Sheldon, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes



Parish History
SHELDON, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Bakewell, hundred of High Peak, N. division of thecounty of Derby, 3 miles (W.) from Bakewell. It is a perpetual curacy. The chapel is dedicated to All Saints.

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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
Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1672- 1844 Mar 1672-1836 Burials 1672-1844 Missing Bap/Bur 1841-1842

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
Bakewell 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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