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BASLOW, Derbyshire

"BASLOW is a small neat village, and chapelry to Bakewell, 4 N. E. miles from that town, situate on the banks of the Derwent. The coaches passing through here infuse a degree of liveliness into it; but it possesses nothing otherwise interesting. The chapel, which is dedicated to St. James [Ed: other ancient sources may give St James, or St Anne; it is now quite definitely, St. Anne's] is a neat building, standing on the bank of the river; the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire; the Rev. Anthony Auriol Barker is the present minister. Population of the chapelry, at the last census 863."

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

Business and Commerce Bibliography Cemeteries Census Church History Church Records Court Records Directories Dwellings Gazetteers

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Historical Geography History Land and Property Military History Names, Personal Occupations Poorhouses, Poor Law etc Schools Social Life and Customs Taxation

Business and Commerce Records

• Business Owners & Dealers, 1841-1901 - compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 10 Jan 2006.

• Retailers in Baslow and Bubnell from 1841 to 2000 - information from the Census Returns and of more recent occupation, compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 30 Mar 2007.

• Services & Clerical, 1841-1901 - compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 29 Jun 2006.

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Bibliography

• Sheldon, John - A Short History of Baslow and Bubnell. Published by S.M. Evans, 1986.
  • ISBN 0 9511311 0 9
  Probably out of print, but may be available on Inter-Library Loan (ILL).

Cemeteries

• Memorial Inscriptions in St Anne's Church and Churchyard, Baslow, recorded by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 8/15 Feb 2004.

• Some Memorial Inscriptions - Baslow, Derbyshire. A record of text on selected MIs in Baslow Churchyard, of particular interest to individual resarchers.

Census

• Transcription of the Census for Baslow of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901 by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 14 Mar 2004.

• Transcription of the Census for Bubnell of 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901 by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 14 Mar 2004.

  Note: Baslow and Bubnell have been split solely to make downloading of the web pages easier.

  A Surname Index (which includes both Baslow and Bubnell Sections) is available for each year:-
  1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, and 1901

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Church History

• Photographs of St. Anne's Church, and Inside St Anne's Church, Baslow, from (respectively) Rosemary Lockie and Godfrey Bowring.

  NOTE: the clock face in the tower of St Anne's Church commemorates Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee in 1897, with the 12 hours represented by the characters:-"V  I  C  T  O  R  I  A   1  8  9  7"- the 'V' beginning at 9 o'clock. The clock face was designed by the village doctor, Edward Mason WRENCH.

Church Records

• A CD containing a transcription of The Parish Registers of St Anne's Church is available for purchase from Valerie Neal. Added 12 Nov 2005.

• An account of The Baslow Register of Seats 1789 - or "Where did your Ancestors sit in Church?" This most interesting account (contributed by Rodney Marples) features a little-known 'seating plan' preserved in the Baslow 'Parish Chest', and illustrates the amount of family background which may be gained from its study.

• Tada! And here is what you've all been waiting for to accompany the above - a transcription of the occupants of Seating in Baslow Church, around 1800, transcribed by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 10 Apr 2005.

• Records of Baslow Burials for the period 1846-1858 are available in the searchable database of GenoGold (transcribed by Michael Spencer).

• There is a handwritten transcription of the early Baslow parish register covering the period 1569 to 1582 made in 1905-6 by a Mr Cockerton held at the Derbyshire Record Office - DRO Ref: D2031/1-2. Thanks to Lynn Burnet for this information.

• Here are some Extracts of Baslow Parish Records, collected by Rosemary Lockie.

• Here are some notes from Baslow Parish Registers, 1688-1737; 1738-51; 1752-1804.

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Court Records

• Extracts from Baslow Court Rolls & Charters (the Kerry MSS), provided by John Froggatt. Added 7 Oct 2006.

Directories

• Directory for Bakewell, with the villages of Ashford, Baslow, Edensor - with Chatsworth, Youlgrave and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of a History & Gazetteer of Derbyshire for Baslow in 1846 by Paul Bradford.

• Transcription of section of Directory of Sheffield and 20 miles round, 1862, for Baslow by Rosemary Lockie. Includes Bubnell.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Baslow (includes Bubnell) by Ann Andrews.

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Dwellings

• An account of The Prince of Wales Inn - 1700-1900 compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 16 Nov 2006.

• Houses with their 1848 occupants - compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith - matches present day properties with their mid-19th century occupants. Added 19 Dec 2004.

Gazetteers

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

• A transcription of the section of Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland for Baslow in 1899, by Brian Willey. Added 2 Jul 2005.

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Historical Geography

• Here are a series of Old Postcards of Baslow, dating from the early 1900s.
  (Contributed by Rodney Marples)

History

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Baslow by Barbarann Ayars.

Land and Property

• Golden Gates for the Duke, or Baslow in the 1820s, compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 6 Jun 2007.

• Various documents relating to change of use/ownership of land at the time of the Enclosure Award of 1824 - Freeholders and Freehold Land in Baslow, Exchange of Lands in 1823 and Freeholders in 1824; compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 22 Oct 2005.

• An Index to the Enclosure Act, 1824 for Baslow and Bubnell, compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Lists tenant's names and allotment of lands. Added 2 Jul 2005.

• Perambulations of the Boundaries of Baslow, 1614, 1625 and 1721, compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Each description contains a list of names, and the one for 1614 has some ages as well! Added 30 Jan 2005.

