Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of Birchwood Methodist Church, Somercotes
Published in October 1999
DESCRIPTION
In April we moved our Library into Birchwood Methodist Church from the United Reformed Church at Alfreton which had been closed and sold. The impressive Birchwood Methodist Church was built by John Smedley of Matlock and opened in 1853. It was lent to the Limited Wesleyan Methodist Free Church of Birchwood for 21 years. On 11th September 1874, after the death of John Smedley, the Church Members purchased the building for £800 from his widow.A schoolroom was provided within the building and was open to all children of the village for a small fee. In 1910 the present schoolroom was built which was also used as a day school in wartime and during the strikes of the 1920's it was used as a centre for feeding children.
The graveyard attached to the Church has been extended, using land purchased in 1925 from James Oakes.
Our Library opens every Wednesday from 10.00a.m. until 1.30p.m. Visitors are warmly welcomed and will be able to browse through our ever-growing collection of transcriptions and other material. The number of people attending our Wednesday meetings has exceeded our expectations and we are very grateful to those who come along each week to help with indexing and filing.
Those people who have not yet visited us will be very welcome to come along and see what we hold on our Library shelves and to do any research. A map showing how to find us is given on the back page of this Newsletter.
LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions
ADKINS AMOS ANSLOW ANTHONY ARMSTRONG ATHERSYCH ATTER BAILEY BALDWIN BALL BALLEN BANKS BARLOW BARNETT BETTSON BEXTON BILSON BIRD BISHOP BLATHERWICK BONSALL BOWER BOWMAR BOWN BRADFORD BRADSHAW BRAMLEY BRAMWELL BRENTNALL BROCKLEHURST BROMLEY BROUGH BROWN BULLOCK BURDETT BURGESS BURGIN BURNALL/ELL BURNHAM BURT BUSH CARRIER CARTLIDGE CASTLE CLARKE/E COCKAYNE COLLEDGE COLLIER COOK COOPER COTTON COUPE COXHEAD CRESSWELL CUMMINGS DARRINGTON DEAN DOOLEY DOUGLAS DOWN(E)S DURHAM EALES EATON ELLIS EVERLEY FANTOM FARNELL FAZEY FELL FITCHETT FLETCHER FLINT FLINTOFF FOGERTY FOULKES FOWLER FOX FREARSON FROGG FROGGATT/ETT FROST FRYER GADSBY GASCOYNE GENT GIBSON GILES GODBER GOODMAN GOODWIN GRANEY GREATOREX GREEN GRUNDY HALE HALL HALLSWORTH HARD HARDWICK HARDY HARRIS HARTWELL HARWOOD HAWKINS HAYES HEMSLEY HERBERT HERROD HICKINBOTHAM HICKS HICKTON HILL HINKS HODSON HOLLIDAY HOLLINGWORTH HOLMES HOOLEY HORTON HOWARTH HOWITT HUCKERBY HUDSON HUMBERSTONE HUNT HURSTHOUSE INGAMELLS JACKSON JAMES JARRETT JEPSON JOHNSON KEETLEY KING KITTS KNOWLES LADYMAN LANE LANGTON LATHAM LAW LEAKE LEESON LIMB LINEKER LITCHFIELD LITTLEWOOD LLOYD LOWE LYCITT MARRIOTT MASON MASSEY MILES MILLS MOAKES MORLEY MORRIS MORTON MOSS MYCROFT McDONALD NAYLOR NICHOLLS NOBLE NORRIS OCKLEY OLNEY OSBISTON OSBORN/E PARKER PARKIN PARNHAM PARR PATRICK PEACH PEGG PICKBOURNE PLATTS POTTER POXON PRESSLAND PRIDMORE PRYOR RADAGE RADFORD RAMPLING RAYNOR REEK RHODES RICHARDS RICHARDSON RILEY ROBERTS ROBINSON ROGERS ROSSINGTON ROUND ROWE ROYCE RYDER SANDHAM SANSAM/OM SCARBROUGH SCOTT SEAR SEVERN SHARPE SHAW SHEPHERD SHOOTER SIMPSON SLACK SMITH SMITHARD SPENCER SPERING STEELE STEEPLES STEVENSON STOKES STONE STOPPARD STORER TATAM TAYLOR TEBBUTT THOMPSON THORPE TILLOTSON TOMLINSON TOWERS TOWNDROW TOWNSEND TRUMAN TURNER TURTON TWIGG VARDY WADE WAGSTAFF/E WAIN WALKER WALL WALTERS WARD WARDLE WARNE WARRINER WATERFALL WATKINSON WATTS WEIGHTMAN WELLS WESTON WHARTON WHATTON WHILDE WHITE WILBRAHAM WILKINSON WILLEY WILLGOOSE WILLIAMS WILLIS WILLMOTT WILSON WINSOME WISEMAN WOOD WOODLAND WOODLEY WRAY WRIGHT WYNN
Contacting Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group
- DARG's records are not for sale, nor available on computer, but we are very happy to answer enquiries by post. No charges are levied, but donations are always welcome, either from fellow enthusiasts, or from those who benefit from our services.
- We can supply full details of specific memorial inscriptions in churchyards and cemeteries or from parish registers, etc. by post, provided they are accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope. Overseas enquirers please note that foreign stamps cannot be used as return postage, therefore please include a donation (in sterling) to cover - at least - the cost of return postage.
- We do not have an email address. All communications MUST be by
post or by telephone; however as indicated above, we cannot answer
queries by post without the cost of return postage. A list of
current UK postal charges is available on the
Royal Mail website.
- For postal enquiries please write to Winifred Waterall, 86 High Street, Loscoe, Heanor, Derbyshire DE75 7LF, UK. We are unable to accept foreign cheques, so all donations must be in sterling. Please make cheques payable to "Derbyshire Ancestral Research Group" ("DARG" alone in not acceptable at our Bank) - thank you.
- For telephone enquiries on Library holdings please call Margaret Brooksbank, telephone 01773 604916.
- Note: our offer of searches is restricted to our own transcripts and other material in our own Library (as listed on these pages). It does NOT extend to collections elsewhere.
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