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MUGGINTON, a parish in the hundreds of Appletree and Morleston, county Derby, 7 miles N.W. of Derby, its post town, and 4 W. of the Duffield railway station. The village, which is small, is situated on a branch of the river Derwent, and is wholly agricultural. The parish is of large extent, containing the townships of Weston-under-Wood, Mercaston, and Ravensdale Park. The living is a rectory in the diocese of Lichfield, value £365.

The church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient edifice, with a square embattled and pinnacled tower containing four bells. The chancel has a monument to Sir R. Kniveton bearing date 1400. The parochial charities produce about £69 10s. per annum, of which £64 go to Pole's school, and the remainder distributed in flannel to the poor. There is a girls' school supported by subscription. Lord Scarsdale is lord of the manor of Ravensdale Park, and Thomas Hallowes, Esq., of the manor of Mugginton."

"MERCASTON, a township in the parish of Mugginton, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 6 miles N.W. of Derby. It had a church at Domesday survey. Many ancient coins have been found here."

"RAVENSDALE PARK, a hamlet in the parish of Mugginton, hundred of Appletree, county Derby, 5 miles S.W. of Belper, near a branch of the river Derwent.”

from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland - 1868

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Archives & Libraries

The Library at Derby City is the best choice for a nearby place to do research. Ask for the Local Studies Section.

Alternatively the Ashbourne Library is also an excellent resource with a Local History section and a Family History section.

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Cemeteries

Robert HOWL has a photograph of All Saints' churchyard on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2012.

Michael SPENCER provides a list of partially extracted Parish Register burials in a file for your review. Your additions and corrections are welcomed.

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Census

  • The parish was in the Duffield sub-district of the Belper Registration District.
     
  • The table below gives census piece numbers, where known:
     
Census
Year
Piece No.
1841H.O. 107 / 181
1851H.O. 107 / 2146
1861R.G. 9 / 2506 & 2519
1891R.G. 12 / 2741
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Church History

  • There was a church here in Mercaston township at the time of the 1086 Domesday Survey, but all traces had disappeared by 1850.
     
  • The Anglican parish church is dedicated to All Saints.
     
  • Most of the church structure appears to be 11th or 12th century. One wall may be Saxon work.
     
  • The church was renovated in 1805 and again in 1845.
     
  • A Yew tree in the churchyard is over 1,000 years old.
     
  • The church seats 300.
     
  • Mike BARDILL has a photograph of All Saints Church on Geo-graph, taken in June, 2006.
     
  • Peter BARR also has a photograph of the church, churchyard and yew tree on Geo-graph, taken in February, 2013.
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Church Records

  • The Anglican parish register dates from 1764 for all entries.
     
  • The church was in the rural deanery of Duffield.
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Civil Registration

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

"MUGGINTON, a parish in the hundreds of Appletree and Morleston, county Derby, 7 miles N.W. of Derby, its post town, and 4 W. of the Duffield railway station."

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

Muggington parish contains:

  • Hulland Ward Intakes: is a village and a township, in Ashbourne Union, with a small Chapel of Ease, built in 1660, 451 acres, 1901 pop. 18.
  • Mercaston: is a hamlet and a township three quarters of a mile west, in Appletree Hundred and Ashbourne Union and petty session division, 1,158 acres, 1901 pop. 90.
  • Ravensdale Park: is a hamlet and a township one mile North, 635 acres, 1901 pop. 48.
  • Weston Underwood: is a hamlet and a township 6 miles North-west from Derby, 635 acres, 1901 pop. 48. It is in the hundred of Morleston and Litchurch.
You can see pictures of Mugginton which are provided by:

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Directories

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Gazetteers

John BARTHOLOMEW's, "Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887)":

" Mugginton, par., township, and vil., Derbyshire - par., 5324 ac., pop. 501; township, 2203 ac., pop. 194; the vil. is 5 miles SW. of Belper. "
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Genealogy

Sarah WALLIS, married in 1739 to Edward PEACH (born 1709 to Lawrence PEACH).

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History

Malcolm NEAL has a photograph of the Cock Inn on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2017.

Directory entries for the Cock Inn proprietors:

 YearProprietor
1855George WHEELDON
1874Mrs. Mary WHEELDON
1891David OOFILER, farmer
1895George TURNER, farmer
1899William HAWTHORN, farmer
1912Mrs. Hannah HAWTHORN
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Manors

Malcolm NEAL ha a photograph of Mercaston Hall on Geo-graph, taken in August, 2017.

