Long Eaton, Derbyshire Genealogy

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Parish History
Long Eaton St Laurence was formed originally as a chapelry in Sawley, Derbyshire parish. It became a separate Ecclesiastical parish in 1864. Part of the parish in 1923 formed Long Eaton St John Parish.

EATON, LONG, a chapelry, in the parishof Sawley, union of Shardlow, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, S. division of the county of Derby, 6¼ miles (N.) from Kegworth; There is a place of worship for Wesleyans.

EATON (Long), a township-chapelry in Sawley parish, Derby; at the verge of the county, on the Erewash river and canal, and on the Erewash Valley railway, 8 miles SW by W of Nottingham. It has a station on the railway, and a post office under Nottingham. There are three dissenting chapels. .

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
Long Eaton parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

Previously a chapelry in Sawley, Derbyshire parish seperate registers commence in 1813 and the parish was formed in 1865

Derbyshire Record Office reference D3400 has deposited registers Bap 1813-2000 Mar 1838-1997 Burials 1839-1882 Banns 1945-1948, 1958-1966

Long Eaton St John was formed as a parish in 1923 and a small part of Sandiacre, Derbyshire parish was added in 1929

Derbyshire Record Office reference D 6878 has deposited registers Bap 1920-1968 Banns 1901-2000

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.

Poor Law Unions
Shardlow 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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