Sutton cum Duckmanton, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Sutton cum Duckmanton is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Other places in the parish include: Duckmanton.

SUTTON (St. Mary), a parish, in the union of Chesterfield, hundred of Scarsdale, N. division of the county of Derby, 4 miles (E. S. E.) from Chesterfield; containing, with the merged parish of Duckmanton, 628 inhabitants. Nicholas Deincourt, Earl of Scarsdale, in 1643 fortified a Hall which he had previously erected here, but it was taken by assault, and the works demolished, by Sir John Gell, and some time afterwards, it was plundered by the parliamentarian garrison of Bolsover: the mansion is situated in an extensive and beautiful park. The parish comprises 4303 acres, of a strong soil, and of hilly surface, the substratum abounding in ironstone and coal, both of which are wrought. At Duckmanton is a small foundry called the Adelphi Ironworks. The living is a discharged rectory, with the vicarage of Duckmanton annexed, valued in the king's books at £12. 16. 0½., and in the gift of the family of Arkwright, the impropriators of Duckmanton: the incumbent's tithes have been commuted for £300; there is a glebe-house, and the glebe comprises 58 acres. The church was erected about the end of the 13th century: the windows exhibit some remains of ancient stained glass. Duckmanton church, now demolished, was dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul. Eighteen children of the parish are instructed for about £20 per annum, arising from land.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 271-274. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51319 Date accessed: 02 April 2011.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Sutton cum Duckmanton like this:

SUTTON-CUM-DUCKMANTON, a parish in Chesterfield district, Derby; 4 miles ESE of Chesterfield r. station. It has a post-office, of the name of Duckmanton, under Chesterfield. Acres, 4296. Real property, £6,105; of which £150 are in mines. Pop., 507. Houses, 97. The property belongs to W. Arkwright, Esq. S. Hall is Mr. A.'s seat, was built by Earl Scarsdale, and is a fine edifice in the Corinthian style. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £350.* Patrons, the Trustees of W. Arkwright, Esq. There are an endowed school with £50 a year, and charities £5.

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Church records
Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1668-1868 Mar 1668-1837 Burials 1668-1868

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Poor Law Unions
Chesterfield Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

Probate records
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