Bradbourne Genealogical Records
Bradbourne 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.
A searchable transcript of baptism registers, essentially recording births, but may also include places of residence and occupations.
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.
Bradbourne 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.
Transcriptions of records from baptism registers. They may list residence, marital status, witnesses and more.
An index to marriages in between 1703 and 1881, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
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.
Bradbourne 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.
A transcript of the registers of burial for people buried at the church. Details include the deceased's name, residence and age.
An index of burials in the churchyard. These records essentially record deaths between 1713 and 1912.
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.
Bradbourne 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 Bradbourne
A local paper including news from the Derby 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.
A left-wing, British daily that sold up to 2 million copies a day at its peak.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne Cemeteries
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.
A searchable database of photographs relating to railways and canals in Britain.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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 Bradbourne
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.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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 Bradbourne
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.
Bradbourne 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.
Bradbourne 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
BRADBOURNE is a township, parish and village, 5 miles north-north-east from Ashborne station on the North Staffordshire railway, and 6 south-west from Wirksworth, in the Western division of the county, hundred and county court district of Wirksworth, Ashborne union and petty sessional division, rural deanery of Ashborne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of South-well. The church of All Saints is a building in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, with considerable remains of Saxon and Norman work, and consists of chancel, with organ chamber, clerestoried nave, south aisle, south porch, and a fine tower at the west end containing 6 bells, dating from 1708 to 1895, and a clock with Westminster chimes was placed in the tower in 1897 as a Jubilee memorial: the tower is a massive Norman structure, the lower stage Saxon, and there is a turret staircase in the north-east angle; its south doorway has three orders of mouldings, one of beak-heads, and two others displaying nondescript animals; the parapet, set up about 1450, rests upon the original Norman corbel table; the north side shows the beginning of the Saxon nave, and Early English and Late Decorated features, indicating rebuilding and insertions; straight joints in the masonry prove the extent of the Norman nave: the south aisle is separated from the nave by an arcade of three arches: the south clerestory windows, and others in the south aisle, as well as the battlements of the nave, are Perpendicular: the stained east window has Decorated tracery, and there is a smaller stained window on the north side of the chancel; and in another window on the south side are remains of ancient glass, dating from about 1400 and exhibiting the arms of the family of Edensor: the font is formed of a single large square block of stone, ornamented on the sides with circles inclosing quatrefoils; there are five mural monuments to the Buckstone family, dating from 1643 to 1877, in which year a vestry and organ chamber were added, the chancel furnished with oak choir desks and re-floored and a reredos erected at a cost of about £600; the church had previously been completely restored in 1846, at a cost of £300: in 1893 an organ was provided at a cost of £300, and heating apparatus in 1894; there are 205 sittings; in the churchyard stands the lower portion of a fine and early cross, probably of the 8th century; the middle portion, split into two pieces, was long used as stile-posts; these display scriptural figures rudely carved, and interlaced foliage similar to that on the cross at Bakewell; in 1886 they were rescued from their ignoble position by A. Hartshorne esq. F.S.A, and placed in the church, together with an arm of the cross, which had been taken to Tissington Hall. The register dates from the year 1720, and has been very badly kept. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry of Ballidon annexed, joint net yearly value £113, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire K.G. and held since 1891 by the Rev. Arthur Gamble M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge. The church reading room is well supplied with newspapers and periodicals, and has a library of about 200 volumes. The church of Bradbourne was given by Geoffrey de Cauceis to the priory of Dunstable in the year 1205, and remained annexed to the priory until the Reformation, the churches of the parish (Bradbourne, Brassington, Tissington, Ballidon and Atlow) being served by a company of three canons, who were sent from Dunstable and resided at the rectory at Bradbourne; this appropriation of the rectory to Dunstable priory occurred in 1278, and was confirmed by the Bishop in 1294, a vicarage being specially endowed in 1330: shortly after the Reformation the rectory and glebe lands were purchased by George Buckston, an ancestor of Mr. Buckston, the present possessor. Bradbourne Hall, the residence of Mrs. Lewis, is a picturesque Elizabethan house, with a fine Jacobean staircase, and commands charming and extensive views of the district; on the premises is preserved a Norman font, with shallow arcading. Buxton’s Charity, of £1 yearly, left in 1665, payable out of the Shelbroad Close, in the parish of Brassington, and Gisborne’s, of £7, left 7th May, 1818, by the Rev. Francis Gisborne, sometime rector of Staveley, are for distribution. The Rev. Sir Richard Fitz-Herbert bart. M.A. of Tissington Hall, who is lord of the manor. S. H. Chandos-Pole-Gell esq. Rev. Rowland German Buckston M.A. vicar of Sutton-on-the-Hill, the Rev. Jas. Fitzherbert M.A. vicar of Tissington, M. B. Gisborne esq. and Miss Gisborne are the principal landowners. The soil is mixed; subsoil, shale, clay and limestone. The land is chiefly kept in pasture for dairy produce. The area is 1,445 acres; rateable value, £1,860; the population in 1891 was 141.
Free School (mixed), built in 1842 by the late William Evans esq. for about 50 children; average attendance, 29; it has no regular endowment, but £20 yearly is given by M. B. Gisborne esq.
Most Common Surnames in Bradbourne
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Wirksworth Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burton | 18 | 1:12 | 2.09% | 63 |
| 2 | Fearn | 16 | 1:13 | 1.98% | 71 |
| 3 | Wright | 9 | 1:24 | 0.32% | 5 |
| 4 | Bateman | 8 | 1:27 | 3.98% | 428 |
| 4 | Gerrard | 8 | 1:27 | 12.50% | 1,124 |
| 4 | Barnsley | 8 | 1:27 | 14.81% | 1,276 |
| 7 | Wagstaff | 7 | 1:31 | 2.04% | 237 |
| 7 | Udale | 7 | 1:31 | 70.00% | 3,962 |
| 9 | Harrison | 6 | 1:36 | 0.25% | 8 |
| 9 | Adams | 6 | 1:36 | 0.71% | 67 |
| 9 | Dean | 6 | 1:36 | 1.62% | 223 |
| 9 | Eyre | 6 | 1:36 | 0.78% | 77 |
| 9 | Norcliffe | 6 | 1:36 | 100.00% | 5,875 |
| 14 | Webster | 5 | 1:43 | 0.36% | 31 |
| 14 | Ball | 5 | 1:43 | 0.55% | 61 |
| 16 | Spencer | 4 | 1:54 | 0.26% | 27 |
| 16 | Barton | 4 | 1:54 | 0.83% | 158 |
| 16 | Lomas | 4 | 1:54 | 0.44% | 60 |
| 16 | Heathcote | 4 | 1:54 | 1.02% | 204 |
| 20 | Smith | 3 | 1:72 | 0.04% | 1 |
| 20 | Wood | 3 | 1:72 | 0.12% | 7 |
| 20 | Holmes | 3 | 1:72 | 0.14% | 12 |
| 20 | Heath | 3 | 1:72 | 0.61% | 151 |
| 20 | Bainbridge | 3 | 1:72 | 3.33% | 871 |
| 20 | Allsop | 3 | 1:72 | 0.45% | 101 |
| 20 | Crombie | 3 | 1:72 | 100.00% | 8,780 |
| 20 | Torr | 3 | 1:72 | 3.90% | 986 |
| 20 | Bridgewood | 3 | 1:72 | 42.86% | 5,189 |
| 20 | Whilock | 3 | 1:72 | 100.00% | 8,780 |
| 30 | Watson | 2 | 1:108 | 0.17% | 38 |
| 30 | Hardy | 2 | 1:108 | 0.19% | 46 |
| 30 | Rowland | 2 | 1:108 | 0.51% | 205 |
| 30 | Slack | 2 | 1:108 | 0.23% | 62 |
| 30 | Rouse | 2 | 1:108 | 2.44% | 943 |
| 30 | Wilkie | 2 | 1:108 | 100.00% | 10,119 |
| 30 | Crichlow | 2 | 1:108 | 13.33% | 3,022 |
| 30 | Faker | 2 | 1:108 | 100.00% | 10,119 |
| 38 | Williams | 1 | 1:215 | 0.14% | 97 |
| 38 | Evans | 1 | 1:215 | 0.09% | 39 |
| 38 | Andrews | 1 | 1:215 | 0.55% | 455 |
| 38 | Watts | 1 | 1:215 | 0.23% | 174 |
| 38 | Newton | 1 | 1:215 | 0.09% | 42 |
| 38 | Buckley | 1 | 1:215 | 0.17% | 116 |
| 38 | Lamb | 1 | 1:215 | 0.37% | 314 |
| 38 | Ashton | 1 | 1:215 | 0.22% | 164 |
| 38 | Brook | 1 | 1:215 | 1.35% | 1,012 |
| 38 | Warner | 1 | 1:215 | 0.49% | 417 |
| 38 | Mellor | 1 | 1:215 | 0.09% | 43 |
| 38 | Jenkinson | 1 | 1:215 | 0.82% | 675 |
| 38 | Handley | 1 | 1:215 | 0.40% | 347 |
| 38 | Oldfield | 1 | 1:215 | 0.27% | 220 |
| 38 | Hare | 1 | 1:215 | 4.17% | 2,181 |
| 38 | Buxton | 1 | 1:215 | 0.11% | 58 |
| 38 | Bowler | 1 | 1:215 | 0.20% | 150 |
| 38 | Hagan | 1 | 1:215 | 5.26% | 2,577 |
| 38 | Milward | 1 | 1:215 | 0.42% | 364 |
| 38 | Beeston | 1 | 1:215 | 1.02% | 810 |
| 38 | Went | 1 | 1:215 | 100.00% | 11,796 |
| 38 | Barsby | 1 | 1:215 | 1.47% | 1,082 |
| 38 | Cannings | 1 | 1:215 | 100.00% | 11,796 |
| 38 | Bark | 1 | 1:215 | 1.54% | 1,112 |
| 38 | Albon | 1 | 1:215 | 33.33% | 8,780 |
| 38 | Boam | 1 | 1:215 | 0.37% | 309 |
| 38 | Twigge | 1 | 1:215 | 1.10% | 864 |
| 38 | Foxlow | 1 | 1:215 | 50.00% | 10,119 |
| 38 | Kellon | 1 | 1:215 | 100.00% | 11,796 |
| 38 | Rams | 1 | 1:215 | 100.00% | 11,796 |
| 38 | Staly | 1 | 1:215 | 50.00% | 10,119 |