Mickleover, Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Mickleover is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Littleover and Findern are chapelries of Mickleover.

Alternative names:

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1607
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1665

Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist, Unitarian, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MICKLEOVER, a village, a township, and a parish in Derbyshire; the village and the township in the district of Burton-upon-Trent, and the parish partly also in the district of Shardlow. The village stands near Ryknield-street, 3½ miles SW of Derby r. station; and has a post office under Derby. The township includes the village, and extends into the country. Real property, £5,550. Pop. in 1851, 791; in 1861, 1,101. Houses, 165. The increase of pop. was caused by the erection of the County lunatic asylum.

The parish contains also the townships of Findern and Littleover. Acres, 5,330. Real property, £13,086. Pop. in 1851, 1,809; in 1861, 2,104. Houses, 386. The property is much subdivided. The Pastures is the seat of Sir Hugh S. Blane, Bart.; the Limes, of Mrs. Wright; the Manor House, of E. Newton, Esq.; the Lodge, of the Hon. and Rev. A. L. Powys; and Mickleover House, of M. Harvey, Esq. The County lunatic asylum stands on an estate of 79 acres, ¾ of a mile SW of the village; was built in 1851, and extended in 1862; has capacity for 350 patients; and is a splendid structure.

The living is a vicarage, united with the chapelries of Findern and Littleover, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £562. Patron, Lord Scarsdale. The church is geometric decorated English: was restored in 1859; and consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with a tower. There are churches also in Findern and Littleover, chapels for Baptists and Primitive Methodists in Mickleover, and a Wesleyan chapel and a free school in Findern. Charities, £87.

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

United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, Mickleover – Cemeteries ( 2 )
Mickleover cemetery burial and grave registers, 1957-1997
Author: Mickleover cemetery (Mickleover, Derbyshire)

A transcript of the memorial inscriptions in the church and churchyard of All Saints in the parish of Mickleover and in the county of Derby and includes the war memorial
Author: Derbyshire Family History Society

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

United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, Mickleover – Church records ( 13 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Findern, 1662-1869
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Findern (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Littleover, 1662-1869
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Littleover (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Mickleover, 1665-1864
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mickleover (Derbyshire)

Churchwardens’ accounts, 1792-1862
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Findern (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Littleover, parish registers, 1883-1979
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Littleover (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Mickleover, All Saints, parish registers, 1914-1960
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mickleover (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Mickleover, Wesleyan Methodist Station Chapel, church records, 1869-2002
Author: Station Chapel (Mickleover, Derbyshire : Wesleyan Methodist); Station Chapel (Mickleover, Derbyshire : Methodist); Derbyshire Record Office

Parish chest and poor law records for Mickleover, 1736-1969
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mickleover (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Findern, 1558-1968
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Findern (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Hartshorn, 1594-1944
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Hartshorn (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Littleover, 1680-1924
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Littleover (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Mickleover, 1607-1969
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mickleover (Derbyshire)

The registers of Mickleover (1607-1812) and of Littleover (1680-1812) Co. Derby
Author: Simpson, Llewellyn Lloyd

United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, Mickleover – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Findern, Derby., Eng

Computer printout of Littleover, Derbyshire, England

Computer printout of Mickleover, Derbyshire, England

United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, Mickleover – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 2 )
Churchwardens’ accounts, 1792-1862
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Findern (Derbyshire)

Parish chest and poor law records for Mickleover, 1736-1969
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mickleover (Derbyshire)

United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, Mickleover – Schools ( 1 )
Parish chest and poor law records for Mickleover, 1736-1969
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Mickleover (Derbyshire)

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

  • County: Derbyshire
  • Civil Registration District: Burton upon Trent
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Radbourne
  • Poor Law Union: Burton upon Trent
  • Hundred: Morleston and Litchurch
  • Province: Canterbury