Duffield Derbyshire Family History Guide

Duffield is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.

Other places in the parish include: Windley.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1598
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1663

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, General Baptist, Presbyterian, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Allestree
• Little Eaton
• Holbrook
• Belper
• Turnditch
• Quarndon
• Muggington
• Milford
• Bridge Hill
• Hazlewood

View Location on UK Great Britain, Ordnance Survey (1:1 million-1:10,560), 1900s – Full Screen

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

DUFFIELD, a village, a township, a parish, and a sub-district, in Belper district, Derbyshire. The village stands on the river Derwent, adjacent to the North Midland railway, 4¼ miles N of Derby; was known, at Domesday, as Dunelle; and has a station on the railway, a post-office under Derby, and fairs on the Thursday after 1 Jan. and 1 March.

The township includes the village; extends into the country; and carries on cotton spinning, lace-making, stocking-making, glove-making, and mining. Real property, £11,872. Pop., 2,639. Houses, 571.

The parish contains also the townships of Hazlewood, Turnditch, Windley, and Shottle and Postern, and the chapelries of Holbrook and Belper. Acres, 17,390. Real property, £43,292; of which £145 are in quarries. Pop., 16,776. Houses, 3,518. The property is much subdivided.

Duffield Hall, Duffield House, and Duffield Bank are chief residences. A castle was built, about 1096, by Henry de Ferrars, on a spot now called Castle-orchard, at the north-west end of the village; and demolished, in 1325 by Henry II.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £185. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. The church is good.

The chapelries of Belper, Bridge-Hill, Hazlewood, Heage, Holbrook, Milford, and Turnditch are separate benefices.

There are several dissenting chapels, a free school with £124 from endowment, and other charities with £253.

The sub-district contains four townships of Duffield parish, parts of another parish, and five entire parishes. Acres, 23,975. Pop., 6,466. Houses, 1,349.

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

Marriages Out of Parish

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Derbyshire, Duffield – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Monumental inscriptions, Belper–Congregational Church, Central Methodist Church ; Duffield–General Baptist Chapel
Author: Derbyshire Family History Society

Monumental inscriptions, Duffield
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. British Mission

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

England, Derbyshire, Duffield – Church history ( 1 )
Notes on the parish church of Duffield : being an extension of a lecture given in Duffield church on June 1, 1938
Author: Tudor, Thomas L.

England, Derbyshire, Duffield – Church records ( 24 )
Baptisms, 1794-1836
Author: Belper and Heage Independent Chapel (Derbyshire)

Baptisms, 1842-1943
Author: Wesleyan Methodist Church (Milford, Derbyshire)

Baptisms, 1865-1907
Author: Ebenezer Chapel (Heage, Derbyshire : United Free Methodist)

Bishop’s transcripts for Belper, 1783-1832
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Belper (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Duffield, 1663-1883
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Duffield (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Heage, 1819-1844
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Heage (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Holbrook, 1834-1836
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Holbrook (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Turnditch, 1783-1858
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Turnditch (Derbyshire)

Church records for the Presbyterian (Unitarian) Church, Duffield, Derbyshire,1750-1773; 1806-1835
Author: Presbyterian Church (Duffield, Derbyshire)

Church records, 1823-1837
Author: Green Bank Chapel (Green Bank, Duffield, Derbyshire : Independent)

England, Derbyshire, Duffield, parish registers, 1880-1980
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Duffield (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Idridgehay, parish registers, 1979-1993
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Idridgehay (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Marriages at Duffield, 1598-1812
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Duffield (Derbyshire)

Parish chest records, 1565-1923
Author: Duffield (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Belper, 1783-1944
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Belper (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Chapelry of Hazlewood, 1846-1949
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Hazlewood (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Christ Church, Belper, 1846-1934
Author: Church of England. Christ Church (Belper, Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Duffield, 1598-1966
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Duffield (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Parish registers for Heage, 1819-1899
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Heage (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Parish registers for Holbrook, 1834-1896
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Holbrook (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Idridgehay, 1855-1979
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Idridgehay (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Milford, 1846-1941
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Milford (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Shottle, 1863-1922
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Shottle (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Turnditch, 1784-1981
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Turnditch (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Duffield – Church records – Indexes ( 9 )
Computer printout of Belper, Derby., Eng

Computer printout of Duffield, Derby., Eng

Computer printout of Duffield, Presbyterian or Unitarian, Derby., Eng

Computer printout of Hazelwood, Derby., Eng

Computer printout of Heage, Derby., Eng

Computer printout of Holbrook or Holbrooke, Derby., Eng

Computer printout of Turnditch, All Saints, Derby., Eng

Parish register printouts of Duffield, Derby, England ; marriages, 1813-1828
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Duffield, Derbyshire, England ; christenings, 1813-1875
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

England, Derbyshire, Duffield – Manors – Court records ( 1 )
Court records, 1595-1895
Author: Manor of Duffield. Court (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Duffield – Periodicals ( 1 )
Duffield parish magazine

England, Derbyshire, Duffield – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Parish chest records, 1565-1923
Author: Duffield (Derbyshire)

Poor law records, 1804-1839
Author: Holbrook (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Duffield – Taxation ( 1 )
Poor law records, 1804-1839
Author: Holbrook (Derbyshire)

Administration

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