• In the past, the Duke of Rutland owned most of Baslow. Bubnell was "sold" to the Duke of Devonshire in the 1870s; then in 1920, more Rutland property, both in Baslow and elsewhere, was sold. This Schedule of the 1920 Sale of Property - compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith - provides a summary of the properties in Baslow. Added 19 Dec 2004.

• Farms in Baslow - details of farms 1829-1901, and their occupants, compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 23 May 2004.

• Farms in Bubnell - details of farms 1841-1901, and their occupants, compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 8 Feb 2004.

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Military History

• A list of names on the Muster Roll for Baslow and Bubnell, 1638, transcribed by Lynn Burnet

The following men were mustered from Baslow for military service; training at Bakewell under Sir John Manners, and Robert Eyre Esq. in preparation for defending Britain in Protestant Elizabeth I's war against Catholic Philip II of Spain - the force which was to become known as the Spanish Armada. The original documents are preserved at Belvoir Castle, in the possession of the Duke of Rutland, and were first published in the Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, January 1895. This particular transcription is an extract from The Spanish Armada & Local Levies (Notes from a Peakland Parish, Chapter X).

1585		1587
Baslowe: George HINMAN; William NORMAN, Robin LEES, James GREGORY; Henry PENISTON; Simon SPOONER. iii call'; i ar' i cor'; i bill.		Baslowe: George HYNMAN; James ELLYOTT; ffrancis RIPPON, calliv'; Robte LEES, ar'; James GREGORY, cor' ; Willm NORMAN, cor'; James RAGG (name erased.)

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Names, Personal

• The Barker Families and the Weaving Trade - compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 9 Nov 2006.

• A list of Baslow Vicars (1565-1965), taken from the Parish Register, with additional references from John Sheldon's A Short History of Baslow and Bubnell, 1986, transcribed jointly by Glenn Trezza and Rosemary Lockie.

• A list of Baslow parishioners in support of Joseph Fearne for Minister, 1677, transcribed by Lynn Burnet - 73 signatures and marks.

• A list of People of Baslow, transcribed by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 16 May 2004.

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Occupations

• Professionals (Including Notes on Schools), 1841-1901 - compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 10 Jan 2006; updated 31 Jul 2006

• Tradesmen in Baslow and Bubnell, 1841-1901 - compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 22 May 2005.

• Inns and Public Houses - details of Inns and Pubs 1829-1901, and their occupants, compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 23 May 2004.

• Millers and Maltsters - details of the Mills 1829-1901, and their occupants, compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 23 May 2004.

• Baslow Shepherd's Book, January 1777 transcribed by David Dalrymple-Smith. There are 14 Baslow Shepherds listed, together with the markings used to distinguish their sheep. Added 8 Feb 2004.

• Photographs of Heathy Lea Cottage, and The Old Flour Mill, Baslow, from Rodney Marples.
  Heathy Lea Cottage is attached to a former Corn Mill, which later became a Saw Mill, now taken over by the Water Board and used as a pumping station.

• Photograph of "Mary Brady's House", Baslow, from Rosemary Lockie.
  This little building was in fact originally a Watchman's Hut, but later nicknamed "Mary Brady's House" after a beggar who used to sleep rough inside it.

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Poorhouses, Poor Law etc

• Charity Boards in Baslow Church - an account of bequests to the poor, compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 20 Jun 2004.

Schools

• It is known that there was a school at Baslow in 1651, as one John GARDUM was "Adm. sizar. (aged 18) at Peterhouse Oct 10 1651 of Derbyshire. School, Baslow (Barslovencis) Derbs" (Ref: Alumni Cantabriensis, 1500-1751) Note that this was during the Commonwealth period - Oliver Cromwell's rule (1644-1660).

  The GARD(O)(U)Ms were a prominent local family, over the years living at Bubnell Hall, Bawkes (a lost place name in the parish of Edensor) and Cliffe House (Curbar - now the site of Cliff College, a training centre for Methodist ministers). There is a baptism in the IGI of Johannes GURDON, son of Christopheri GURDON, at Baslow on 27 Apr 1634, which appears to fit the entry in the Alumni list.

  Another John GARDOM of Bubnell, a yarn merchant, and probably a descendant of the same family, has been noted as the founder of a cotton mill at Calver, in about 1785. The mill was water-powered, and produced cotton until about 1923. More recently, the exterior was used for the filming of Colditz, a 1970s television series, about prisoners-of-war in Colditz Castle in Germany. Today the building has been converted into luxury flats.

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Social Life and Customs

• "Long ago the villages of Baslow, Curbar and Froggatt celebrated their annual feasts on the first Sunday in August. Baslow customs included a unique ceremony called Kit Dressing - a kit being a milk pail - as described in Glover's History and Gazetteer of the County of Derby, 1829" - quote from The Peakland Year: August, an article by Julie Bunting, published in The Peak Advertiser, 6 Aug 2001. Articles by Julie are reproduced by kind permission.

Taxation

• A list of Names from the Hearth Tax Assessments, 1664 and 1672 for Baslow and Bubnell. Transcribed by Lynn Burnet.

• Two Tax Assessments for Baslow, 1682 and 1772, transcribed by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 10 Apr 2004.

• Baslow Tithe Award 1848, transcribed by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 30 May 2004.

• Bubnell Tithe Award 1848, transcribed by David Dalrymple-Smith. Added 30 May 2004.

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