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Parish Registers
Baptisms, marriages & burials (1594-1625, 1626-1747, 1747-1806
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Marriages (1755-1938), banns of marriages (1824-1888), burials (1813-1940)
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Bishop's Transcripts
Baptisms, marriages & burials (1673-1810) - LDS Film Number 428914
Item 1.
Baptisms, marriages & burials (1813-1869) - LDS Film Number 498086
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Parish Chest & Poor Law Records
Churchwardens' Accounts (1612-1681, 1738-1812), Overseers' Accounts
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Baptisms and marriages from the Bishop's Transcripts have
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DCRO call no. D4190/1/1-4, D4193/1/1-6.
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Hartshorne St. Peter Parish Registers
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Bishop's Transcripts
These transcripts of the Bishop's Transcripts for Hartshorne were done
by members of the South Derbyshire Local History Research Group while researching
"At the Sign of the Bull's Head" in 1982-83, and have been very
kindly made available for reproduction on this web site by Clyde
Dissington of The Magic
Attic.
Baptisms Transcript 1701-17501751-1801
Surname Index (1701-1801)
1662 Hearth Tax Assessments for Hartshorne
Reproduced
here by kind permission of Philip
Riden,
Secretary of the Derbyshire Record Society (DRS). The DRS has published
a full transcript of the "Derbyshire Hearth Tax Assessments 1662-70", edited
by David G. Edwards, in 1982, and has recently reprinted it. I'm
very grateful to Sonia Addis-Smith, who provided me with a copy of the
relevant section of this transcript.
1841 Census Hartshorne Very
kindly transcribed by Gill
Castle, with indexing and minor amendments by Brett
Payne. N.B. the films were difficult to read, and there
may well be errors in this transcription - any corrections would be appreciated.
Surname Index
Transcript 1-498 499-997998-1385
1851 Census [Transcribed and indexed by Brett
Payne.]
HO 107/2084 Ashby de la Zouch 414, Hartshorne District 2, Enumeration
District 9a
All that Part of the Parish of Hartshorne called the Over Town,
and that of the Ecclesiastical District of Woodville within the said Parish
also the Short Hazells, Sevell Wood, the Cottages in Heath Lane, the Coppice
Farm and Cottage. Enumerator: Thomas Brown.
| Folios | 278-282 |
| Folios | 286-290 | 291-295 | 296-300 | 301-305 |
The 1851 Census Name Index for the Hartshorne Sub-District (Volume 2:1) of the Ashby Registration Area (PRO Ref. RG8 Piece Number 2084 Folios 278-305) has been published on microfiche and in book form by the Derbyshire Family History Society.
The 1891 Census Name Index for the Hartshorne Sub-District (PRO
Ref. RG12 Piece No. 2509) has also been published on microfiche by the
Derbyshire
Family History Society.
Place Names
Extracted from: Field Names in South Derbyshire, by William
Fraser, published in 1947, by Norman Adlard & Co. Ltd., Ipswich.
Hartshorne
Most of these names I extracted from a Sale Catalogue of the Carnarvon
estate dated 1911. Others came from the E.A. of 1766. I was
unfortunate as regards the field which once formed the Rectory estate,
as although nearly 400 acres were allotted by the Commissioners in 1766,
the present incumbent has no terrier or plan in connection therewith.
ALBRIGHTON. Probably a miswriting of the name of John Albrington,
who was farming in Hartshorn in 1857 (White).
BAYLEYS FIELD. This close lies near Hartshorn Heath Farm, which
was occupied in 1895 by John Bailey. A Bayley was Surveyor of Highways
in 1782, and the name occurs frequently in the church registers.
BENDS, THE. An oblong straight-sided close, so the name can have
no reference to its (present) shape. Might the meaning be found in
the "bend"-shape (reversed S) of the ridges of arable when the eight-ox
plough was pulled to the left while still at some distance from the headland?
