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

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