Scarcliffe, Derbyshire Family History Guide

Scarcliffe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.

Alternative names: Scarcliff

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1727
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1665

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SCARCLIFF, a parish, with a village, in the district of Mansfield and county of Derby; 6 miles NNW of Mansfield r. station. Post-town, Mansfield.

Acres, 3,674. Real property, £3,790. Pop., 548. Houses, 126. The property is divided among a few.

The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £70. Patron, Earl Bathurst. The church is ancient but good, and has a tower of 1842.

There are an endowed school, and charities £30.

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

Maps

Vision of Britain historical maps

Administration

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