BRICKHOUSE HILL. This close takes its name from a now-vanished
farmhouse, called Brick House, which is shewn on the 1836 O.S. map.
Traces of it still remain.
BUGLEY MEADOW. "Ley" is O.E. leah, a clearing. Halliwell
has bugy, rough ; possibly the rough clearing, but in the absence
of earlier forms this meaning cannot be put forward with confidence.
CHEESE MEADOW. Contiguous to Short Hazels Farm, an ancient farmstead
(John de Schorthasles is witness to a grant made in the middle of the 13th
century - D.A.J. 53, p. 68) which, in White's time (1857) had been occupied
by the Glover family for upwards of 300 years. Cheese Meadow no doubt
denotes a rich herbage producing good cheese. An alternative explanation
is that this was the dairywoman's perquisite in land. (Cunningham:
Growth
of Eng. Indist., etc.)
CRAM LANDS CLOSE. Possibly "crooked lands". From O.E. cromb,
crooked.
CUTTING KNIFE CLOSE. The origin of this name, as doubtless of
many others, is probably bound up with some ephemeral incident or usage
the clue to which has long been lost.
DANIEL HAYES. The close is on the Smisby boundary, in which parish
there is a farmhouse named Daniel Hays on a very ancient site. An
early 15th cent. form appears in Jeayes No. 1980 as Denewellhay.
A mid-13th cent. form is Denewellehay. The name appears to be Dene-well-hay,
i.e., the enclosure by the valley-spring. (v. Smisby.)
DAWSONS ROCKS. This rough uncultivated tract of land, intersected
by a steep-sided, wooded valley, lies in the three parishes of Hartshorn,
Repton, and Ticknall. Other names I have heard given to it are Carvers
Rocks, Lowes Rocks, Repton Rocks, and Hartshorn Rocks. The Dawson
family lived at Repton Waste Farm, and a number of them lie in the Foremark
churchyard. The Carvers were a Hartshorn family ; one was churchwarden
in 1787, and another Overseer in 1809. The two latter names are,
of course, geographical. The old gritstone quarries, with mats of
liong at their feet, are in Hartshorn.
DETHICKS BRIGG. The Rev. William Dethick bequeathed £100
to the parishes of Hartshorn and Newhall in 1624. Samuel Dethick
was buried at Hartshorn in 1705. A considerable stream bounds this
close on the W., which doubtless accounts for the "bridge".
DIMBER FIELD. The only instance of this name I have come across.
Halliwell states that in Worcestershire it means "pretty".
DYERS CROFT. Probably indicates some kind of crop. Prof.
G.M. Revelyan, writing of 16th cent. England, states: "Industrial crops
were also coming much into use ... Woad, madder, and the great fields of
saffron in Essex ... supplied the dyers of cloth." (English Social
History, p. 145).
FOULAS RIDDING. A map of Weedon Lois parish, Northants., dated
1593, has the field name "Fowle Riddinge." I suggest the Hartshorn
form agrees with this, and that the meaning is dirty, or perhaps badly-finished,
clearing. O.E., hryding, clearing (of land).
GOSELEYS, THE. This is either Goose Leys, goose-pasturing, or
Gorse Leys, clearings studded with gorse. The 1836 O.S. map gives
the latter form, as does the E.A. of 1766, which seems pretty conclusive.
Wyld, (Pl-names of Lancs:) illustrates the former meaning from a
charter of A.D. 931, gosleage wege, the goose-lea way.
GRANARY CLOSE. Near the village, N.E. of the present mill-pond.
When the parish was enclosed in 1766 the large allotment of 394 acres was
made to the Rector in lieu of tithe, etc. Possibly he had a granary-barn
on this spot.
GRAVEL PLOUGH. This close is situated on the top of Gravel-pit
Hill ; the "Plough" would indicate arable.
HARDYS GATE. On the Burton-Ashby turnpike. A toll-gate
stood there and this would be the keeper's name.
