Allestree, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes



Parish History
Allestree is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1849 from chapelry in Mackworth Ancient Parish.

ALLESTREE (St. Andrew), a parish, in the union of Belper, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, S. division of the county of Derby, 2 miles (N.) from Derby. There is a place of worshipfor '''Wesleyans. '''

Church records
parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials are available online for the following years:

Bishop's transcripts held at Lichfield Record Office Bap 1685-1868 Marr 1685-1836 Bur 1685-1867 Missing all events 1853-1863

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.

Non-Conformist Churches

 * Wesleyan Methodist

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.

Registration District

 * Belper

Poor Law Unions
Belper 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