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

Parish Records

FamilySearch

England, Derbyshire, Swarkeston – Cemeteries ( 1 )
The Memorial inscriptions of St. James, Swarkestone, Derbyshire
Author: Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group

England, Derbyshire, Swarkeston – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Swarkeston, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office

England, Derbyshire, Swarkeston – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Swarkeston, 1663-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swarkeston (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Swarkestone, parish registers, 1922-2000
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swarkeston (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office

Marriages at Swarkeston, 1604-1837
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swarkeston (Derbyshire)

Parish registers of Swarkeston, 1604-1982.
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Swarkeston (Derbyshire)

England, Derbyshire, Swarkeston – Church records – Indexes ( 4 )
Computer printout of Swarkeston, Derby., Eng

Parish register printouts of Swarkeston, Derby, England ; christenings, 1663-1722
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Swarkeston, Derbyshire, England ; christenings, 1723-1868
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Parish register printouts of Swarkeston, Derbyshire, England ; christenings, 1813-1868
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department

Derbyshire Historical Directories

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