Middleton by Wirksworth, Derbyshire Genealogy
Guide to Middleton by Wirksworth, Derbyshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
Middleton by Wirksworth, Derbyshire | |
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![]() Middleton St Michael Derbyshire | |
Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
Civil Jurisdictions | |
Hundred | Wirksworth |
County | Derbyshire, England Genealogy |
Poor Law Union | Ashbourne |
Registration District | Ashbourne; Bakewell; Belper |
Records begin | |
Parish registers: 1847 | |
Bishop's Transcripts: 1838 | |
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
Rural Deanery | Wirksworth |
Diocese | Lichfield |
Province | Canterbury |
Legal Jurisdictions | |
Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry (Episcopal Consistory) |
Location of Archive | |
Derbyshire Record Office | |
Contents
Parish History[edit | edit source]
Middleton by Wirksworth is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1841 from Wirksworth, Derbyshire Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Hopton, Ivonbrook Grange, Ible, and Grange Mill.
MIDDLETON-by-Wirksworth, a hamlet, in the parish and hundred of Wirksworth, union of Bakewell, S. division of the county of Derby, 1¼ mile (N. N. W.) from Wirksworth. A chapel of ease was built in 1844. [1]
Resources[edit | edit source]
Civil Registration[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Middleton by Wirksworth parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:
FS PR's =FamilySearch Parish Registers - How to Use this Collection |
Middleton by Wirksworth Holy Trinity (1847) Parish Online Records | ||||||
Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | Indexes | Images | |
FS PR's | 1900-1912 |
NONE |
1900-1912 | NONE |
1902-1920 |
NONE |
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.
Non Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at FindMyPast ($), index and images
- Independent/Congregational
- Primitive Methodist
- Wesleyan Methodist
Census Records[edit | edit source]
Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a Family History Center or at the Family History Library.
Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]
Ashbourne Poor Law Union, Derbyshire Genealogy
Probate Records[edit | edit source]
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[edit | edit source]
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Taxes[edit | edit source]
1689 Middleton & Crumford Poll Tax: Transcribed by Barry Marple and housed by John Palmer of Dorset
Websites[edit | edit source]
Middleton by Wirksworth on GENUKI
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848), pp. 306-310. Date accessed: 13 May 2013.