Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of St Martin Church, Alfreton
Published in October 2014
DESCRIPTION
The parish church of St. Martin, Alfreton will be found at the end of a short road leading from the top of King Street and adjoining the grounds of Alfreton Hall, once the home of the Palmer-Morewood family who were owners of the local coalmines. The Hall, originally dating from around 1750 was acquired by Derbyshire County Council in 1963 and in 1968 part of the structure was demolished due to mining subsidence. The remaining building is now a Conference Venue with a public park and leisure facilities.
The ancient church was built by Robert Fitz-Ranulph who gave it to the Abbey of Beauchief in 1174. In the 14th century the church was mainly rebuilt, but the early tower remains and some parts of the early stonework can still be found in the structure of the walls. Major restoration work was carried out in 1868 when the east window was installed.
The earliest surviving original parish registers, now held at the County Record Office at Matlock, date from 1706. However the Bishops' Transcripts held at the Lichfield Record Office, date from 1662. Until well into the 1800's the parish of Alfreton included the villages of Ironville, Riddings, Somercotes and Swanwick.
LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions
ABBOTT ADKIN ALCOCK ALLEN ALLSOP ANTHONY ARGILE ARKWRIGHT ATHERLEY ATKINSON AVIS AYLISBURY BACON BALL BANCURE BANSALL BARBER BARRATT BASSETT BAXTER BECKTON BELFIELD BENTLEY BERESFORD BERREY BETTISON BINGHAM BIRLEY BLAND BLOUNT BLYTHE BOOT BOURNE BOWEN BOWER BRADFORD BRADLEY BRADSHAW BRAILSFORD BRAMWELL BREARLEY BREFFIT BRENTNALL BRETT BRICKNELL BROOK(E) BROOKSBANK BROTHERTON BROUGH BROWN BRYANT BUNTING BURNHAM BURNS BUSH BUXTON BYRON CALTOTTE CAMPBELL CANDLIN CAREY CARR CARTER CAS(E) CAWKWELL CHADBOURNE CHAWORTH CHILDE CHRISTIAN CLARINGBURN CLARK(E) CLAY /CLEE CLEWLEY CLIFFORD CLOUGH COLEBOURN COOK COOPER COVENTRY COWLEY COX CRAIG CRAVEN CRAWFORD CREESE CRESSWELL CRICKMORE CUMBERLAND CUPIT CUTLER DAVEY DAVIS DAWES DAYKIN DEACON DEBRETT DENBY DOAR DRAPER DUDSON DUFFIELD EARDLEY EDEN ELLIOTT ELNOR ENGAYN ENGLAND EVANS EVERINGHAM EYRE FARMER FELKIN FELL FINCH FLETCHER FLINT FORRETT FOWKES FOX FRANKLIN FURMSTON FURNESS GARRATT GENT GEORGE GIBSON GILBERT GODFREY GOODACRE GOODWIN GRATTON GREEN GREGORY GRIGG HALL HAMILTON HARPHAM HASKINS HASLAM HAWKINS HAYNES HEATON HEMPSON HEMPSTOCK HENLEY HERVEY HEWITT HEYWOOD HIGGINSON HILL HILLYER HODGETT HOLLIDAY HOLLINGWORTH HOLME(S) HOOL HOPKINSON HORNE HORSLEY HOUFTON HOULDING HUGHES HULL HUNT HUTCHINSON HUTTON JACKSON JELF JEPSON JOHNSON JONES KEMPSON KERRY KEY KEYWORTH KING KIRK KNIGHTON KUZNIARZ LANCASHIRE LATHAM LAWRENCE LAWSON LEARY LEE LESSON LILLEY LINACRE LING LOACH LONGDEN LOVEROCK LOWE MACHIN MAISEY MALKIN MALTBY MANCHESTER MARSDEN MARSHALL MARTIN MASON MATTHEWS MEIN MERRIMAN MILLER MILNER MILWARD MOORE MOREWOOD MOTTER MOUSLEY MOXON MUMFORD MYCROFT MYFORD NAYLOR NELSON NEWTON NICHOLSON NIX NORTH NUTTALL OAKDEN OATES OLDFIELD ONIONS ORANGE ORMOND OSMASTON OUTHWAITE OZANNE PADLEY PAGE PAKENHAM PALMER-MOREWOOD PARKIN PARKINSON PARSONS PATRICK PEACH PEARSON PEAT PECCO PEEL PEPPER PEYTON PHYPE PIGGIN PIPES PLATTS PORT(ER) POTTER PRATT PURDEY PURSGLOVE PYM RADFORD RAWSON READ REEVES RICE RICKARDS RILEY RIPPON ROBERTS ROBINSON RODERHAM RODES ROE ROWBOTTOM SANDERS SAXTON SCHOFFIELD SEARSTON SEEDS SELBY SEVERN SHARP SHAW SHEDDEN SHELTON SHEPPARD SHERWIN SHINFIELD SHUTTLEWORTH SILLS SIMPSON SLACK SMALLEY SMEDLEY SMITH SMITHURST SPENCELEY SPENCER STAIN STANLEY STERLAND STONE(S) STORER STRING STRUTT SUMMERS SUTERMIESTER SUTTON SWAIN SWEETING SWINDELL TAYLOR THACKER THOMPSON THOROTON TILLVER TOMLINSON TOOZE TOPHAM TOWNSEND TROTTER TURNER TURTON VALENTINE VASEY WADSWORTH WALKER WALTERS WARD WARREN WASS WATHEY WATKINSON WATSON WEBSTER WELTON WEST WETTON WHARTON WHEATCROFT WHITE WHITEMAN WHITTLE WILD WILGOOSE WILKINS WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILMOT WILSON WOLFENDEN WOOD WOODARD WOOLLEY WRAGG WRAY WRIGHT WYKES WYMESWOLD YATES
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