Whitwell, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Whitwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Other places in the parish include: Baxton Moor, Belph, and Creswell.

WHITWELL (St. Lawrence), a parish, in the union of Worksop, hundred of Scarsdale, N. division of the county of Derby, 10¾ miles (E. N. E.) from Chesterfield; containing 1157 inhabitants. This place, like some of the neighbouring villages, has been on the decline since the opening of the Chesterfield canal; but frame-work knitting is still carried on to a small extent. The ancient Hall has been converted into a farmhouse. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £20. 3. 4., and in the gift of the Duke of Portland: the tithes have been commuted for £642, and the glebe comprises 143 acres. The church has a Norman tower. At Steetly, said to have been at one period a distinct parish, are the remains of an ancient church, exhibiting a fine specimen of the later and more enriched style of Norman architecture; it is an interesting ruin, and is preserved with great care.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 561-564. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51402 Date accessed: 06 April 2011.

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
Whitwell St Lawrence is an ancient parish which includes the hamlets of part of Cresswell, Hodthorpe and Steetley. Derbyshire Record Office reference D 705 has deposited registers Bap 1672- 1985 Mar 1682-1991Burial 1672-1992 Banns 1754-1774, 1906-1934, 1955-1991

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1668-1868 Mar 1668-1859 Burials 1668-1868 Transcript for all event in 1813 is missing

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Census records
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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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