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From: John BARTHOLOMEW's Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887):

"Grindlow, township, Hope par., N. Derbyshire, 2 miles NE. of Tideswell, 296 ac., pop. 57"

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Archives & Libraries

The Tideswell Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

Alternatively, 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 Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
     
  • Rosemary LOCKIE provides an extract of the Grindlow 1891 census on her Wishful Thinking website.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Reference No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2150
1861R.G. 9 / 2544
1891R.G. 12 / 2777
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Church History

  • There is no record of an Anglican parish church in this parish.
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Church Records

  • Parishioners attended the church in Great Hucklow or the one in Hope parish.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"GRINDLOW, a township in the parish of Hope, hundred of High Peak, county Derby, 2 miles N.E. of Tideswell."

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

This was a small hamlet near Hope in Derbyshire. It saw a decline in its fortune (and population) when mining gave out around 1800.

John SLATER has a photograph of the stone-walled Road to Grindlow on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.

Neil THEASBY provides a view of the Village Sign on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2012.

You can see pictures of Grindlow which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

And John Marius WILSON's "Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales", 1870-72 tells us:

GRINDLOW, a township in Hope parish, Derby; 2¼ miles ENE of Tideswell. Real property, £146. Pop., 75. house, 14.
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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK184773 (Lat/Lon: 53.292182, -1.725786), Grindlow which are provided by:

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient township in Hope Parish in Derby county. It was incorporated as a modern Civil Parish in December, 1866.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • The parish has a joint parish council with Great Hucklow.
     
  • The parish is currently in the Derbyshire Dales District.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bakewell petty session hearings each Friday.
     
  • As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Bakewell Poorlaw Union.