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STANLEY, Derbyshire

"STANLEY, a chapelry in the parish of Spondon, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 6 miles N.E. of Derby, its post town, and 4 W. of Ilkeston railway station. The village is small, and chiefly agricultural. Rope making is carried on. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Spondon, in the diocese of Lichfield. The church is dedicated to St. Andrew. The charities produce about £1 per annum. The Wesleyans have a chapel."

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

Cemeteries

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of the Church of St Andrew's, Stanley published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, April 1999.
  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

• A tour around St Andrew's Church on the "Ilkeston Cam" website in The Stanley Village Index. Added 11 Oct 2008.

Church Records

• Nigel Batty-Smith's site of United Kingdom Genealogy has scanned images of Marriages at Stanley, 1754-1812 (from Phillmore's Derbyshire Parish Registers - Marriages, Volume 1).

Description and Travel

• A short Description of Stanley & St Andrew's Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, April 1999, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries).

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Stanley by Ann Andrews. Added 4 Jan 2006.

Genealogy

• The Stanley One Place Study - a study of a Derbyshire village and its inhabitants, hosted by Alan Bloore, featuring:-
  • The Stanley Photo Album - photos of Stanley (past and present) and Stanley people from 80 to 100 years ago. Features The Wedding of Frances Helen Disney - a beautiful Edwardian-style marriage photograph from the summer of 1912.
  • Stanley Censuses Online - transcriptions of 1841 through to 1901.
  • Lookups Offered
  • The Stanley Family Tree - a large family tree of related people in Stanley
  • Parish register transcriptions and abstracts of Stanley Wills.
  This is a growing site - the above is just a small selection of what's on offer.

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