Boylestone, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Guide to Boylestone, Derbyshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.

Parish History
Boylestone St John the Baptist is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.

BOYLESTONE (St. John the Baptist), a parish, in the union of Uttoxeter, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 6 miles (E. by N.) from Uttoxeter. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have places of worship.

Church records
Boylestone parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials haveonline indexes by the following groups:

Boylestone St John the Baptist

Derbyshire Record Office reference D1174 has deposited registers Bap 1734-1995 Mar 1734-1979 Burials 1734-1995 Banns 1754-1812, 1823-1981

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1660-1868 Mar 1660-1837 Burials 16601868

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

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Wesleyan Methodists
 * Primitive Methodists

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.

Registration District

 * Uttoxeter

Poor Law Unions
Uttoxeter Poor Law Union, Staffordshire

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain