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Guide to Buxton, Derbyshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.
Guide to Buxton, Derbyshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.  


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| image = Buxton St John the Baptist Derbyshire.jpg
| caption = Buxton St John the Baptist Derbyshire
| Type = [[Ecclesiastical Parish]]
| County = Derbyshire
| Hundred = High Peake
| Poor Law Union = Chapel en le Frith
| Registration District = Chapel en le Frith
| PRbegin = 1718; Separate registers exist for Fairfield beginning 1738
| BTbegin = 1721; Separate records exist for Fairfield beginning 1678
| Province = Canterbury
| Diocese = Lichfield
| Archdeaconry =
| Archdeaconries =
| Rural Deanery = Buxton
| Parish =
| Peculiar =
| Chapelry =
| Probate Court = Court of the Peculiar of Hartington; Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
| Archdeaconry Court =
| Bishops Court =
| Prerogative Court =
| Archive = [[Derbyshire Record Office]]
}}


== Parish History  ==
=== Parish History  ===


BUXTON, a market-town and '''chapelry''', in the '''parish''' of Bakewell, union of Chapel-en-le-Frith, hundred of High Peak, N. division of the county of Derby, 33 miles (N. W.) from Derby, and 159 (N. W. by N.) from London, on the high road from Derby to Manchester. There are places of worship for '''Independents''', '''Wesleyans''', and '''Unitarians'''. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50850#s5 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848), pp. 462-467. Date accessed: 29 April 2013.</ref>.  
BUXTON, a market-town and '''chapelry''', in the '''parish''' of Bakewell, union of Chapel-en-le-Frith, hundred of High Peak, N. division of the county of Derby, 33 miles (N. W.) from Derby, and 159 (N. W. by N.) from London, on the high road from Derby to Manchester. There are places of worship for '''Independents''', '''Wesleyans''', and '''Unitarians'''. <ref>Lewis, Samuel A., [http://british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=50850#s5 ''A Topographical Dictionary of England''], (1848), pp. 462-467. Date accessed: 29 April 2013.</ref>.  


== Resources  ==
== Resources  ==
=== Census records  ===
=== Census records  ===
{{British Census|241289}}
 
{{British Census|241289}}  
 
=== Church records  ===
=== Church records  ===


Buxton parish registers&nbsp;of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:  
Buxton parish registers&nbsp;of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:  


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=== Civil Registration  ===
=== Civil Registration  ===
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].  
Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is [http://freebmd.org.uk/ FreeBMD].  
==== Registration District ====
 
==== Registration District ====
 
*Chapel en le Frith
*Chapel en le Frith
=== Poor Law Unions  ===
=== Poor Law Unions  ===
[[Chapel en le Frith Poor Law Union, Derbyshire]]  
[[Chapel en le Frith Poor Law Union, Derbyshire]]  
=== Probate records ===
 
=== Probate records ===
 
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Derbyshire Probate Records|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.  
Records of wills, administrations, inventories, indexes, etc. were filed by the court with jurisdiction over this parish. Go to [[Derbyshire Probate Records|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 and Gazetteers  ==



Revision as of 13:42, 4 April 2014

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Guide to Buxton, Derbyshire family history and genealogy: parish registers (baptism, christening, marriage, and burial records), civil registration (birth, marriage, and death records), census records, history, wills, cemetery, online transcriptions and indexes, an interactive map and websites.

Buxton, Derbyshire
Buxton St John the Baptist Derbyshire.jpg
Buxton St John the Baptist Derbyshire
Type Ecclesiastical Parish
Civil Jurisdictions
Hundred High Peake
County Derbyshire
Poor Law Union Chapel en le Frith
Registration District Chapel en le Frith
Records begin
Parish registers: 1718; Separate registers exist for Fairfield beginning 1738
Bishop's Transcripts: 1721; Separate records exist for Fairfield beginning 1678
Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions
Rural Deanery Buxton
Diocese Lichfield
Province Canterbury
Legal Jurisdictions
Probate Court Court of the Peculiar of Hartington; Court of the Peculiar of the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield
Location of Archive
Derbyshire Record Office

Parish History[edit | edit source]

BUXTON, a market-town and chapelry, in the parish of Bakewell, union of Chapel-en-le-Frith, hundred of High Peak, N. division of the county of Derby, 33 miles (N. W.) from Derby, and 159 (N. W. by N.) from London, on the high road from Derby to Manchester. There are places of worship for Independents, Wesleyans, and Unitarians. [1].

Resources[edit | edit source]

Census records[edit | edit source]

Census records from 1841 to 1911 are available online. For access, see England Census Records and Indexes Online. Census records from 1841 to 1891 are also available on film through a FamilySearch Center or at the FamilySearch Library.


Church records[edit | edit source]

Buxton parish registers of christenings, marriages and burials have online indexes by the following groups:

FS PR's =FamilySearch Parish Registers
Buxton St John the Baptist (1718) Parish Online Records

Baptisms
Marriages
Burials

Indexes Images Indexes Images Indexes Images
FS PR's
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  NONE

  NONE

To find the names of the neighbouring parishes, use Jurisdictions 1851. In this site, search for the name of the parish, click on the location "pin", click Options and click List contiguous parishes.

Buxton St John the Baptist included chapels of ease Buxton, St Anne, Derbyshire Buxton, St James the Greater, Derbyshire Buxton, St Mary, Derbyshire

Derbyshire Record Office reference D 1751 has deposited registers Bap 1718-1907 Mar 1718-1739,1756-1771,1786-1949 Burials 1718-1749, 1764-1939 Banns 1824-1967

Non-Conformist Churches[edit | edit source]

  • Independent/Congregational
  • Roman Catholic
  • Unitarian
  • Wesleyan Methodist

Civil Registration[edit | edit source]

Birth, marriages and deaths were kept by the government, from July 1837 to the present day. The civil registration article tells more about these records. There are several Internet sites with name lists or indexes. A popular site is FreeBMD.

Registration District[edit | edit source]

  • Chapel en le Frith

Poor Law Unions[edit | edit source]

Chapel en le Frith Poor Law Union, Derbyshire

Probate records[edit | edit source]

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[edit | edit source]

Maps are a visual look at the locations in England. Gazetteers contain brief summaries about a place.

Web sites[edit | edit source]

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References[edit | edit source]

  1. Lewis, Samuel A., A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848), pp. 462-467. Date accessed: 29 April 2013.