Burbage, Derbyshire
Historical Description
Burbage, a parish in Hartington, Upper Quarter, Derbyshire, 1 mile S of Buxton, under which there is a post, money order, and telegraph (R.S.O.) office. There are some large quarries. Population of the ecclesiastical parish, 2635. The living is a perpetual curacy in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £240 with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire. There are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
Church Records
Ancestry.co.uk, in conjunction with the Derbyshire Record Office, have the Church of England Baptisms (1538-1916), Marriages and Banns (1538-1932), and Burials (1538-1991) online.
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Derbyshire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Burbage are available from a number of sites:
- Bing (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- Google Streetview.
- National Library of Scotland. (Old maps)
- OpenStreetMap.
- old-maps.co.uk (Old Ordnance Survey maps to buy).
- Streetmap.co.uk (Current Ordnance Survey maps).
- A Vision of Britain through Time. (Old maps)
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Derbyshire papers online: