Elvaston
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Bibliography
- MORRELL, J. F. - In the Shadow of a Castle. publ. unknown. Be careful, this title has been used before, so make sure the book is about Elvaston.
Census
- The parish was in the Shardlow sub-district of the Shardlow Registration District.
- The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
Census
YearPiece No. 1851 H.O. 107 / 2140 1861 R.G. 9 / 2490 1891 R.G. 12 / 2721
Churches
You can also perform a more selective search for churches in the Elvaston area or see them printed on a map.
Church History
- The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Bartholomew.
- The church was entirely restored in 1474.
- The church seats 250.
- Tom WOSIK has a photograph of St. Bartholomew's Church on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2007.
- John SALMON also has a photograph of St. Bartholomewh on Geo-graph, taken in 1991.
Church Records
- The Anglican parish register dates from 1662.
- We have a pop-up window of extracted Parish Register baptisms (partial) in a text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
- We have a partial extract of Parish Register burials in a pop-up window text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
- Marriages at Elvaston, 1651-1837 are available in Nigel BATTY-SMITH's database of scanned images of Phillimore's Parish Registers.
- The church was in the rural deanery of MeIbourne.
Civil Registration
- Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
- The parish was in the Shardlow sub-district of the Shardlow Registration District.
Description and Travel
"ELVASTON, a parish in the hundred of Morleston, county Derby, 6 miles S.E. of Derby, its post town, and 2 S. of the Draycar station on the Derby and Nottingham branch of the Midland Counties railway."
[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin HINSON ©2003]
You can see pictures of Elvaston which are provided by:
Directories
- Ann ANDREWS provides a transcription of the Elvaston entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).
Gazetteers
- The transcription of the section for Elvaston from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin HINSON.
Ask for a calculation of the distance from Elvaston to another place.
Click here for a list of nearby places.
Historical Geography
You can see the administrative areas in which Elvaston has been placed at times in the past. Select one to see a link to a map of that particular area.
Maps
You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK410325 (Lat/Lon: 52.888399, -1.392096), Elvaston which are provided by:
- This place shown on an OpenStreetMap map.
- Google Streetview
- StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
- OpenStreetMap
- Bing (was Multimap)
- OldMaps (Old Ordnance Survey maps.)
- Old Maps Online (Other old maps.)
- National Library of Scotland (Best site for old maps)
- Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
- English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
- Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
- Elgin Road Works
- GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)
- All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
- Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.
Military History
- The Traces of War website shows us the parish had a Starfish Decoy Site in Ambaston.
- Jerry EVANS has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2007. The War Memorial is on the corner of Silver Lane and Main Road.
- Alan MURRAY-RUST also has a photograph of the Alvaston War Memorial erected in 1923 on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2018.
- Alf BEARD has a close-up of the Elvaston War Memorial erected in 1923 on Geo-graph, taken in January, 2006.
Politics and Government
- This place was an ancient parish in county Derby and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
- This parish was in the ancient Morleston and Litchurch Hundred (or Wapentake).
- You may contact the Elvaston Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist with family history searches.
- District governance is provided by the South Derbyshire District Council.
Poor Houses, Poor Law etc.
- Bastardy cases would be heard in the Derby petty session hearings.
- There is an index of over a dozen Elvaston Bastardy Papers held at the DRO on the Yesterdays Journey website. Select "Bastardy Papers" on the left side, then "Elvaston" from the list of parishes displayed.
- As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, the parish became a member of the Shardlow Poorlaw Union.
Schools
A Church of England School (mixed was erected in 1852, for 80 children,