Elton

Elton is served by the Mobile Library on route N, which makes a stop by the Duke of York every fourth Friday in the mid-morning.

The Wirksworth Library is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

Alternatively, the Matlock Library is also a good resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

N. CHADWICK has a photograph of the Churchyard, Church of All Saints on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2015.

• The parish was in the Matlock sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• This placer was for centuries a Chapelry to Youlgreave.
   
• The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints. The chapel had been formerly dedicated to Saint Margaret.
   
• The church was rebuilt on the same site in 1812 after the steeple fell onto the roof in 1800. It was at this time that the dedication was changed to All Saints.
   
• The church seats 250.
   
• Andrew HILL has a photograph of the All Saints' Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2010.

• The Anglican parish register dates from 1690.
   
• The church was in the rural deanery of Bakewell.
   
• The Primitive Methodist chapel was built here in 1843.
   
• Peter BARR has a photograph of the Primitive Methodist chapel on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2009.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodist chapel was built here in 1851.
   
• The Wesleyan Reform chapel was built here in 1852.

• Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
   
• The parish was in the Matlock sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.

Check out the Elton Community Website.

Hulleys of Baslow provides bus services.

N. CHADWICK has a photograph of the Village Sign looking West on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2015. You can offer your artistic skills and marketing know-how in creating a new, more attractive alternative sign.

Neal THEASBY has a photograph of the Village Sign entering from the other side on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2017.

Alan HEARDMAN has a photograph of the Elton Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2008. You should stop in at the hall and get a schedule of forth-coming events. You can schedule your Family Re-union here.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Ann ANDREWS provides a transcription of the Elton entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).

• Mel LOCKIE provides a transcription of the Elton entry from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, 1831.

• Ask for a calculation of the distance from Elton to another place.

An Iron Age fort, Castle Ring, is near the village.

The Duke of York Public House enjoys a quiet moment on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2016 by Peter McDERMOTT.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK217607 (Lat/Lon: 53.143047, -1.676387), Elton which are provided by:

• OpenStreetMap
• Google Maps
• StreetMap (Current Ordnance Survey maps)
• Bing (was Multimap)
• Old Maps Online
• National Library of Scotland (Old Ordnance Survey maps)
• Vision of Britain (Click "Historical units & statistics" for administrative areas.)
• English Jurisdictions in 1851 (Unfortunately the LDS have removed the facility to enable us to specify a starting location, you will need to search yourself on their map.)
• Magic (Geographic information) (Click + on map if it doesn't show)
• GeoHack (Links to on-line maps and location specific services.)

• All places within the same township/parish shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby townships/parishes shown on an Openstreetmap map.
• Nearby places shown on an Openstreetmap map.

• The Traces of War website tells us that All Saints' churchyard has one Commonwealth War Grave from World War I and one from World War II.
   
• Basher EYRE has a photograph of the All Saints War Memorial plaque on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2015.

Private H. ALLISON of the 3rd Btln., Sherwood Foresters, died 21 Nov. 1916 and is buried in All Saints churchyard.

There is a WW1 War Memorial to Pte. John ALSOP added to a gravestone in All Saints' Churchyard. He served in the Royal West Kent Regt. and was reported MIA at Passchendale on 26 Oct. 1917 and afterward prsumed killed. He was 19.

Private Sydney Aaron HULLEY of the 200 Field Coy. Royal Engineers, died 6 Dec. 1947 and is buried in All Saints churchyard. He was the son of John A. HULLEY and Lucy A. HULLEY; and the husband of Hilda HULLEY, Elton.

Elton was mentioned in the 1086 Domesday Book.

• This place was an ancient Chapelry in Youlgreave parish in Derby county. It became a separate, modern Civil parish around 1838.
   
• This parish was in the ancient Wirksworth Hundred (or Wapentake).
   
• The parish was in the western division of the county.
   
• You may contact the Elton Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but they can NOT assist you with Family History searches.
   
• District governance is provided by the Peak District Borough Council.
   

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bakewell petty session hearings.
   
• There is an index of one Elton Bastardy Paper held at the DRO on the Yesterdays Journey website. Select "Bastardy Papers" on the left side, then "Elton" from the list of parishes displayed.
   
• The Common Land was enclosed here in 1809.
   
• As a result of the Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a member of the Bakewell Poorlaw Union.

A Public Elementary School (mixed and infants) was erected here in 1862 and was enlarged in 1875 and again in 1888 to hold 130 children.

N. CHADWICK has a photograph of Elton Primary School on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2015.