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

"Wormhill, township and vil., Tideswell par., Derbyshire - township, 4,657 ac., pop. 953; vil., 2 miles SW. of Tideswell; P.O.; has a free school; in vicinity is Wormhill Hall, seat."

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Archives & Libraries

Peak Dale hamlet is served by the Mobile Library on route N, which makes a stop at Upper End every fourth Thursday in the late morning.

Wormhill village has two stops for the Mobile Library: The Village Hall and Hargate Hall Junction.

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

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Bibliography

  • DREWRY, Christopher - Wormhill - The History of a High Peak Village, 2007. ISBN 978-1-901214-82-6.
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Cemeteries

Basher EYRE has a photograph showing the graves at St. Margaret's churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2015.

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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 / 2548
1891R.G. 12 / 2781
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Church History

  • The church here was initially a chapelry built circa 1213.
     
  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to Saint Margaret of Antioch.
     
  • The church tower was partly rebuilt in 1863.
     
  • The church was entirely restored in 1864.
     
  • The church was enlarged in 1906.
     
  • The church seats 225.
     
  • In the churchyard stands most of an old cross given in 1670 by Robert MEVERILL.
     
  • Neil THEASBY has a photograph of St Margaret's Church on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2013.
     
  • Ian LAVENDER has a photograph of St Margaret's Church in snow on Geo-graph, taken in December, 2004.
     
  • Ruth SHARVILLE has a photograph of the church interior on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2012.
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1670.
     
  • We have a pop-up window of Parish Register baptisms in a text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
     
  • We have a pop-up window of Parish Register burials in a text file for your review. Your additions are welcomed.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Buxton.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • This place was an ancient Township and Chapelry in Tideswell parish.
     
  • 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

"WORMHILL lies west of Monks Dale, a scattered village close to the edges of Chee Dale. The tenure by which it was held in the 14thC. was a toll of wolves' heads from the Forest of Peak. There are some very delightful spots round about the village, and the entrance into Chee Dale has that fascinating element of surprise and suddenness which never seems to wear off though we experience it time after time. The limestone bluffs are magnificently bold and precipitous, and the path beside the Wye is sometimes so narrowed by the rush of the water that it becomes impassable. By following this sinuous water-cleft, we come out into the Buxton road where it drops from Taddington. Close by is the railway to Buxton, and the break-away of the Manchester line."

[From The High Peak to Sherwood, by Thomas L. TUDOR, pub. (London) R. Scott, 1925-6.
Transcription from an original copy kindly donated by Barbarann AYARS, 13th Jan 2001]

The parish covers some 4,657 acres and includes the hamlets of Hargate Wall, Higher and Lower Bibbington, Great Rocks Dale, Upper end, Tunstead, Blankwell Mill and Miller's Dale.

If you need a place to keep the children whilst you visit, Graham HOGG has a photograph of the Village Stocks on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2012.

You can see pictures of Wormhill which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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History

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Manors

Peter BARR has a photograph of Wormhill Hall on Geo-graph, taken in March, 2010.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK106752 (Lat/Lon: 53.273821, -1.842483), Wormhill which are provided by:

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Military History

There are two Wormhill War Memorials mounted on the wall of St. Margaret's of Antioch Church, one above the other. The WWI memorial, from 1919, is a lightly mottled white marble tablet on a wooden base. There are 28 names on this tablet. The WWII Memorial, circa 1950, is a brass plaque with a triangular arch top. There are only seven names on this plaque.

There is a War Memorial at Dove Hole, on the Buxton Road in the south of the village.

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Military Records

The names on the Dove Hole memorial can be found at the Roll of Honour website.

These are the Names listed on the War Memorial for World War One:

  1. J. T. MASON (probably John Thomas MASON)
  2. D. MULLINS
  3. R. HOPWOOD (probably Robert)
  4. Samuel Henry YATES
  5. Tom ALLCOCK
  6. T. SIDEBOTTOM
  7. G. PEARSON
  8. J. PEARSON
  9. J. W. TURNER
  10. J. U. FERRIS (probably James FERRIS of Peak Dale)
  1. J. E. MIDDLETON (probably John Edwin MIDDLETON)
  2. Robert Leonard HOWE
  3. S. ALLCOCK
  4. H. BENNETT
  5. W. BOOTH
  6. P. HASSALL (probably Percy HASSALL of Derby Yeom.)
  7. E. H. TAYLOR
  8. George L. JACKSON
  9. J. A. TRASK (probably Notts and Derby Regt.)
  10. M. L. SALT (probably Moses SALT)
  1. J. T. BRADWELL (probably Notts and Derby Regt.)
  2. J. W. DERBYSHIRE (probably John William)
  3. Herbert James BOAM
  4. S. J. BYATTE (probably Royal Scots Fusiliers)
  5. J. H. BLACKBURN (probably John Hicks BLACKBURN)
  6. R. YATES (probably Robert YATES)
  7. G. MORTEN (probably Machine Gun Regt.)
  8. W. CROSSLAND (probably Notts and Derby Regt.)

World War II:

  1. Ronald George BAGSHAW
  2. Arthur Cyril BEVERLEY
  3. John Charles BRITTAIN
  4. G. COOK
  5. R. T. GREGORY (probably Robert Thomas GREGORY)
  6. H. JACKSON
  7. E. JARVIS
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Obituaries

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar provides this announcement from the Derby Mercury of 30 June, 1803: DIED: "On Friday last, at Wormhill, Mr. John SMITH, of Tideswell, in this county, brazier and tinman, aged 40."

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient Chapelry in Tideswell 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).
     
  • You may contact the Wormhill Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist with family history searches.
     
  • District governance is provided by the Peak District National Park.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

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

 YearInhabitants
1831303
1871714
1881953
18911,357
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Schools

  • A 5-member school board was formed here in 1882.
     
  • Upper End ("Peak Dale") School (mixed) was built here in 1882 to hold 200 children.  It was enlarged in 1899 to hold 300 children.
     
  • The Church of England School was standing in 1857 and was enlarged in 1871 to hold 80 children.
     
  • We have a pop-up window of the School Logs between 1901 and 1908 in a text file for your review.