Somersal Herbert Derbyshire Family History Guide

Somersal Herbert is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.

Other places in the parish include: Church Somershall.

Alternative names: Somersall Herbert

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

• Parish registers: 1538
• Bishop’s Transcripts: 1664

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

• Doveridge
• Marston Montgomery
• Sudbury

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SOMERSALL-HERBERT, a parish in the district of Uttoxeter and county of Derby: 3 miles ENE of Uttoxeter r. station. Post town, Derby.

Acres, 697. Real property, £1,230. Pop., 116. Houses, 20. The manor belongs to Lord Vernon.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £250. Patron, Sir Sir W. Fitzherbert, Bart.

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

Administration

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