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From: John BARTHOLOMEW's, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887):

"Tansley, township, Crich par., and eccl. dist., partly also in Matlock par., Derbyshire, 1½ mile E. of Matlock - dist., pop. 930; township, 1,137 ac., pop. 678; P.O."

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Archives & Libraries

Tansley village is served by the Mobile Library on route N, which makes two stops every fourth Tuesday in the afternoon.

Alternatively, the Matlcock Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Bibliography

  • TAYLOR, Keith - Tansley Remembered. Ashridge Press/Country Books. ISBN 1-901214-43-5.
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Cemeteries

David BEVIS has a nice photograph of Holy Trinity's Churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.

Mike SPENCER, UK, has given us a partial extract of Parish Register burials in a file for your review. Your additions and corrections are welcome.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Matlock sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
     
  • Census transcripts are online at Wirksworth.Org.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2150
1861R.G. 9 / 2526 & 2542
1871R.G. 10 / 3631
1891R.G. 12 / 2776
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Church History

  • The Anglican church-goers were not happy to have to go all the way to Crich for services, so in 1839 they petitioned to have their own chapel.
     
  • A district church was built here in 1839 and opened for services in 1840.
     
  • The church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
     
  • The church seats 300.
     
  • The church was enlarged in 1870.
     
  • David BEVIS has a photograph of Tansley Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2010.
     
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Church Records

  • The church was in the rural deanery of Bakewell.
     
  • The church is now in the Wirksworth Deanery.
     
  • The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built in the village in 1829, replacing an older, smaller chapel built in 1811.
     
  • David BEVIS has a photograph of the Methodist church on Geo-graph, taken in 2010.
     
  • The Methodist Church has a website at Facebook: Tansley Methodist Church.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Matlock sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"TANSLEY, a hamlet in the parish of Crich, hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 5 miles N.E. of Crich, and 1½ mile E. of Matlock, its railway station and post town. The village contains a candlewick and small-ware manufactory. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield, value £100, in the patronage of the Vicar of Crich."

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

Tansley is at the southern end of the Peak District about two miles east of Matlock. Tansley Knoll abuts the village to the north, Tanlsey Moor is an area about a mile north of the village.

  • Stop by the Village Hall, near the Green, to check out the activity schedule.
     
  • David BEVIS has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2011.
     
  • Check out the Village website for pictures and current events.
     
  • You should also look into Tansley Hotwire. Although intended for residents, if you make a good case for why you want to join, you'll be notified of events happening in the parish area.
     
  • Mike FOWKES provides a photograph of Tansley village on Geo-graph, taken in 2006.
     
  • The Liberal Club, built in 1887, but was taken over by the Parish Council in 1907 for use as a "Reading Room". It has since been converted into a Community Center used by many groups in the village.
You can see pictures of Tansley which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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Historical Geography

A copious amount of water runs off Tansley moor above the village, eventually running into Bentley Brook, a tributary of the River Derwent.

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History

  • Tansley grew during the Industrial Revolution, its main industry being the quarrying of millstone grit.
     
  • Philip HALLING has a photograph of The Gate Pub. on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2014.
     
  • Tansley village is well-known for its large Sunday car-boot market (in good weather).
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK326604 (Lat/Lon: 53.140035, -1.514543), Tansley which are provided by:

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Military Records

  • There is a list of the names on the War Memorial on the Roll of Honour site.

The following Casualties are buried in Tansley's Holy Trinity churchyard:

  1. pte. Herbert BALLINGTON, 1/6th Bn. South Staffordshire Regt., died 28 August 1941; son of Herbert Ballington and Sarah Jane Ballington, of Matlock Bath.
  2. pte. Charles Edward BOOTH, 208th Protection Coy. Royal Defence Corps, died 09 May 1918; son of Abraham BOOTH, of Nottingham Rd., Tansley, and the late Sarah BOOTH.
  3. srgt. Leslie James CALDWELL, RAF Vol. Resrv., died 10 March 1942; son of the Revd. George CALDWELL and Nellie CALDWELL, of Tansley Rectory.
  4. gunner Thomas FEATHERSONE, Royal Artillery 546 Coast Regt., died 26 April 1943; son of Joseph and Charlotte FEATHERSONE. of Matlock.
  5. sapper George Bernard MOORE, Royal Engineers, died 04 April 1941; husband of Olive MOORE, of Matlock.
  6. pte. Kathleen Mavis SPENCER, Auxiliary Territorial Service, died 14 August 1944; daughter of Simeon and Edith Ann SPENCER, of Tansley.
  7. cprl. H. TWIGG, 11th Bn. East Yorkshire Regt., died 14 February 1919
  8. pte. J. WHITE, 16th Bn. Sherwood Foresters, died 13 November 1918; son of Obadiah and Sarah Ann WHITE, of Rock Terrace, Tansley. This is probably Joel B. WHITE.
  9. driver George Thomas WIBBERLEY, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, died 24 March 1945; husband of Doris WIBBERLEY of Matlock.
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Names, Geographical

"Tansley" appears in the 1086 Domesdy Book as "Taneslege". The name comes from the combination of the Old English elements tān and lēah.

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Politics & Government

  • This parish was in the ancient Wirksworth Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • This place was an ancient Township in Crich parish in Derby county..
     
  • Tansley was incorporated from part of Crich Civil Parish as its own Civil Parish in December, 1866. It covers 1,137 acres.
     
  • You may contact the Tansley parish clerk regarding civic or political matters, but the council is NOT funded to help you with family history searches.
     
  • Tansley's District governance is provided by the Derbyshire Dales District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard at the Matlock petty session hearings every other Wednesday.
     
  • As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Bakewell Poorlaw Union.
     
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Schools

  • A Church National School (mixed) was built and opened here in 1843 and enlarged in 1890 for up to 300 children.
     
  • An Infant School was later added.