Ashbourne with Mapleton, Derbyshire Genealogy
Guide to Ashbourne with Mapleton, Derbyshire ancestry, family history, and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.
| Ashbourne with Mapleton, Derbyshire | |
|---|---|
 Ashbourne St John Derbyshire | |
| Type | Ecclesiastical Parish |
| Civil Jurisdictions | |
| Hundred | Appletree; Morlestone and Litchurch; Wirksworth |
| County | Derbyshire |
| Poor Law Union | Ashbourne |
| Registration District | Ashbourne |
| Records begin | |
| Parish registers: 1538; Separate registers exist for Hulland beginning 1838 and also for Mapleton beginning 1704 | |
| Bishop's Transcripts: 1662; Separate records exist for Hulland beginning 1838 and also for Mapleton beginning 1677 | |
| Ecclesiastical Jurisdictions | |
| Rural Deanery | Ashbourne |
| Diocese | Lichfield |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Legal Jurisdictions | |
| Probate Court | Court of the Bishop of Lichfield (Episcopal Consistory) |
| Location of Archive | |
| Derbyshire Record Office | |
Parish History
Ashbourne with Mapleton is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Derbyshire, created early from Ashbourne Ancient Parish and Mapleton Ancient Parish. Other places in the parish include: Hulland Ward Intakes, Hulland Ward Indaks, Mapleton, Hulland Ward, Newton Grange, Mappleton, Yieldersley, Hollin Ward, Holland Ward, Offcote and Underwood, Sturston, Yeldersley, and Hulland.
At Alsop, Clifton, and Parlich are additional churches. There are places of worship for Wesleyans, Independents, and others. The poor-law union of Ashbourn comprises 61 parishes and townships, of which 17 are in Staffordshire. In the neighborhood formerly stood a chapel dedicated to St. Mary.[1]
YELDERSLEY, a hamlet, in the parish of Ashbourn, hundred of Appletree, S. division of the county of Derby, 3½ miles (E. S. E.) from Ashbourn.
In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Mapleton like this:
MAPPLETON, a village and a parish in Ashborne district, Derby. The village stands on the river Dove, at the boundary with Stafford, 1¾ mile NW of Ashborne r. station. The living is a rectory, annexed to the vicarage of Ashborne, in the diocese of Lichfield.[2]
Resources
Find Neighboring Parishes
Use England Jurisdictions 1851 Map
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- Click on the location pin on the map
- Choose Options from the pop up box
- Click "List Contiguous Parishes" to find the neighboring parishes
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 ($)
- See England Civil Registration for online resources and information.
Church Records
The Church of England (Anglican) became the official state religion in 1534, with the reigning monarch as its Supreme Governor.
Non-Conformist refers to all other religious denominations that are not the official state religion.
Church of England
Due to the increasing access of online records:
- Individual parish coverage for databases in this table are inconsistent and should be verified
- Dates in the following table are approximate
Hover over the collection's title for more information
| Ashbourne with Mapleton Online Parish Records | ||||||
| FamilySearch Collections-Derbyshire | ||||||
| FamilySearch Parish Registers-Derbyshire | ||||||
| Bishop's Transcripts - FamilySearch Catalog | ||||||
| FreeREG | ||||||
| Findmypast-Derbyshire ($) | ||||||
| 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 and images; coverage may vary
- Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Countess of Huntingdon Methodist
- Independent/Congregational
- Presbyterian
- Primitive Methodist
- Roman Catholic
- Wesleyan Methodist
- Wesleyan Methodist Reform
Census Records
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.
Poor Law Unions
Ashbourne 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
- Ashbourne on GENUKI
References
- ↑ Samuel A. Lewis, A Topographical Dictionary of England, (1848), pp. 77-81. Date accessed: 02 July 2103.
- ↑ John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales, (1870-72). Accessed: 02 July 2013.