Caldwell, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Guide to Caldwell, 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
Caldwell St Giles is a former chapelry of Stapenhill, Derbyshire St Peter.

CAULDWELL, a chapelry, in the parish of Stapenhill, union of Burton-upon-Trent, hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, 5¼ miles (S. by E.) from Burton. The chapel is dedicated to St. Giles, and is a small structure with a tower. The Baptists have a place of worship. .

CAULDWELL, a hamlet in Stapenhill parish, Derby; 4 miles NNE of Burton-upon-Trent. It has a post office under Burton-upon-Trent, and a Baptist chapel. .

Church records
Caldwell parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Caldwell St Giles was licensed for marriages in 1899; it is necessary to examine registers for Stapenhill, Derbyshire for earlier baptisms and burials.

Derbyshire Record Office reference D1283 has deposited registers Bap see Stapehill Mar 1899-1978 Banns 1899-1952

To find the names of the 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

 * General Baptist
 * Wesleyan Methodist

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 Dictrict

 * Burton upon Trent

Staffordshire BMD includes registered births for the Burton upon Trent Registration District.

Poor Law Unions
Burton upon Trent 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