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
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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)
Parish registers for Derwent, 1813-1941
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Derwent (Derbyshire)
Computer printout of Derwent or Derwent Woodlands, Derby., Eng
Cemeteries
Poorhouses & Poor Law
Poor law records, 1718-1850
Author: Derwent (Derbyshire)
History
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