Kilburn

Kilburn village is served by the Mobile Library on route 5, which makes a stop at the Church Street Car Park every fourth Friday in the afternoon.

Alternatively, the Library at Belper is an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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

• This place was a Chapelry to Horsley parish and had a mission room chapel tended by that church.
   
• The Anglican mission room here was destroyed by fire in July, 1911.
   
• The Anglican mission room was rebuilt in 1912.

• Anglican residents of this parish apparently used St. Clement's Church in Horsley.
   
• The Baptists had a chapel built here in 1832. They built a new chapel on Highfield Road in 1908-10. The photo was taken by Bob BRADFORD in May, 2005.
   
• J. THOMAS also has a photograph of the Sign on Kilburn Baptist Church on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2015.
   
• The Wesleyan Methodists had a chapel built here in 1830 and enlarged 10 years later. They built a new chapel on Chapel Street in 1891. The photo was taken by David BEVIS in November,2010.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2017.

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

"KILBURNE is a township and village, in the parish of Horsley, from which it is distant about one mile. There are several collieries in this vicinity, the working of which give employment to many of the labouring class. William Hunter Hunter, Esq. is lord of the manor. The township contained, at the last census, 590 inhabitants."

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

Kilburn is 133 miles north of London and 7 miles north-east of Derby city. Stop by the Village Hall on Church street and get a schedule of coming events. You can even hire the hall for a family reunion. Also ask for a copy of the village newsletter. The parish council has copies of the newsletter on its website. The website also contains more information on the Village Hall.

• Geograph
• Flickr

• Rosemary LOCKIE provides a transcription of the Kilburne entry under Butterley from Pigot & Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire (1835).
   
• Ann ANDREWS provides a transcription of the Kilburne entry from Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland (1891).

• The transcription of the section for Kilbourne from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin HINSON.

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

• Hosiery was manufactured here.
   
• The annual parish feast day was the Sunday after St. Clement's Day (which was traditionally on 23 November).
   
• The Ripley branch of the Midland Railway used to run through the village.
   
• The parish has a Public House called "The Cricketers," just off the A38 road between the M1 and Derby. Humprey BOLTON provides a photo on Geo-graph, taken in 2009.
   
• David BEVIS has a photograph of The Hunters Arms on Geo-graph, taken in November, 2010.
   
• These are the names associated with the Hunters Arms Inn in various directories:

• J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Travellers Rest Pub. on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2015.
   
• These are the names associated with the Travellers Rest P. H. in various directories:

• Kilbourne Hall was unoccupied in 1912 (See below).

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK373478 (Lat/Lon: 53.026128, -1.444955), Kilburn 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.

• Kilburn Hall was used as a prisoner of war camp in World War I.
   
• Alan MURRAY-RUST has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2017.
   
• The War Memorial stands at the top of Bywell Lane. Originally, it had stood in Church Street, but it was moved in 1933 to its present location.
   
• The War Memorial honors the 2 men killed in the Boer War, 14 in World War I and 21 in World War II.
   
• Rod BRADFORD has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in May, 2005.
   
• J. THOMAS also has a photograph of the War Memorial on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2015. The whole scene appears to be in heavy shade.
   

The two men who died in the South African War were:

1. Lnce-Corp. William ALLDRED, Derby Regt., 5 May 1901.
2. Priv. Henry BERESFORD, Derby Regt., 29 May 1902.

• This place was an ancient Township in Horsley parish, Derby county and became a modern CIvil Parish in December, 1866.
   
• This parish was in the ancient Morleston and Litchurch Hundred (or Wapentake).
   
• You may contact the local Parish Council regarding civic or political issues, but they will NOT do family history searches for you.
   
• District governance is provided by the Amber Valley Borough Council.

• Bastardy cases would be heard in the Smalley petty session hearings.
   
• As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Belper Poorlaw Union.

A Public Elementary School (girls and infants) was built here in 1862 for 221 children. Average attendance in 1911 was 170.

J. THOMAS has a photograph of the Infants and Nursery School on Geo-graph, taken in October, 2015.

A Boys' School was temporarily (in 1911) held in the Wesleyan Methodist Sunday School.