Belper Genealogical Records
Belper Birth & Baptism Records
An index to births registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of birth certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Baptism registers are the primary source of birth details before 1837, though are useful to the present. Records include child's, parents' names and date of birth and/or baptism.
A searchable database containing over 230,000 baptisms, providing proof of parentage, occupations and residence.
An index of Derbyshire births recording the sub-registration district the birth was registered in.
An index to around 700,000 baptism records, listing name, date of baptism, parents' names and parish.
Belper Marriage & Divorce Records
An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
Brief notes on marriages that occurred at the church between 1847 and 1908.
A searchable database containing over 115,000 marriages. They may provide proof of parentage, occupations and residence.
An index of Derbyshire marriages recording the place of marriage, not just the registration district.
Abstracts of marriage licences granted by the Vicar-General in London. These licences could be used to marry in any church in the Province of Canterbury.
Belper Death & Burial Records
An index to deaths registered throughout England & Wales. Provides a reference to order copies of death certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths – the General Register Office.
An index of burials recorded at the church. The index includes the name of the deceased and the date of burial.
An index to burials recorded in the registers of a Methodist church. The index contains the name of the deceased, the date of their burial and their age where available.
A searchable database containing over 53,000 burials. They may provide age and residence.
An index of Derbyshire deaths recording the sub-registration district the death was registered in.
Belper Census & Population Lists
An index to and digital images of records that detail 40 million civilians in England and Wales. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession.
The 1911 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Transcriptions of hearth tax records for the county of Derbyshire.
The 1901 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
The 1891 census provides details on an individual's age, residence, place of birth, relations and occupation. FindMyPast's index allows searches on for multiple metrics including occupation and residence.
Newspapers Covering Belper
A local paper including news from the Derby area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A local paper including news from the Nottingham area, legal & governmental proceedings, family announcements, business notices, advertisements and more.
A record of births, marriages, deaths, legal, political, organisation and other news from the Derby area. Original pages of the newspaper can be viewed and located by a full text search.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering regional news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Derbyshire area.
A London newspaper that later became The Sun.
Belper Wills & Probate Records
Searchable index and original images of over 12.5 million probates and administrations granted by civil registries. Entries usually include the testator's name, date of death, date of probate and registry. Names of relations may be given.
An index to wills, administrations and inventories proved by the Diocese of Lichfield and Coventry. Copies of wills can be ordered or viewed at the record office in Lichfield.
An index to wills, proved by the Derby Probate Registry. Index includes name, residence and year of probate. Contains entries for Yorkshire, Cheshire, Lancashire, Staffordshire, Leicestershire, Nottinghamshire and other counties.
An index to estate administrations performed by the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. The index covers the southern two thirds of England & Wales, but may also contain entries for northerners.
An index to wills and administrations, largely for residents of Derbyshire.
Belper Immigration & Travel Records
A calendar to documents that granted a person settlement in a parish so long as they did not become a financial burden.
A calendar to documents detailing the removal of a person or family from one parish to another.
A calendar to documents detailing the transportation of people from Derbyshire to Australia.
A calendar to records detailing the transportation of people from Derbyshire to parts of the British Empire.
A name index connected to original images of passenger lists recording people travelling from Britain to destinations outside Europe. Records may detail a passenger's age or date of birth, residence, occupation, destination and more.
Belper Military Records
Articles relating to a Midlands infantry regiment and its predecessors
The names of Derbyshire militia-men who joined the regular Army in 1813.
A list of names found on World War One monuments in Derbyshire, with some service details.
A list of names found on World War Two monuments in Derbyshire, with some service details.
A searchable list of over 100,000 British Army POWs. Records contains details on the captured, their military career and where they were held prisoner.
Belper Court & Legal Records
A calendar to documents detailing the birth and administration of illegitimate children.
A calendar to documents that granted a person settlement in a parish so long as they did not become a financial burden.
A calendar to documents detailing the removal of a person or family from one parish to another.
A calendar to criminal cases in Derbyshire, such as from quarter sessions.
Transcriptions of pleas brought before a court. They largely concern land disputes.
Belper Taxation Records
Transcriptions of hearth tax records for the county of Derbyshire.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
An index linked to original images of registers recording apprenticeship indentures. Details are given on the trade and nature of apprenticeship. Many records list the parents of the apprentice.
A compilation of records from the Court of the Exchequer primarily dealing with taxes and land. These records are in Latin.
Belper Land & Property Records
An English translation of Derbyshire domesday records. This transcripts details the county's landowners in 1086.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
This vital collection details almost 1.2 million properties eligible for land tax. Records include the name of the landowner, occupier, amount assessed and sometimes the name and/or description of the property. It is a useful starting point for locating relevant estate records and establishing the succession of tenancies and freehold. Most records cover 1798, but some extend up to 1811.
Poll books record the names of voters and the direction of their vote. Until 1872 only landholders could vote, so not everyone will be listed. Useful for discerning an ancestor's political leanings and landholdings. The collection is supplemented with other records relating to the vote.
