Quarndon Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Quarndon is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1732 from a chapelry in Derby St Alkmund Ancient Parish. 

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1755
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1813

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

QUARNDON, a village and a parish in Belper district, Derbyshire. The village stands 2 miles SW of Duffield r. station, and 3 NNW of Derby; and has a post-office under Derby. The parish comprises 960 acres. Real property, £2,571. Pop., 496. Houses, 105. The property is divided among a few. The manor belongs to the Dean of Lincoln. Sulphur baths are near the village; and there are several good residences, and some lodging-houses. The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £110. Patron, Lord Scarsdale. The church was built in 1790. There are an endowed school with £20 a year, and charities £15.

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

Parish Registers

Quarndon Marriages 1755 to 1812 Derbyshire Parish Registers Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and LL. LL. Simpson. V. 4 London: Issued to the subscribers by Phillimore & Co 124 Chancery Lane. 1908. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

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