West Hallam, Derbyshire

Historical Description

Hallam, West, a parish in Derbyshire, with a station on the G.N.R., on the Nutbrook Canal, 3 miles W by S of likes-ton, and 7 NE by E of Derby. It has a post and telegraph office under Derby; money order office, Ilkeston. Acreage, 1360; population, 564. The manor belongs to the Newdi-gate family. Coal is largely worked. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Southwell; net value, £287 with residence. The church consists of nave, chancel, and aisles, with porch and embattled tower, and contains an ancient marble monument to the Powtrells, and was restored in 1855. A grammar school, founded in 1664, has an endowed income of £310, and other charities have £30.

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 West Hallam 1638-1812, 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 West Hallam from the following:

• Samuel Lewis' A Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, seventh edition, published 1858. (Hallam, West (St. Wilfrid))

Land and Property

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

Maps

Online maps of West Hallam 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