Abstracts of records detailing the estates and families of deceased tenants from the reigns of Henry III and Edward I.
Belper Directories & Gazetteers
An exhaustive gazetteer, containing details of settlement's history, governance, churches, postal services, public institutions and more. Also contains lists of residents with their occupation and address.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A directory of settlements in the county detailing their history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents.
A comprehensive place-by-place gazetteer, listing key contemporary and historical facts. Each place has a list of residents and businesses. Contains details on local schools, churches, government and other institutions.
A collection of directories detailing the history, agriculture, topography, economy and leading commercial, professional and private residents of Derbyshire.
Belper Cemeteries
The name, age, occupation or status and date of burial of those buried at Belper Cemetery.
Images of millions of pages from cemetery and crematoria registers, photographs of memorials, cemetery plans and more. Records can be search by a name index.
Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.
Profiles of several hundred mausolea found in the British Isles.
Several thousand transcribed memorials remembering those connected with the nautical occupations.
Belper Obituaries
The UKs largest repository of obituaries, containing millions of searchable notices.
A growing collection currently containing over 425,000 abstracts of obituaries with reference to the location of the full obituary.
A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. The volume was published in 1849 and includes obituaries of those who died in late 1847 through 1848.
This transcribed and searchable work by Sir William Musgrave contains 10,000s of brief obituaries. The work is a reference point for other works containing information on an individual.
A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners.
Belper Histories & Books
Selected issues of a periodical which contains many historical and genealogical tracts relating to the counties of Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire.
An English translation of Derbyshire domesday records. This transcripts details the county's landowners in 1086.
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
A general and parochial history of the county, with sections for each parish.
A collection of over 100,000 images, such as portraits, postcards and photographs, largely covering the counties of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire.
Belper School & Education Records
Transcriptions of school registers, which may include date of birth, name of parent(s) or guardian(s), residence and other details.
A name index connected to digital images of registers recording millions of children educated in schools operated by the National Society for Promoting Religious Education. Records contain a variety of information including genealogical details, education history, illnesses, exam result, fathers occupation and more.
A name index linked to original images of registers recording the education and careers of teachers in England & Wales.
A name index linked to original images of short biographies for over 120,000 Oxford University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
A transcript of a vast scholarly work briefly chronicling the heritage, education and careers of over 150,000 Cambridge University students. This is a particularly useful source for tracing the ancestry of the landed gentry.
Belper Occupation & Business Records
An index to photographers and photographic studios operating in Derbyshire. Contains biographical information and examples of work.
A calendar to documents recording the apprenticeship of children to masters. They often contain genealogical information.
Profiles of Derbyshire coal and metal mines.
Short histories of former public houses, with photographs and lists of owners or operators.
An index to and images of registers recording over 3.7 million trade union members.
Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Belper
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Belper Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records
A detailed history of the county's hundreds, parishes and religious houses.
Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. Scroll down to 'British Isles' for relevant sections.
A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.
Over 600 pedigrees for English and Welsh families who had a right to bear a coat of arms.
The most comprehensive listing of Knights of the Crown, listing details where known to the order, date, place and reason for elevation.
Belper Church Records
Histories of Anglican churches in the county of Derbyshire, illustrated with exquisite photographs. Maintained by the Diocese of Derby.
An index to surviving nominations of parish clerks. The index may contain: parish, surname, forename, year, the reason for the appointment (e.g. death, ill-health, retirement or dismissal of predecessor), and occasionally further information, such as occupation or age.
Profiles of Derbyshire parish churches, including photographs.
An index to names and places mentioned in act books of the Province of Canterbury. It records various licences and conferments, such as marriage and physician licences.
An index to 190,000 baptisms, marriages and burials recorded in some of Derbyshire's Anglican churches.
Biographical Directories Covering Belper
A searchable book, listing pedigrees of titled families and biographies of their members.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
A book containing genealogies and biographies of Britain's titled families.
Brief biographies of Anglican clergy in the UK.
A directory containing lengthy biographies of noted British figures. The work took over two decades to compile. Biographies can be searched by name and are linked to images of the original publication.
Belper Maps
A collection of digitalised maps covering the county.
Detailed maps covering much of the UK. They depict forests, mountains, larger farms, roads, railroads, towns, and more.
Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain.
An index to 11,000,000 parcels of land and property, connected to digital images of registers that record their owner, occupier, description, agricultural use, size and rateable value.
Maps of parishes in England, Scotland and Wales. They are useful in determining which parish records may be relevant to your research.
Belper Reference Works
A beginner’s guide to researching ancestry in England.
Compiled in 1831, this book details the coverage and condition of parish registers in England & Wales.
A comprehensive guide to researching the history of buildings in the British Isles.
A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US.
A dictionary of around 9,000 mottoes for British families who had right to bear arms.
