Alvaston, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Guide to Alvaston, Derbyshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.

Parish History
Alvaston is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1772 from chapelry in Derby St Michael, Derbyshire Ancient Parish.

ALVASTON, a chapelry, in the parish of St. Michael, Derby (which also see), union of Shardlow, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, S. division of the county of Derby, 3½ miles (S. E. by E.) from Derby. It was esteemed a chapelry in the 12th century; church registers begin from 1614. There is a place of worship for Wesleyans. .

Church records
Alvaston parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Alvaston St Michael and All Angels Originally a parish chapelry in the Derby St Michael, Derbyshire parish Included Allenton until 1935

The registers need to be read in conjunction with those of Boulton, Derbyshire The sequence of Baptism and burials registers for 1614-1754 will be found to contain Boulton, Derbyshire events.Boulton, Derbyshire contains baptisms and burials for 1797-1809 which are for this parish events.

Derbyshire Record Office reference D 878 &amp; D 1532 has deposited registers Bap 1614-1994 Mar 1614-1750, 1754-1992 Burials 1614-1992 Banns 1754-1812, 1903-1916, 1931-1938

Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1662-1880 Marr 1662-1836 Bur 1662-1880 Missing Bap/Bur 1857

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

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Wesleyan Methodist

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.

Registration District

 * 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

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.

Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain