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SHIRLAND, Derbyshire

"SHIRLAND is a parish, in the hundred of Scarsdale, two miles S.W. from Alfreton, containing the hamlet of HIGHAM, which was formerly a market town, but discontinued as such about 1785. Higham is a place of considerable antiquity situate on the Iknield-street of the Romans. The parish church, dedicated to St. Leonard contains several ancient monuments of the De Greys. The parish contained, in 1831, 1,212 inhabitants, and Higham 595 of that number."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Leonard's Churchyard, Shirland, collected and transcribed by Christopher Bennett. Added 23 Jun 2006.

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of the Church of St Leonard, Shirland published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, April 2005.
  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. Added 28 May 2005.

Census

• A transcription of Shirland Census 1841, Part One and Census 1841, Part Two provided by John Mills on his Bygone Days In Ashover site.

Church History

• Photograph of St Leonard's Church, Shirland, from Heather Faulkes.

• The Andrews Pages Picture Gallery - St Leonard's Church provides a description and photographs of Shirland Church.

Description and Travel

• A short Description of Shirland and St Leonard's Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, April 2005, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries). Added 28 May 2005.

Directories

• Directory for Alfreton, with the hamlet of Swanwick, the chapelry of Riddings, Shirland with Higham and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Shirland (includes Higham & Stonebroom) by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

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

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