Civil & Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction
Historical Description
The town of Belper, anciently called Beau-poire. It is situated on the banks of the Derwent, and is one of the most flourishing places in Derbyshire ; its population exceeding that of every town in this county, except Derby, though some years ago it was but an inconsiderable village. This great increase in extent and population, originated in the establishment of three large cotton-mills, two of which are standing, but the third was destroyed by fire, about twenty-five years ago. At these mills from 12 to 1300 people used to be constantly employed ; and for their accommodation many houses and a chapel have been built by the proprietors.
With its increase and population, Belper is also improving in civilization and respectability. Immorality and ignorance, which were once thought the characteristics of the place, have in a great measure disappeared, and improved morals and enlarged views have supplied their places. About the centre of the town is the mansion of the late Jedediah Strutt, Esq. and a little above the bridge, pleasantly situated, is Bridge Hill, the seat of G. B. Strutt, Esq.
BELPER is a market and union town, head of a petty sessional division and Belper and Ilkeston county court district, township, chapelry, and was formed in 1846 into a parish from Duffield, with a station on the Midland railway, 7 ¼ miles north from Derby, 135 ½ from London, 8 south-east from Alfreton, 56 ½ from Rugby, 28 ½ from Sheffield, 22 ¾ from Nottingham, 99 ¼ from Hull, 60 ½ from Leeds, 53 from Manchester, and 51 ½ from Birmingham, in the Mid division of the county, Appletree hundred, parish and rural deanery of Duffield, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell; it is an irregularly-built and straggling town, on the eastern bank of the river Derwent, which is crossed on the north-west by a handsome stone bridge of 3 arches. The town is lighted with gas by a company, and supplied with water from reservoirs, situated at Springwood, Ladywell, Bullsmoor and Elliott’s Spring, which are filled from various springs in the neighbouring hills; the works, formerly belonging to a company, were purchased in 1895 by the local authority for £11,700, originally lent without interest by the late George Henry Strutt esq. (d. April, 1895), but eventually bequeathed by him absolutely for this object. Since then George Herbert Strutt esq. has erected and equipped a pumping station in the meadows to supply any one of the reservoirs above mentioned, in case of the springs failing, as well as to supply a new high service reservoir called the “Bessywan,” situated on the high ground between Belper and Heage, at an elevation of very nearly 600 feet above ordnance datum.
The town was governed by a Local Board from 1877, but under the “Local Government Act, 1894” (56 and 57, c. 73), an Urban District Council has been established.
The town for ecclesiastical purposes is divided into two districts, the railway forming the boundary; St. Peter’s on the east side and Christ Church, Bridgehill, on the west.
The church of St. Peter, erected in 1824, is an edifice of local stone, in the Decorated style, consisting of nave and a western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells, dating from 1861; the ground stage of the tower forms a porch: the east window is stained: the church was restored in 1884, at a cost of £1,627, and there are 1,400 sittings, 1,000 of which are free: the register of baptisms dates from 1783, of burials from 1794 and of marriages from 1847. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £280, derived in part from pew rents, and including 32 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Duffield, and held since 1885 by the Rev. Frederick Alfred Friend, of St. Bees. The population of the ecclesiastical parish in 1891 was 6,941.
Christ Church, BRIDGE HILL, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed 3 Sept. 1845, out of Duffield parish. The church, erected in 1849, is a building of local stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, and a belfry containing 3 bells: all the windows are stained and the walls and roof are polychromed from designs by E. H. Corbould esq.: in Oct. 1898 a memorial window was erected to the Rev. Edward Augustus Hillyard B.A. vicar, 1876—98: the church was restored in 1876 at a cost of £2,000, and affords 600 sittings. The registers date from the year 1845. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £350, with residence, in the gift of Mrs. Agnes Ann Strutt, and held since 1898 by the Rev. James Ellerton Hatton. The population of the ecclesiastical parish in 1891 was 2,873.
The old chapel of St. John the Baptist, probably founded about 1250 by Edmund Crouchback, second son of Henry III. is a building in the Early English Lancet style, consisting of chancel and nave under a single roof, south porch, and a bell-cote on the western gable, containing one bell, inscribed, “God save his church, 1699:” the fout is an octagonal basin, on a similarly shaped shaft and base: in the south wall of the chancel are the remains of a sedile and a piscina in a small pointed niche: the ancient stone altar, still fixed beneath the east window, is supported by brackets: opposite the porch remains the base of an old cross restored in 1880: the ground was not consecrated for burials till 1793: the chapel was partly restored in 1866 by the late Rev. Robert Hey M.A. vicar of Belper 1845—85, and in 1877 a stone reredos was erected by the Rev. Herbert Monk M.A. vicar of St. Peter’s, Newton-in-Makerfield, in memory of his father, and a new chancel screen has since been erected and the floor repaved with encaustic tiles.
St. Mark’s Mission church, Openwood gate, attached to the church of St. Peter, and erected in 1891, at a cost of £1,443, is a small building of stone, and has 250 sittings: in 1898 a Sunday school was built at a cost of £700.