HARLE ACRES. "Harle" is an error for Hazle or Hazel (q.v.).
According to the E.A. of 1766 Hazle Acres lay in Edge Field in the S. of
the parish, and this is the position occupied by the alleged "Harle" Acres.
HAZEL ACRES. A close on Short Hazels Farm (v. Cheese Meadow).
In 1525 the manor of "Shorthassels" was held by Thomas Royle of the King
in socage by the tenure of fealty. (D.A.J. 17, p. 119). John
de Shortehaseles was plaintiff in a Fine heard at Derby in 1269 (D.A.J.
11, p.100).
HOOFIES FARM. In White (1857) this is Hoof Hay. E.P.N.S.
19, 331/2, explains the process by which O.E. holh, hollow, eventually
survives in modern field-names as Hove and Hoof. The name appears
as Hulhay (hollow-hay) in a charter of c. 1260 granting lands in Hartshorn
to the canons of Rependon (D.A.J. 53, p. 70). The meaning seems to
be, therefore, "the enclosure in the hollow," an explanation which fits
topographically.
LADYFIELDS. Several adjacent closes are so named, with distinguishing
affixes. The usual explanation for a name like this is that it has
been ecclesiastical ground in pre-Reformation times ; later on the probable
"Our" in front of Lady would be dropped.
LEICESTER HEATH. The S. corner of this close touches the parish
of Blackfordby, which is in Leicestershire. In this case it is not
a question of naming from a neighbouring parish but from a neighbouring
county. Cf. Hartshorn Field, under Bretby.
MANCHESTER LAND. This close faces Leicester Heath on the other
side of the lane. I have no explanation. Manchester Close appears
in the E.A. as an Old Enclosure, and there appears to have been a small
open-field called Manchester Field.
MEAKINS HILL. This must be a personal name, although I failed
to notice it in the church registers, etc.
MOXONS (HILL). The name given on the O.S. one-inch map to the
hill rising to the W. of Glover's Mill. Nathaniel Moxon was a churchwarden
in 1741, and the name appears in the Churchwardens' Accounts. An
Old Enclosure in the E.A. of 1766 was Maxon Close.
NAN KIRK. Doubtless a well-known local character, although I
have not been able to trace any reference to her.
OVERWOOD. A close of six acres. In a deed of 1622 (Derby Ref.
Lib., Deed No. 1880) appears the entry : "I Land in the Ouerwood."
REDLANDS. Surely so named from the colour of the soil.
RED SOIL. See Redlands.
RIDDING. From O.E. hryding, clearing, i.e. land "cleared"
of trees and brushwood for cultivation purposes. A name fairly common
in what have been woodland areas. It survives also as Redding, Riding,
etc. These closes adjoin Foulas Ridding (q.v.)
RODNEY MEADOW. Opposite this close stands the inn called the
"Admiral Rodney."
RUSH MORE. Probably the rushy waste-land. From O.E. mor,
waste or barren land. The close is on a considerable brook.
SANDHOLE FIELD. Self explanatory. On the parish boundary
at Lower Midway.
SEVERAL WOOD (FARM). This name relates to private or individual,
as opposed to common, ownership or occupation. The woodland area
near the farmhouse was not so named, as a recent writer on this district
states, because the woods there were several in number.
SHUTTLEY, THE. An ancient name. It appears as Schutlowe
in mid-13th century (D.A.J. 53, p. 69). A deed of 1662 gives its
present spelling (Derby Ref. Lib., Deed No. 1880). Shutt or Shoot
is a term brought forward from the old open-field lay-out.
SIZEWELL GRASS (AND SIZEWELL PLOUGH). The first element has reference
to some obscure arrangement in farming practice. Arthur Young, in
Annals
of Agriculture (1784-1815) states that to "size" is to draw out new
ridges nearly in the direction of the original ones. Ellis, in Modern
Husbandry (1750), says: "They plough two, three, or four size-lands
into one broad-land." What "well" may indicate in relation to the
first element I cannot say. "Grass" and "Plough," I take it, relate
to pasture and arable respectively.
