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HOPE, Derbyshire

"HOPE is a township and village (once a market-town), in the parish of its name, in the same hundred as Castleton, about 1 mile from that town, and about 5½ N. from Tideswell. The moors in this parish have afforded, in many instances, extraordinary properties in the preservation of human bodies buried in them; some having been discovered, after thirty years' interment, perfect and free from decomposition." [There is further information for Hope]

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

Bibliography

• The book Notes from a Peakland Parish, "An Account of The Church and Parish of Hope in the County of Derby", by William Smith PORTER, M.D. (1923) has been transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie (March 1999 to January 2000).

  This book contains several lists of names, including Churchwardens, 1685-1922 and the Easter Roll, 1658, a list of all those paying taxes at Easter to the Church. To find out whether any of your ancestors may be listed, Philip Longden has compiled a Surnames List to the above text.

Census

• A Transcription of the 1851 Census for Hope is available amongst Marjorie Ward's North West Derbyshire Sources.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Peter's Church is available for purchase from Valerie Neal. Added 27 Jan 2009.

Directories

• A Description of Hope and Directory for Castleton, Hope and Hathersage, with the villages of Bradwell, Brough and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Partial transcription of the section of White's History, Gazetteer and Directory of the County of Derby, 1857, for Hope by Rosemary Lockie (includes description of Hope Woodlands).

• Partial transcription of section of Directory of Sheffield and 20 miles round, 1862, for Hope by Rosemary Lockie.

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

Gazetteers

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

Genealogy

• Hope Valley Sources - part of Marjorie Ward's North West Derbyshire Sources - a developing site with new material being added all the time. Added 29 Mar 2006.

Manors

• An account of Highlow 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.

Military History

The following men were mustered from Hope for military service; training at Bakewell under Sir John Manners, and Robert Eyre Esq. in preparation for defending Britain in Protestant Elizabeth I's war against Catholic Philip II of Spain - the force which was to become known as the Spanish Armada. The original documents are preserved at Belvoir Castle, in the possession of the Duke of Rutland, and were first published in the Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, January 1895. This particular transcription is an extract from The Spanish Armada & Local Levies (Notes from a Peakland Parish, Chapter X).

1585		1587
Hope: Thomas SLAKE (SLACK); Ralphe GLOVER; Richard SLAKE; Edward HALLE; Thurston HALL; Renolde PURSLOVE; Richard NEEDHAME; Robte ARNEFEELDE; Gilbarte MARSHALL; Robte MARSHALL of Thornell. iii Calliv' iii ar' ii corselets, ii bills		Hopetowneshippe: Robte HALLE; Victor MORTEN; George NEEDHAM; call'; Willm MORTEN, ar'; Thomas HALL, musk; Gilbarte MARSHALL, ar'; Reignolde PURSLOVE, Charles HATFIELD, cor'; Willm STEVENSON; Robte FFURNESS, cor.;

Nobility

• The Ayars Family Historical Association has a very nice presentation of The Descendants of William Le Heyr, Hope, Derbyshire, compiled by Jim Ayars, and others. See also Jim's Sources of the life of Robert Ayars, for accounts of some of the Eyre legends, and an attractive representation of Arms of William le Heyre (c.1260) of Hope, Derbyshire (the same Arms as Humphrey le Heyre (c.1190) of Bromham, Wiltshire.

Taxation

• A list of Names from the Hearth Tax Assessments, 1662-70 for Hope and likewise for Hope Woodlands, transcribed by Marjorie Ward as one of her North West Derbyshire Sources.

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