St. Faith’s Mission church, at Lane End, is served by the clergy of Christ church.
The Congregational Church, in Market Street lane, erected in 1872, at a cost of about £5,000, in place of an older chapel, erected about 1790, is a building in the Early English style and seats 700 persons.
The cemetery, opened in 1859, about three-quarters of a mile from the north end of the town, on an acclivity overlooking the Derwent, contains about 15 acres of land, with two mortuary chapels, connected by a square tower with lofty spire: it is the property of the Urban District Council, by whom it was acquired in 1895.
The Public Hall, a plain edifice of brick, erected in 1882 by a limited company, consists of two principal halls, the larger hall holding about 650 persons and the other 250; it also has a subscription library of 2,000 volumes, and a reading room and offices.
There is also a subscription library in connection with Messrs. Strutt’s factory.
The Conservative Club, in Campbell street, built by subscription in 1888, is an edifice of local stone, and comprises billiard, committee, reading and other rooms, and a residence for the steward; there are 300 members.
The principal hotel is the “Lion” in Bridge street.
The staple trades of Belper are cotton spinning and the manufacture of hosiery, stoves and grates. The extensive cotton works of Messrs. W. G. & J. Strutt Limited, established upwards of 120 years, are in Bridge street, and employ upwards of 1,000 hands; this firm has also a large establishment at Milford, and warehouses at 18 Aldermanbury, London EC and 25 Spear street, Manchester. Messrs. Ward, Sturt and Sharp have a large factory here for the manufacture of cotton, woollen and silk hosiery and gloves, and a warehouse at 89 Wood street, Cheapside, London. Messrs. George Brettle and Co. have also a factory here of the same description, and warehouses at 119 Wood street, Cheapside, London, and 10 Cuthbert buildings, Liverpool. Messrs. S. Manlove and Sons Limited have a sewing cotton factory. Messrg. Smedley Brothers Limited have also large engineering works and an iron foundry; these various establishments give employment to a large part of the population.
The production of hand-made nails was at one time the principal trade of the town.
The neighbourhood abounds in minerals; coal, iron-stone, limestone, and lead ore are found here, and there are also stone quarries.
A fair is held on the 31st October, for cattle; a statute, for hiring servants on the 1st of November, and a market for provisions is held every Saturday.
A charity of £7 5s. yearly, left by the Rev. Francis Gisborne, formerly rector of Staveley, in 1818, is distributed by the clergy in cloth and flannel. John Lockoe, of Holbrook, left in 1676 a portion of the produce of 12 acres of land to the poor. Sir Richard Paul Jodrell bart. left in 1860 £100 3 per Cent. Consols, the interest to be distributed in clothing to those who most frequently attend church; Smith’s charity, left in 1705, averages about £30 yearly and is divided between the incumbent of St. Peter’s and the poor. Matthew Smith, in 1713, left by will a small sum in Consols, and the rent of 14 acres of land, near Hopping Hill, for the support of two almshouses on The Butts, for four aged persons.
The Anglican convent of the Sisters of S. Laurence, situated near the station, is a building of stone, erected in 1882, and contains an orphanage and school for the daughters of professional men; the sisters are also engaged in parochial visiting and nursing; the rule of the sisters is based on that of East Grinstead and there are branch houses at S. Anne’s, Derby and at East Retford, Notts; the Bishop of Southwell is the visitor and the Rev. Cyril D. Bickersteth is chaplain.
Bridge Hill House, the residence of Mrs. Strutt, is delightfully situated on a commanding eminence.
Major Timothy White, Sall park, Norfolk, is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are G. Herbert Strutt esq. of Makeney House, Derby, and Major Timothy White.
The soil is a mixture of sand and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley, with considerable pasture. The area is 3,191 acres of land and 64 of water; rateable value, £34,432; the population in 1881 was 9,875, and in 1891, 10,420, including 247 officers and inmates of the workhouse. The population of St. Peter’s ecclesiastical parish in 1891 was 6,941.
BELPER UNION
Belper is the centre of a poor-law union, comprising 33 parishes & townships, divided into six registration sub-districts, viz.-Alfreton, Belper, Duffield, Horsley, Ripley & Wirksworth, embracing an area of 66,010 acres; rateable value in 1898, £273,694, & the population in 1891 was 61,045; the union comprises the following places:-Alderwasley, Alfreton, Allestree, Ashleyhay, Belper, Crich, Denby, Dethick (or Dethwick), Lea & Holloway, Duffield, Hazlewood, Heage, Holbrook, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse, Idridgehay & Alton, Kedleson, Kilburne, Kirk Langley with Meynell Langley, Mackworth, Mapperley, Markeaton, Milford, Morley, Pentrich, Quarndon, Ravensdale Park. Ripley, Shottle & Postern, Smalley, South Wingfield, Turnditch, Weston Underwood, Windley & Wirksworth Board day every alternate Saturday, at the Board room in the Union, at 10 a.m. .