SLANG. See under Swarkeston. [The name often given to a long
and (usually very) narrow field. It is common in South Derbyshire.]
SPENCERS BIT. According to the registers Mary Spencer was buried
in 1705 and Thomas Spencer in 1709. The name appears frequently.
STOBBS LADYFIELD. Halliwell states that to "stob out" land was
to portion it out by stobs or posts.
TEBBEW. This close lies on the E. boundary of the parish and
joins up with a close in Smisby called Tabew (q.v.). The two forms
are obviously variants of one name, which appears in the Hartshorn E.A.
of 1766 as Tebhough. The terminal "hough" is probably hill, barrow,
"how." (Cf. The Howgh, under Newton Solney). What "teb" means
I cannot say.
TEWITT HILL. According to the E.D.D. this is the same as Peewit
Hill.
TWOPENNY CLOSE. This name may be a gibe at its size - one and
a half acres - or may have reference to an early rental.
WAGON HOVEL CLOSE. There is now no hovel in this close.
The "wagon" would be to differentiate its purpose from that of the common
Hovel Close.
WILDERFIELD. The family of Wilder is well authenticated in the
district. A William Wilder was a landowner in Hartshorn parish in
1857, and also occupied the extra-parochial estate in Ticknall called Tatshall
Fee (White). Richard Wilder was a Hartshorn churchwarden in 1771
(D.A.J. 7, p. 60) and the name appears in the Churchwardens' Accounts under
the year 1741, etc.
Extracted from: The Place Names of Derbyshire, Vol. XXIX, Part
Three, by Kenneth Cameron, published in 1959, by the Cambridge University
Press.
Hartshorne (parts of this parish were transferred to Bretby
and Swadlincote in 1934)
Heorteshorne, in alia Heorteshorne 1086 DB
Hertes-, -is-, -horn(e) c. 1141, 1162 Tutbury, 1195,
1196 P, 1196 FF, c. 1196 DbCh, 1197 P, 1221 Cur et passim to 1495
AddCh,
-us-
1369 Cor, Hertyshornys 1499 AddCh
Herteshurn' 1221 Cur (p)
Hortishorn c. 1245 DbAns vi, 1284-6 FA
Hartsorn 1348 Cor, Hartyshorn 1544 DKR, Hart(e)shorn(e)
1577 Saxton, 1610 Speed et passim
'Hart's horn', v. heort, horn, no doubt named from Horn
Hill, south-east of the village, from its supposed resemblance to a hart's
horn. The DB entries refer to the two parts of the village ; in the
more northerly is the old hall and in the more southerly the old Manor
House and Church (FW). Cf. Hartshorn Fm (PN Nt 54).
SHORT HAZELS, S(c)hort(e)has(e)les c. 1260, 1263, c. 1265, c.
1270 DbAns vi (p), 1265, 1269 FF (p), 1269 Ass (p), Scherthasles alias
Sherthales 1317 Ipm (p), Shorthasselles 1538 MinAcct, Shorthassels
1545 DbA xxvii. Presumably referring to 'hazels which had been pollarded',
v.sc(e)ort,
haesel.
BROOMY FURLONG, Broom Flatt 1767 Burdett.
BUGLEY (6").
THE BUILDING, The Buildings 1836 O.
CAULKLEY WOOD (6"), 1836 ib.
COPPICE FM, Coppin Hall 1767 Burdett.
GLOVER'S MILL (6"), cf. Mary Glover 1857 White.
GOSELEYS (6"), Gorseleys 1766 EnclA, v. gorst, laes.
HOOFIES FM (6"), Hoof Hay 1857 White
HORN HILL, 1766 EnclA. cf. Horne Feild 1662 Derby,
v.
