Netherseal & Overseal Parish Pages

Microfilm copies of Parish Registers and Bishop's Transcripts are held variously at the Derbyshire Record Office and The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland.  They are also available for ordering via local LDS Family History Centres.

Church of England. Parish Church of St Peter, (Nether)Seal

Parish registers, 1566-1956 (Derbyshire Record Office no.: D809/A/PI/1/1-3,2/1,3/1-4,4/1-2,5/1) LDS Film No 1752218 Item 10 - General Register: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1566-1725) Item 11 - General Register: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1725-1787) Item 12 - General Register: Baptisms, Marriages and Burials (1788-1812) Item 13 - Baptism Register (1813-1833) LDS Film No 1752219 Item 1 - Baptism Register (1833-1874) Item 2 - Marriage Register (1754-1777) Item 3 - Banns Register (1777-1801) & Marriage Register (1777-1812) Item 4 - Marriage Register (1813-1837) Item 5 - Marriage Register (1837-1901) Item 6 - Banns Register (1823-1865) N.B. No Banns 1802-1822 - Records Missing Item 7 - Banns Register (1865-1901) Item 8 - Burial Register (1813-1902) LDS Film No 2082370 Item 7 - Marriage Register (1901-1953) Item 8 - Burial Register (1903-1956)

St Peter's, Netherseal - Photo © 2004 Roger Patrick Parish chest materials, 1659-1835 (Derbyshire Record Office no.: D809 A/PO 1-8; A/PW/1) Overseers accounts, 1744-1821 -  LDS Film No 1702631 Items 19-23 Overseers accounts, 1821-1835 Paupers list, 1824 -  LDS Film No 1702632 Items 1-3 Churchwardens and overseers accounts, 1659-1816 List of paupers, 1823-1824 (another filming) -  LDS Film No 2104058 Items 5-6

Bishop's transcripts, 1563-1871 -  LDS Film No 595762

Monumental Inscriptions, 1711-1878 -  LDS Film No 973265 Item 11

Church of England. Chapelry of St Matthew, Over Seal

Parish registers, 1841-1925 (Derbyshire Record Office no.: D812/A/PI/1/1-2,2/1,3/1,4/1) Baptisms 1841-1900 Marriages 1857-1900 Banns 1864-1900 Burials 1841-1906 -  LDS Film No 1752219 Items 10-14 Marriages, 1900-1925 (from 25 Dec. 1900) -  LDS Film No 2082370 Item 9 Bishop's transcripts. 1842-1871 [Original at The Record Office for Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland] Baptisms and burials, 1842-43, 1845-1858, 1868-71 -  LDS Film No 1656182 Item 3 Overseers accounts, 1812-1821 Derbyshire Record Office no.: D812 A/PO 1-2 - LDS Film No 1702631 Items 17-18

St Matthew's, Overseal - Photo © 2001 Paul Greening

The following Non-Conformist Records are also available through the LDS Church Family History Centres: Methodist Church, Netherseal Registers [Derbyshire Record Office Call no.: D 4708/1] Baptisms, 1891-1896, 1900 -  LDS Film No 2103927 Item 5

Parish Register Transcripts
Netherseal St Peter's, Baptisms, Marriages & Burials (1563-1724)
The Leicestershire & Rutland Family History Society has published Sue Brown's transcript of the parish register of Netherseal St Peter's for the years 1563 to 1724, on a set of three fiche.  This comprises baptisms, marriages & burials, indexed by surnames and place names, and includes cross-checks with entries from the Bishop's Transcripts.

Netherseal St Peter's, Baptisms, Marriages & Burials (1725-1812)
"The Register of the Parish of Seale in the County of Leicester in which is contained the names of all those that have been Baptized, Married, or Buried, & the time when, since the twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one Thousand Seven Hundred & Twenty five."
N.B. This register is probably not the original. Notes contained within the register suggest that it was at least in part copied from the original by John M. Gresley, then Rector of Overseal, in October 1852.  Two pages of the register appear to be missing from the film, covering the period between 7 February and 14 September 1800. It is possible that they were missing from the register too.  Several pages at the end of the register contain notes relating to various people and events of local importance (see Parish Notes).
Transcribed and indexed by Brett Payne.

