Darley Abbey, Derbyshire

Historical Description

Darley Abbey, a parish in Derbyshire, on the river Dor-went, adjacent to the Derby and Leeds railway, 1½ mile N of Derby. It has a post and money order office under Derby; telegraph office, Derby. Population, 848. There are an extensive paper manufactory and a large cotton mill. A small Augustinian priory was founded here in the time of Henry I. by the Abbot of St Helens, and given at the dissolution to the Wests. A mansion, called Darley Abbey, is now the seat of the Evans family. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £300 with residence. The church is modern, and in 1886 was re-seated, and a new organ, pulpit, and handsome font were erected.

Administration

The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.

Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.

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.

Civil Registration

For general information about Civil Registration (births, marriages and deaths) see the Civil Registration page.

Directories & Gazetteers

We have transcribed the entry for Darley Abbey from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Darley-Abbey)

Land and Property

A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Derbyshire is online.

Maps

Online maps of Darley Abbey 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:

• Derby Daily Telegraph
• Derby Mercury
• Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald
• Derbyshire Courier