Stanton, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Stanton in Peak Holy Trinity is a chapelry of Youlgreave, Derbyshire Ancient Parish in Derbyshire.

Other places in the parish include: Stanton with Stanton Lees, Stanton Woodhouse, Stanton Hillside and Pilhough.

STANTON, a chapelry, in the parish of Youlgrave, union of Bakewell, hundred of High Peak.N. division of the county of Derby, 3¾ miles (N.) from Winster; containing 691 inhabitants. The tithes were commuted for land and a money payment in 1809.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 186-192. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51298 Date accessed: 04 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Staffordshire BMD includes registered births for the Burton upon Trent Registration District. http://www.staffordshirebmd.org.uk/cgi/birthind.cgi?county=staffordshire The registration district prior to 1937 included this parish. From 1937 onwards the Repton district was responsible. Registers are now held at The Register Office, Royal Oak House, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AR. Tel: 01332 256526/35/36. Fax: 01332 256525. E-mail: registeroffice@derby.gov.uk

Church records
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Census records
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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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Web sites
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