Place:Middleton and Smerrill, Derbyshire, England

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NameMiddleton and Smerrill
Alt namesMiddletonsource: from redirect
Middleton-by-Youlgreavesource: from redirect
Middeltunesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 70
Middleton by Youngravesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 70
Middleton by Youngreavesource: Domesday Book (1985) p 70
Middleton by Youlgreavesource: name of village in parish
Middleton by Youlgravesource: alternate name of village in parish
TypeTownship, Civil parish
Coordinates53.165°N 1.709°W
Located inDerbyshire, England
See alsoYoulgreave, Derbyshire, Englandancient parish of which it was part
Scarsdale Hundred, Derbyshire, Englandhundred in which it was located
Bakewell Rural, Derbyshire, Englandrural district 1894-1974
High Peak District, Derbyshire, Englanddistrict municipality covering the area since 1974

NOTE: Do not confuse Middleton and Smerrill with the parish Middleton by Wirksworth which is located to the southeast. There is also a place named Stoney Middleton further north in the High Peak District.


the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia

Middleton and Smerrill is a civil parish located in High Peak District of Derbyshire, England. The main village within the parish is known as Middleton by Youlgreave or Middleton by Youlgrave (often hyphenated) to distinguish it from nearby Middleton by Wirksworth. The population of this parish was 137 at the 2011 UK census. It lies southwest of Youlgreave, above the River Bradford. Its main industries are farming and tourism.

Middleton and Smerrill was originally a township in the ancient parish of Youlgreave in the High Peak Hundred of Derbyshire, England.

History

the text in this section is based on an article in Wikipedia This manor was mentioned in the Domesday book of 1086 as belonging to Henry de Ferrers; it included a mill and was worth sixteen shillings.

The village grew during the Middle Ages. Middleton Castle, a fortified manor house, was built in the early seventeenth century, and saw some fighting during the English Civil War. Christopher Fulwood attempted to raise a Royalist force from his base in the Castle, but on 16 November 1643, Roundhead (Parliamentarian) troops raided the house and killed Fulwood. The Castle now lies in ruins.

The settlement's present appearance dates from the early nineteenth century. Thomas Bateman rebuilt the entire village in the 1820s, incorporating the mullioned windows of earlier buildings to retain something of its traditional appearance. The small parish church also dates from this period, and Bateman rebuilt Middleton Hall as his own residence.

Bateman's grandson, the archaeologist also named Thomas Bateman (1821-1861), lived in the village, and built Lomberdale Hall as his residence.

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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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