Whitwell Derbyshire Family History Guide
Whitwell is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.
Other places in the parish include: Belph, Creswell, and Baxton Moor.
Parish church:
Parish registers begin:
- Parish registers: 1672
- Bishop’s Transcripts: 1668
Nonconformists include: Wesleyan Methodist and Wesleyan Methodist Association.
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Adjacent Parishes
- Welbeck, Nottinghamshire
- Barlborough
- Clowne
- Thorpe Salvin, Yorkshire
- Woodhouse Hall, Nottinghamshire
- Norton Cuckney, Nottinghamshire
- Worksop St Mary and St Cuthbert, Nottinghamshire
- Harthill, Yorkshire
- Elmton with Cresswell
Parish History
The Imperial Gazetteer of England & Wales 1870
WHITWELL, a village and a parish in the district of Worksop and county of Derby.
The village stands 4½ miles WSW of Worksop r. station, and has a post-office under Chesterfield. The parish includes Belph and Baxton-Moor hamlets, and comprises 4,880 acres. Real property, £6,924. Pop. in 1851, 1,355; in 1861, 1,487. Houses, 309.
The manor belongs to the Duke of Portland. W. Hall was the seat of Sir R. Manners, who was killed in the civil wars.
The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £640. Patron, the Duke of Portland. The church is large, cruciform, and good.
A ruined, ivy-clad Saxon church is at Steetley.
There are a boys’ and a girls’ school, supported by the Duke of Portland.
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
Parish Records
FamilySearch
England, Derbyshire, Whitwell – Census ( 1 )
Census returns for Whitwell, 1841-1891
Author: Great Britain. Census Office
England, Derbyshire, Whitwell – Church records ( 4 )
Bishop’s transcripts for Whitwell, 1668-1868
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitwell (Derbyshire)
England, Derbyshire, Whitwell, parish registers, 1826-1991
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitwell (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office
England, Derbyshire, Whitwell, Steetley Chapel, parish registers, 1919-1992
Author: Church of England. Chapel of Steetley (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office
Parish registers, 1672-1896, and church and civil records, 1673-1918
Author: Church of England. Parish Church of Whitwell (Derbyshire); Derbyshire Record Office
England, Derbyshire, Whitwell – Church records – Indexes ( 3 )
Computer printout of Whitwell, Derby., Eng
Parish register printouts of Whitwell, Derby, England ; christenings, 1813-1868
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
Parish register printouts of Whitwell, Derby, England ; marriages, 1813-1844
Author: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Genealogical Department
England, Derbyshire, Whitwell – Poorhouses, poor law, etc. ( 1 )
England, Derbyshire, Whitwell, poor law records
Author: Derbyshire Record Office
England, Derbyshire, Whitwell – Schools ( 1 )
England, Derbyshire, Whitwell, Whitwell School, admission registers
Author: Derbyshire Record Office
Administration
- County: Derbyshire
- Civil Registration District: Worksop
- Probate Court: Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory)
- Diocese: Lichfield
- Rural Deanery: Staveley
- Poor Law Union: Worksop
- Hundred: Scarsdale
- Province: Canterbury