Osmaston by Ashbourne, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Osmaston by Ashbourne St Martin is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1849 from chapelry in Brailsford, Derbyshire Ancient Parish. The present church replaced an earlier church and was built in 1845 as part of the model estate village constructed in the 1850s by the owner of Osmaston Hall.

OSMASTON (St. Martin), a parish, in the hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 3 miles (S. E. by S.) from Ashbourn; containing 271 inhabitants. This was long the chief residence of the Pegges, branches of whose family resided in Shirley, Yeldersley, and Ashbourn. Dr. Samuel Pegge, the antiquary, was of Osmaston, where his ancestors had been located in lineal succession for four generations; he died possessed of the estate. The parish comprises 1254a. 15p. of land, mostly pasture: the soil is poor, and chiefly upon gravel or sand; the general feature of the scenery is picturesque. The village, which stands high, is about half a mile from the Derby and Ashbourn road. Osmaston Manor-house, the erection of which has been recently commenced by Francis Wright, Esq., will, when completed, be one of the most splendid mansions in the county; it is in the pure Elizabethan style, 330 feet in length and 192 in breadth, and, with the terraces, will cover two acres of ground: the estimated cost is £50,000. The living is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Brailsford. In lieu of the very old and dilapidated church, a new and beautiful structure in the style of the 14th century was opened for divine service in June 1845; it was erected by Mr. Wright, at a cost exceeding £9000, including some schoolrooms. The tithes have been commuted for £104, and the incumbent's glebe comprises about 27 acres. The Wesleyan Methodists have a place of worship. The parish is celebrated for its springs of clear water, and there is a chalybeate spring.

From: 'Osleston - Otley', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 486-491. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51196 Date accessed: 28 March 2011.

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Church records
Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1662-1880 Mar 1662-1836 Burials 1662-1880

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Poor Law Unions
Ashbourne Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

Probate records
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