Bonsall Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Bonsall is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. 

Alternative names: Bonteshall

Other places in the parish include: Slaley and Staley. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1634
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include: General Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

BONSALL, or Bonteshall, a village and a parish in Ashborne district, Derby.

The village stands near the river Derwent and the Cromford canal, 1¼ mile W of Matlock Bath r. station, and 2 SW of Matlock; and it has a post office under Matlock Bath, and an ancient market cross.

The parish includes also the hamlet of Slaley. Acres, 2,464. Real property, £5,489. Pop. 1,290. Houses, 305. The scenery is picturesque; and the rocks include much limestone and some valuable ores. The inhabitants are employed chiefly in stocking-making, comb-making, and the mining of zinc and lead. Traces exist of the Roman road to Manchester.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £220. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is ancient has a tower and fine spire; and was beautifully restored in 1863.

There are chapels for Baptists, Wesleyan Methodists, and Primitive Methodists. An endowed school, founded in 1704, has £99.

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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Use for:
England, Derbyshire, Bonteshall

England, Derbyshire, Bonsall – Cemeteries ( 1 )
A transcript of the memorial inscriptions in the church and churchyard of St. James the Apostle in the parish of Bonsall in the County of Derby to include Baptist Chapel Ebenezer Wesleyan Reform Chapel, upper town war memorial and drinking fountains
Author: Derbyshire Family History Society

England, Derbyshire, Bonsall – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Bonsall, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Derbyshire, Bonsall – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Bonsall, 1661-1872
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bonsall (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Bonsall, parish registers, 1823-1973
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bonsall (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Parish chest records for Bonsall, 1759-1811
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bonsall (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Parish registers for Bonsall, 1657-1950
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bonsall (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Bonsall – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Bonsall, Derby., Eng

Parish register printouts of Bonsall, Derby, England ; marriages, 1813-1836
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Bonsall, Derbyshire, England ; christenings, 1813-1872
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Derbyshire, Bonsall – Land and property ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Bonsall, 1759-1811
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bonsall (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Bonsall – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court records, 1665-1936
Author: Manor of Bonsall. Court (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Bonsall – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
Parish chest records for Bonsall, 1759-1811
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Bonsall (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Administration

  • County: Derbyshire
  • Civil Registration District: Ashbourne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Ashover
  • Poor Law Union: Ashbourne
  • Hundred: Wirksworth
  • Province: Canterbury