Duffield, Derbyshire, England Genealogy
Guide to Duffield, Derbyshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Duffield | |
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| Duffield St Alkmund Derbyshire | |
| Type | Ancient Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| County | Derbyshire |
| Hundred | Appletree |
| Poor Law Union | Belper |
| Registration District | Belper |
| Records Begin | |
| Parish registers | 1598 |
| Bishop's Transcripts | 1663 |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Duffield |
| Diocese | Lichfield |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Archive | |
| Derbyshire Record Office | |
Parish History
DUFFIELD (St. Alkmund), a parish, in the union of Belper, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 4¼ miles (N.) from Derby; comprising the chapelries of Belper, Heage, Holbrook, and Turnditch, and the townships of Duffield, Hazlewood, Shottle with Postern, and Windley. The parish comprises 17,390 acres, of which 3002 are in the township of Duffield; it is situated on the road from Derby to Matlock, and contains, besides several populous villages, the market-town of Belper. There are churches at Belper, Hazlewood, Heage, Holbrook, and Turnditch; and the Ecclesiastical Commissioners have endowed two church districts, named respectively Bridge-Hill and Milford, and both in the patronage of the Crown and the Bishop, alternately. The Baptists, Wesleyans, and others have places of worship. [1]
Resources
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Cemeteries
- Monumental Inscriptions, Duffield(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
Civil Registration
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day.
- 1837-2000s Derbyshire Registrars Birth Index at Findmypast - index ($)
- 1837-2000s Derbyshire Registrars Marriage Index at Findmypast - index ($)
- 1837-2000s Derbyshire Registrars Death Index at Findmypast - index ($)
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Duffield Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Derbyshire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Derbyshire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Derbyshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry (Early)-Derbyshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry (Late)-Derbyshire ($) | ||||||
| Ancestry-England & Wales, Birth, Christening, Marriage and Death Indexes ($) | 1500s-1900s |
1500s-1900s |
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| Databases with Known Incomplete Parish Coverage | ||||||
| Boyd's Marriage Indexes-FMP (Free) | ||||||
| National Burial Index-FMP (Free) | ||||||
Other Websites
These databases have incomplete parish coverage.
- Joiner Marriage Index - Derbyshire ($)
- The Genealogist Parish Registers - Derbyshire ($)
- UK Websites for Parish Records - Links to online genealogical records
- Online Genealogical Index - Links to online genealogical records
Nonconformist Records
"Nonconformist" is a term referring to religious denominations other than an established or state church. In England, the state church is the Church of England.
- 1717 England & Wales, Roman Catholics, 1717 at Findmypast - index & images ($); coverage may vary
- England Roman Catholic Parish Marriages at Findmypast — index & images ($); coverage may vary
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- General Baptist
- Presbyterian
- Wesleyan Methodist
Many of the non-conformist churches around Duffield are actually filed under Belper.
Census Records
Census records from 1841 to 1921 are available online. See England Census for more resources.
Poor Law Unions
Belper Poor Law Union, Derbyshire
Probate Records
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to Derbyshire Probate Records to find the name of the court having primary jurisdiction. Scroll down in the article to the section Court Jurisdictions by Parish.
Maps and Gazetteers
Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.
Websites
Duffield on GENUKI
References
- ↑ Lewis, Samuel A, A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848), pp. 96-102. Date accessed: 15 April 2013.