Derwent, Derbyshire Family History Guide

Derwent is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1722 from a chapelry in Hathersage Ancient Parish.

Alternative names: Derwen, Danwent, Depwen

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1813
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1828

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DERWENT, or Depwen, a township-chapelry in Hathersage parish, Derby; on the river Derwent, adjacent to Yorkshire, 5 miles NNE of Castleton, and 10½ WSW of Oughty-Bridge r. station. It has a post office under Sheffield. Real property, £1,252. Pop., 165. Houses, 34. The property is much subdivided. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £90. Patron, the Duke of Devon. The church is not good.

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 Derwent, 1841-1891

Church Records

Bishop’s transcripts for Derwent, 1820
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Derwent (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Derwent, 1844-1878
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Derwent (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Hathersage; Middleton-Stoney; Derwent., 1662-1875
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hathersage (Derbyshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Middleton-Stoney ( Derbyshire); Church of England. Chapelry of Derwent (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Derwent Woodlands, parish registers, 1934-1943
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Derwent (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Parish registers for Derwent, 1813-1941
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Derwent (Derbyshire)

Computer printout of Derwent or Derwent Woodlands, Derby., Eng

Parish register printouts of Derwent, Derby, England ; christenings, 1813-1843
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Derwent, Derby, England, christenings, 1844-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Cemeteries

Removal of graves and tombstones for Derwent churchyard
Author: Derwent (Derbyshire). Derwent Valley Water Board

Poorhouses & Poor Law

Poor law records, 1718-1850
Author: Derwent (Derbyshire)

History

Silent valley : the story of the lost Derbyshire villages of Derwent and Ashopton, now submerged beneath Ladybower Dam
Author: Hallam, Vic

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Derbyshire
  • Civil Registration District: Chapel en le Frith
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Castleton
  • Poor Law Union: Chapel en le Frith
  • Hundred: High Peake
  • Province: Canterbury