TURNDITCH (or Turndich), Derbyshire
Census
- The parish was in the Duffield sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
| Census Year |
Piece No. |
|---|---|
| 1861 | R.G. 9 / 2507 |
| 1891 | R.G. 12 / 2741 |
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Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
- The church was originally built in the 13th century as a chapel of ease to Duffield.
- The church seats about 150.
- The church has its own website including a sketch of the old church in 1821.
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Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1780.
- The church was in the rural deanery of Wirksworth.
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Parish Register burials in a text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
- A Congregational chapel was built here in 1818.
- The Primitive Methodists had a chapel here before 1891.
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Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Duffield sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
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Description and Travel
"TURNDITCH, a chapelry in the parish of Duffield, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 9 miles from Derby, its post town, and 3½ W. of Belper."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of
Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]
The village lies about 10 miles north of Derby on the A517 arterial road west of Belper.
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Directories
- Ann Andrews provides a transcription of the Turnditch entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
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Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Turnditch from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.
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Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient township in Duffield parish and was formed as a separate Civil Parish in 1847.
- This parish was in the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).
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Poorhouses, Poor Law, etc.
- As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms, this parish became a member of the Belper Poorlaw Union.