Quarndon, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Quarndon is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1732 from chapelry in Derby St Alkmund Ancient Parish. QUARNDON, or Quorndon, a parish, in the union of Belper, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, S. division of the county of Derby, 3 miles (N. N. W.) from Derby; containing 557 inhabitants. It comprises 790 acres, whereof 619 are grass-land, 160½ ploughland and gardens, and 10 acres plantations, &amp;c. The soil in the lower part is a very rich marl, and in the higher a light dry sandy soil, with a gravelly substratum, and producing excellent potatoes: the surface is undulated, and the scenery picturesque. The village, which is scattered, is considerable, being nearly a mile and a half in length; it is of pleasant appearance, and contains some very neat modern houses. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of Lord Scarsdale: Mr. Humpston, in 1840, left £1000 for the augmentation of the income of the minister, which is at present £106. 19. A parsonage-house was built in 1843, on a site of one acre given by the patron, who subscribed £300, the Messrs. Evans £300, and Miss Evans £50, towards its erection: a sum was also granted from Queen Anne's Bounty. The church is an ancient structure, with a campanile tower nearly covered with ivy, and a Norman arch at the entrance. Sir John Curzon, in 1725, bequeathed an annuity of £20 for the support of a free school. In the village is a chalybeate spring, which was much resorted to upwards of a century since, and is still visited in summer, the water being highly beneficial in cases of debility.

From: 'Quadring - Quy', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 623-627. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51227 Date accessed: 14 March 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Poor Law Unions
Belper Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

Probate records
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