Darley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.
Alternative names: Cross Green, Darley Dale, Darley and Little Rowsley
Other places in the parish include: Wensley and Snitterton.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1539
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1669
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist
Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
DARLEY, a township and a parish in Bakewell district, Derby. The township lies on the river Derwent, adjacent to the Rowsley railway, 5 miles SE by S of Bakewell; and has a station on the railway, a post-office, of the name of Darley-Dale, under Matlock-Bath, and fairs on 13 May and 27 Oct. Real property, £6,221; of which £211 are in quarries. Pop., 1,574. Houses, 314.
The parish contains also the township of Wensley and Snitterton. Acres, 7,104. Rated property, £10,400. Pop., 2,156. Houses, 451. The property is much sub-divided. Darley Hall is a chief residence. Good sandstone is found; lead ore is mined; and manufactures of stockings, cotton, and paper are carried on.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £434. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is partly Norman, and very good; and the churchyard has a yew-tree, 33 feet in girth of trunk.
The p. curacy of Cross-Green or South Darley, constituted in 1845, is a separate benefice. . Value, £94. Patron, the Rector of Darley. The church is tolerable. There is a Wesleyan chapel. A school has £32 from endowment; and other charities £5. A priory of Black canons was built at Darley, in the time of Henry II., by Hugh, dean of Derby.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Health and Living Conditions
The following, extracted from the 1842 Sanitary Enquiry, provides an interesting insight into the living conditions and health of the residents.
The situation of Darley is unfavourable, being low down, on the side of a hill, facing to the north-east.; at the foot of which lies the river Derwent, and beyond it extensive meadows. The houses are all good, with general cleanliness throughout the village. The working classes are all employed in the cotton-mills of this place, and destitution is hardly possible amongst them, the utmost attention being paid to their wants by their employers; they are, therefore, not often to be found seeking parochial relief. Nevertheless, their general health is bad
Parish Registers
England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918
Parish Records
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England, Derbyshire, Darley – Cemeteries ( 5 )
The Memorial inscriptions of St. Mary’s Church, South Darley, Derbyshire
Author: Brooksbank, Margaret; Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group; Church of England. St. Mary-the-Virgin Church (Darley, Derbyshire)
The Memorial inscriptions of the cemetery in Darley Dale, Derbyshire
Author: Brooksbank, Margaret; Chantry, Joy; Waterall, Winifred E.; Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group
A Transcript of the memorial inscriptions in the church and churchyard of St. Helen’s, Darley Dale, Derbyshire
Author: Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group
A transcript of the memorial inscriptions in the church and churchyard of the Methodist Church at Darley Dale and in the county of Derby
Author: Derbyshire Family History Society
A Transcription of the memorial inscriptions in the burial ground of the Wesleyan Church, Darley Dale, Derbyshire
Author: Brooksbank, Margaret; Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group; Wesleyan Church (Darley, Derbyshire)
England, Derbyshire, Darley – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Darley, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Derbyshire, Darley – Church history ( 1 )
125 years of worship on the hillside, 1865-1990
Author: Barton, David A.
England, Derbyshire, Darley – Church records ( 9 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Darley, 1669-1856
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Darley (Derbyshire)
Bishop’s transcripts for Darley, 1855
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Darley (Derbyshire)
England, Derbyshire, Darley Dale, Farley Hill Congregational Church, church records, 1904-1986
Author: Derbyshire Record Office
England, Derbyshire, Darley Dale, Hillside Methodist Chapel, church records, 1950-1991
Author: Derbyshire Record Office
England, Derbyshire, Darley Dale, Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, church records, 1902-1984
Author: Main Dale Road Chapel (Darley Dale, Derbyshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Main Dale Road Chapel (Darley Dale, Derbyshire : Methodist); Derbyshire Record Office
England, Derbyshire, Darley, parish registers, 1908-1969
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Darley (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office
Marriage transcripts, 1541-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Darley (Derbyshire)
Parish registers for Darley, 1539-1943
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Darley (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office
A Transcription of the Darley, St. Helen parish registers beginning 1569
Author: Clay, David; Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group
England, Derbyshire, Darley – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Darley Dale, Derby., Eng
Computer printout of Darley or Darleigh, Derby., Eng
Computer printout of Rowsley, Derby., Eng
England, Derbyshire, Darley – Description and travel ( 1 )
S. Helen’s, Darley : historical notes
Author: Smith, A. W.; Church of England. St. Helen’s Church (Darley, Derbyshire)
England, Derbyshire, Darley – History ( 1 )
S. Helen’s, Darley : historical notes
Author: Smith, A. W.; Church of England. St. Helen’s Church (Darley, Derbyshire)
Administration
- County: Derbyshire
- Civil Registration District: Bakewell
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Bakewell
- Poor Law Union: Bakewell
- Hundred: High Peake; Wirksworth
- Province: Canterbury