a Sunday-school with an endowment of £6 per annum, also a place of worship for the Wesleyans." [Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868) Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]
The Mapperley Reservior and Mapperley Park are just north of the village.
Census
- The parish was in the Horsley sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2508 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2742 |
Churches
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Mapperley area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
- The Anglican ecclesiastical parish was formed on 22 July 1870 from the civil parish of Kirk Hallam.
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
- The church was built of stone in 1851.
- Subsidence, caused by coal mining, caused the church to be closed in 1964. A new structure was built on a concrete "raft" and opened in 1966.
- The church is on Mapperley Lane south of Main Street.
- The church seats 200.
- There is a photograph of the new church at The Peak District website.
Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1851.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Ilkeston.
- There was a Wesleyan Methodist chapel in the parish in 1912.
Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Horsley sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
Directories
- Ann ANDREWS provides a transcription of the Mapperey entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
Gazetteers
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Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Mapperley has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
History
- Stephen McKAY has a photograph of The Old Black Horse Puiblic House on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2007.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK434430 (Lat/Lon: 52.982592, -1.355028), Mapperley which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Military History
- In 1912, this parish was the partially owned by Captain William Drury DRURY-LOWE (ret.) of the Grenadier Guards. He would later die in World War I at the Somme in September, 1916.
Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient Township in Kirk Hallam parish and was incorporated as a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
- This parish was in the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).
- You may contact the Mapperley Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist with family history searches.
- District governance is provided by the Amber Valley Borough Council.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Smalley (Ilkeston Court) petty session hearings.
- As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Belper Poorlaw Union.