Workhouse, to hold 340 inmates, Leonard Foster, master.
PLACES OF WORSHIP, with times of Services
St. Peter’s Church, Rev. Frederick A. Friend, vicar; Rev. Ernest Aspinall, curate; 8 & 10.30 a.m. . & 3 & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.
Christ Church, Rev. James Ellerton Hatton, vicar; Rev. David Fortington Scotcher M.A. curate; 8 & 11 a.m. . & 2.15 & 6.30 p.m.; daily, 8.15 a.m. . & 4.30 p.m.; Thur. 8 a.m. .
St. Mark’s Mission Church, Openwood gate; 10.30 a.m. . & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 7.30 p.m.
St. Faith’s Mission Church, Lane end; Wed. 7.30 p.m.
St. John’s Chapel; 7.30 p.m. weds.
Baptist, Bridge street; 10.30 a.m. . & 6 p.m.; Wed. 9 p.m.; seat 500.
Congregational, Market Street lane; Rev. Frederick Knowles, minister; 10.30 a.m. . &; 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 8 p.m. seat 700.
Friends’ Meeting House, Green lane; 10.30 a.m. . & 6.30 p.m.; Thur. 10.30 a.m. .; seat 110.
Methodist Free Church (Salem), Green lane, Rev. Thomas Lee; 10.30 a.m. . & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.; seat 600.
Primitive Methodist, Field head, Rev. William Thomsett, minister; 10.30 a.m. , & 6 p.m.; Wed. 7.45 p.m.; seat 600.
Primitive Methodist, Cow hill; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; Tue. 7.45 p.m.; seat 200.
Spiritualists, New road; 10.30 a.m. . & 6.30 p.m.
Salvationists, King street.
Unitarian, Field row, Rev. John Kertain Smith; 11 a.m. . & 6.30 p.m.; seat 230.
Wesleyan, Chapel street, Rev. Robert Nicholson; 10.30 a.m. . & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7.30 p.m.; seat 700.
Wesleyan, Pottery; 10.30 a.m. . & 6 p.m.; Mon. 7.30 p.m.; seat 300.
Wesleyan, Lane end; 2.30 & 6 p.m.; seat 180.
Wesleyan, Blackbrooke; 2.30 & 6.30 p.m.; Wed. 7 p.m.; seat 150.
SCHOOLS
A School Board of 7 members was formed in 1876; Walker & Terry, Chapel street, clerks to School Board; Edwin W. Brown, Brookside, school attendance officer.
Board, Cow hill, erected in 1877, for 127 girls & 160 infants; average attendance, 85 girls & 87 infants.
Board, High street, erected in 1877, for 177 infants; average attendance, 170 infants.
Board, Pottery, erected in 1877 & enlarged 1890, for 170, boys, 160 girls & 150 infants; average attendance, 125, boys, 131 girls & 109 infants.
Board, The Fleet, built in 1882, for 300 boys; average attendance, 123.
Board, Long row, erected in 1818 & enlarged in 1895, for 228 boys, 310 girls & 207 infants; average attendance, 176 boys, 246 girls & 178 infants.
National, Nottingham road (mixed), erected, with residences for master & mistress, in 1849, for 300 boys & girls; average attendance, 260.
There are also several private schools. Mr. Vale’s, in Chapel street, was established about 1840. Green Hall Preparatory School for boys is exclusively a boarding school, conducted by Miss Taylor.
Most Common Surnames in Belper
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Appletree Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taylor | 201 | 1:43 | 4.70% | 2 |
| 2 | Smith | 189 | 1:46 | 2.27% | 1 |
