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STAPENHILL, Derbyshire

"STAPENHILL is a parish, in the hundred of Repton and Gresley; the village being about 2 miles S.W. from Burton- upon-Trent. The parish, in which are coal mines, is bounded on the west by the river Trent. The church is dedicated to St. Peter: the living is a discharged vicarage, in the gift of the Marquess of Anglesey; the incumbent is the Rev. Henry Des Voeux, and his curate the Rev. Joseph Clay. A charity school has been erected by the last-named rev. gentleman, and is supported by his munificence, and that of the Miss Clays'. The parish contained, in 1831, 1,926 inhabitants, & the township 572 of that number."

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

Church History

• Photograph of St Peter's Church, Stapenhill, from Alf Beard. Added 18 Nov 2005.

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Peter's Churchyard, Stapenhill, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard. Added 31 Aug 2007.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Peter's Church (CMB 1679-1910) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. The CD also includes Caldwell and also some settlement/removal orders found in the early register. The latter has not been filmed by LDS, so this is a unique resource for those unable to visit the Derbyshire Record Office to search it themselves. Added 22 Nov 2006.

Directories

• Directory for Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Croxall, Edingale, Catton, Hartshorn and Wooden Box, Lullington, Coton-in-the-Elms, Rosliston, Stapenhill, Stanton & Newhall, and Walton-on-Trent transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

• Blanche Charles's Stapenhill Online Resources provides a wealth of family history research material for Stapenhill, an offer of a Look up service, plus a useful description of Stapenhill historically. The site includes:-
  • Census
  • Parish Records
  • Trade Directories, 1822-1891

  I recommend checking Blanche's site regularly for updates, as the above is just a small selection of what's available, and further information is being added all the time

• Extracts from Trade Directories, Parish Registers, Census, &c. and other miscellaneous information for this area may be found on Brett Payne's South Derbyshire Genealogical Resources. Site is updated regularly, so check back frequently for additions.

Historical Geography

• Stapenhill was originally a parish belonging to Derbyshire, but "transferred to Staffordshire in 1894 and now included within the borough of Burton on Trent."
  (Ref: The Place-Names of Derbyshire, K. Cameron, Cambridge University Press, 1959)

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