TISSINGTON, Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Calton sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District until 1901.
- The parish was in the Brassington sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District after 1901.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2522 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2754 |
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Calton sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District until 1901.
- The parish was in the Brassington sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District after 1901.
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Description and Travel
"TISSINGTON is a small parish, in the hundred of Wirksworth. In the village, which is situate about 4 miles N. from Ashbourn, are five springs of the purest water, in connexion with which, a curious ancient custom, termed the 'Floralia', or 'well-dressing', prevails among the villagers, annually upon Ascension day, when these fountains are decorated with the choicest flowers, as offerings to the Naiads, which is thus executed - Blocks of wood are obtained (in) the required form, which are coated over with wet clay, into which the flowers are stuck, in various devices and inscriptions, so as completely to cover the bed and present a beautiful mass of flowers."
[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Tissington from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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Politics and Government
- This parish was in the ancient Wirksworth Hundred (or Wapentake).