Foremark Genealogical Records
Foremark 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.
Transcriptions of records from baptism registers, the primary source for birth documentation before 1837. They may record the date a child was born and/or baptised, their parents' names, occupations, residence and more.
Baptism registers are the primary source for birth documentation before 1837, though are relevant to the present. They record the date a child was baptised, their parents' names and more.
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.
Foremark 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.
A searchable transcript of marriages solemnised at Foremark between 1663 and 1836.
A transcript of marriage registers, searchable by a name index. They are the primary marriage document before 1837. They typically record residence and marital status, though may contain age, father's name and other details.
An index to marriages in between 1689 and 1697, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
An index to marriages recorded by the church, listing the date of marriage and the names of the bride and groom.
Foremark 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 in the churchyard. These records essentially record deaths between 1662 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.
An index to over 500,000 burial records, listing name, date and place of burial and occasionally names of relatives.
Foremark 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 Foremark
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.
This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Lichfield district. Includes family announcements.
A searchable newspaper providing a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Tamworth district. Includes obituaries and family announcements.
A database allowing full text searches of a newspaper covering local news, family announcements, obituaries, court proceedings, business notices and more in the Leicester area.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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 Foremark
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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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 Foremark
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.
Foremark 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.
Foremark 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.
Historical Description
Foremark is the seat of Sir Francis Burdett, Bart. The house, which is large, is pleasantly situated on the southern bank of the Trent; and was erected in the year 1755, by the late Sir Robert Burdett, upon the site of a very ancient house.— The present edifice is a handsome stone building, of an oblong shape, the corners projecting sufficiently to have bow windows, with dome roofs. In the centre of the principal front is a portico, supported with four Ionic pillars. The offices are connected with the east end of the mansion, by a covered walk, leading through an inclosed court. The house commands an extensive prospect over the vale, through which the Trent runs; and being united with some fine woods has a good effect. The back front, which is very light and handsome, looks on some hanging hills, crowned by distant plantations. The pleasure grounds are very beautiful. A winding walk leads from the house through a wood of fine oaks, down a falling valley to the banks of the Trent, and turns up a cliff of rock and wood, which is considered as a very curious piece of scenery, the river having no where so bold and romantic a shore. The rocks are perpendicular, and of a good height, and the intermixture of wood extremely romantic, hanging over the cliffs, in some places in a striking manner, and almost overshadowing the water. The walk is conducted along the edge of the precipice, and looks down on the river winding beneath, through the scattered wood. A noble prospect of the surrounding country, well diversified by villages, breaks upon the eye through natural openings among the trees. It runs quite through this woody precipice, and, leading along a vale at the end of it, thickly planted, mounts a bold bill, free from rocks, and winds through a plantation thick enough to exclude the view of the river, &c till it arrives at the summit, which is a very fine projection. Here it opens at once from the dark wood into a temple, commanding one of the richest views in the country.— Beneath, at a great depth, the Trent makes a bold sweep, and winding through the valley, richly enclosed, and of a fine verdure, affords at different spots the most pleasing scenery. To the left you command a fine bend of it, which leads to a village, with a white church rising from the midst of it; and at some distance beyond it is again caught among the enclosures, beautifully fringed with trees and hedge rows, from hence the plantations unite with others that lead again to the house.
The following account of a part of the above grounds is extracted from a modern writer: "At the distance of somewhat more than a quarter of a mile from Foremark, in a north-east direction, is a singular rocky bank, which terminates abruptly above the extensive meadows on the margin of the Trent. The summit is only a continuation of the high grounds of Foremark ; but from its rude and sudden break, singularity of form, and neighbouring objects, it constitutes a very curious piece of scenery, particularly when viewed from the low grounds at its foot. Its centre, where the rock projects and is most naked and precipitous, presents the appearance of a gothic ruin, with openings to admit light, and a door-way rudely fashioned out of the rock, leading into several excavations or cells which communicate with each other, and give probability to the tradition of its having been the residence of an anchorite; whence it has derived the name of Anchor Church. The rock is chiefly composed of rough grit stones, and a congeries of sand and pebbles, possessing the appearance of having been formed by water. The river, which now flows at a short distance, formerly run close under the rock, as is evident from a dead pool of water yet remaining at its foot, and communicating with the preset channel. The summit of the rock is crested by old oaks and firs, and is irregularly broken by deep fissures and abrupt prominences, half covered with brushwood and ivy, which, mantling over the Gothic-like door and windows of the hermitage, give a very picturesque character to the whole mass. Human bones have been dug up on this spot; and the faint traces of a figure somewhat sepulchral are yet left beneath the rock."
Foremark, and the estates connected with it, was, till the reign of Queen Elizabeth, the property of the Frauneys, but were conveyed to the Burdetts, by the marriage of the heiress of that family with Sir R. Burdett, of Bramcote, in Warwickshire, about the year 1607. This family is of great antiquity, the founder making part of that list of archers who came over with William.
