Temple Normanton, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire



Parish History
Temple Normanton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1793 from Chesterfield, Derbyshire Ancient Parish.

NORMANTON, TEMPLE, a chapelry, in the parish and union of Chesterfield, hundred of Scarsdale, N. division of the county of Derby, 3¼ miles (S. E.) from the town of Chesterfield; containing 132 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the patronage of Miss Lord; net income, £55. A school is supported by subscription, aided by a small endowment and a house for the master.

A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 421-423. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51182 Date accessed: 02 April 2011.

Four churches have occupied the site:

A pre-Norman church

A Victorian replacement which was lost due to mining subsidence from the underground galleries of  Grassmoor collieries

1922 wooden replacement which was damaged by winds

The current fibreglass structure.

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
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: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist 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

Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Chesterfield 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
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 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
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