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SOUTH DARLEY (with WENSLEY & SNITTERTON), Derbyshire

"SNITTERTON, a township in the parish of Darley, hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 2 miles E. of Winster, and 1½ mile N.W. of Matlock."

"WENSLEY, a township in the parish of Darley, county Derby, 2 miles N.E. of Winster. It is situated on the river Derwent, and is joined with Snitterton."

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

Bibliography Cemeteries Church History Church Records Description and Travel Directories

Early 20thC Map Click to view larger area.

Gazetteers Historical Geography History Inventories, Registers, Catalogues Manors Social Life and Customs

Bibliography

• A Derbyshire Parish At War: South Darley and the Great War 1914-1919. Country Books, 2001
  Read more in this Review of ‘South Darley and the Great War 1914-1919’ (Peak Advertiser 22nd February 2001)

• A Derbyshire Parish at Peace and War: South Darley 1925-1955. Country Books, 2001.
  Life in South Darley through to World War Two and the subsequent return to peace. Read more in this Review of ‘South Darley 1925-1955’ (Peak Advertiser 29th October 2001)

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Mary the Virgin's Churchyard, South Darley (Wensley), collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

• Photograph of War Memorial, South Darley, from Alf Beard.

Church History

• Photograph of St Mary The Virgin's Church, Wensley (South Darley), from Paul Slater.

• St Mary's Church and Parish of South Darley - a very interesting account, part of the same site as Wensley, Derbyshire, listed below (Description and Travel section).

• Photograph of St Mary the Virgin's Church, Photograph of Inside St Mary the Virgin's Church, and Photograph of St Mary's Church (East Window), South Darley, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of Weslyan Church, Wensley, from Alf Beard.

• Photograph of Wesleyan Methodist Reform Chapel (1854), and a Photograph of View of the Village from Snitterton, Oker, from Janet Kirk.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Helens Church Darley Dale also includes Burials 1846 to 1918 for South Darley.

Description and Travel

• Various photographs of in and around Wensley, Oker, South Darley, Snitterton are available in our Wensley Photo Gallery, provided by Paul Slater/Alf Beard/Janet Kirk. Added 5 Jun 2005.

• Here is a very nice site devoted to the village of Wensley, Derbyshire, hosted by Peter Dell. Includes photos, history, and an Area Map, dated 1819.

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Wensley (South Darley) by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

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

Historical Geography

• South Darley parish, originally named 'Wensley and Snitterton', was formed from Darley in 1840 when St Mary the Virgin parish church was built. Today, the parish encompasses the villages and hamlets of Wensley, Cross Green, Darley Bridge (formerly known as Bridgetown), Oker and Snitterton.

History

• South Darley (nr. Matlock, Derbyshire) provides a history of Wensley, Oaker (Oker), Snitterton, Darley Bridge & South Darley, with text from the book "A Potted History of South Darley" by Irene Wright.

Inventories, Registers, Catalogues

• The Wolley Manuscripts (for Snitterton and Wensley). Papers relative to Snitterton and all Wensley deeds, published in Volume 6669. Many places, people and relationships are mentioned - an absolute "MUST" to visit! Full details, and explanation, are available on site.

Manors

• Accounts of Snitterton Manor House, and Snitterton Hall, taken from Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I 1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie. Added 3 Mar 2008.

Social Life and Customs

• Photograph of Reading Room, Wensley, from Alf Beard.

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