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OSMASTON by DERBY, Derbyshire

"OSMASTON, a parish in the hundred of Repton, county Derby, 2 miles S.E. of Derby, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the road from London to Ashby-de-la-Zouch. The river Derwent, the canal, and the Midland railway pass through the parish. The inhabitants are wholly engaged in agriculture. The soil is sand and loam upon a subsoil of gravel."

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

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of Holy Trinity Church (CMB 1743-1903) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 12 Aug 2005.

• Janice Hargreaves' Derbyshire Marriage Index site formerly at homepage.ntlworld.com/sherwoodoutlaw is now apparently unavailable, but some of the pages may be accessible via an Archived Version of Derbyshire Marriage Index. Note: as these are archived versions some of the links may no longer work, but the original site contained Marriages at Osmaston by Derby, 1743-1812 (separate web pages for Brides and Grooms).

• Nigel Batty-Smith's site of United Kingdom Genealogy has scanned images of Marriages at Osmaston by Derby, 1743-1812 (from Phillmore's Derbyshire Parish Registers - Marriages, Volume 6).

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Osmaston by Derby by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

• Extracts from Trade Directories, Parish Registers, Census, &c. and other miscellaneous information for this area may be found on Brett Payne's South Derbyshire Genealogical Resources. Site is updated regularly, so check back frequently for additions.

History

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Osmaston by Barbarann Ayars.

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