Wingerworth, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Wingerworth is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1728 from chapelry in Chesterfield, Derbyshire Ancient Parish.

WINGERWORTH, a parish, in the union of Chesterfield, hundred of Scarsdale, N. division of the county of Derby, 2¾ miles (S. by W.) from Chesterfield; containing 484 inhabitants. It comprises about 3000 acres; the surface is hilly, the soil a good loam, and large quantities of coal, ironstone, and freestone are obtained. The Midland railway passes along the eastern side of the parish. The Hall was taken possession of and garrisoned for the parliament, in 1643; the present large and elegant mansion was erected in 1728. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of the Bishop of Lichfield, with a total income of about £100: the impropriate tithes have been commuted for £245, and £34 are payable to the incumbent, who has 14½ acres of glebe; 30 acres belong to the impropriators. In the church are some arches and a doorway of Norman architecture; the rood-loft still remains, with a winding stone staircase leading to it. A school is partly supported by an endowment of £19 per annum. On Stonedge cliff are several basins and two seats, excavated in the rock. The brass head of a catapulta was found a few years since on the Ikeneld-street, which intersects the parish.

A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 613-618. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51413 Date accessed: 02 April 2011

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Poor Law Unions
Chesterfield Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

Probate records
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