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Kirk Ireton

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Wikipedia tells us:

"Kirk Ireton is a village and civil parish in Derbyshire, England, 4 miles southwest of Wirksworth on a hillside near Carsington Water, 700 ft above sea level."

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Archives & Libraries

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

Alternatively, the Library at Ashbourne is also a very gooda resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Bibliography

  • Gill Ashurst, Jan Wilding and Dave Williams - "Spirit of Kirk Ireton," ISBN 1-8430614-81, paperback.
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Cemeteries

We have a partial extract of Kirk Ireton burials in a web page for your review. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.

Andrew HILL has a photograph of the Churchyard of Holy Trinity Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2013.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Brassington sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District.
     
  • Census transcripts are online at Wirksworth.Org.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1851H.O. 107 / 2146
1861R.G. 9 / 2518 & 2524
1891R.G. 12 / 2756
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Church History

  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to the Holy Trinity.
     
  • The church was built in 1120.
     
  • The church was damaged by stormy weather in 1811 (As were many of the homes in the village).
     
  • The church was restored in 1873.
     
  • The church seats 300.
     
  • Peter BARR has a photograph of Holy Trinity Church on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2010.
     
  • Neil THEASBY also has a photograph of Holy Trinity Church on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2013.
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1572.
     
  • Marriages at Kirk Ireton, 1572-1812 are available in Nigel BATTY-SMITH's database of scanned images of Phillimore's Parish Registers.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Wirksworth.
     
  • The stained-glass east window in the church erected in December 1886 is a memorial to the Reverend Charles and Mrs. EVANS.
     
  • The Primitive Methodists built a chapel here in 1876.
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Civil Registration

  • Civil Registration began in July, 1837.
     
  • The parish was in the Brassington sub-district of the Ashbourne Registration District.
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Description & Travel

"KIRK IRETON, a parish in the hundred of Wirksworth, county Derby, 3 miles S.W. of Wirksworth. The village, which is considerable, was much damaged by a tornado in 1811, which unroofed the houses and twisted large trees from their roots. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, value £355, in the patronage of the bishop."

[Description(s) from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland (1868)
Transcribed by Colin Hinson ©2003]

We also have an extract from the Derbyshire Village Book, published in 1991.

Geoff PICK has a photograph of Kirk Ireton on Geo-graph, taken in September, 2006.

You can see pictures of Kirk Ireton which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

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Genealogy

Mary HEAPY, born 1787 in Kirk Ireton (father Job) married Michael FRANKLIN (carpenter born in Tooting) in 1814 in Bloomsbury, London.

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History

Neil THEASBY has a photograph of The Barley Mow Inn on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2013.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK267501 (Lat/Lon: 53.047502, -1.603172), Kirk Ireton which are provided by:

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Military History

  • Lt. Col. H. A. Chandos-Pole-Gell of Hopton Hall owned land in this parish in 1912.
     
  • There is a War Memorial in the churchyard of Holy Trinity Church. There is a photograph of the War Memorial on Military Images.
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Names, Geographical

According to Peter Barr, the name Kirk Ireton means "Church of Irish Enclosure" and the village is possibly where Celtic missionaries originally settled.

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Obituaries

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar provides this announcement from the Derby Mercury of 6 January, 1803: DIED: "On Wednesday last, aged 87, Mr. BLACKWALL, of Blackwall, in this county." A John BLACKWALL is listed in the 1912 Directory of Derbyshire in Blackwall.

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in Derbyshire and became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • Blackwall, formerly a part of Ireton Wood, was annexed to this parish in 1889.
     
  • This parish was in the ancient Wirksworth Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • You may contact the local Kirk Ireton Parish Council regarding civic or political matters, but please do NOT ask them for help with family history lookups.
     
  • Peter BARR has a photograph of the Village Hall on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2010. Stop in when the Hall is open and ask to see a schedule of forth-coming events. Village Halls are frequently used for presentations on local history.
     
  • District governance is provided by the Derbyshire Dales District Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard at the Wirksworth petty session hearings every other Tuesday.
     
  • In 1509 John STORER appointed 40 shillings to be distributed the poorest parish residents.
     
  • In 1686 John SLATER esq. left £8 yearly for 16 children born and resident in Kirk Ireton to learn to read and write.
     
  • The Reverend Francis GISBORNE in 1818 left £7 5s. for clothing for the poor annually.
     
  • With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act reforms of 1834, this parish became a part of the Ashbourne Poorlaw Union.
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Schools

A Public Elementary School (mixed) was built here in 1882 for about 149 children. Average attendance in the early 1900s was 87.

Andrew HILL has a photograph of the Primary School on Geo-graph, taken in April, 2013.