Chinley, Bugsworth and Brownside, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Parish History
CHINLEY, a township, in the parish of Glossop, union of Chapel-en-le-Frith, hundred of High Peak, N. division of the county of Derby, 2½ miles (N. by W.) from Chapel-en-le-Frith with the hamlets of Brownside and Bugsworth, There is a place of worship for dissenters.

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
Chunley parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have been indexed by the following groups:

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use England Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Chinley St Mary initially an extra parochial place then the hamlet was part of the chapelry and later parish of Hayfield, Derbyshire It became part of the new parish of Chinley with Buxworth in 1915 and has a Derbyshire Record Office reference D 7218

Buxworth St James, originally the hamlet was within Hayfield, Derbyshire and the chapel of ease opened in 1874, the churchyard opened for burials in 1879, It became part of the parish of Chinley with Buxworth in 1915 and has Derbyshire Record Office references D 3381 and D 7218

Chinley with Buxworth Parish formed 1915 from Chinley st Mary and Buxworth St James and has Derbyshire Record Office reference D 7218

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist 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
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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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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