| 3 | Hall | 172 | 1:50 | 6.63% | 6 |
| 4 | Spencer | 168 | 1:51 | 10.85% | 27 |
| 5 | Walker | 164 | 1:53 | 5.74% | 4 |
| 6 | Harrison | 148 | 1:58 | 6.20% | 8 |
| 7 | Booth | 128 | 1:68 | 7.75% | 25 |
| 8 | Jackson | 126 | 1:69 | 6.35% | 17 |
| 9 | Watson | 116 | 1:74 | 10.06% | 38 |
| 10 | Allen | 107 | 1:81 | 6.21% | 23 |
| 11 | Hunt | 104 | 1:83 | 8.29% | 32 |
| 12 | Brown | 92 | 1:94 | 3.04% | 3 |
| 13 | Sanders | 90 | 1:96 | 23.81% | 215 |
| 14 | Varney | 82 | 1:105 | 82.83% | 805 |
| 15 | Stone | 71 | 1:122 | 6.71% | 44 |
| 16 | Cooper | 70 | 1:123 | 3.46% | 15 |
| 17 | Fletcher | 65 | 1:133 | 3.29% | 18 |
| 18 | Beresford | 63 | 1:137 | 15.14% | 184 |
| 19 | Gregory | 62 | 1:139 | 4.30% | 30 |
| 19 | Waterfall | 62 | 1:139 | 43.36% | 585 |
| 21 | Melbourne | 59 | 1:146 | 51.75% | 717 |
| 22 | Riley | 57 | 1:152 | 5.75% | 50 |
| 23 | Tomlinson | 47 | 1:184 | 3.80% | 34 |
| 24 | Mason | 45 | 1:192 | 4.74% | 54 |
| 25 | Lee | 44 | 1:196 | 3.68% | 36 |
| 25 | Bridges | 44 | 1:196 | 34.65% | 654 |
| 27 | Robinson | 43 | 1:201 | 2.03% | 13 |
| 28 | Blackham | 42 | 1:206 | 45.16% | 840 |
| 29 | Weston | 41 | 1:211 | 11.75% | 235 |
| 30 | Allsop | 40 | 1:216 | 6.01% | 101 |
| 30 | Glew | 40 | 1:216 | 62.50% | 1,124 |
| 30 | Ride | 40 | 1:216 | 29.41% | 619 |
| 33 | Jones | 39 | 1:222 | 2.57% | 29 |
| 33 | Wood | 39 | 1:222 | 1.54% | 7 |
| 35 | Shaw | 38 | 1:227 | 1.67% | 10 |
| 35 | Bennett | 38 | 1:227 | 1.97% | 19 |
| 35 | Holland | 38 | 1:227 | 7.06% | 131 |
| 35 | Sims | 38 | 1:227 | 7.35% | 144 |
| 39 | Lander | 37 | 1:234 | 31.90% | 704 |
| 39 | Wass | 37 | 1:234 | 15.16% | 352 |
| 41 | Jennison | 36 | 1:240 | 83.72% | 1,483 |
| 42 | Boot | 35 | 1:247 | 20.00% | 473 |
| 42 | Hallsworth | 35 | 1:247 | 25.93% | 622 |
| 44 | Blount | 34 | 1:254 | 15.96% | 402 |
| 45 | Sandars | 33 | 1:262 | 52.38% | 1,138 |
| 46 | Bradley | 32 | 1:270 | 3.16% | 48 |
| 46 | Hawkins | 32 | 1:270 | 8.94% | 230 |
| 46 | Bacon | 32 | 1:270 | 4.46% | 90 |
| 46 | Bowler | 32 | 1:270 | 6.48% | 150 |
| 46 | Kerry | 32 | 1:270 | 8.06% | 202 |
| 46 | Berresford | 32 | 1:270 | 16.33% | 435 |
| 52 | Green | 31 | 1:279 | 1.87% | 24 |
| 52 | Holmes | 31 | 1:279 | 1.45% | 12 |
| 54 | Ford | 30 | 1:288 | 3.50% | 64 |
| 54 | Gamble | 30 | 1:288 | 14.35% | 409 |
| 56 | Mills | 29 | 1:298 | 5.43% | 134 |
| 56 | Rice | 29 | 1:298 | 9.42% | 273 |
| 56 | Needham | 29 | 1:298 | 3.61% | 72 |
| 56 | Nightingale | 29 | 1:298 | 18.01% | 529 |
| 56 | Smedley | 29 | 1:298 | 3.98% | 84 |
| 61 | Butler | 28 | 1:309 | 4.67% | 113 |
| 61 | Morton | 28 | 1:309 | 5.19% | 129 |
| 61 | Cheetham | 28 | 1:309 | 10.61% | 324 |
| 61 | Wain | 28 | 1:309 | 4.76% | 114 |
| 65 | Edwards | 27 | 1:320 | 4.97% | 126 |
| 65 | Turner | 27 | 1:320 | 1.17% | 9 |
| 65 | Webster | 27 | 1:320 | 1.93% | 31 |
| 65 | Ball | 27 | 1:320 | 2.97% | 61 |
| 65 | Ratcliffe | 27 | 1:320 | 8.39% | 256 |
| 65 | Beardmore | 27 | 1:320 | 17.42% | 546 |
| 71 | Wardle | 26 | 1:332 | 5.05% | 145 |
| 71 | Jessop | 26 | 1:332 | 26.00% | 795 |
| 71 | Alton | 26 | 1:332 | 10.97% | 361 |