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Maps

You can see maps centred on OS grid reference SK291438 (Lat/Lon: 52.990729, -1.567807), Mugginton which are provided by:

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Military History

  • In the early morning hours of 24 July, 1944, a Whitley bomber with five aboard dove into the ground in Muggington parish. A memorial is built directly over the crash site.
     
  • Inside All Saints Church there is a war memorial in memory of Lieutenant Tom WEBSTER of the 5th Australian Light Horse. Tom's family lived in Muggington when he was a youth.
     
  • There is a photograph of the MUGGINTON with KEDLESTON WAR MEMORIAL DERBYSHIRE in the parish church of All Saints on the Military Images website.
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Military Records

The names on the War Memorial in All Saints Church are:

  1. HITCHCOCK Henry Driver T4/57789, 303rd Coy, Eastern Counties Division, Train, Royal Army Service Corps, died 29th March 1915 aged 28. Son of Frederick & Hannah of Weston Underwood. Buried at All Saints churchyard, Muggington.
  2. SLACK George Private 37176, 2nd Lancashire Fusiliers, formerly 44966, North Staffordshire Regiment, killed in action 12th October 1916 aged 22. Son of Martha, of The Hollies Farm, Ravensdale Park, Brailsford, Derbyshire and the late James SLACK. Commemorated on the North Staffordshire Regt.
  3. OAKLEY Albert Arthur Private 36656, 7th Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, formerly 34006, Sherwood Foresters, Notts & Derby Regiment, killed in action 27th September 1918. Son of James and Sarah Hannah nee COCKAYNE of Weston Underwood and brother Arthur who also fell Born at Weston under Wood and is commemorated on the Vis-en-Artois, Memorial, France.
  4. OAKLEY Arthur Private 203803, 16th Sherwood Foresters, Notts & Derby Regiment killed in action 5th November 1917 Son of James and Sarah Hannah nee COCKAYNE of Weston Underwood and brother Albert who also fell. Commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial, Belgium.
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Names, Geographical

  • The name Mugginton is from the Old English Mogga+ing+tun, meaning "farmstead of a man named Mogga". In the 1086 Domesday Book the name is found as Mogintun.
    A. D. MILLS, "A Dictionary of English Place-Names," Oxford University Press, 1991.
     
  • The name is often misspelt as "Muggington", even in official records.
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Newspapers

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar provides this notice from the Derby Mercury of 17 February 1803: "MARRIED: On Wednesday last, at Muggington (SIC) in this county, Mr. George POYSER, to Miss HUNT, both of Weston under Wood."

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Obituaries

Jane TAYLOR in Redcar has this announcement from the Derby Mercury of 31 October, 1804: DIED: "On the 25th inst, Mr. Henry HIND, wheelwright, a private in the Ashborne Volunteer Infantry; he was buried on Monday last at Muggington (SIC) with military honours."

Jane TAYLOR contributes this snippet from the Derby Mercury of 3 Jan 1805: DIED: "On the 16th ult. at Mercaston, in this county, Mr. Thomas WEBSTER, aged 90; much respected by his friends and numerous acquaintances."

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Politics & Government

  • This place was an ancient parish in county Derby as well as an ancient township.
     
  • The ancient parish became a modern Civil Parish when those were established.
     
  • This parish was partly in the ancient Appletree Hundred (or Wapentake).
     
  • In March, 1886, this parish was broken up into its constituent townships which became Civil Parishes.
     
  • Weston Underwood township has district governance provided by the Amber Valley Borough Council.
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Poor Houses, Poor Law

  • Bastardy cases would be heard in the Derby petty session hearings.
     
  • A charity of £5 10s. was left in 1817 by the Rev. Francis GISBORNE to be distributed yearly in flannel for the benefit of the poor.
     
  • As a result of the 1834 Poorlaw Amendment Act reforms, this parish became part of the Belper Poorlaw Union.
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Probate Records

In his 1862 Will. Isaac HOLE, Mugginton, farmer, mentions:

  1. wife Mary Susannah HOLE
  2. brother Hugh HOLE, of Morton , farmer
  3. John BATE Gent. Aston
  4. William BEESTON witness
  5. George FINCH witness
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Schools

There was a Public Elementary School (mixed) built in Mercaston in 1840 and enlarged in 1885.

Robert HOWL has a photograph of Mugginton Primary School on Geo-graph, taken in July, 2012.