Chesterfield Holy Trinity, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes  Chesterfield Holy Trinity



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.

Church records
Chesterfield Holy Trinity was originally a chapel of ease to Chesterfield, Derbyshire which was licensed for baptisms and burials in 1838 and became a district church in 1841 for the Newbold area. It was licensed for marriages in 1853 and created as a parish in 1867.

Derbyshire Record Office reference D935 has deposited registers Bap 1838-1983 Mar 1854-1978 Burials 1839-1900,1907-1940 Banns 1963-1989

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

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts, non conformist and other types of church records, such as parish chest records. Add the contact information for the office holding the original records. Add links to the Family History Library Catalog showing the film numbers in their collection

Poor Law Unions
Chesterfield 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.


 * England Jurisdictions 1851
 * Vision of Britain

Web sites
Contributor: add any relevant sites that aren’t mentioned above.