The Genealogy and Local History of the Wirksworth Area, Derbyshire, England from 1600 to 1900 listing 450,000+ original records

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WIRKSWORTH Parish Records 1600-1900

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About website | Addresses (Census) | Administrations | Adverts 1909 | Aerial photos by NF | Aerial Views | Aid to Charles I | Aliases | Analytics | Apprentices to London | Apprenticeship 1861 x3 | Approval by the Council | Architecture | ARKWRIGHT, Sir Richard | Articles on copying | Articles | Author | Author's Library | Baptisms (late) | Barber, views by, 1888 | Barmasters | Bastards | BEDE, Adam | BENNET, Rev.Abraham | Board of Guardians | Boer War presentation 1902 | Bonsall Conveyance 1861 | Bonsall map 1848 | Bonsall Tithe returns | Bonsall War Memorial | Box files | Brassington Hall Estate | Buildings in Wirksworth | Byelaws 1879 | Cashbook 1861 | Catalogue Cards | Census | Census (info about) | Census check | Census problems | Census data processing | CHANDOS-POLE-GELL | Chapman codes | Children's Games | China from Wirksworth | Church Plan (Interactive) | Church Tour | Church Wardens | Churchwarden's Accounts | CWA events | Coconut shy | Commendation | Comments | Contributors | Cookery 1610 | Copying Registers | Copyright | Cotton Manufacture | Counties, map of | Counts in PR entries | Cricket in Wirksworth | Criminals | Criminals (recognize?) | Cromford Canal | Cromford Canal workers | Cromford Railway | Cromford & High Peak Railway | Cromford programs | Cromford School admissions | Crown Inn | DAKIN Bible | Dalefield, The hunt for | Databases, list of | Dates of Birth | Death of William WORTHY | DEFOE, Daniel | DERBYSGEN mailing list | Derbyshire maps | Derbyshire Parish Register Guide | Derbyshire Placename Index | Derbyshire info | Derbyshire Regiment 1813 | Derbyshire Surname Interests | Deserters from the Army | Directory 1895 | DNA Testing | Dorset | DOXEY, Alfred | DOXEY,Edna | DOXEY families | DOXEY locations | DOXEY surname | DOXEY Tree | DOXEY, Walter | DRO visit | Duel with lancets | Enlargements | Enumerators in 1901 | EVANS G.H. letters | Events in CW Accounts | Examples of PRs | F.A.Questions | Farm auction 1824 | Favourite photos | Featured articles | Fieldnames, Middleton | Firstnames from PRs | Firstnames from Census | FLINT connections | Football ballad 1820 | Freeholders | Free & Voluntary Presents | Frame Work Knitters | Future plans | Gaps in Registers | Gaol, 1861 Derby | Gas lights | GAYLER birth cups | Googlewhack | Graphics and photos | GREATOREX, the origin | GELL fields 1790 | GELL pedigree | Governess | Haarlam Mill | HACKETT the author | HALLs of Middleton | HALLOWS family | HARRISON Bros.patent | Harrison Drive | Harrison's Memoirs | HAWORTH manuscript | Haywood's Loom | Hearth Taxes | HELP! 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Search ALL databases, ALL surnames 01. PARISH REGISTERS 1608-1899 02. CENSUS 1841-51-61-71-81-91-1901 03. MEMORIAL Inscriptions 1555-1991 04. Ince's "PEDIGREES" 1600-1860 05. Churchwarden's ACCOUNTS 1658-1727 06. CRIME in Derbyshire 1770-1829 07. Derbyshire PLACENAMES 08. Directory of TRADESMEN 1821-1857 09. FREE & VOLUNTARY Presents 1661 10. HEARTH Tax 1662-70 11. POLL Tax 1689 12. NONCONFORMISTS & STRAYS 13. SHORTER Lists 14. MATLOCK Registers 15. DOXEY corner 16. HISTORY of the Wirksworth Area

17. Derbyshire SURNAME INTERESTS 18. BASTARDS & ALIASES 19. Marriage WITNESSES 1754-1899 20. DATES of BIRTH 1778-1829 21. OLD PHOTOS, MAPS, GRAPHICS 22. SURNAMES in the Registers 23. FIRSTNAMES in the Registers 24. PLACENAMES in the Registers 25. OCCUPATIONS in the Registers 26. COMMENTS in the Registers 27. EXAMPLES from the Registers 28. Yearly COUNTS in the Registers 29. STATISTICS from the Registers 30. Copying the Registers 31. GAPS in the Registers 32. Extra HELP from other websites

33. Get your INTERESTS on the web 34. About the AUTHOR & Contributors 35. Author's LIBRARY 36. SALES by the Author 37. FUTURE PLANS for this website 38. FANMAIL and Media Events 39. WHERE to STAY near Wirksworth 40. "T'owd man" the lead miner 41. Glapthorn & "One-Place" websites 42. Join DERBYSGEN 43. Contributed Wirksworth Pedigrees 44. HELP! 45. SCRAPBOOK - useful oddments 46. LETTERS from the Past

