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YOULGREAVE, Derbyshire

"YOULGRAVE is a village in the parish of its name, which is partly in the hundred of Wirksworth, and partly in that of High Peak; about 3 miles S. by W. from Bakewell. It contains the parish church, a good building, dedicated to All-Saints, and a place of worship each for the Wesleyan and primitive methodists. The living of Youlgrave is a discharged vicarage, in the patronage of the Duke of Devonshire: the present incumbent is the Rev. Benjamin Pidcock. The parish contained, at tine last census, 3,081 inhabitants, and the township 951 of that number."

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

Bibliography Cemeteries Church History Church Records Description and Travel

Early 20thC Map Click to view larger area.

Directories Gazetteers Historical Geography Manors Names, Geographical

Bibliography

• Wilson, Norman - Youlgreave Remembers. Published privately, 2005.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Youlgreave Remembers’ (Peak Advertiser, 15th August 2005)
  Added 31 Jul 2005.

• Ardley, Bridget & Bartlett, Mary - The Spirit of Youlgreave. Landmark, 2003.
  Read more in this Review of ‘The Spirit of Youlgreave’ (Peak Advertiser 17th November 2003)

Cemeteries

• Photograph of War Memorial (1914-1919), Youlgreave, from Alf Beard. Added 1 Oct 2005.

• A list of Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of All Saints, Youlgreave published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 1994.
  Full details of inscriptions are available from DARG by postal application. See their How to Contact details for how to get in touch with them.

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in All Saints Churchyard, Youlgreave, collected and transcribed by Alf Beard.

Church History

• Various photographs - of All Saints Church, the Methodist Church, and Wesleyan Reform Chapel (1857) - are available in our Youlgreave Photo Gallery, provided by Alf Beard/Andrew McCann.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of All Saints Church is available for purchase from Valerie Neal.

Description and Travel

• Information about, and photographs of Youlgreave are featured on the Derbyshire UK page on Youlgreave village in Derbyshire

• A short Description of Youlgreave & All Saints Church, published originally in Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group (DARG) Newsletter, October 1994, to accompany the MIs (see above, Cemeteries).

Directories

• Directory for Bakewell, with the villages of Ashford, Baslow, Edensor - with Chatsworth, Youlgrave 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 Youlgreave (includes Middleton by Youlgreave, Ible & Ivonbrook Grange) by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

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

Historical Geography

• Sketch of Cottage in Bradford Dale, and Sketch of Cottage in Bradford Dale (2), Youlgreave, from Don Rimmington capture some past scenery.

Manors

• An account of Stanton Old Hall, The Bowers and Stanton Woodhouse, taken from Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I 1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie.

Names, Geographical

• A village described by local historian and teacher Mr J W Shimwell as 'the most mis-spelt village', the Youlgrave 'Websight' tells it all! We assume their own misspelling of 'site' is a joke... Added 1 Feb 2006.

• The pronunciation of the place-name varies; in broad Derbyshire dialect it would be 'YolgrEEve'; the more polite version sounds closer to what one would expect from the spelling - 'Youl-grAve'.

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