Risley Derbyshire Family History Guide
Risley is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1719 from a chapelry in Wilne chapelry in Sawley Ancient Parish.
Parish church: All Saints
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1719
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1696
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
RISLEY, a chapelry in Wilne parish, Derby; 1½mile W by S of Sandiacre r. station, and 4¼ S of Ilkeston. It has a post-office under Nottingham. Real property, £2,522. Pop., 203. Houses, 45. The property is divided among a few. The manor belonged to the Mortimers; passed to the Sheffields and the Willoughbys; and belongs now to J. L. Ffytche, Esq. R. Hall is the residence of Mrs. Skipworth. A silver vessel, 20 inches by 15, said to have belonged to a church in France in 405, was found near the Hall in 1729. The living is a p. curacy, annexed to the p. curacy of Breaston, in the diocese of Lichfield. The church is ancient but good. There is an endowed grammar school for the children of seven neighbouring parishes.
Source: The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales [Wilson, John M]. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72].
Risley Parish Registers
Risley Marriages 1720 to 1812 Derbyshire Parish Registers Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and R. Jowett Burton, M.A. (Rector of Hughley, Salop) V.1. London: Issued to the Subscriber by Phillimore & Co., 124, Chancery Lane. 1906. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse
Marriages Out of Parish
| Details | Place of Marriage |
|---|---|
| John Smith, of Risley, & Katharine Grocock, of Shardlow, at St. Peter’s, Derby 9 Ap. 1703 | St. Peter’s, Derby |
Administration
- County: Derbyshire
- Civil Registration District: Shardlow
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of Sawley
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Ockbrook
- Poor Law Union: Shardlow
- Hundred: Morleston and Litchurch
- Province: Canterbury