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SPONDON, Derbyshire

"SPONDON, in the hundred of Appletree, is a parish which was formerly more extensive than now, the chapelries of Chaddesden, Lockhay, and Stanley having been some years since separated from it, and erected into distinct parishes. The village of Spondon, which is about three miles E.S.E. from Derby. is situate on a commanding eminence, overlooking the beautiful vale of Derwent, and is the residence of several highly respectable families." [There is further information for Spondon]

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

Cemeteries

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions at St Werburgh's and Chapel Street, Spondon published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, April 1994.
  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.

Church History

• Photograph of St Werburgh's Church, Spondon, from Paul Slater.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Werburgh's Church (CMB 1653-1910) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 25 May 2008.

• Nigel Batty-Smith's site of United Kingdom Genealogy has scanned images of Marriages at Spondon, 1653-1812 (from Phillmore's Derbyshire Parish Registers - Marriages, Volume 3).

Description and Travel

• A short Description of Spondon & St Werburgh's Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, April 1994, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries).

Directories

• A Description of Spondon and Directory for Spondon, Ockbrook, Burrowash, Chaddesden 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 Spondon by Ann Andrews. Added 4 Jan 2006.

Gazetteers

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

History

• A Village Remembered - The Village of Spondon in Derbyshire - a very nice site providing a history ot the village, including St Werburgh's church, Inns and Pubs, Schools, &c. from Kenneth Porter.

• Spondon - Years Ago, typescript of a lecture given by a George WRIGHT in 1913, recounting his personal reminiscences of Spondon going back to the early 1800's, kindly contributed by Dr. Neil Adams. Contains many local names and places of residence within the village.

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