Barlow, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes  Barlow



Parish History
Barlow is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1724 from Staveley, Derbyshire Ancient Parish.

BARLOW, a chapelry, in the parish of Staveley, union of Chesterfield, hundred of Scarsdale, N. division of the county of Derby, 3¾ miles (N. W. by W.) from Chesterfield; containing 627 inhabitants. The surface is undulated, and the scenery picturesque: the district abounds with coal, but there are no mines in operation; there are quarries of good stone for building. The living is a perpetual curacy; net income, £95; patron, the Rector of Staveley. The tithes were commuted, with certain exceptions, for land in 1817. The chapel is a plain neat structure, containing 300 sittings, of which one-third are free.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 145-148. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50778 Date accessed: 03 April 2011.

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
Barlow St Lawrence was previoulsy a chapel of Staveley, Derbyshire and included Little Barlow and Dronfield, Derbyshire

Derbyshire Record Office reference D975 has deposited registers Bap 1573- 1939 Mar 1573-1942 Burials 1573-1900 Banns 1754-1799, 1824-1940

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1668-1864Mar 1668-1837 Burials 1668-1864

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.

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Poor Law Unions
Chesterfield 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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