Derby St Michael, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes

Parish History
Derby St Michael is an Ancient Parish and a market town in the county of Derbyshire. The church, which is very ancient, and of unknown date, has some good specimens of early English architecture, and of the depressed arch of the time of Henry VII.; behind the pulpit the remains of a rood-loft. The chapel of Alvaston is in St. Michael's parish. The new edifice of Christchurch, Derby, was consecrated by the Bishop of Lichfield in January 1844. There are places of worship for General and Particular Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Wesleyans (New and Old Connexion), Swedenborgians, and Unitarians; and a Roman Catholic chapel, erected in 1839 forming a handsome edifice in the later English style, with a tower supported by angular buttresses and surmounted by a crocketed spire. The Roman Catholics have also built a handsome structure as a residence for the Sisters of Mercy, and for a chapel and schools.

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
St Michael's was comprised of the following chapelry, attached to it:


 * St Michael's - 1559
 * Alvaston - 1614

Other ecclesiastical parishes, chapels and chapelries were also associated by proximity to St Michaels, as follows:


 * All Saints - 1558
 * Codnor Chapelry - 1843 (partly in Heanor and Pentrich par.)
 * St Alkmund - 1538
 * Darley-Abbey Chapelry - by 1819
 * Little Eaton Chapelry - 1738
 * St Paul's Chapelry - 1844
 * St Peter - 1558
 * Boulton Chapelry - 1662
 * Litchurch Chapel - 1863
 * Normanton Chapelry - 1840
 *   St Andrews Chapelry- 1864
 * St James the Great Chapelry - 1867
 * Trinity Church - 1836
 * St Werburgh - 1562
 *   Christ Church - 1850
 * St John Chapelry - by 1870
 * St Luke - 1868

There are places of worship for General and Particular Baptists, the Society of Friends, Independents, Wesleyans (New and Old Connexion), New Jerusalemite, Presbyterian, Swedenborgians, and Unitarians; and a Roman Catholic chapel, erected in 1839. The Roman Catholics have also built a handsome structure as a residence for the Sisters of Mercy, and for a chapel and schools. A general cemetery was opened in 1843.

Derby St Michael 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.

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Poor Law Unions
Derby 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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