Updated 18 Jul 2006

WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1600-1900

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The idea is to feature a different web page on the portal each day, hopefully interesting and perhaps overlooked by the web reader.

July 06
31 PRO documents
30 Special HTML codes
29 Life in the 1500s
28 New Website
27 Weather 1600-1900
26 John Smedley's autobiography
25 Wages & Earnings 1264-1980
24 Pronunciation
23 The Matlock Train 1851
22 One-Place-Studies
21 Wirksworth China factory
20 HTML Colours
19 Relatedness
18 Mineral accounts

August 06
31 Snippets
30 DNA Testing
29 Servants
28 T'owd man's return
27 Surnames in Administrations
26 Sheep stealing
25 Wirksworth burials 1900-1905
24 Smedley's empire
23 Switchback, Matlock Bath
22 Smelting
21 Soughs
20 Votes, Bonsall Parish
19 Statistics from PRs
18 Surveys
17 Suicide
16 TELFORD
15 Wirksworth (locate)
14 Train, Matlock
13 Tram, Matlock
12 School logbooks
11 Photographers in Wirksworth
10 GAYLER birth cups
09 A visit to the DRO
08 Wirksworth Horticultural Show 1834
07 Copyright
06 The origin of GREATOREX
05 Palmerization
04 The Great Matlock Will Case
03 John de Kraino Kramsky 1611
02 Master's names from Telford 1809
01 Petrification

September 06

30 Reliquary, John Howe
29 Street plans
28 Registers, History of Anglican
27 Weslyan baptisms
26 Quarries at Hopton
25 Walks in the area
24 Probates
23 Photographers
22 Old Buildings
21 DAKIN Bible
20 Musters Elizabethan
19 Matlock Area c1894
18 Surnames in Wills
17 Local Histories
16 Spidering
15 Lead miner's heyday
14 Willersley Castle
13 LAWRENCE, D H
12 HURT family
11 HOWE John - Reliquary
10 Hopton-Wood Stone
09 FLINT connections
08 Search statistics
07 Events in CW Accounts
06 Quarrying
05 Derbyshire maps
04 Counties, map of
03 Smedley's Hydro
02 Counts in PR entries
01 Locating Property

October 06
31 Cromford Canal
30 Criminals (recognize?)
29 PRO lettercodes
28 DOXEY, Alfred
27 Hydropathy
26 Wirksworth Street map
25 Deserters from the Army
24 Duel with lancets
23 Researchers, professional
22 Derbyshire Placename Index
21 Cromford & High Peak Railway
20 Wartime letters of Reg WARD
19 Crown Inn
18 Cromford Railway
17 Microfilm loan
16 Dalefield, The hunt for
15 Sources for PRs
14 DOXEY families
13 Life in the 1500s
12 Death of William WORTHY
11 Wirksworth Stone
10 DEFOE, Daniel
09 HURT, Alice's photos
08 Microfilm ordering
07 Derbyshire info
06 Mineral Accounts
05 DOXEY locations
04 Occupations in PRs
03 GAYLER birth cups
02 Favourite photos
01 George O'Shaughnessy

November 06

30 Freeholders
29 Chapman 3-letter codes
28 DOXEY Tree
27 Firstnames from Census
26 Wirksworth travel
25 Maps
24 Examples of PRs
23 Parishes, list of
22 Enumerators in 1901
21 Free & Voluntary Presents
20 Cashbook 1861
19 Pedigrees (contributed)
18 Frame Work Knitters
17 Workhouses
16 Hearth Taxes
15 Postcard dating
14 Gaps in Registers
13 Heritage centre
12 Snippets
11 Gaol, 1861 Derby
10 Population
09 Haarlam Mill
08 Twins in PRs
07 Lead mining
06 Owners of Mines
05 Mystery House
04 Weather, extreme
03 Hopton Hall
02 Memories of Middleton
01 CHANDOS-POLE-GELL

December 06
31 Josiah SLACK convict
30 Miners Guide
29 Photographers from Derbyshire
28 Hopton Hall auction
27 Wirksworth from the air
26 Mysterious places 1611
25 Owners of Land
24 Wirksworth Area map
23 Microfilm loan
22 Nonconformists
21 Matlock Area c1820
20 Cromford & High Peak Railway
19 HOWE tree
18 Villages today
17 Hopton House
16 PRO documents
15 Transportation
14 Horticultural Show
13 IGI Catalogue
12 Hydro, Smedleys
11 Pubs, Inns, Taverns
10 Juror's List
09 Parish Church of St Mary
08 WRIGHT Charles & Sons
07 Lookups at FRC
06 Petrification
05 Market Place
04 Wirksworth Project
03 PALMER Tree
02 Preserving Inscriptions
01 Hopton-wood stone quarries

January 07
31 Addresses (Census)
30 Administrations
29 Aerial Views
28 Aid to Charles I
27 Aliases
26 Apprentices to London
25 ARKWRIGHT, Sir Richard
24 Articles on copying
23 Baptisms (late)
22 Barmasters
21 Bastards
20 BEDE, Adam
19 BENNET, Rev.Abraham
18 Board of Guardians
17 Brassington Hall Estate
16 Buildings in Wirksworth
15 Cashbook 1861
14 Census (info about)
13 Census check
12 Census problems
11 Chapman codes
10 China from Wirksworth
09 Church Plan (Interactive)
08 Church Tour
07 Church Wardens
06 CWA events
05 Comments
04 Copying Registers
03 Cotton Manufacture
02 School logbooks
01 Inventories

February 07



28 Snitterton Hall
27 Wirksworth shunter
26 Aderwasley Parsonage
25 Great Rutland Cavern
24 Eleanor Gell
23 Cromford Canal
22 Cromford Canal
21 Railway Wagon
20 Second CHPR loco
19 Accident at Hopton
18 Winifred Flint
17 Temple Hotel
16 Whittakers Works
15 Hopewell House
14 Lilybank Hydro
13 Claremont House
12 Matlock House
11 St Mary's choir
10 Moot Hall
09 The Royal Oak
08 Wirksworth views
07 Cotterill's clock
06 Smedley's Ballroom
05 Views from Church Tower
04 Charnwood
03 Smedley Memorial Hospital
02 Bank House
01 Middleton Top

March 07
31 Tufa cottage
30 Matlock Tramway
29 Middleton from the air
28 Nightingale Traction
27 Fish Pond Hotel
26 Hopton works
25 Main Street, Middleton
24 Nestus Mine
23 Matlock Station
22 Travis' Folly
21 George ELLSE
20 Wigwell Aqueduct
19 Derby Road Cromford
18 Matlock Floods 1921
17 Sheep Pasture Incline
16 Wirksworth Hall
15 Cromford Fiagellia
14 Chesterfield House
13 Whatstandwell
12 Wirksworth vicarage
11 Sgt MILLNE
10 Alderwasley Church
09 Charabancs
08 Hopton Incline
07 Furniss stables
06 Florence Nightingale's carriage
05 Daniel Bunting
04 Switchback
03 Matlock Trams
02 Willersley Castle
01 Smedley's engravings

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