Somersal Herbert, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Somersal Herbert St Peter is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Other places in the parish include: Church Somershall.

SOMERSALL-HERBERT (St. Peter), a parish, in the union of Uttoxeter, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 4 miles (E. by N.) from Uttoxeter; containing 120 inhabitants, and comprising 700 acres. The living is a discharged rectory, valued in the king's books at £4. 18. 10., and in the gift of the Earl of Chesterfield: the tithes have been commuted for land, valued at £190 per annum, and the ancient glebe contains about 20 acres.

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
Derbyshire Record Office reference D1252 has deposited registers Bap 1538-1993 Mar 1538-1993 Burials 1538-1991

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1664-1867 Mar 1664-1856 Burials 1664-1866 Missing 1840-1842,1847-1850, 1854 for all events

Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

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.

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