Littleover, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Guide to Littleover, Derbyshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Parish History
Littleover St Peter was originally a parochial chapelry in Mickleover, Derbyshire Ancient Parish which became a separate parish in 1866. The parish boudaries were adjusted in the 1970-1981 period.

LITTLEOVER, a chapelry, in the parish of Mickleover, union of Shardlow, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, county of Derby, 2 miles (S. W. by S.) from Derby.

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.

Littleover became part of Derby reistration district in 1938.

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

Church records
Littleover St Peter marriages for 1821-1844 can be found in the Mickleover, Derbyshire marriage registers

Derbyshire Record Office reference D 2728, D 3288 has deposited registers Bap 1680-1807, 1740-1963 Mar 1680-1707,  1741-1821, 1845-1979 Burials 1680-1807, 1740-1963 Banns 1757-1780, 1846-1981

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.

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.

Poor Law Unions
Shardlow Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
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