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SWARKESTONE, Derbyshire

"SWARKESTON, as before-mentioned [Ed: with Stanton-by-Bridge], is an adjoining parish to Stanton, in the same hundred as Melbourn, about three miles from that village. Swarkeston bridge is supposed to be the longest in Europe, extending nearly a mile over the meadows and low grounds to Stanton; it was originally very narrow, but has been widened so as to allow carriages to pass each other. The Trent and Mersey canal runs through the parish, and is here joined by the Derby canal. The church is dedicated to St. James: the living is a rectory, in the same patronage as Stanton. Population, by the returns for 1831, 308."

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

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St James's Churchyard, Swarkestone, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard. Added 7 May 2009.

Church History

• Various Photographs of St James's Church (SW View) are available in our Swarkestone Photo Gallery, provided by Alf Beard/Paul Slater. Updated 8 May 2009.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St James's Church (CMB 1664-1910) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 15 Dec 2008.

Directories

• Directory for Melbourn, Repton-with-Bretby, Ticknall, Caulk, Chellaston, Foremark-with-Ingleby, Smisby, Stanton-by-Bridge, Swarkeston, Twyford, Willington 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 Swarkestone by Ann Andrews. Added 6 Dec 2005.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

• 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.

Population

• Census Statistics - the population figures for the village of Swarkestone are as follows:-

  1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	1851	1861	1871	1881	1891
  256	265	243	308	321	289	307	250	209	230
  1901	1911	1921	1931	1951	1961	1971	1981	1991
  146	166	155	138	132	142	145	134	178

  The above census statistics have been contributed by Joseph Platt.

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