Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of St Helen's Church, Darley
Published in October 2004
DESCRIPTION
The village of Darley Dale is situated about 4 miles north of Matlock on the Derby to Bakewell Road. At the time of the Domesday Survey of 1086, it was a royal manor, listed as having a church and a priest. Darley is a pleasant and extensive parish, stretching away from the busy main road and contains the hamlets of Toadhole, Sydnope, Farley, Hackney, Tinkersley, Oakerside and Oaker-end. Also included in the parish were South Darley until 1845 and Rowsley until 1860. The parish is borded by Ashover to the east, Rowsley to the north, Stanton, Wensley & Snitterton to the west and Rowsley and Beeley to the north.The inhabitants were chiefly employed in agriculture. There were some employed in flax spinning, paper making and framework knitting. Lead smelting also took place in the area. Today Darley is a 'dormitory' village.
Principal landowners were the Darleys, Wendesleys, Rollesleys, Collumbells and the Duke of Rutland, other names connected with ownership of land were those of Sir Francis Darwin of Sydnope, Arthur Heathcote, Christopher Potter and the family of Daykeyne. The Daykeynes invented the hydraulic engine to work machinery. The Daykeyne family under several variations of spelling is one of the most ancient in the area.
Pedigrees printed in 'Glover's Derbyshire Directory' are Bower, Potter, Gisborne, Foljambe, Plumpton, Sotehill, Rocliffe, Heathcote, Dakeyne and Walthall.
The church of St. Helen Darley dates from the 12th century and was restored in 1877, with new seating fitted in 1885. The church porch contains several sepulchral slabs, some dating possibly from the 9th century and some are built into various parts of the church exterior walls. In the churchyard are table tombs dating from the early 17th century with sculptures on their sides indicating tools of trade. Also in the churchyard is a Yew tree, one of the largest and most ancient in England.
MEMORIAL STONE
A number of gravestones have been removed from the west of the church to make way for a parish room. These were recorded by DARG before they were removed. Some have survived this removal and are now leaning by the churchyard wall, others have been broken and lost. A stone was erected in 1992 to the memory of those whose remains were disinterred and placed in a communal grave.
LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions
ABEL ADAM(S) ADKINS AINSWORTH AL(L)SOP(P) ALDRICH ALLDREAD ALLEN ALLISON ALLWOOD ALSTON ANCOVE ANDREWS ANTHONY ARBER ARMITT ARUNDEL ASBURY ASHCROFT ASHTON ASKEW ASSBURNE ASTLES ATKINSON ATTELOWE ATTWOOD AVONER BAGSHAW BAILEY BAINBRIDGE BAKER BALIDEN BALISAT BALL(E) BALLINGTON BAMFORD BAMPTON BARBER BARDILL BARKER BARNETT BARROW BARTON BARTRAM BATEMAN BATHURST BEARD(S) BEELY BELCHER BELL BEN(N)ET(T) BENTLEY BENTON BERESFORD BERLESTON BERYNGHAM BILLEN BILLINGS BISHOP BLACKWELL BLAGSHAW BLAND BOARD BOARD BODEN BOND BONSALL BOOTH BOSWELL BOTHAM BOWER BOWERING BOWLER BOWN BRADLEY BRADON BRADSHAW BRADWELL BRAILSFORD BRAMHALL BRAMWELL BRENNAN BRENTINGHAM BRIDDON BRIDGEMAN BRIERLY BRIMBLE BRINDLE BRITLAND BRITTON BROCKWELL BROKESBURN BROOKE BROOME BROUNT BROWN BROXHOLME BUCK BUCKLEY BULLEN BULNEYS BUNTING BURDEKIN BURDON BURKITT BURNETT BURROWS BUTLIN BUXTON BYNBROKE CADMAN CANNON CARDING CARNELL CARTER CASEY CASEY CATLIN CAVE CHADDERTON CHANDLER CHAPMAN CHARLESWORTH CHEYNEY CHINERY CLARE CLARK(E) CLAY CLAYTON CLESSINGHAM COATES COCKERAM COLEBURN COLLEY COLLINGWOOD COLLUMBELL CONDCLIFFE CONEY CONINGSBY CONQUEST COOKE COOPER CORBETT CORFIELD CORKER COW CROFT CROSSLAND CROWDER CULL DAKEYNE DALE DALTON DANE DANIEL DARLEY DAVENPORT DAVIS DAVY DAWES DAWSON DAY DE PIPE DEAN DEARDEN DEBANKS DEELEY