Shirland, Derbyshire Genealogy

England Derbyshire

Parish History
Shirland is an Ancient Parish in the county of Derbyshire. Other places in the parish include: Hallfield and Higham.

SHIRLAND (St. Leonard), a parish, in the union of Chesterfield, hundred of Scarsdale, N. division of the county of Derby, 2 miles (N. by W.) from Alfreton; containing 1381 inhabitants, of whom 930 are in Shirland township. The parish comprises about 3000 acres, of which 1000 are arable, and the remainder pasture and meadow, with a considerable portion of woodland; the soil is tolerably fertile, and the substratum clay, with some seams of coal. The living is a rectory, valued in the king's books at £7. 15. 5., and in the gift of the Earl of Thanet, W. E. Nightingale, Esq., and Mrs. Charge, who present by turns. The tithes have been commuted for £175, and the glebe comprises 60 acres, with a house; there is also a rent-charge of £19 payable to the rector of Morton. The church, erected in the 14th century, consists of a nave, chancel, aisles, and tower with pinnacles; in it are the remains of a singular monument with numerous quarterings of the De Grey, the Ferrers, and other families. At Hallfieldgate is a charity school, built on a site given by Edward Revell, and endowed by Mrs. Lydia Boot, Mr. Stocks, and others, with about £25 per annum: there are also a national and a Church Sunday school in the parish.

A Topographical Dictionary of England (1848), pp. 85-87. URL: http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=51273 Date accessed: 02 April 2011.

Civil Registration
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Church records
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Census records
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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.

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