Swarkestone Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Swarkestone is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire

Alternative names: Swarkeston

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1604
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1663

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

SWARKESTON, a parish in Shardlow district, Derbyshire; on the river Trent and the Gr and Trunk canal, 5 miles S by E of Derby r. station. Post town, Derby. Acres, 943. Real property, £1,770. Pop., 307. houses, 57. A 29-arched bridge, 3,912 feet long, here spans the Trent. The royalists fortified S. house in 1643, but were defeated here by Gell. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £227. Patron, Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart. The church is chiefly Norman, and was enlarged in 1828.

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

Parish Registers

Swarkestone Marriages 1604 to 1837 Derbyshire Parish Registers Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and LL. LL. Simpson. V. 8 London: Issued to the subscribers by Phillimore & Co 124 Chancery Lane. 1911. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Administration

  • County: Derbyshire
  • Civil Registration District: Shardlow
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Stanton by Bridge
  • Poor Law Union: Shardlow
  • Hundred: Repton and Gresley
  • Province: Canterbury