Shirland Derbyshire Family History Guide

Shirland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.

Alternative names: Shirland and Higham

Other places in the parish include: Hallfield and Higham.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1678
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1661

Nonconformists include: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Society of Friends/Quaker, and Wesleyan Methodist.

Adjacent Parishes

• Alfreton
• Morton
• Crich
• Tibshelf
• Blackwell
• Brackenfield
• North Wingfield
• South Wingfield
• South Normanton

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SHIRLAND, a village, a township, and a parish, in Chesterfield district, Derby.

The village stands 2 miles SSE of Stretton r. station, and 2 N by W of Alfreton; was once a market-town; and has a post-office under Alfreton.

The township contains also Hallfield hamlet. Pop. in 1851, 851; in 1861, 1,048. Houses, 203.

The parish includes also Higham township, and comprises 2,942 acres. Rated property, £5,357. Pop. in 1851, 1,268; in 1861, 1,426. Houses, 281. The property is subdivided. Framework-knitting is carried on.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £265. Patrons, rotationally R. Ramsden, Esq., B. B. Thompson, Esq., and Sir R. Tufton, Bart. The church was restored in 1848.

There are two Wesleyan chapels, national schools, an endowed school with £25 a year, and charities £8.

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

Parish Records

England, Derbyshire, Church of England Parish Registers, 1537-1918

Marriages

Shirland Derbyshire Marriages 1695-1837 – UK Genealogy Archives

Administration

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