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HEATH, Derbyshire

"HEATH, a parish in the hundred of Scarsdale, county Derby, 5 miles S.E. of Chesterfield, its post town, and 3 N.E. of the Clay Cross station. The village, which is small, and wholly agricultural, is situated on the road from Chesterfield to Mansfield. There are several coal-pits. The land is exceedingly fertile. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £259 4s. The living is a vicarage* in the dioc, of Lichfield, value £237."

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

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of All Saints Church (CMB 1682-1905) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 19 Nov 2005.

• Nigel Batty-Smith's site of United Kingdom Genealogy has scanned images of Marriages at Heath, 1682-1812 (from Phillmore's Derbyshire Parish Registers - Marriages, Volume 1).

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Heath by Ann Andrews. Added 4 Jan 2006.

Gazetteers

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

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