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"DERBYSHIRE, or Derby, a midland and almost central county in England; nearly alike distance from the eastern and the western seas, and from Scotland and the English channel. It is bounded on the NW, by Cheshire; on the N and NE, by Yorkshire; on the E, by Notts; on the SE, by Leicestershire; on the S, by Warwickshire and Staffordshire; on the W, by Staffordshire and Cheshire...

"Derbyshire contains 132 parishes, parts of 6 others, and 6 extra-parochial tracts; and is divided into the borough of Derby, and the hundreds of High Peak, Wirksworth, Scarsdale, Appletree, Morleston and Lit-church, and Repton and Gresley... and constitutes an archdeaconry in the diocese of Lichfield...

"The places of worship in the county proper, in 1851, were 250 of the Church of England, 45 of Independents, 39 of Baptists, 6 of Quakers, 11 of Unitarians, 1 of Moravians, 222 of Wesleyan Methodists, 10 of New Connexion Methodists, 132 of Primitive Methodists, 6 of the Wesleyan Association, 34 of Wesleyan Reformers, 2 of Lady Huntingdon's Connexion, 2 of the New Church, 2 of isolated congregations, 6 of Latter Day Saints, and 8 of Roman Catholics... (John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72).  To see the full account, go to Vision of Britain.)

Parishes

Click on a letter for a list of Wiki page links to Derbyshire parishes: A B C D E F G H I K L M N O P Q R S T W Y

Use an interactive map to find jurisdictions for each parish in Derbyshire.

Civil Registraton Districts

List of Derbyshire Civil Registration Districts

The Register Office in Derbyshire

Websites

• Derbyshire Resources and help pages on RootsChat Derbyshire Resources and help pages. (Free).
• GENUKI Covers many topics
• Online Genealogical Index
• Forebears - Derbyshire Genealogical Records
• The Register Office in Derbyshire
• 1930 - England and Wales National Register, 1939 at FamilySearch — index