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OSMASTON by ASHBOURNE, Derbyshire

"OSMASTON, a parish in the hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 2½ miles S.E. of Ashbourne, its post town. The village, which is of small extent, is situated on an eminence near the road from Derby to Manchester. It is wholly agricultural. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £104, and the glebe comprises about 27 acres. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Lichfield."

[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 St Martin's Church (CMB 1606-1910) is available for purchase from 'Ancestral Archives'. Added 31 May 2007.

Description and Travel

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

Directories

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Osmaston by Ashbourne by Ann Andrews.

Gazetteers

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

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