Stanton, Derbyshire Family History Guide
Stanton is a chapelry of Youlgreave Ancient Parish in Derbyshire.
Other places in the parish include: Stanton with Stanton Lees, Stanton Woodhouse, Stanton Hillside and Pilhough.
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- Parish registers: None
- Bishop’s Transcripts: None
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Adjacent Parishes
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
STANTON, a township-chapelry, with a village, in Youlgreave parish, Derby; 1½ mile SW of Rowsley r. station, and 3½ SSE of Bakewell. Post town, Bakewell.
Acres, 1,838. Real property, £2,787. Pop., 716. Houses, 158.
The manor, with S.-Hall, belongs to W. P. Thornhill, Esq. S.-Wood House is a seat of the Duke of Rutland. S.-Lees, S.-Hillside, Pilbrough, and Congreave also are prominent places.
The living is a p. curacy, united with Rowtor, in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, not reported. Patron, W. P. Thornhill, Esq. The church was built in 1839, and has a tower and spire.
There are a dissenting chapel and a free school.
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 Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Bakewell
- Poor Law Union: Bakewell
- Hundred: High Peake
- Province: Canterbury