| 71 | Winson | 26 | 1:332 | 10.44% | 346 |
| 71 | Annable | 26 | 1:332 | 15.48% | 498 |
| 76 | Marshall | 25 | 1:346 | 2.44% | 47 |
| 77 | Kirkland | 24 | 1:360 | 5.15% | 163 |
| 77 | Milward | 24 | 1:360 | 10.17% | 364 |
| 79 | Hobson | 23 | 1:376 | 6.39% | 228 |
| 79 | Bryan | 23 | 1:376 | 9.66% | 358 |
| 79 | Redfern | 23 | 1:376 | 3.09% | 83 |
| 79 | Crofts | 23 | 1:376 | 8.21% | 302 |
| 83 | Slater | 22 | 1:393 | 1.76% | 33 |
| 83 | Woodward | 22 | 1:393 | 3.35% | 104 |
| 83 | Wheatley | 22 | 1:393 | 4.14% | 136 |
| 83 | Cresswell | 22 | 1:393 | 4.98% | 174 |
| 83 | Wingfield | 22 | 1:393 | 16.92% | 644 |
| 83 | Munslow | 22 | 1:393 | 100.00% | 2,325 |
| 83 | Troth | 22 | 1:393 | 57.89% | 1,614 |
| 90 | Williams | 21 | 1:411 | 3.01% | 97 |
| 90 | Mellor | 21 | 1:411 | 1.98% | 43 |
| 90 | Attenborough | 21 | 1:411 | 20.00% | 761 |
| 93 | Clarke | 20 | 1:432 | 1.31% | 28 |
| 93 | Tranter | 20 | 1:432 | 30.30% | 1,100 |
| 93 | Wigley | 20 | 1:432 | 7.60% | 326 |
| 93 | Calladine | 20 | 1:432 | 6.35% | 263 |
| 93 | Bowmer | 20 | 1:432 | 11.11% | 458 |
| 93 | Alldread | 20 | 1:432 | 45.45% | 1,464 |
| 99 | Berry | 19 | 1:455 | 8.76% | 397 |
| 99 | Frost | 19 | 1:455 | 2.43% | 73 |
| 99 | Salt | 19 | 1:455 | 4.30% | 174 |
| 99 | Gaunt | 19 | 1:455 | 12.10% | 541 |
| 99 | Meakin | 19 | 1:455 | 3.73% | 147 |
| 99 | Yeoman | 19 | 1:455 | 42.22% | 1,446 |
| 99 | Maycock | 19 | 1:455 | 11.45% | 508 |
| 99 | Gration | 19 | 1:455 | 30.16% | 1,138 |
| 107 | Burton | 18 | 1:480 | 2.09% | 63 |
| 107 | Newton | 18 | 1:480 | 1.69% | 42 |
| 107 | Rhodes | 18 | 1:480 | 3.61% | 148 |
| 107 | Stanley | 18 | 1:480 | 5.56% | 253 |
| 107 | Mee | 18 | 1:480 | 5.39% | 242 |
| 107 | Spendlove | 18 | 1:480 | 11.32% | 536 |
| 107 | Sellors | 18 | 1:480 | 10.29% | 473 |
| 107 | Bodell | 18 | 1:480 | 29.51% | 1,165 |
| 107 | Linthwaite | 18 | 1:480 | 100.00% | 2,664 |
| 116 | Johnson | 17 | 1:508 | 0.76% | 11 |
| 116 | Simpson | 17 | 1:508 | 1.81% | 55 |
| 116 | Barnes | 17 | 1:508 | 3.12% | 125 |
| 116 | Warren | 17 | 1:508 | 3.42% | 149 |
| 116 | Kirk | 17 | 1:508 | 2.26% | 82 |
| 116 | Buxton | 17 | 1:508 | 1.82% | 58 |
| 116 | Storer | 17 | 1:508 | 4.14% | 188 |
| 116 | Eley | 17 | 1:508 | 4.82% | 234 |
| 116 | Litchfield | 17 | 1:508 | 18.28% | 840 |
| 116 | Wildsmith | 17 | 1:508 | 26.56% | 1,124 |
| 126 | Walters | 16 | 1:540 | 2.22% | 88 |
| 126 | Haynes | 16 | 1:540 | 3.27% | 153 |
| 126 | Marriott | 16 | 1:540 | 2.05% | 74 |
| 126 | Hallam | 16 | 1:540 | 1.72% | 59 |
| 126 | Hibbert | 16 | 1:540 | 2.91% | 121 |
| 126 | Morrell | 16 | 1:540 | 10.81% | 568 |
| 132 | Wright | 15 | 1:576 | 0.54% | 5 |
| 132 | Richardson | 15 | 1:576 | 1.59% | 55 |
| 132 | Palmer | 15 | 1:576 | 4.67% | 258 |
| 132 | Hardy | 15 | 1:576 | 1.45% | 46 |
| 132 | Briggs | 15 | 1:576 | 2.71% | 120 |
| 132 | Howarth | 15 | 1:576 | 9.04% | 508 |
| 132 | Street | 15 | 1:576 | 4.02% | 218 |
| 132 | Hodson | 15 | 1:576 | 13.04% | 712 |
| 132 | Bower | 15 | 1:576 | 3.83% | 205 |
| 132 | Flint | 15 | 1:576 | 2.08% | 89 |
| 132 | Braithwaite | 15 | 1:576 | 30.61% | 1,358 |
