Sheldon, Derbyshire Family History Guide
Sheldon is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created in 1741 from a chapelry in Bakewell Ancient Parish.
Alternative names:
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1737
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1675
Nonconformists include: Primitive Methodist
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
SHELDON, a township-chapelry in Bakewell parish, Derby; 3 miles W of Bakewell r. station. Post town, Bakewell. Acres, 1,033. Real property, £1,079. Pop., 178. Houses, 40.
The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire.
The living is a p. curacy in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £90. Patron, the Vicar of Bakewell. The church was rebuilt in 1865.
There are a Primitive Methodist chapel, and charities £15.
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: Bakewell
- Probate Court: Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Bakewell
- Poor Law Union: Bakewell
- Hundred: High Peake
- Province: Canterbury