Stanton by Dale, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire

Parish History
Stanton by Dale St Michael is an Ancient Parish.

STANTON-BY-DALE (St. Michael), a parish, in the union of Shardlow, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, S. division of the county of Derby, 2½ miles (N.) from Ilkeston; containing 480 inhabitants. It is intersected by the Erewash and Nutbrook canal, and comprises 1400 acres, of which the larger portion is pasture and meadow, a few acres wood, and the remainder arable: the soil is of a light sandy quality. Coal is wrought, but in small quantity; ironstone is also worked: bricks are made, and there is a good buildingstone quarry. Lace-making and frame-work knitting also employ some hands. The village is pleasantly situated on an eminence, and commands very extensive prospects; in its centre is an ancient cross bearing the date 1632. The living is a vicarage endowed with the rectorial tithes, with the chapel of Dale-Abbey; patrons, Trustees appointed by the proprietors of the lordship. The tithes have been commuted for a rent-charge of £300. The church is a plain neat edifice, with a tower. Almshouses for eight persons were founded in 1711, by Joseph Middlemore, with an endowment of more than £100 per annum.

From: A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 186-192. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51298 Date accessed: 10 April 2011.

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 FreeBMD.

Shardlow registration District GRO volumes : XIX (1837-51); 7b (1852-1946); 3A (1946-74).

Registers are now held at The Register Office, Royal Oak House, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AR. Tel: 01332 256526/35/36. Fax: 01332 256525. E-mail: registeroffice@derby.gov.uk

The civil registration transferred to Ilkeston Registration district on 1 April 1938

Church records
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Census records
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Poor Law Unions
Shardlow 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.

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Web sites
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