47. WILLS, Probates & Inventories

48. ARCHITECTURE in Wirksworth

49. Rev. Abraham BENNET FRS

Other Derbyshire One-Place-Study websites 1 Ashover 2 Brassington 3 N.W.Derbyshire Sources 4 Brampton 5 Chesterfield 6 Crich 7 Matlock & Matlock Bath 8 Newbold 9 Newhall 10 Palterton 11 Photos (all Derbyshire) 12 South Derbyshire District 13 Stanley 14 Staveley 15 Tansley Village 16 Whittington 17 Winster

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PLACES covered in DERBYSHIRE (Map of "Wirksworth Area")

| Alderwasley | Ashlehay | Biggin | Bolehill | Bonsall | Brassington | Callow | Carsington | Cromford | Griffe Grange | Hopton | Hulland-Ward | Ible | Idridghay | Ireton Wood | Ironbrook | Kirk Ireton | MATLOCK | Matlock Bath | Middleton | Shottle | Tansley | WIRKSWORTH |

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DATABASES in size order (entries)

01. Wirksworth Parish Registers 1608-1899 (88,967) 02. Ince's Pedigrees 1600-1860 (51,312) 03. Derbyshire Wills 1525-1928 (35,066) 04. Census 1901 (19,072) 05. Census 1891 (18,435) 06. Census 1881 (17,469) 07. Census 1871 (16,345) 08. Census 1851 (16,103) 09. Matlock Parish Registers 1637-1856 (16,080) 10. Census 1861 (15,714) 11. Census 1841 (15,538) 12. All surnames 1608-1901 (12,850) 13. Marriage Witnesses 1754-1899 (12,140) 14. Churchwardens Accounts 1658-1727 (10,462) 15. Derbyshire Placenames (6,559) 16. Firstnames in Census 1841-91 (6,181) 17. Surnames in Wirksworth PRs (6,171) 18. Surnames in Derbyshire Wills (5,093) 19. Quarter sessions 1770-1829 (4,778) 20. Names in Churchwarden Accounts (4,314) 21. Firstnames in PRs (4,087) 22. Petty sessions 1770-1829 (3,999) 23. Strays in 1901 Census (3,611) 24. Memorial Inscriptions 1555-1991 (3,533) 25. Strays in 1891 Census (3,425) 26. Strays in 1881 Census (3,063) 27. Occupations in 1901 Census (2,872) 28. Strays in 1871 Census (2,555) 29. Occupations in 1881 Census (2,442) 30. Places of Birth in 1901 Census (2,143) 31. Occupations in 1891 Census (2,066) 32. Occupations in 1851 Census (2,020) 33. IGI for DOXEY 1326-1935 (2,005) 34. Occupations in 1861 Census (2,000) 35. Surnames in Matlock PRs (1,997) 36. Surnames in 1901 Census (1,951) 37. Addresses in 1901 Census (1,907) 38. Occupations in 1871 Census (1,900) 39. Tradesmen 1821-1846:  A-K  L-Z (1,866) 40. Derbyshire Administrations (1,801) 41. Strays in 1861 Census (1,714) 42. Late Baptisms (1,704) 43. Board of Guardians (1,700) 44. Notables & Tradesmen 1857 (1,431) 45. Strays in 1851 Census (1,393) 46. Addresses in 1891 Census (1,363) 47. Surnames in Administrations (912) 48. Addresses in 1861 Census (895) 49. Hearth Tax 1662-1670 (880) 50. Addresses in 1881 Census (828) 51. MIs for Matlock Bath (817) 52. Addresses in 1871 Census (781) 53. Placenames in PRs (761) 54. Weslyan baptisms 1806-1837 (750) 55. Owners of Land 1873 (630) 56. Occupations in 1841 Census (624) 57. Places of Birth in 1881 Census (612) 58. Jurors List 1775-1841 (505) 59. Addresses in 1851 Census (463) 60. Strays in Marriages 1602-1836 (411) 61. Free & Voluntary Presents 1661 (328) 62. Derbyshire Parish names (327) 63. Poll Tax Bonsall 1689 (250) 64. Occupations in PRs (249) 65. Addresses in 1841 Census (248) 66. Owners of Mines (203) 67. Survey of Wirksworth 1649 (182) 68. Wills, Probates, Inventories 1524-1602 (181) 69. Univ.Brit.Directory 1791 (157) 70. Aid to Charles I 1627 (123) 71. Freeholders 1633 (113) 72. Poll Tax Middleton & Cromford 1689 (110) 73. Comments in PRs (99) 74. Bastardy cases 1682-1784 (75) 75. Elizabethan Musters 1587 (74)

Total = (451,785)