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"BAMFORD is a township and parish, formed in 1860 from the civil parish of Hathersage, on the borders of Yorkshire, 11 miles from Miller's Dale station on the Derby and Manchester section of the Midland railway, 10 miles east, from Chapel-en-le-Frith, 12 north from Bakewell and 12 west from Sheffield, in the High Peak division of the county, hundred of High Peak."

From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland, 1891.

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Archives & Libraries

Bamford is served by the Mobile Library on route N, which makes three stops in the village every fourth Thursday in the late morning.

The Chapel-en-le-Frith Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Chapel en le Frith sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2151
1861R.G. 9 / 2546
1891R.G. 12 / 2780
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint John the Baptist.
     
  • This church was built in 1859-60.
     
  • The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1860 from the Civil Parish of Hathersage.
     
  • The church seats 170.
     
  • Geoff PICK provides a photograph of St. John the Baptist on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2004.
     
  • Bill HENDERSON provides a different view of St. John the Baptist Church on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2008.
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1860.
     
  • Louis MILLS has provided a list of burials found in the grave indeces. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Eyam.
     
  • The Roman Catholics had a small chapel here built in 1882 and dedicated to Our Lady of Sorrows.
     
  • Bill HENDERSON provides a photograph of Our Lady of Sorrows on Geo-graph, taken in 2008.
     
  • Martin DAWES also has a photograph of Our Lady of Sorrows on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2015.
     
  • The Wesleyan Wesleyans built a chapel here in 1829 and rebuilt it in 1889.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Chapel en le Frith sub-district of the Chapel en le Frith Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"BAMFORD, a hamlet in the parish of Hathersage, hundred of High Peak, in the county of Derby, 6 miles to the N.W. of Tideswell. Bakewell is its post town. It is in the Peak, near the border of Yorkshire. Bamford Moor is near the village."

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

The village lies 10 miles east of Chapel-en-le-Frith and 12 miles north of Bakewell and 161 miles north of the city of London.

You can see pictures of Bamford which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

You can read David Marius WILSON's Bamford entry in his "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72)".

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History

  • You may want to browse the Bamford Info Pack from the Joint Parish Council.
     
  • The village holds a carnival during the month of July each year, which includes well dressings.
     
  • The Bamford water mill has been turned into apartments but some of the original equipment remains and is run for the public at posted times.
     
  • Neil THEASBY has a photograph of the Bamford Cotton Mill on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2016.
     
  • Bamford has had a Sheep Dog Trials Association since 1943 and hosts an annual trial for the dogs each Spring.
     
  • And Grahamm HOGG has a photograph of the Ye Derwent Hotel on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2004. This was the old Derwent Arms.
     
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK205859 (Lat/Lon: 53.369613, -1.693528), Bamford which are provided by:

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Military History

There is a war memorial in the churchyard for both World Wars. It is a limestone monument comprising a wheel cross on a square pedestal and three-stepped base. It was dedicated on 22 November 1922.

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Military Records

The names on the War Memorial are:

  1. Bethell, C., British West Indies Regt.
  2. Birley, J. H.
  3. Bundy, F. H.
  4. Clark, W.
  5. Crookes, T.
  6. Deakin, F.
  7. Drew, C.
  8. Finley, B.
  9. Firth, J.
  10. Fisher, J. M.
  11. Fox, H.
  12. Gillies, E., Royal Fusiliers
  13. Gleadhill, G.
  14. Hall, D.
  15. Harlow, J. F. H., Royal Warwickshire Regt.
  16. Hopkins, F. W.
  17. Huntington, A.
  18. Lockwood, D.
  19. Mabey, C.
  20. Malone, James Augustine, KOYLI
  21. Mills, W.
  22. Palmer, E.
  23. Platts, G.
  24. Priestley, H.
  25. Rowarth, H.
  26. Talbot, L.
  27. Thorp, D.
  28. Townsend, B.
  29. Townsend, M.
  30. Truelove, A.
  31. Upton, J.
  32. Walker, H.
  33. White, T. H.
  34. Woodhouse, J.

There are four Commonwealth War Graves in the parish churchyard: F. BARKER, Royal Staffs. Regt.; Nellie Elizabeth SHAYLER, QMAAC; H. OATES, RAF; and J. F. W. HARLOW, Royal Warwickshire Regt.

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient hamlet, township and Chapelry in Hathersage parish in county Derby.
     
  • This place became a separate, modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • You may contact the joint Bamford and Thornhill Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they are not staffed to help you with family history questions.
     
  • District governance is provided by the High Peak Borough Council.
     
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Chapel-en-le-Frith petty session hearings once each month.
     
  • As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Chapel en le Frith Poorlaw Union.
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Population

Although a small agricultural hamlet in the 1086 Domesday Book, the parish, by means of a housing boom, grew quickly in the late 1800s and early 1900s.

YearInhabitants
1871439
1881453
1891317
1901510
1911989
1921999
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Schools

A Public Elementary School was built here in 1840 and later enlarged to hold 140 children.

A Catholic Elementary School was erected in 1880 to hold 82 children.

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Societies

The parish has its own District History Group with an archive of local records.