Eckington, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire  Derbyshire Parishes  Eckington



Parish History
Eckington is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire.Other places in the parish include: Troway, Mosborough, and Renishaw.

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
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.

Derbyshire Record Office reference D 750 has deposited registers Bap 1559-1982 Mar 1559-1987 Burials 1559-1971 Banns 1754-1760,1823-1997

Lichfield Record Office has deposited Bishop's Transcripts Bap 1664-1865 Mar 1664-1862 Burials 1664-1865 Missing 1839, 1853-1854,1858-1860,1862-1863 foe all events

Contributor: Include here information for parish registers, Bishop’s Transcripts 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