Overseal St Matthew's, Baptisms & Burials (1842--1871)
Sharon Kay has very kindly provided her transcripts of the St Matthew's, Overseal BTs for use on this site.  Indexing and conversion to web format has been done by Brett Payne.  N.B. The years 1844 and 1859-1867 are completely absent from the Bishop's Transcripts.
 

St Peter's	Transcripts	Surname Index		St Matthew's	Transcripts	Surname Index
Baptisms	1725-1750 1751-1775 1776-1800 1801-1812	A-K L-Z		Baptisms	1842-1845 1846-1850 1851-1855 1856-1858 ......... 1868-1871	A-Z
Marriages	1725-1812	A-Z
Burials	1725-1750 1751-1775 1776-1800 1801-1812	A-Z		Burials	1842-1850 1851-1871	A-Z

St Matthew's Overseal
Compiled by Nigel Wilton of Moira, edited by Geraldine Bancroft and indexed by Brett Payne.
Monumental Inscriptions Transcript & Surname Index

1841 Census of Netherseal
Enumeration District No. 12 (Enumerator: Richard Elton), Hartshorne Registrar's District, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Superintendent Registrar's District, Goscote Hundred of Leicestershire.  PRO Reference HO107/596.
Transcribed from a poor quality microfilm very ably by Bryan Small, with minor amendments and indexing by Brett Payne.  Further corrections would be gratefully received. N.B. Overseal is not included.
Full Transcript & Surname Index

1851 Census of Netherseal
PRO Piece No. HO107/2084 Folios 202-220, Superintendent Registrar's District : Ashby de la Zouch, Registration District : Hartshorne, Enumeration District 3a
Transcribed by Bryan Small, with minor amendments and indexing by Brett Payne.
Full Transcript & Surname Index

1861 Census of Netherseal
PRO Piece No. RG9/2268 Folios 83-98, Superintendent Registrar's District : Ashby de la Zouch, Registration District : Hartshorne   Enumeration District No. 5, Enumerator: W. Jones.
Description: All the Township of Netherseal including Field Farm, Tinder Gate, the Whitehouse, The Hollow, Seal Grange, Grangewood Lodge and Cottages, Grangewood house and Cottages, Scattergood, the Wood Cottage, Wood Farm, Gunby Farm, Grangewood Farm, Crickets Inn and Cottages, The Rectory, Brickkiln Cottages.
Transcribed and indexed by Brett Payne.
Full Transcript & Surname Index

1871 Census of Netherseal
PRO Piece No. RG10/3246 Folios 33-45, Hartshorne Sub-District E.D. No. 6, Enumerator: Edwin Leavesley
Description: All the Township of Netherseal in the Parish of Seals including the Fields Farm, Tinkers Gate, the White House, the Hollows Farm, Seal Grange, Windmill House, Grange Wood Farm and Cottages, Woodside Farm, Grange Wood Lodge, Seal Wood, Cottages, Gunby Farm, Gunby House Farm, Mount Pleasant, Seal Pastures, Cricketts Inn House and Cottages.
Transcribed by Bryan Small, with minor amendments and indexing by Brett Payne.
Full Transcript & Surname Index

Place Names
Extracted from: The Place Names of Derbyshire, Vol. XXIX, Part Three, by Kenneth Cameron, published in 1959, by the Cambridge University Press.
NETHERSEAL (Transferred from Leicestershire in 1897)
It is impossible to separate adequately the forms for Netherseal and Overseal, except when they have distinctive epithets.  All the early forms have therefore been placed here for convenience.
Scel(l)a 1086 DB
Sela 1086 DB
Scegla c. 1125 LeiSur, Sceyle c. 1141 Tutbury
Seyla c. 1125 LeiSur, Seile 1135-9 France (p), c. 1158 Bemrose (p), 1198 Cur, Seyle 1166 RBE (p), 1215 BurtCh (p), 1215 BurtCh (p), Seille 1208 FF (p), Seylle 1247 Cl
S(c)heile, -eyle 1225, 1247 Rydeware, 1255 BurtAn (p), 1273 Rydeware et passim to 1396 Pat (p), Scheill 1306 Ass
Seal Ed I DbCh
Nether Scheyle Hy 3 Rydeware, Nether Shayle 1454 DbA xxxiv, Nethersheyle 1532 Burton
Chirchescheyle 1276 Rydeware, Chirchesheil 1331 ib
Magna Scheyle c. 1300, 1314 Rydeware
Probably 'little copse', v.scegel.

