Wilne with Draycott, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Church Wilne St Chad near Draycott or Wilne with Draycott is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1822 from Sawley, Derbyshire Ancient Parish.Other places in the parish include: Church Wilne, Little Wilne, Draycott, Draycott and Church Wilne, and Hopwell.

The earlier townships associated of Breaston, Derbyshire and Risley, Derbyshire were no longer associated with the chapelry after 1719.

WILNE (St. Chad), a parish, in the union of Shardlow, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, S. division of the county of Derby, 7¾ miles (S. E.) from Derby; containing 2057 inhabitants. It includes the liberties of Draycott and Church Wilne, the hamlet of Hopwell, the parochial chapelry of Breaston, and part of Risley; and comprises 1380 acres, whereof a third is arable, and the remainder pasture: the surface is level, and the soil alluvial. The river Derwent bounds the parish on the south for three miles, and propels the machinery of an extensive cotton concern erected half a century ago, now conducted by Thomas Draper, Esq., and employing 200 persons. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the vicarage of Sawley: the tithes were commuted for land in 1763. The church is an ancient edifice with a tower, and contains a private chapel built by the Willoughby family, in the windows of which is some stained glass.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 581-584. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51410 Date accessed: 05 April 2011.

Wilne means 'a clearing in the willows' and there has been a settlement here for a long time. A Roman road between Derby and Trent Lock passed through here, the Domesday book records a manor and mill, and it is likely there was a Medieval village here. A church was recorded here in 822, dedicated to St Chad, the Bishop of Lichfield. The lower part of the current church tower is 13th century and the battlements are 15th century. The church was fully restored by Currey &amp; Thompson in 1917 after being gutted by fire.

Civil Registration
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The civil registration name is Draycott and Church Wilne.

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
Wilne St Chad

Derbyshire Record Office reference D2512 has deposited registers Bap 1540-1993 Mar 1542-2004 (but marriage entiries for 1803-1807 are missing Burial 1543-1948 Banns 1819-1897, 1924- 1949

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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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