Hartshorne supra 637.
LEE WOOD (6"), The Leewoods 1766 EnclA.
LONGLANDS (6"), Longlands Farm 1836 O, v. lang, land.
MOXON'S HILL, cf. Nathaniel Moxon 1741 ParReg.
NETHER HALL, Netherhall 1504 Ipm.
OLD HALL (6"), Overhall 1504 ib.
SEVERAL WOOD (6"), Seuerall Woode 1547 MinAcct, perhaps
a wood in private ownership v. PN C 354, PN O 465.
Field Names
The principal forms in (a) were supplied by WF; the source is
in the main 1911 SaleCat; forms dated 1656 and 1662 are Derby,
the rest DbAns vi except where noted.
(a) Albrighton ; Bayleys Field (cf. John Bayley 1895 WF)
; the Bends ; Bleak Hill ; Brickhouse Hill ; Cheese Meadow ; Cram Lands
(v. cramb, land) ; Cutting Knife Close ; Dark Lane Field
; Dethicks Brigg (cf. the Rev. William Dethick 1624 WF) ;
Dimber Field ; Dyers Croft ; Elder Hill ; Foulas Ridding (v. rydding)
; Granary Close ; Gravel Plough ; Hardys Gate ; Hazel Acres ; King Hill
; Ladyfields (v. hlaefdige, feld) ; Leicester Heath (it abuts
on the Leicestershire boundary, v. infra 759) ; Nan Kirk ; Overwood
(Overwood 1662, v. uferra, wudu) ; The Parlour ; Redlands
; Red Soil ; Ridding (v. rydding) ; Right Hand Bottom ; Rodney
Meadow (named from the Admiral Rodney Inn) ; Rush More (v. risc,
mor) ; Sandhole Field ; the Shuttley (Schutlowe c. 1260, c.
1270, Shuttley 1662, v. hlaw ; there has been the
common interchange of hlaw and leah) ; Sizewell Grass ; Slang
(v. slang (n)) ; Sough Ditch (v. sogh, dic)
; Spencers Bit (cf. Thomas Spencer 1709 ParReg) ; Spring Fields
; Stone Pit Hill (cf. Stonepitt close 1656) ; Tebbew ; Tewitt Hill
(from dial. tewitt 'peewit' and hyll) ; Three Hills ; Twopenny Close
(Twopenny Close 1656, so named from its rent) ; Wagon Hovel Close
; Wilderfield (cf. Richard Wilder 1771 DbA vii) ; Woodfield.
(b) Apiltrefurlong c. 1260 (v. aeppel-treow, furlang)
; Barland Field 1662 ; Bradmeadow 1662 (v. brad,
maed) ; Brechem c. 1245 (v. brec) ; Brocle
1208 FF (v. brocc, leah) ; Bull Lands 1662 ; Edge
Field 1662 ; Forehaye 1252 FF (v. fore (ge)haeg)
; the Forty 1662 (v. ford-eg) ; Helneclif c.
1206-22 (v. clif) ; Hetle 1208 FF (v. haed,
leah) ; Hewe Lee c. 1265-70 (from the pers.n. Hugh and
leah)
; the Hound Hill 1662 (v. hund, hyll) ; Lutlele
1208 FF (v. lytel, leah) ; Malinbreche 1263 ('Malin's
newly cultivated land', v. mot, hlaw) ; Oxeford 1662
(v. oxa, ford) ; Petitvoleye 1252 FF ; Rough Close
1656 ; Rounds Meadow 1656 ; Settlawe c. 1206-22 (apparently
'seat-shaped hill', from OE *set-hlaw, cf. set-copp) ; Sharpeclif
c. 1245, c. 1270 (v. scearp, clif) ;
Slade Acre 1662
(v. slaed, aecer) ; Stoklowe c. 1260, Stok-
1263 (v. stocc, hlaw) ; Sutle 1208 FF (v. sud,
leah).