Atlow, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes  Atlow

Parish History
Atlow is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1716 from chapelry in Bradbourne, Derbyshire Ancient Parish.

ATLOW, a parish, in the hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 5 miles (E. N. E.) from Ashbourn; containing 156 inhabitants. This is the Etelaw of Domesday book. The manor once belonged to Henry de Ferrars, and was held under him or his immediate heirs by the ancestor of the ancient family of Okeover. It lies north of the road from Ashbourn to Belper. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of Mr. Okeover: the impropriate tithes have been commuted for £110. The church is a dilapidated structure, situated in the middle of a field. Near the village is a high hill, called "Magger's Bush," which affords an extensive prospect.

From: 'Astrop - Auckland, Bishop', A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 108-112. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50769 Date accessed: 29 March 2011.

In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Atlow like this:

ATLOW, a chapelry in Bradbourne parish, Derby; on a branch of the river Dove, 4½ miles-NE by E of Ashborne r. station. Post Town, Ashborne. Acres, 1,580. Real property, £1,926. Pop., 129. Houses, 26. The property is not much divided. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £148. Patron, C H. Okeover, Esq. The church is tolerable.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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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.

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