ACRESFORD, 1835 O.
CORN MILL (6"), Seal Mill 1835 ib.
CRICKET'S INN (6"), Crickets Inn 1804 Smith
THE DUMBLES (6"), cf. Dymple Hyll 1549 Lanc, v.dumpel, hyll.
EASTFIELD (6"), The Field 1835 O.
THE GRANGE, Seale grange 1577 Saxton, v.grange.
GRANGE WOOD, 1835 O.
GUNBY LEA (6"), Ganby Lea 1835 ib.
POTTER'S WOOD, Potter Wood 1835 ib.
SEAL PASTURES, Seal Pasture 1835 ib.
SEALWOOD FM (6"), cf. bosco de Scheyle 1247 Rydeware, Sealwood side 1661 Dep.
SHORT WOOD (6"), le Shertwode c. 1300 Rydeware, Shorte Wode 1306 Ass, v. sc(e)ort, wudu.
WOOD FM (6"), 1835 O.
WOODSIDE FM (6"), Woodside 1835 ib.

FIELD-NAMES
The principal forms in (a) are 1842 TA; those dated 1661 are Rental, the rest Gresley except where noted.

(a) Alex Close; Arnolds Croft Meadow, Bancroft (v.bean, croft); Barley Bottoms and Close; Barn Close; Black Flatt; Black Pit Close; Blenham Close; Bowling Alley; Broad Close and Meadow; Brooks Meadow; Broomy Close (Broome close 1661, v. brom(ig), clos); Cadbro'; Calf Close; Calves Close; Catherine Pit Close; Clattercut (Clatercote 1257, v. clater, cot); Clover Close and Piece; Coal Hill; Cockshoots (v. cocc-sciete); Common Hill; Connery (v.coninger); Coppice; Cote Close; Cow Flat; Cuckoo Close; Cullymoor; Dadmoor; Dog Lane Croft; Eachill (v.ecels); Filberts; Fine Ditch; Fishpools; Five Acres; Flatts; Fords Close; Four Acres; Garden Close; Gate Close; Gore (Gore c. 1300 Redeware, v.gara); Gorse Meadow; Gorsey Lane Close; Gorsty Pit (v. gorstig, pytt); Green Oak Meadow; Groundless Pit Close; Hall Flatt; Hane Butts; Hill Meadow; Hillocky Leas; Hilly Piece; Hole; Holly Bush; Home Croft; Hoobro' Meadow; Hook Meadow; (v. hoc, maed); Hoppins Pit Close (cf. Hopynges 1247, v.hopping); Hop Yard Meadow; Hornet Hill (Hortnoteshullesheved (sic) e. 13th); Horse Pool Close; House Close; Hurst Meadow (v.hyrst, maed); Inn Meadow; Insleys Yard; Intake (v. intak); Kiln Close; Lane End; Limpshill; Little Hill and Meadow; Loath Meadow; Long Close and Piece; Marlpit Close; Meadow below Rough; Meadow Close; Meadow over Mease (named from R. Mease supra 12); Meer Pit Field; Meers (v.(ge)maere); Middle Close, Hill and Piece; Mill Green; Moor Meadow (le Moremedewe 1314 Rydeware, v. mor, maed); Moss Close, Nether Close; Newgate Close; New Knob; Nook; Oak Tree Close; Old Mans Close; Old Pasture; Ox Way; Pear Tree Nook; Pit Close; Plank Pit; (v. planke, pytt); Plantation Close; Quagmire Close; Quarry, Rick Close; Rickyard Close; Rough; Round Knob; Royals Knob; Rushey Close; Saint Mary Greaves (v. infra760); Sand Hole; Seale End; Sheep Pen; Short Hedges; the Slates (v.sletta); Small Meadow; Smith Pits; Smithy Irons (v. smidde, hyrne); Spinney Close and Meadow; Stone Pit Close; Swain Pipes; Taggs Yard; Thornhill; Three Cornered Close; Tinkers Close and Croft; Tithe Nook; Town Leys (v.tun, laes); Townsend (Towns end 1661); Upper Meadow and Piece; Water Fallow, Field and Hill; Watering Piece; Water Piece; Wet Furrows; Wholesitch; Windmill Close and Hill; Withy Bed Nook; Wright's Meadow.

