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PARWICH, Derbyshire

"PARWICH, a parish in the hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 7 miles N.E. of Ashbourne, its post town, and 6 S.W. of Winster. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on the Peak Forest railway. In the neighbourhood are traces of an encampment of Roman origin, many relics of that description having been found on its site. The inhabitants are chiefly engaged in agriculture."

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

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Peter's Churchyard, Parwich, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard. Added 19 Nov 2005.

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions at St Peter's, Parwich published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 1995.
  Full details of inscriptions are available from DARG by postal application. See their How to Contact details for how to get in touch with them.

Census

• The Parwich and District Local History Society web site has transcriptions of the 1841-1891 censuses for the village. The Society also provides other useful information, via its Newsletter, including a project researching all buildings in the village.

Church History

• Photograph of St Peter's Church, Photograph of Inside St Peter's Church, and Photograph of St Peter's Church (The Font), Parwich, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of Methodist Church, Parwich, from Alf Beard.

Description and Travel

• Information about, and photographs of Brassington are featured on the Derbyshire UK page on Parwich village in Derbyshire.

• A short Description of Parwich & St Peter's Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 1995, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries).

Directories

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

Gazetteers

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

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