Sawley and Wilsthorpe, Derbyshire
Historical Description
Sawley and Wilsthorpe, a village, a township, and a parish in Derbyshire. The village stands on the river Trent, near the Erewash Canal and the M.R., 8½ miles ESE of Derby, was once a market-town, and has a post and money order office under Derby, a railway station with telegraph, and a church institute. The township comprises 1771 acres of land and 89 of water; population, 1415. The parish contains likewise the township of Long Eaton. There is a parish council consisting of seven members. The manor belongs to the Earl of Harrington. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £300 with residence. Patrons, the Dean and Chapter of Lichfield. The church is ancient, of different styles, and has a tower and lofty spire with six bells. The vicarage of Long Eaton is a separate benefice. There are General Baptist, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan chapels.
Administration
The following is a list of the administrative units in which this place was either wholly or partly included.
Ancient County | Derbyshire | |
Ecclesiastical parish | Sawley All Saints | |
Hundred | Morleston and Litchurch | |
Poor Law union | Shardlow |
Any dates in this table should be used as a guide only.
Church Records
The Phillimore transcript of Marriages at Sawley 1656-1837, 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 Sawley and Wilsthorpe from the following:
- Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Sawley (All Saints))
Land and Property
A full transcript of the Return of Owners of Land in 1873 for Derbyshire is online.
Newspapers and Periodicals
The British Newspaper Archive have fully searchable digitised copies of the following Derbyshire papers online: