FIND IT

in the Wirksworth website

run by John Palmer, Dorset, England.

The Wirksworth Website contains the results of an intensive 13-year One-Place-Study of the Parish of Wirksworth in central Derbyshire, England. A large number of Baptisms, Marriages, Burials, Census entries, Pedigrees, MIs, Crimes, Wills, Old photos and local histories are listed and indexed. Most of the data has been transcribed by the author from microfilm of the original documents and new data is frequently added. Much of the information covers all Derbyshire not just Wirksworth. You are invited to use the website to study the way of life of the people or trace your ancestors from the Wirksworth Area.

Indexing is very important in such a large website. Hopefully this webpage will FIND whatever you seek. If all else fails, contact the webmaster on

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1		Do a Google search on this website only. Find one word among 10 million in 0.2 seconds! (Only works if user is online)	1
2		Access the main Index	2
3		A chronological list of new webpages, 1998-present (537 pages)	3
4		A Map of the old Wirksworth Parish, defining the core area studied in this website.	4
5		FAQs - Frequently Asked Questions	5
6		A beginner's guide to this website, just scroll through the 50 sections	6
7		An Index of webpages about single subjects in some detail.	7
8		Rev.Abraham Bennet FRS 1749-1799, electrical pioneer from Wirksworth.	8
9		Drawings of buildings in central Wirksworth (63 buildings)	9
10		Index of full Census transcription 1841-1901, for 5 miles round Wirksworth (119,000 entries)	10
11		Photographic tour of Wirksworth Parish Church with 139 monuments and Plan.	11
12		Index for Petty Sessions and Quarter Sessions 1770-1828 (9,000 cases)	12
13		Churchwarden's Accounts for Wirksworth 1658-1727 (10,000 lines)	13
14		Personal description of central Wirksworth in 1920s by Bertram Haworth 1904-1998	14
15		Index of the History of Wirksworth Area.	15
16		1,000 pedigrees of Wirksworth Area 1824-1850 by T N Ince, a solicitor.	16
17		Letters from the Wirksworth Area, handed down in Author's family.	17
18		Maps of the Wirksworth Area 1610-1910.	18
19		Memorial Inscriptions from Wirksworth and Matlock Bath (3,600 names)	19
20		Old photos around Wirksworth that need matching modern photos.	20
21		One-Place-Study websites for places in the UK (161 entries)	21
22		Contibuted Wirksworth pedigrees in text format (85 trees).	22
23		Index of Old Photos of people and places, with detailed description (1,500+ photos)	23
24		Index of Derbyshire Placenames (7,000 entries)	24
25		Full transcription of Parish Registers for Wirksworth, Middleton and Matlock (104,000 enties)	25
26		Index of webpages on random subjects (46 entries)	26
27		Surnames from many sources covering Wirksworth, with frequency (12,850 names)	27
28		Directory of Tradesmen around Wirksworth 1791-1857	28
29		Wartime letters from Reg WARD 1940-1945 (160 letters).	29
30		Index of Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928 (36,000 entries)	30
31		Index of Marriage Witnesses 1754-1899 from Wirksworth PRs (12,000 entries)	31
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