Stanton by Bridge, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Parish History
STANTON-BY-BRIDGE (St. Michael), an ancient parish, in the union of Shardlow, hundred of Repton and Gresley, S. division of the county of Derby, 6¾ miles (S. by E.) from Derby.

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.

Shardlow registration District GRO volumes : XIX (1837-51); 7b (1852-1946); 3A (1946-74).

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
Stanton by Bridge parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Derbyshire Record Office reference D 1928 has deposited registers Bap 1664-1989 Mar 1679-1991 Burials 1676-1974 Banns 1755-1789,1839-1961

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1660-1868 Mar 1660-1837 Burials 1660-1868

Poor Law Unions
Shardlow 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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