DERBYSHIRE DEVANEY DOBBS DOBSON DONELAN DONGSWORTH DOXEY DRABBLE DRURY DUFFIELD DUGGINS DUMAS DUNHILL DUNN DURDEN EATON EDWARDS ELLIOTT ELMSLEY ELSE EMETT ESKERSALL EVANS EXTON FALDING FALKONER FANTEM(OM) FAWLEY FEARN FELTHAM FENTEM FENTRESPER FIELDING FLETCHER FLINT FLOYD FODERINGYE FOLJAMBE FORBES FORD FORESTER FOWLER FOX FRECKINGHAM FREEMAN FRITH FROGGOTT FROST FURNESS FYSH GAMSON GARLICK GARMSTON GARRATT GAUNT GAYTHWAITE GEESON GENTLE GIBBONS GILL GILLUM GOODE GOODWIN GOULD GRACE GRAFTON GRANT GRATTON GRAY GREASLEY GREATOREX GREEN GREENSMITH GREGORY GREGSON GRETYING GREW GRIFFITHS GRINDLEY GROOM GRUMMITT GUILERS GURLING GWLUM GYTE HADFIELD HAGUES HAINTON HALL HALLOWS HAMILTON HANCOCK HAND HANDLEY HANSON HARDY HARLESWORTH HARLOW HARRIS HARRISON HARROP HART HARVEY HAWLEY HAY HAYES HAYNES HAYTO HAYWOOD HEALD HEATH HEATHCOTE HEINEMEIER HELLIWELL HENSTOCK HEPWORTH HEWITSON HEWSON HIBBS HIDES HIGGINBOTHAM HIGGINS HIGTON HILL HILL-WOOD HOARE HODGKINS HODGKINSON HODGSON HOLDEN HOLE HOLEHOUSE HOLLAND HOLMES HOPKINSON HOROBIN HORSEMAN HORUNGGWODE HOTICOTE HOUGHTON HOWE HUDSON HUGHES HULYN HUMPHREYS HUNT HUNTER HURT HUSSEY IBBOTSON INETT IVE JACKSON JENNINGS JEPSON JOHNSON JOLLEY JONES KAY KEMPTON KENNEDY KENWORTHY KERR KIBBEWORTH KILBURN KINDER KINELWORTH KIRK KIRKHAM KIRKLAND KNAPP KNIFTON KNIGHTON KNOWLES LAMBERT LANE LANGDALE LANKFORD LAUNCELSCUMBE LAWE LAWRENCE LAWRENCE LEDENHAM LEE(S) LEGHE LEHANE LENNOX LESTER LESTRANGE LEVER LINLEY LINNELL LISTER LITCHFIELD LITTLEWOOD LLEWELLYN LOMAS LONG LONGDIN LONGSON LORIMER LOVELL LOW(E) LUDLAM LYNAM MA-FIELD MACHIN MADDOCKS MAGNOT MANN MARGERESON MARPLES MARSDEN MARSHALL MART MARTIN MASON MASTERS MATHER MEE MELLOR MERILL MIL(L)WARD MILLER MILLER MILNE MILNES MITCHELL MOORE(S) MORGAN MORRIS MOS(S)ELEY MOTTISHAW MUCHEL McCABE McLEAN McNEVIN NAYLOR NEEDHAM NETTLESHIP NEWELL NEWNES NEWTON NICHOLSON NORMAN NORTH NORTHAMPTON NOTON NUTTALL OGLUDKE OLDFIELD OLLERENSHAW ORCHARD ORRELL OSBORNE OWEN OZENBROOK PALETHORPE PARK(E)S PARKER PARKIN PASHLEY PASLEY PAULSON PAYNE PEARSON PENNINGTON PERCIVAL PERCY PERKS PHILLIPS PICKFORD PIDCOCK PILKINGTON PITMAN PLANT PLAYFORD PODENHAM POLLARD PONGER PORTER POTT(S) POTTER POYSER PRATLEY PREBBLE PREECE PRESCOTT PRESTON PRICE PRIME PRINGLE PUGH PYLKINGTON RADFORD RANDAL RAWDING REED REEDMAN REVIL RHODES RICHARDS RICHARDSON RICHMOND RICKETTS RIDALL ROBERTS ROBERTSON ROBINS ROBINSON RODGERS ROE ROLLESLEY RONYNGTON ROPER ROTHWELL ROUSE ROUSE ROWBOTHAM ROWLANDS RUMBLE RUSHTON SACHERVERELL SAGAR SALSBURY SANGER SARDAR SAVAGE SAXTON SCHAFFTER SCHOFIELD SCHOLES SCOOKTREDE SCRUBBY SELLERS SENCE SERYSTON SHANG SHAW SHAWCROSS SHELDON SHEPLEY SHERWIN SHIMWELL SHORE SIDDONS SLANEY SLATER SLINN SMALLEY SMALLWOOD SMITH(E) SNOW SOMERSET SOPPITT SORBY SOUTHERN SPENCER ST. JOHN STAMFORD STANDISH STAVELEY STEER STEPHENSON STEVENS STEVENSON STONE(S) STRONG SULLIVAN SURTAS SWAIN SWEETING SWIFT SYBRAY SYSON TAFFINDER TALBOT TAPLIN TAYLOR TERENCZYN THOMAS THOMPSON THORNLEY THORPE THRAVES THURSON TILLYARD TISSINGTON TODD TOFT TOMLINSON TRAVIS TUNNICLIFFE TURNER TWIGG TWOMEY TWYFORD TYRRELL VAINS VARDY VAWDREY VICKERS VICKERS WAGSTAFF(E) WAIN WALFORD WALKER WALL WALTERS WALTHALL WALTON WALWYN WARBURTON WARD WARDLEY WARNEFORD WARNER WARRINER WASHINGTON WASS(E) WATERFALL WATERS WATKINS WATSON WATTS WAYNE WEBB WEBSTER WELDE WELSH WENDESLEY WETHURRY WHARTON WHEATCROFT WHEELDON WHITCHER WHITE WHITEHALGH WHITEHEAD WHITEHOUSE WHITELOMBE WHITTINGTON WHITWORTH WIL(L)MOT(T) WILDGOOSE WILEMAN WILGOSS WILKIE WILKINSON WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILLS WILSON WISHER WOOD WOOD-HILL WOODHOUSE WOODIWISS WOODLEY WOODMAN WOOLLEY WOOSNAM WOTHERSPOON WRAGG WRAY WRIGHT WYLD WYRKESWORTH YATES YEATS YOUNG
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