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.

Adjacent Parishes

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 – Cemeteries ( 1 )
The Memorial inscriptions of All Saints, Steetley in the parish of Whitwell
Author:    Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group

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