Pentrich, Derbyshire

Historical Description

Pentrich, a township and a parish in Derbyshire. The township lies adjacent to Ryknield Street, the Cromford Canal, the river Derwent, and 1 mile from Butterley station on the M.R., 2½ miles SSW of Alfreton, and 5 from Belper, and once had a weekly market. It has a post and money order office under Derby; telegraph office, Swanwick and Butterley. Area of township, 1256; population, 303; of the ecclesiastical parish, 594. There is a parish council consisting of five members. The parish contains also the township of Ripley. The manor belongs to the Duke of Devonshire, who is chief landowner. There is a large colliery in the parish. A tunnel of the Cromford Canal is here 8898 feet long. A Roman settlement was at Coneygrey. The living is a vicarage in the diocese of Southwell; gross value, £152 with residence. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is ancient but good, stands on a rising ground, consists of nave, aisles, and chancel, with a tower, and contains a Norman font and several ancient monuments. It was restored in 1859, and the chancel was refloored in 1875. The vicarage of Ripley is a separate benefice. There is a Wesleyan chapel.

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

The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Pentrich 1640-1837, 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 Pentrich from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Pentrich (St. Matthew))
• Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, 1899

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of Pentrich 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

Protestation Returns

The Phillimore transcript of the Protestation Oath Roll entered in Pentrich Registers, Derbyshire, is available to browse online.