STAVELEY, ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
population of 2,920 in 1831 (united to Barrowhill in 1973). in Scarsdale Hundred.

Original Registers: Held at Derbyshire Record Office, New Street, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3AG.

Baptisms 1558-1665, 1702-1933
Marriages 1558-1665, 1702-1929
Banns 1754-1813, 1940-1972
Burials 1558-1693, 1702-1931

Bishop's Transcripts 1662-1864: Held at Lichfield Joint Record Office.

Copies:

Baptisms - transcript, 1558-1618 at Society of Genealogists, 14 Charterhouse Buildings, Goswell Road, London, EC1 7BA.
Baptisms 1559-1609 at Sheffield Archives, 52 Shoreham Street, Sheffield, Yorkshire, S1 4SP.
Baptisms & Marriages 1558-1665 & Burials 1588-1692, at College of Arms, Queen Victoria Street, London, EC4V 4BT (library not open to the public).

Copies on Microfilm:

Baptisms 1558-1883
Marriages 1558-1887
Banns 1754-1813
Burials 1558-1931
Held at:
- Derbyshire Record Office, New Street, Matlock, Derbyshire, DE4 3AG.
- Genealogical Society of Utah, 35 North West Temple Street, Salt Lake City, Utah 84150, USA.

STAVELEY, HANDLEY Chapel of Ease, burial ground opened 1838.

STAVELY, ST JOSEPH Mission Chapel, The Mount, Chesterfield Road (Roman Catholic), founded 1883 (ref Kelly's Directory 1936).

OTHER CHURCHES:

Staveley, Mastin Moor (Primitive Methodist) founded 1852 (ref Kelly's Directory 1936). Original Register of Baptisms 1939-1977, at Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock.

Staveley, Zion Chapel, Barrow Hill (Primitive Methodist) founded 1872, closed 1966. Original Registers of Baptisms 1877-1968 (Circuit, two sequences, D3907 & D3929). original Register of Marriages 1888-1965. At Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock.

Staveley, Ebenezer Chapel, Barrow Hill (United Methodist) flourished 1881 (ref Kelly's Directory 1936).

Staveley, Trinity, Chesterfield Road (Wesleyan Methodist), built 1904, closed 1975. Original Registers of Baptisms 1886-1972 & Marriages 1905-1908 - held at Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock.

Staveley, Poolsbrook (Wesleyan Methodist). Ref Bulmer's Directory 1895 & Kelly's Directory 1936.

Staveley Zion Chapel, Speedwell, Primitve Methodist (ref Kelly's Directory 1932), closed 1969. Original Registers of Baptisms 1937-1968 & Marriages 1912-1969 - held at Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock.

Staveley, Lowgates (United Methodist) - Original Registers of Marriages 1915-1981 - held at Derbyshire Record Office.

Staveley, Speedwell (United Methodist), ref Kelly's Directory 1932.

Staveley, Poolsbrook (Primitve Methodist), ref Kelly's Directory 1936.

Staveley, Seymour (Primitve Methodist), ref Kelly's Directory 1936.

Staveley, Inkersall (Methodist) built 1955.

The entry for Staveley in the Derbyshire Record Office "Parish Register List", published by the Record Office in 1998, pp.78/9 :-

STAVELEY, St John the Baptist. The parish includes hamlets of Netherthorpe, Inkersall, Mastin Moor, Norbriggs, Poolsbrook and Woodthorpe. Chapels of ease or mission churches opened at Woodthrope (1632), Poolsbrook (1905), Mastin Moor (1914), Inkersall (1958). Also originally included hamlets of Nether, Middle and West Handley until 1970s (see under Handley), Barrow Hill including Hollingwood until 1928. Reunited with Barrow Hill in 1970s.

Original Registers held at Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock:-
Baptisms 1558-1665, 1702-1933
Marriages 1558-1665, 1702-1929
Banns 1754-1813, 1940-1972
Burials 1558-1692, 1702-1931

Microfilm copies held at Derbyshire Record Office, Matlock:-
Baptisms 1558-1665, 1702-1916
Marriages 1558-1665, 1702-1929
Banns 1754-1813
Burials 1558-1692, 1702-1931

STAVELEY AND BARROW HILL United Parish formed in 1970s with two parish churches. See separate entries for Staveley and Barrow Hill.

INFORMATION ABOUT CHURCHES AND THEIR REGISTERS
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