England
& Wales Hardwicke Marriage Index |
The ParishThe parish of Longford lies in southwestern Derbyshire roughly 10 miles west of the county town of Derby. Longford sits within a broad area devoid of significant numbered roads, the closest such road lies over 3 miles to its northeast, the A52 linking Derby with Ashbourne. Longford, which donates its name to the parish, is an estate village mainly built around a "C" shape of lanes south of the hall, Longford Hall, a much altered 16th century mansion set in extensive parkland, the parish also includes the village of Hollington, a small and compact village sitting between 1 and 2 miles northeast, and the small hamlet of Alkmonton, a similar distance westward. The whole parish is intensely rural and consists mainly of pastures sitting across the rolling foothills of the Peak District which lies to the north. The area has a long history, Longford sits upon an ancient Roman route linking Staffordshire's Rocester with Derby nowadays followed by the broader of the local lanes. Longford is drained southwards by the Sutton Brook, it changes name to Hilton Brook shortly before meeting, in quick succession, the River Dove and then the Trent which is followed on its long journey to the North Sea arriving through the Humber Estuary. Longford is sited at around 80 metres, Hollington some 50 metres and Alkmonton some 60 metres higher in rolling countryside where local high spots briefly cross the 150 metre contour to the northwest at Yeaveley. Longford parish was atypically sized for lowland Derbyshire, at a little over 5,800 acres it was sized similarly to the upland parishes of the Pennine area, that extensive acreage supported a population of close to 1,250 of whom only 50% were residents of Longford village. In Domesday times Longford lacks a mention but Alkmonton, a holding of Hugh de Ferrars offered 4 ploughs, Hollington a further 8, tiny Rodsley a further 13, here Hugh shared with Burton Abbey, and even tinier Bupton a further 11 ploughs, again Hugh shared here with the Bishop of Chester. The total of 36 ploughs for the entire parish is impressive and backed up at each holding with meadows & woodlands whilst Bupton also held a mill making the whole rather wealthy indeed. |
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Register No | Covering Dates | Deposited With | Register Style | Quality Standard | Comments |
1 | 10th June 1754 - 11th January 1796 | Derbyshire Record Office - Reference -
D804/A/PI/3/1 |
Standard preprinted and self-numbered combined Banns & Marriage register with 4 entries per page | Grade 3 Register - there are sufficient quality issues with this register to indicate that some misreads will occur albeit few in number | Poor handwriting through the early half may result in one or two misreads |
2 | 28th March 1796 - 2nd November 1812 | Derbyshire Record Office - Reference - D804/A/PI/3/2 | Standard preprinted and self-numbered Marriage register with 3 entries per page | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
3 | 26th January 1813 - 6th June 1837 | Derbyshire Record Office - Reference -
D804/A/PI/3/3 |
Standard Rose style preprinted and prenumbered Marriage register | Grade 2 Register - not a perfect read but with a low likelihood of misreads | None |
Edlaston
St James
Shirley St Michael (detached) |
Shirley
St Michael
Brailsford All Saints |
Brailsford
All Saints
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Cubley
St Andrew
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Sutton
on the Hill St Michael
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Boylestone
St John the Baptist
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Boylestone
St John the Baptist
Barton Blount St Chad |
Sutton
on the Hill St Michael
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