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HARTSHORNE, Derbyshire

"HARTSHORN is a parish (having no dependent township), in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, 4 miles N.W. from Ashby-de-la- Zouch. There are mines of coal and iron-stone in the parish; the manufacture of wood screws is carried on to a great extent by Messrs. Wood, Smith and Port, and there is a respectable brewery belonging to Messrs. Brunt and Co. The church, which is dedicated to St. Peter, is in the early style of English architecture: the living is a rectory, in the patronage of the Earl of Chesterfield. the Rev. H. W. Buckley is the present incumbent. Population of the parish, at the last census, 1,204."

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

Description and Travel

• A web site for the village of Hartshorne; find out about Hartshorne's History, Organisations, Local Interests, see the Picture Gallery, or a take a Virtual Bus Tour! There's even a Mailing List! In particular don't miss the Archive. Clicking on that entry on the left hand menu opens up a submenu of items ranging from The Magic Attic (a local history archive, in Swadlincote), through to Maps, Military, Parish Registers and Wills.

Directories

• Directory for Church Gresley, Swadlincote, Croxall, Edingale, Catton, Hartshorn and Wooden Box, Lullington, Coton-in-the-Elms, Rosliston, Stapenhill, Stanton & Newhall, and Walton-on-Trent transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Hartshorne by Ann Andrews. Added 6 May 2006.

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

• Extracts from Trade Directories, Parish Registers, Census, &c. and other miscellaneous information for this area may be found on Brett Payne's South Derbyshire Genealogical Resources. Site is updated regularly.

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