Wormhill, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Wormhill is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1748 from chapelry in Tideswell, Derbyshire Ancient Parish.

WORMHILL, a chapelry, in the parish of Tideswell, union of Chapel-en-le-Frith, hundred of High Peak, N. division of the county of Derby, 2£ miles (W. S. W.) from Tideswell; containing 337 inhabitants. It comprises 4332a. 2r. 35p., of which about 238 acres are rocky pasture, and the remainder chiefly arable; the soil is a dry brown mould, resting on limestone. The neighbourhood abounds with beautiful scenery; the river Wye flows through the township, and the vale of Chee Tor here is strikingly romantic. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £270; patrons, certain Trustees. The chapel, dedicated to St. Margaret, is an ancient structure of rough limestone.

From: 'Worcester - Wormsley', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 673-687. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51430 Date accessed: 02 April 2011.

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
Wormhill St Margaret was formed as a parish in 1859 previously chapelry in Tideswell, Derbyshire

Derbyshire Record Office reference D1372 has deposited registers Bap 1674-1890 Mar 1674-1987 Burial 1674-1947 Banns 1862-1946

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1680-1879 Mar 1680-1839 Burials 1680-1879

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Poor Law Unions
Chapel en le Frith 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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