Normanton, Derbyshire
Historical Description
Normanton, a parish in Derbyshire, on the M.R., adjacent to Ryknield Street, 2 miles S by W of Derby. It has a post and telegraph office under Derby; money order office, Pear Tree. Acreage, 1181; population, 1186. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. Lord Donington is lord of the manor. A part of this parish, colloquially called. New Normanton, was added to the municipal borough of Derby in 1890, and by an order in Council was separated from Normanton and added to the parish of St Chad, Derby. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £209 with residence. The church was rebuilt in 1862, is in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, and consists of nave, S aisle, and chancel, with tower and spire. There is a Congregational chapel.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
| Ancient County | Derbyshire | |
| Hundred | Repton and Gresley | |
| Poor Law union | Shardlow |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Normanton 1769-1810, Derbyshire is available to browse online.
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 Normanton from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Normanton)
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Derbyshire is online.
Maps
Online maps of Normanton 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: