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Barton Blount, Derbyshire
Drakelow, Derbyshire
Etwall, Derbyshire
Shardlow, Derbyshire
Swarkestone Bridge, Derbyshire
All Saints Church, Aston-on-Trent
Arleston, Derbyshire
Saint Michael and All Angels Church, Church Broughton
Saint Wilfred's Chuirch, Egginton
Elvaston Castle, Derbyshire
St Bartolemew's Church, Elvaston
Foremark Hall, Derbyshire
St Peter's Church, Hartshorne
Church of St Michael and St Mary, Melbourne
Melbourne Cemetery, Derbyshire
Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire
Melbourne Castle
St Mary the Virgin Church, Newton Solney
Radbourne Hall, Derbyshire
St Andrew's Church, Radbourne
Bretby Repton, Derbyshire
Danish Barrow Cemetery
Repton School
St Wystan's Church, Repton
St James' Church, Smisby
St Michael's Church, Sutton-on-the-Hill
Calke Abbey
South Derbyshire is in Derbyshire.
Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles
Carbon Date. 2700BC. Late Neolithic Carbon Dates
Report: Carbonised grain, from pit sealed by Beaker barrow at Aston-on-Trent, Derbyshire, England.
ID: 4189, C14 ID: BM-271 Date BP: 4700 +/- 150, Start Date BP: 4550, End BP: 4850
OS Letter: SK, OS East: 422, OS North: 291
Archaeologist Name: D Reaney
Reference Name: Radiocarbon, 11, 1969, 288; Derbyshire Archaeol J, 88, 1968, 68-81
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
All Saints Church, Aston-on-Trent, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
All Saints Church, Aston-on-Trent is also in Churches in Derbyshire.
On 25th May 1742 James Shuttleworth (age 28) and Mary Holden were married at All Saints Church, Aston-on-Trent [Map]. They had four sons and three daughters.
On 4th November 1784 Thomas Gascoigne 8th Baronet (age 39) and Mary Shuttleworth Lady Turner and Gascoigne (age 33) were married at All Saints Church, Aston-on-Trent [Map]. She by marriage Lady Gascoigne of Barnbow and Parlington in Yorkshire.
Barrow On Trent, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Arleston, Derbyshire, Barrow On Trent, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Around 1414 Alice Booth was born to Henry Booth of Harleston in Derbyshire (age 29) and Isabel Fynderne at Arleston, Derbyshire [Map].
Barton Blount, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Around 1478 William Blount 4th Baron Mountjoy was born to John Blount 3rd Baron Mountjoy (age 28) and Lora Berkeley Countess Ormonde at Barton Blount, Derbyshire [Map].
Church Broughton, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles
Church Gresley, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles
St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles
On 5th June 1699 Thomas Gresley 2nd Baronet (age 71) died. He was buried at St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley. His son William (age 37) succeeded 3rd Baronet Gresley of Drakelow in Derbyshire.
On 31st July 1736 Dorothy Bowyer died. She was buried at St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley.
On 12th October 1837 Roger Gresley 8th Baronet (age 37) died. He was buried at St George and St Mary's Church, Church Gresley on 28th October 1837. His first cousin William (age 31) succeeded 9th Baronet Gresley of Drakelow in Derbyshire.
Drakelow, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
On 3rd November 1552 Thomas Gresley was born to William Gresley (age 27) and Catherine Aston at Drakelow, Derbyshire [Map].
On 5th September 1610 Thomas Gresley (age 57) died at Drakelow, Derbyshire [Map].
Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles
On 11th January 1727 Nigel Gresley 6th Baronet was born to Thomas Gresley 4th Baronet (age 28) and Dorothy Bowyer at Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire.
On 27th January 1776 Nigel Bowyer Gresley 7th Baronet (age 23) and Wilmot Gresley were married by which he acquired Drakelow Hall, Derbyshire. They were first cousins.
Egginton, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
In 1197 Ermentrude Ferrers was born to Robert Ferrers (age 20) and Joan Boclande (age 14) at Egginton, Derbyshire [Map].
