West Hallam Derbyshire Family History Guide

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West Hallam is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.

Parish church:

Parish registers begin:

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

Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist

Adjacent Parishes

Parish History

The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870

HALLAM (WEST), a parish in Shardlow district, Derbyshire; on the Nutbrook canal, 2 miles W by S of Ilkeston r. station, and 7 NE by E of Derby. It has a post office under Derby. Acres, 1,323. Real property, £4, 278; of which £3,100 are in mines. Pop., 559. Houses, 109. The manor belongs to Lieut. Col. Newdigate. Coal is largely worked. There is a sulphureous spring, of local medicinal note. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £250. Patron, Lieut. Col. Newdigate. The church consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with porch and embattled tower; and contains an ancient marble monument to the Powtrells. A grammar school, founded in 1664, has an endowed income of £170; and other charities have £39.

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

Parish Registers

West Hallam Marriages 1638 to 1812 Derbyshire Parish Registers Marriages. Edited by W. P. W. Phillimore, M.A., B.C.L., and LL. LL. Simpson. V. 5 London: Issued to the subscribers by Phillimore & Co 124 Chancery Lane. 1909. – This book is a free download from Parishmouse

Marriages Out of Parish

DetailsPlace of Marriage
Samuel Slater, labourer, & Mary Derbyshire, of West Hallam 8 Aug. 1788Ilkeston
John Ginnills, labourer, of West Hallam, & Anne Allin 4 Oct. 1790Ilkeston
John Dakin, of West Hallam, & Elizabeth Webb 8 Nov. 1774Aston-upon-Trent

Administration

  • County: Derbyshire
  • Civil Registration District: Shardlow
  • Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
  • Diocese: Lichfield
  • Rural Deanery: Ockbrook
  • Poor Law Union: Shardlow
  • Hundred: Morleston and Litchurch
  • Province: Canterbury