Place:Ashbourne Rural, Derbyshire, England

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NameAshbourne Rural
TypeRural district
Located inDerbyshire, England     (1894 - 1974)
the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Ashbourne Rural District was formed in Derbyshire, England in 1894 under the Local Government Act 1894.

It was enlarged in 1934 when Sudbury Rural District was abolished and amalgamated into the district. This district was to the southwest of Ashbourne RD and included the parishes of Norbury and Roston, Cubley and Boyleston amongst others. The rural district directly to the south was Repton.

Ashbourne Rural District was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972 and combined with various other local government districts of western Derbyshire to form the new West Derbyshire District. In 1988 the district was renamed the Derbyshire Dales District.

Wikipedia did not give co-ordinates for the rural district, but does provide a map of its extent on its Wikipedia page.

Image:Ashbourne RD 1900.png

List of Civil Parishes

ParishDescription DurationNotes
Alkmonton township, chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974 transferred to neighbouring parish of Cubley in WR
Atlow chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Ballidon township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Biggin township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Boyleston parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 transferred from Sudbury Rural District
Bradbourne parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Bradley parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Brailsford parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Brassington chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Callow (near Wirksworth) hamlet, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Carsington parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Clifton and Compton chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Cubley parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 transferred from Sudbury Rural District
Doveridge parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 transferred from Sudbury Rural District
Eaton and Alsop chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Edlaston with Wyaston parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Fenny Bentley parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Hartington Nether Quarter township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Hartington Town Quarter township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Hognaston chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Hollington township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Hopton and Griffe Grange township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Hulland township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Hulland Ward township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Hulland Ward Intakes township, civil parish 1894 - 1934 absorbed into Hulland Ward parish in 1934
Hungry Bentley parochial liberty, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Ible township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Kirk Ireton parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Kniveton chapelry, parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Lea Hall hamlet, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Longford parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Mapleton parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Marston Montgomery parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 transferred from Sudbury Rural District
Mercaston township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Middleton by Wirksworth hamlet, civil parish 1894 - 1934
Newton Grange hamlet, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Norbury and Roston parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 transferred from Sudbury Rural District
Offcote and Underwood parish liberty, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Osmaston by Ashbourne chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Parwich chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Rodsley hamlet, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Shirley parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Snelston chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Somersal Herbert parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 transferred from Sudbury Rural District
Sturston township, civil parish 1894 - 1934
Sudbury parish (ancient), civil parish 1934 - 1974 transferred from Sudbury Rural District
Thorpe parish (ancient), civil parish 1894 - 1974
Tissington chapelry, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Yeaveley township, civil parish 1894 - 1974
Yeldersley township, civil parish 1894 - 1974

Research Tips

  • Derbyshire Record Office website
  • British History Online (Victoria County Histories) does not appear to cover Derbyshire geographically. A History of the County of Derby: Volume 2, edited by William Page is a part-volume covering the religious houses of the county. No further volumes have been found.
  • GENUKI main page for Derbyshire which provides information on various topics covering the whole of the county, and also a link to a list of parishes. Under each parish there is a list of the settlements within it and brief description of each. This is a list of pre-1834 ancient or ecclesiastical parishes but there are suggestions as to how to find parishes set up since then. GENUKI provides references to other organizations who hold genealogical information for the local area. There is no guarantee that the website has been kept up to date and therefore the reader should check additional sources if possible.
  • The FamilyTree Wiki has a series of pages similar to those provided by GENUKI which may have been prepared at a later date and from more recent data. The wiki has a link to English Jurisdictions 1851 which gives the registration district and wapentake for each parish, together with statistics from the 1851 census for the area.
  • A Vision of Britain through Time, Derbyshire, section "Units and Statistics" leads to analyses of population and organization of the county from about 1800 through 1974. There are pages available for all civil parishes, municipal boroughs and other administrative divisions. Descriptions provided are usually based on a gazetteer of 1870-72 which often provides brief notes on the economic basis of the settlement and significant occurences through its history.
  • For a more detailed view of a specific area try a map from the following selection. The oldest series are very clear at the third magnification offered. Comparing the map details with the GENUKI details for the same area is well worthwhile. Sections of the 1900 map showing parish boundaries only have been reproduced on some (but not all) parish pages here in WeRelate.
  • Map of Derbyshire illustrating urban and rural districts in 1900 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time. Parish boundaries and settlements within parishes are shown.
  • Map of Derbyshire urban and rural districts in 1944 produced by UK Ordnance Survey and provided online by A Vision of Britain through Time. Parish boundaries and settlements within parishes are shown. This is not a repeat of the first map. There were some changes in urban and rural district structure in the 1930s.
  • Ordnance Survey map of Derbyshire for 1967 This is the last in this series and was made while Derbyshire was experimenting with the non-metropolitan district structure adopted in 1974. It is a much cleaner map for reading the names of the civil parishes, but the smaller villages are no longer visible.
These are only three of the series of maps to be found in A Vision of Britain through Time.
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