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Smisby
Census
- The parish was in the Hartshorn sub-district of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year | Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2268 |
| 1871 | R.G. 10 / 3245 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2509 |
Churches
| St James, Smisby, Church of England |
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Smisby area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint James.
- The church was built in the 14th century.
- The church seats 160.
- Alan HEARDMAN has a photograph of St. James Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2011.
Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1679.
- Marriages at Smisby, 1720-1812 are available in Nigel BATTY-SMITH's database of scanned images of Phillimore's Parish Registers.
- We have a partial extract of Parish Register burials in a pop-up window text file for your review. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Repton.
Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Hartshorn sub-district of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Registration District.
Description and Travel
"SMISBY, a small parish bounded on the east by the county of Leicester, is four miles S.S.W. from Melbourn. The church is a small building: the living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Marquess of Hastings. Population of the parish 324."
[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
Smisby has its own Village Website. If you click on the Parish Council link you can find recent Portable Document File newsletters about the village.
Boundary is a hamlet on the border with Leicestershire. It has since become its own Civil Parish.
You can see pictures of Smisby which are provided by:
Directories
- Ann ANDREWS provides a transcription of the Smisby entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
- She also provides a transcription of the Boundary entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Smisby from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin HINSON.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Smisby to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Smisby has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK348191 (Lat/Lon: 52.768381, -1.48566), Smisby which are provided by:
- This place shown on a Google 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 a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on a Google / Openstreetmap map.
Military History
- Mat FASCIONE has a photograph of the War Memorial just in front of the church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2008.
Military Records
Two men from Smisby are buried in St. James churchyard:
- Thomas INSLEY, corporal, 7th Btn., Lincs. Regt., age 39, died 30 Oct. 1918.
- J. SMART, private, North Sts. Regt., age 21, died 3 Aug. 1916.
Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient parish in county Derby and became a modern Civil parish when those were established.
- This parish was in the ancient Repton and Greasley Hundred (or Wapentake).
- You may contact the Smisby Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they are NOT funded to assist you with family history searches.
- District governance is provided by the South Derbyshire District Council.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- We have a list of 1820 Paupers provided by Michael SPENCER.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Swadlincote petty seeesion hearings every other Tuesday
- As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms, this parish became a member of the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Poorlaw Union.
Population
Year Inhabitants 1801 235 1841 293 1851 293 1871 320