Sutton cum Duckmanton, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire Derbyshire Parishes



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. Duckmanton church, now demolished, was dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul.

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.

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

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
Chesterfield Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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