Temple Normanton, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes



Parish History
Temple Normanton is a Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1793 from Chesterfield, Derbyshire an Ancient Parish. NORMANTON, TEMPLE, achapelry, in the parish and union of Chesterfield, hundred of Scarsdale, N. division of the county of Derby, 3¼ miles (S. E.) from the town of Chesterfield.

Four churches have occupied the site: A pre-Norman church, a Victorian replacement which was lost due to mining subsidence from the underground galleries of Grassmoor collieries, a 1922 wooden replacement which was damaged by winds and finally the current fibreglass structure.

Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Church records
Derbyshire Record Office reference D2145 has deposited registers Bap 1863-1978 Mar 1868-1852 Burials 1863-1973 Banns 1898-1970

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1863-1868 Mar none Burials 1863-1868

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Chesterfield Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

Probate records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Derbyshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.

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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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