Tibshelf, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Tibshelf St John the Baptist is an Ancient Parish in Derbyshire.

TIBSHELF (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Mansfield, hundred of Scarsdale, N. division of the county of Derby, 4 miles (N. E. by N.) from Alfreton; containing 791 inhabitants. The parish is situated on the road from Mansfield to Matlock, and comprises 2400 acres, the whole of which, with the exception of 500 acres belonging to the Duke of Devonshire, is the property of St. Thomas's Hospital, by a grant of King Edward VI. Stone of an inferior quality is quarried, and used for building; coal-mines are worked to a considerable extent, and many of the population are employed in weaving or seaming stockings. The village consists of a long street. At Doe Hill and Hirst are pleasant residences, and at Biggin and Marlpits good farms. The living is a discharged vicarage, valued in the king's books at £4. 5. 3., and in the gift, for the next turn, of John Robert Sharpe, Esq.; net income, £172. There is a parsonage-house, and the glebe contains 42 acres. The body of the church was rebuilt in 1727, in the Grecian style; the tower and chancel are in the early English style. Here is a chalybeate spring.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 355-357. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51343 Date accessed: 18 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
Derbyshire Record Office reference D 1091 has deposited registers Bap 1627-1655 1669-1954 Mar 1627-1655,1707-1728, 1735-1979 Burials 1627-1655, 1663-1996 Banns 1754-1812, 1823-1829, 1843-1929, 1945-1990

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1663-1871Mar 16631846 Burials 1663-1871

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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Mansfield Poor Law Union, Nottinghamshire

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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