| 132 | Reader | 15 | 1:576 | 16.13% | 840 |
| 132 | Worthey | 15 | 1:576 | 48.39% | 1,840 |
| 132 | Wathall | 15 | 1:576 | 29.41% | 1,326 |
| 146 | Fox | 14 | 1:617 | 1.47% | 53 |
| 146 | Marsh | 14 | 1:617 | 2.59% | 128 |
| 146 | Bates | 14 | 1:617 | 1.66% | 68 |
| 146 | Morley | 14 | 1:617 | 2.11% | 103 |
| 146 | Dyer | 14 | 1:617 | 16.67% | 921 |
| 146 | Millward | 14 | 1:617 | 4.19% | 242 |
| 146 | Crooks | 14 | 1:617 | 8.59% | 521 |
| 146 | Berkin | 14 | 1:617 | 38.89% | 1,669 |
| 146 | Billyeald | 14 | 1:617 | 100.00% | 3,164 |
| 146 | Neaum | 14 | 1:617 | 100.00% | 3,164 |
| 156 | Wilson | 13 | 1:665 | 0.64% | 16 |
| 156 | Cox | 13 | 1:665 | 1.69% | 77 |
| 156 | Bailey | 13 | 1:665 | 1.53% | 66 |
| 156 | Fisher | 13 | 1:665 | 1.87% | 98 |
| 156 | Stevenson | 13 | 1:665 | 1.30% | 49 |
| 156 | Noble | 13 | 1:665 | 10.32% | 656 |
| 156 | Coates | 13 | 1:665 | 4.53% | 293 |
| 156 | Hague | 13 | 1:665 | 5.70% | 375 |
| 156 | Hitchcock | 13 | 1:665 | 7.34% | 466 |
| 156 | Statham | 13 | 1:665 | 3.89% | 242 |
| 156 | Belfield | 13 | 1:665 | 11.93% | 742 |
| 156 | Stanhope | 13 | 1:665 | 24.53% | 1,289 |
| 168 | Stevens | 12 | 1:720 | 1.86% | 106 |
| 168 | Bond | 12 | 1:720 | 4.08% | 285 |
| 168 | Banks | 12 | 1:720 | 4.40% | 309 |
| 168 | Cartwright | 12 | 1:720 | 4.60% | 327 |
| 168 | Cowley | 12 | 1:720 | 4.76% | 341 |
| 168 | Hodgkinson | 12 | 1:720 | 1.59% | 81 |
| 168 | Dudley | 12 | 1:720 | 15.19% | 971 |
| 168 | Carney | 12 | 1:720 | 54.55% | 2,325 |
| 168 | Milnes | 12 | 1:720 | 9.38% | 649 |
| 168 | Cutts | 12 | 1:720 | 3.08% | 209 |
| 168 | Homer | 12 | 1:720 | 41.38% | 1,921 |
| 168 | Chell | 12 | 1:720 | 12.90% | 840 |
| 168 | Selvey | 12 | 1:720 | 20.69% | 1,210 |
| 181 | Middleton | 11 | 1:786 | 1.72% | 108 |
| 181 | Bullock | 11 | 1:786 | 3.58% | 274 |
| 181 | Rowland | 11 | 1:786 | 2.81% | 205 |
| 181 | Rodgers | 11 | 1:786 | 1.55% | 94 |
| 181 | Topham | 11 | 1:786 | 7.53% | 571 |
| 181 | Shenton | 11 | 1:786 | 15.94% | 1,070 |
| 181 | Wibberley | 11 | 1:786 | 4.31% | 336 |
| 181 | Shorthose | 11 | 1:786 | 44.00% | 2,116 |
| 181 | Hackatt | 11 | 1:786 | 100.00% | 3,711 |
| 190 | Davis | 10 | 1:864 | 1.30% | 76 |
| 190 | Chapman | 10 | 1:864 | 1.41% | 95 |
| 190 | West | 10 | 1:864 | 2.16% | 166 |
| 190 | Crossley | 10 | 1:864 | 13.51% | 1,012 |
| 190 | Roe | 10 | 1:864 | 1.87% | 132 |
| 190 | Hampson | 10 | 1:864 | 5.32% | 448 |
| 190 | Haslam | 10 | 1:864 | 1.94% | 145 |
| 190 | Key | 10 | 1:864 | 4.95% | 425 |
| 190 | Anthony | 10 | 1:864 | 4.72% | 403 |
| 190 | Bunting | 10 | 1:864 | 1.41% | 93 |
| 190 | Willett | 10 | 1:864 | 17.24% | 1,210 |
| 190 | Newbold | 10 | 1:864 | 2.41% | 185 |
| 190 | Howitt | 10 | 1:864 | 10.53% | 824 |
| 190 | Lancashire | 10 | 1:864 | 16.39% | 1,165 |
| 190 | Swinscoe | 10 | 1:864 | 17.24% | 1,210 |
| 190 | Hicking | 10 | 1:864 | 8.77% | 717 |
| 190 | Whiskin | 10 | 1:864 | 100.00% | 3,962 |
| 190 | Hoolbrook | 10 | 1:864 | 41.67% | 2,181 |
| 190 | Clexton | 10 | 1:864 | 100.00% | 3,962 |
| 190 | Yardlow | 10 | 1:864 | 100.00% | 3,962 |