In 1253 Robert Stafford was born to Robert Stafford (age 37) and Alice Corbet (age 28) at Egginton, Derbyshire [Map].
In 1278 Johanna Stafford was born to Robert Stafford (age 25) and Gundreda Stafford (age 26) at Egginton, Derbyshire [Map]. Coefficient of inbreeding 3.12%.
Saint Wilfred's Chuirch, Egginton, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Saint Wilfred's Chuirch, Egginton is also in To Do List.
On 10th August 1790 Ashton Mosley (age 22) and Mary Morley (age 37) were married at Saint Wilfred's Chuirch, Egginton [Map].
On 9th October 1860 Henry Edmund Every was born to Henry Flower Every 10th Baronet (age 29) and Mary Isabella Hollond Lady Every (age 20). He was baptised on 6th December 1890 at Saint Wilfred's Chuirch, Egginton [Map].
Etwall, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Around 1433 John Fitzherbert was born to Nicholas Fitzherbert (age 33) and Alice Booth (age 19) at Etwall, Derbyshire [Map].
In 1455 Margaret Babington was born to John Babington (age 32) and Isabel Bradbourne (age 28) at Etwall, Derbyshire [Map].
Foremark, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Hartshorne, Derbyshirebyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
St Peter's Church, Hartshorne, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
St Peter's Church, Hartshorne is also in Churches in Derbyshire.
On 27th April 1799 Stebbing Shaw (age 37) succeeded his father as Rector of St Peter's Church, Hartshorne [Map].
Melbourne, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Around 1653 John Coke was born to Thomas Coke (age 43) in Melbourne, Derbyshire [Map].
On 19th February 1674 Thomas Coke was born to John Coke (age 21) in Melbourne, Derbyshire [Map]. He was baptised on the same day.
On 12th December 1877 Susan Millicent Reeve (age 61) died at Melbourne, Derbyshire [Map].
Melbourne Cemetery, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
After 18th January 1867. Melbourne Cemetery, Derbyshire [Map]. Grave of Ensign Henry Edward Gooch of the Coldstream Guards, one of four men responsble for the pivotal closing of the gate at Hougomont Chateau during the Battle of Waterloo.
Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
In or before 1743 Matthew Lamb 1st Baronet (age 37) and Charlotte Coke were married. She brought Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map] to the Lamb family.
On 29th January 1853 Frederick Lamb 3rd Viscount Melbourne (age 70) died without issue. Viscount Melbourne of Kilmore in County Cavan, Baron Beauvale of Beauvale in Nottinghamshire and Baronet Lamb of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire extinct. Melbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map] was inherited by his sister Emily Lamb Countess Cowper (age 65).
Newton Solney, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
The River Trent rises on Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire [Map] and flows, in a great horseshoe through, or near, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [Map], Stone, Staffordshire [Map], Essex Bridge [Map], Bishton Hall, Staffordshire [Map], Colwich, Staffordshire [Map] passing St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich [Map], Rugeley, Staffordshire [Map], Kings Bromley, Staffordshire [Map], Alrewas, Staffordshire [Map], Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [Map], Newton Solney, Derbyshire [Map], Repton, Derbyshire [Map], under Swarkestone Bridge, Derbyshire [Map], Sawley, Derbyshire [Map], Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [Map], Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map], Stoke Ferry, Shelford [Map], under Gunthorpe Bridge, Nottinghamshire [Map], past Gunthorpe Lock [Map], Hoveringham, Nottingham [Map], Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire [Map], Knaith [Map], Dunham Bridge [Map], Sutton on Trent, Nottinghamshire [Map], the Isle of Axholme [Map] and Gainsborough [Map] before joining the Humber Estuary at Trent Falls [Map].
Melbourne Castle, Newton Solney, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Melbourne Castle is also in Castles in Derbyshire.
