Longford, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Parish History
Longford St Chad is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Other places in the parish include: Hollington, Hungry Bentley, Longford with Nether Thurvaston, and Rodsley.

LONGFORD (St. Chad), a parish, in the hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby with the townships of Alkmonton and Hollington, the liberty of Hungry-Bentley, and the hamlet of Rodsley. A chapel of ease was lately built at Alkmonton.

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

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

Contributor: nclude here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Ashbourne 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

Web sites
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