FOREMARK is a township and parish, near the river Trent, 3 ½ miles north-east from Willington station on the Derby and Burton-on-Trent branch of the Midland railway, and 6 ½ south-south-west from Derby, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Repton and Gresley, Repton petty sessional division, Burton-upon-Trent union, county court district of Derby, in the rural deanery of Melbourne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The church of St. Saviour is a small and plain building of stone in a debased Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave and a low embattled western tower containing 4 bells, the two first dated 1668 and the others 1660 and 1662 respectively: the chancel is divided from the nave by a high glazed oak screen of singular design: the communion table is a slab of grey marble, measuring 5 feet by 3 feet 6 inches, supported on a wooden frame and is the identical table consecrated by Bishop Hacket: the font, apparently Early English, consists of a bowl on a pillar-shaped base: a gallery was erected in 1819 at the west end: on the tower and the south exterior wall of the church are sundials, one of which is dated 1650: there are 170 sittings. The register dates from the year 1662. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £102, derived partly from the Foremark estate, in the gift of Sir Francis Burdett bart. and held since 1880 by the Rev. Thomas Orrell, of St. Aidan's, who is also incumbent of Calke, and resides at Ticknall. Foremark Hall, built in 1762 and the seat of Sir Francis Burdett bart. D.L., J.P. lord of the manor and principal landowner, is a fine stone mansion, surrounded by beautiful trees and shrubs; in the grounds is a, lake of considerable dimensions. Soil, various; subsoil, sand and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots. The area of the township is 1,194 acres of land and 13 of water; rateable value, £1,450; the population in 1891 was 93 in the township and 92 in the parish; 50 others have been added to Foremark from adjoining parishes.
Most Common Surnames in Foremark
| Rank | Surname | Incidence | Frequency | Percent of Parent | Rank in Repton and Gresley Hundred |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goodall | 11 | 1:14 | 2.44% | 172 |
| 2 | Fearn | 10 | 1:16 | 1.24% | 71 |
| 3 | Fisher | 9 | 1:17 | 1.30% | 98 |
| 3 | Buxton | 9 | 1:17 | 0.96% | 58 |
| 3 | Cliff | 9 | 1:17 | 13.43% | 1,091 |
| 6 | Heafield | 8 | 1:20 | 15.38% | 1,306 |
| 7 | Rawding | 7 | 1:22 | 53.85% | 3,305 |
| 8 | Watts | 6 | 1:26 | 1.36% | 174 |
| 8 | Draper | 6 | 1:26 | 2.63% | 375 |
| 8 | Daniel | 6 | 1:26 | 10.34% | 1,210 |
| 8 | Glenn | 6 | 1:26 | 37.50% | 2,887 |
| 12 | Chester | 5 | 1:31 | 9.62% | 1,306 |
| 12 | Matthew | 5 | 1:31 | 62.50% | 4,674 |
| 12 | Greasley | 5 | 1:31 | 6.10% | 943 |
| 15 | Cluer | 4 | 1:39 | 36.36% | 3,711 |
| 16 | Wright | 2 | 1:78 | 0.07% | 5 |
| 16 | Wood | 2 | 1:78 | 0.08% | 7 |
| 16 | Brooks | 2 | 1:78 | 0.28% | 92 |
| 16 | Mann | 2 | 1:78 | 2.22% | 871 |
| 16 | Murfin | 2 | 1:78 | 0.86% | 369 |
| 16 | Rooth | 2 | 1:78 | 3.92% | 1,326 |
| 22 | Smith | 1 | 1:156 | 0.01% | 1 |
| 22 | Thomas | 1 | 1:156 | 0.38% | 329 |
| 22 | Martin | 1 | 1:156 | 0.10% | 52 |
| 22 | Wilkinson | 1 | 1:156 | 0.14% | 86 |
| 22 | Cox | 1 | 1:156 | 0.13% | 77 |
| 22 | Adams | 1 | 1:156 | 0.12% | 67 |
| 22 | Foster | 1 | 1:156 | 0.14% | 91 |
| 22 | Hunt | 1 | 1:156 | 0.08% | 32 |
| 22 | Holmes | 1 | 1:156 | 0.05% | 12 |
| 22 | Burton | 1 | 1:156 | 0.12% | 63 |
| 22 | Sharp | 1 | 1:156 | 0.24% | 183 |
| 22 | Stevenson | 1 | 1:156 | 0.10% | 49 |
| 22 | Yates | 1 | 1:156 | 0.17% | 117 |
| 22 | Sutton | 1 | 1:156 | 0.23% | 180 |
| 22 | Barber | 1 | 1:156 | 0.14% | 84 |
| 22 | Holden | 1 | 1:156 | 0.39% | 332 |
| 22 | Griffin | 1 | 1:156 | 0.72% | 601 |
| 22 | Bentley | 1 | 1:156 | 0.36% | 298 |
| 22 | Brookes | 1 | 1:156 | 0.45% | 389 |
| 22 | Sheldon | 1 | 1:156 | 0.22% | 166 |
| 22 | Thorp | 1 | 1:156 | 0.72% | 601 |
| 22 | Reader | 1 | 1:156 | 1.08% | 840 |
| 22 | Ratcliff | 1 | 1:156 | 0.57% | 473 |
| 22 | Hickling | 1 | 1:156 | 0.69% | 583 |
| 22 | Dolman | 1 | 1:156 | 0.38% | 329 |
| 22 | Hassell | 1 | 1:156 | 100.00% | 11,796 |
| 22 | Towle | 1 | 1:156 | 0.93% | 749 |
| 22 | Savidge | 1 | 1:156 | 8.33% | 3,486 |
| 22 | Glasby | 1 | 1:156 | 5.56% | 2,664 |
| 22 | Armson | 1 | 1:156 | 1.89% | 1,289 |
| 22 | Clewer | 1 | 1:156 | 100.00% | 11,796 |
| 22 | Cregan | 1 | 1:156 | 100.00% | 11,796 |
| 22 | Stych | 1 | 1:156 | 20.00% | 6,679 |
| 22 | Wartnaby | 1 | 1:156 | 33.33% | 8,780 |
| 22 | Duning | 1 | 1:156 | 100.00% | 11,796 |
| 22 | Mague | 1 | 1:156 | 100.00% | 11,796 |