OFFERTON, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
- Rosemary LOCKIE has the Offerton 1901 census at Wishful Thinking.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2543 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2777 |
| 1901 | R.G. 13 / 3268 |
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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 and Travel
"OFFERTON, a hamlet in the parish of Hope, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 7 miles N. of Bakewell, and 5 N.E. of Tideswell. It is situated on the river Derwent."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
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Directories
- Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Offerton entry under Hope from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.
- As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act this parish became part of the Bakewell Poolaw Union.