Shirley Derbyshire Family History Guide
Shirley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.
Other places in the parish include: Stydd.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1663
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1663
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHIRLEY, a township and a parish in Ashborne district, Derby.
The township lies 4 miles SE of Ashborne r. station. Real property, £2,738. Pop., 301. Houses, 66.
The parish includes two other townships, and comprises 3,560 acres. Post town, Brailsford, under Derby. Pop., 596. Houses, 128. The property is subdivided.
The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £179. Patron, Earl Ferrers. The church was repaired in 1842.
The vicarage of Yeaveley is a separate benefice.
There are two dissenting chapels and two national schools.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Parish Registers
England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918
Administration
- County: Derbyshire
- Civil Registration District: Ashbourne
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Cubley
- Poor Law Union: Ashbourne
- Hundred: Appletree
- Province: Canterbury