Clowne, Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Clowne is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.

Alternative names: Clown

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1558
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1673

Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Methodist New Connexion, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

CLOWN, a parish in the district of Worksop and county of Derby; 3½ miles E by N of Stavcley r. station, and 8 ENE of Chesterfield. It has a post office under Chesterfield.

Acres, 1,860. Real property, £3,238. Pop., 704. Houses, 156. The property is much sub-divided. Limestone is quarried.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £311. Patron, the Lord Chancellor. The church has Norman portions and is good.

There are chapels for Wesleyans, Primitive Methodists, and United Free Methodists.

A school has £17 from endowment; and other charities £12.

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

Census

Census returns for Clowne, 1841-1891

Church Records

Baptismal register, 1895-1900
Author: Clown Chapel (United Methodist Free Church)

Baptisms, 1882-1895
Author: Clowne United Free Methodist Ebenezer Chapel (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Clown, 1668-1869
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Clown (Derbyshire)

Church records, 1898-1901
Author: Clown Chapel (Derbyshire : Primitive Methodist)

England, Derbyshire, Clown, Church Street Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, church records, 1942-1952
Author: Church Street Chapel (Clown, Derbyshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Clowne, High Street Ebenezer United Methodist Free Chapel, church records, 1900-1966
Author: High Street Ebeneezer Chapel (Clown, Derbyshire : United Methodist Free); St. Paul’s High Street Chapel (Clowne, Derbyshire : Methodist); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Clowne, parish registers, 1919-1988
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Clown (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Clowne, Primitive Methodist Church, church records, 1894-1906
Author: Primitive Methodist Church (Clown, Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Parish registers, 1558-1941, and church and civil records, 1811-1898
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Clown (Derbyshire)

Computer printout of Clowne, Derby., Eng

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

Parish register printouts of Clowne, Derby, England, christenings, 1813-1869
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Cemeteries

The memorial inscriptions of Clowne, St. John the Baptist, Derbyshire
Author: Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group

Memorial inscriptions, Clowne Cemetery
Author: Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group

Poorhouses & Poor Law

Parish registers, 1558-1941, and church and civil records, 1811-1898
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Clown (Derbyshire)

Court Records

Manor court rolls for Stavely and Clowne, 1495, 1565

Schools

England, Derbyshire, Clowne, Clowne Junior School, admission registers, 1880-1937
Author: Clown Junior School (Clown, Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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