Ticknall, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire

Parish History
TicknallSt George is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Other places in the parish include: Calke

TICKNALL, otherwise Tickenhall (St. Thomas à Becket), a parish, in the union of Ashby-de-laZouch, hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, 9½ miles (S.) from Derby; containing 1271 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from Derby to Ashby, and comprises 1860a. 1r. 19p., mostly pasture, with some woodland; it is of a clayey soil on the south side, and a light loam on the north and north-west. Extensive lime-works are in operation, affording employment to many of the population, and there are tramways for conveying the lime to various parts. About three-quarters of a mile south of the village is a manufactory of brown earthenware. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £262; patron and impropriator, Sir John HarpurCrewe, Bart.; a parsonage-house was built in 1839, and there is a glebe of about 70½ acres, valued at £140. The church was rebuilt in 1842, at a cost of £4000; it is in the early English style, and consists of a nave, chancel, aisles, and a tower and handsome spire, with a beautiful east window of stained glass. Here are places of worship for Baptists and Wesleyans. A school-house was erected by Dame Catherine Harpur, who, in 1744, conveyed for its support some land now producing an income of £25; the premises were rebuilt in 1825, at the expense of Sir George Crewe. An hospital for seven decayed housekeepers was founded in 1771, by Charles Harpur, Esq., who gave £500 for building it, and endowed it with £2000, now yielding £70 per annum. Lady Crewe supports a girls' school of 40 children.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 355-357. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51343 Date accessed: 12 April 2011.

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Poor Law Unions
Ashby de la Zouch Poor Law Union, Leicestershire

Probate records
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