Grindleford

Grindleford is served by the Mobile Library on route N, which makes two stops in the village every fourth Wednesday in the early afternoon.

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

• The parish was in the Tideswell sub-district of the Bakewell Registration District.
   
• There are Census records at the Rosemary LOCKIE Wishful Thinking site.
   
• The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
   

• Stephen BURTON has a photograph of St. Helen's Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2012.

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

Grindleford village and parish stand in the middle of the Peak District National Park, about 7 miles from downtown Sheffield. This is a popular spot for walkers and mountain climbers.

Grindleford has a Village website to help familiarize you with the place.

The Railway came to Grindleford in 1894.

• Geograph
• Flickr

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

• Grindleford is a "modern" parish, being formed from Eyam Woodlands, and Stoke, with Nether Padley and Upper Padley in 1987.

• J. HIGGINS has a photograph of an Old Milestone on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2002.

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK242774 (Lat/Lon: 53.293013, -1.638408), Grindleford 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.

• Peter CHURCH has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2013. The War Memorial is on the left side of the photograph.

For a photograph of the Grindleford War Memorial and the names on it, see the Roll of Honour site.

• This place was a hamlet and township in the ancient county of Derby.
   
• This parish was in the ancient High Peak Hundred (or Wapentake).
   
• You may contact the local Grindleford Parish Council, regarding civic or political issues, but they are NOT staffed to assist you with family history searches.
   
• District governance is provided by the Derbyshire Dales District Council.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Bakewell petty session hearings each Friday.
   
• 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) was built in 1876 and later enlarged for 100 children. Average attendance in 1911 was 84.