Around 1311 Thomas Plantagenet 2nd Earl of Leicester, 2nd Earl Lancaster, Earl of Salisbury and Lincoln (age 33) commissioned the building of Melbourne Castle [Map] having received a license to crenallate his manor in from King Edward II of England (age 26); the castle wasn't completed before his execution. The records show £1,313 was spent on the project in the year 1313–14, of which £548 was paid to masons for dressing stone.
In 1327 Melbourne Castle [Map] was given to Henry of Lancaster (age 46) by the Crown.
In 1375 Catherine of Lancster (age 1), daughter of John of Gaunt 1st Duke Lancaster (age 34), was given her own room at Melbourne Castle [Map], and a Castilin attendant.
1415. After the Battle of Agincourt at which John Duke of Bourbon (age 34) was captured Melbourne Castle [Map] served as his prison for nineteen years.
In 1604 Melbourne Castle [Map] and its grounds were bought by Henry Hastings 5th Earl Huntingdon (age 17). Between 1610 and 1637 was destroyed and its stones re-used.
Vesta Monumenta. 1733. Plate 1.40 depicts Melbourne Castle [Map]. Engraving by George (age 49) Vertue after a drawing originally produced for a survey of the properties of the Duchy of Lancaster conducted by the Chancellor of the Duchy, Ambrose Cave, in 1561.
Radbourne, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Around 1499 Eleanor Pole was born to German Pole of Radbourne (age 19) in Radbourne, Derbyshire [Map].
Radbourne Hall, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Around 1320 John Chandos was born at Radbourne Hall, Derbyshire [Map].
Shardlow, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Around 28th October 1364 Ralph Cromwell (age 39) died at West Hallam in Shardlow, Derbyshire [Map].
Smisby, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles
St James' Church, Smisby, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
St James' Church, Smisby is also in Churches in Derbyshire.
St James' Church, Smisby [Map].
The church is normally kept locked but can be opened up by arrangement.
An alabaster slab in the west wall bears the figure of a lady: her hands are clasped on her breast and her feet rest on two small dogs The inscription is in Norman-French, a portion of the date and a few words are wholly illegible. On the north wall of the chancel is the monument of Henry Kendall and his wife, dated 1627.
Sutton-on-the-Hill, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles
Swarkestone Bridge, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
The River Trent rises on Biddulph Moor, Staffordshire [Map] and flows, in a great horseshoe through, or near, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire [Map], Stone, Staffordshire [Map], Essex Bridge [Map], Bishton Hall, Staffordshire [Map], Colwich, Staffordshire [Map] passing St Michael and All Angels Church, Colwich [Map], Rugeley, Staffordshire [Map], Kings Bromley, Staffordshire [Map], Alrewas, Staffordshire [Map], Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire [Map], Newton Solney, Derbyshire [Map], Repton, Derbyshire [Map], under Swarkestone Bridge, Derbyshire [Map], Sawley, Derbyshire [Map], Nottingham, Nottinghamshire [Map], Holme Pierrepoint, Nottinghamshire [Map], Stoke Ferry, Shelford [Map], under Gunthorpe Bridge, Nottinghamshire [Map], past Gunthorpe Lock [Map], Hoveringham, Nottingham [Map], Newark on Trent, Nottinghamshire [Map], Knaith [Map], Dunham Bridge [Map], Sutton on Trent, Nottinghamshire [Map], the Isle of Axholme [Map] and Gainsborough [Map] before joining the Humber Estuary at Trent Falls [Map].
Ticknall, Derbyshire, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles
Calke Abbey, Ticknall, South Derbyshire, North-Central England, British Isles [Map]
Calke Abbey is also in Abbeys in England.
Before 28th May 1745 Johnathan "The Elder" Richardson (age 78). Portrait of John Manners 3rd Duke Rutland (age 48). Calke Abbey [Map].
On 1st January 1844 George Crewe 8th Baronet (age 48) died at Calke Abbey [Map]. His son John (age 20) succeeded 9th Baronet Harpur of Calke Abbey in Derbyshire.
