Thorpe Derbyshire Family History Guide

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Thorpe is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.

Other places in the parish include: Hanson Grange.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

  • Parish registers: 1538
  • Bishop’s Transcripts: 1663

Nonconformists include:

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

THORPE, a parish in Ashborne district, Derby; on the river Dove, 3 miles N by W of Ashborne r. station. It has a post-office under Ashborne.

Acres, 1,400. Real property, £2,527. Pop., 204. Houses, 43. The manor belongs to T. B. Adderley, Esq. The scenery is romantic, and is much visited by tourists.

The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £144. Patron, the Bishop of L. The church is old, and has a Norman tower.

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: Ashbourne
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Ashbourne
  • Poor Law Union: Ashbourne
  • Hundred: Wirksworth
  • Province: Canterbury