Morley Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Morley is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Smalley is a chapelry of Morley.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1540
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1662

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

MORLEY, a township and a parish in Belper district, Derbyshire. The township lies 2½ miles E of Little Eaton r. station, and 4¼ NE of Derby; and has a pillar letter-box under Derby. Real property, £2,933. Pop., 230. Houses, 54. The parish contains also the township of Smalley, and comprises 3,513 acres. Real property, £5,992. Pop. in 1851, 1,090; in 1861, 951. Houses, 213. The property is subdivided. Morley Hall is the seat of R. S. W. Sitwell, Esq.; and Smalley Manor House is the seat of John Radford, Esq. Traces exist of a Roman road.

The living is a rectory, united with the chapelry of Smalley, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £663. Patron, alternately E. D. Sitwell, Esq. and the Trustees of the late Sir Hugh Bateman, Bart, The church, excepting the tower, was rebuilt in 1850; is in the decorated English style; comprises nave, N aisle, and chancel, with pinnacled tower; and contains some brasses and old monuments of the Stathums and the Sacheverells, and two recent monuments to W. Turbutt, Esq., and the Rev. R. B. Turbutt. There are a Wesleyan chapel in Morley, a chapel of ease and a Baptist chapel in Smalley, national schools in both Morley and Smalley, alms houses with £30 a year in Morley, and charities £50 in Smalley.

Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].

Parish Registers

Morley Derbyshire Marriages 1540 to 1837

Parish Records

FamilySearch

Morley

United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, Morley – Cemeteries ( 1 )
The Memorial inscriptions of St. Matthew’s Church, Morley, Derbyshire
Author: Derbyshire Family History Society

United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, Morley – Census ( 2 )
Census returns for Morley, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

Transcript of parish registers volumes 1-3 (christenings & burials, 1540-1810, marriages, 1540-1800) Morley, Derbyshire, England (with a census of families, 1774 and 1781)
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959; Church of England. Parish Church of Morley (Derbyshire)

United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, Morley – Church history ( 1 )
The Church of St. John the Baptist, Smalley : a short history
Author: Copestake, Rene; Eyre, Ivan; Fletcher, Elizabeth

United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, Morley – Church records ( 10 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Morley, 1662-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Morley (Derbyshire)

Bishop’s transcripts for Smalley, 1654-1868
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Smalley (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Morley Moor, Methodist Church, church records, 1953-1994
Author: Derbyshire Record Office

England, Derbyshire, Morley, parish registers, 1896-1998
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Morley (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Marriages at Morley, 1540-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Morley (Derbyshire)

Marriages at Smalley, 1624-1837
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Smalley (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Morley, 1540-1981
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Morley (Derbyshire)

Parish registers for Smalley, 1626-1985
Author: Church of England. Chapelry of Smalley (Derbyshire)

Registers of the parish of Morley, Derbyshire, England : baptisms & burials, 1540-1735, 1742-1811

Transcript of parish registers volumes 1-3 (christenings & burials, 1540-1810, marriages, 1540-1800) Morley, Derbyshire, England (with a census of families, 1774 and 1781)
Author: Norman, Bertram William Tuff, 1880-1959; Church of England. Parish Church of Morley (Derbyshire)

United Kingdom, England, Derbyshire, Morley – Church records – Indexes ( 2 )
Computer printout of Morley, Derby., Eng

Parish printout of Smalley, Derbyshire, England

Derbyshire Historical Directories

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: Morleston and Litchurch
  • Province: Canterbury