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Five of the early churches of Derby were considered ancient parishes. Some had subordinate chapelries located both in and out of the city. These also became civil parishes between 1837 and 1898 when Derby incorporated the three church parishes on becoming a county borough. In order to differentiate between churches of the same name in many cities and towns, the title of the parish starts with the name of the urban area and is followed by the name of the saint to whom the church is dedicated.
Derby St. Michael parish was located north of Derby All Saints and between Derby St. Alkmund on the west and Derby St. Paul (never a civil parish) on the east. These two parishes wrapped around Derby St. Michael to the north. (Source: English Jurisdictions). The parish was considered a civil parish between (probably) 1837 and (definitely) 1898.
- the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia
St Michael’s Church, Derby is a Grade II listed redundant parish church in the Church of England in Derby. As an ancient parish it had responsibility for the township of Alavaston.
The parish church was of medieval origins. The chancel collapsed on 17 August 1856 which prompted the building of the new church starting on 1857. The new building opened for worship on 8 April 1858.
The church has been closed since 1977 and has been converted into office premises.
Parish Registers began 1559; Bishops Transcripts began 1662.
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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