(b) Bovieresflat Hy 3 (from the occupational surname Bovier 'cowherd, oxherd' and flat); Bowerflat 1400 (probably from the occupational surname Bower 'maker of bows' and flat); Cambell alias Camville wood 1661 (named from Clifton Campville Lei, an adjacent parish); Chirchehul 1244 (v. cirice, hyll); Cramwode 1331 Rydeware (v.cramb, wudu); Crosseforthe 1330 Ass (v. cros, ford); Culverwelle Hy 3 ('dove spring or stream', v. culfre, waella); Fulbertdunstall e. 13th ('Fulbert's farmstead', v.tun-stall); Goldeburwehauedlond 1402 (perhaps rather 'gold mound', v. gold, beorg than 'gold fortification', referring to some well-known tumulus in the area; v. also heafod-land); Grymmeswode 1331 (named from the family of Ralph Grym 1331 and wudu); Henry butt 1661 (from the pers.n. Henry and butte); Hongindehaseles c. 1280 (v. hangende, haesel); Pipe-wood 1661; Ruedych 1247 (v. ruh, dic); Steniltre 1243 ('Steinhild's tree', v.treow); le Tounhous 1314 Rydeware (v. tun, hus)

OVERSEAL (Transferred from Leicestershire in 1897)
OVERSEAL, Vuerseila 1186-1205 Gresley, Overe Scheyle 13th Rydeware, Oversheile 1313 ib, Ouerscheyle 1343 BM, Oversheyle 1357 Pat, Ouerseale 1577 Saxton, Over Seal 1610 Speed, Parva Sheyle Hy 3 BM, c. 1300 Rydeware, 1320 Pat.
BARRATT POOL, Barrat Pool 1835 O.

FIELD NAMES
The principal forms in (a) are 1842 TA.

(a) Barn Butts, Close and Piece; Bear Leys, Beggers Bush, Brick Kiln Close, Brook Flat, Broomhill, Broomy Lands (v. bromig, land); Bulls Nook; Buswell; Calves Close; Cander Fen; Catsford Close; Church Way; Common Hill; Cottage Yard; Cross Gap; Ell Close; Far Cross; Farm Pits; Ferny Flat; Fold Yard; Four Acres; Harry Hedge; Hays (v.(ge)haeg); Heath; Hill Piece; Hollow; Home Close; Hound Rushes; Intake (v.intak); Jarvases Close; Lambersitch; Lingy Close; Long Close and Meadow; Lower Piece; Lunns Yard; Megs Garden; Middle Nook; Mirey Meadow; New Close; Nine Leys (v.nigon, laes); Pingle (v.pingel); Pit Close; Quaintery Way; Rolls Croft; Roman Way; Rough; Short Heath; Sough Piece (v.sogh, pece); Spang; Square Close; Stocker tor; Stonyard; Stony Ford Close; Ten Pikes; Thieves Hill; Thistle Close; Three Cornered Close; Townsend; the Trail; Turf Hill; Upper; Usherwoods Close; Wadlands Way; Withys.

• GRICE of Netherseal by Syd Grice
• YEOMANS of Netherseal by Geraldine Bancroft
• MORTIMER of Overseal by Geraldine Bancroft
• ADAMS of Overseal by Geraldine Bancroft
• SHORTHOUSE by Sharon Kay of Australia
• CLEMENTS of Netherseal  by Trevor Simpson of Berkshire, England
• BANCROFT of Netherseal & STURGESS of Overseal  by Geraldine Bancroft
• BANCROFT of Overseal  by Pauline Bancroft