DESCRIPTION

The name Horsley comes from the Old English "horse-leah" meaning "the horse clearing".

An ancient castle "Horston Castle" once stood here, which in 1514, along with the manor of Horsley, was granted by Henry VIII to the Duke of Norfolk as a reward for services against the Scots. Later it came into the possession of the Stanhope family. There is now no trace of the castle, only a tree covered mound.

In the mid 1800's the main landowners were the Sitwells of Stainsby House, Charles Vicars Hunter of Kilburn Hall, and the Richardson and Potter families.

Today Horsley is a large parish, but was originally much larger, covering Denby until 1728, which although has an ancient church, was a parochial chapelry of Horsley. The townships of Horsley Woodhouse (until 1879), Kilburn, and part of Coxbench, were also within the parish of Horsley.

The main occupations in the area were Framework Knitting, stone quarrying and farming until the development of coal mining.

It is evident that part of the churchyard has been re-used for burials and that many graves and old memorial stones have been lost. The churchyard is bounded by a mile of stone walling and there are around a quarter of a mile of paths. There is an ancient rhododendron bush, said to be well over 100 years old. Rose bushes have been planted at various times during the past 30 years and snowdrops and daffodils bloom in the Spring.

LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions

ABBOTT	ADAMS	AGARD	AL(L)DREAD	ALLEN
ALLINSON	ALLSOP	ALLWOOD	ALTON	AMBROSE
ANNABLE	APPLETON	ARGYLE	BAILEY	BAINBRIDGE
BAMFORD	BARBER	BARDILL	BARNES	BARNETT
BATE(S)	BAYLEY	BEARDMORE	BEARDSLEY	BEASLEY
BEAVER	BEESTON	BELL	BEN(N)ETT	BENSON
BERESFORD	BESTWICK	BICKERSTAFF	BINGHAM	BIRCH
BIVENS	BLACK	BLACKMAN	BLADEN	BLANCHARD
BLANCHON	BODEN	BONEHAM	BOOLE	BOOTH
BOWLER	BOWMER	BRADESTON	BRADLEY	BRAMLEY
BRANSON	BRASSINGTON	BRIDDON	BRIERS	BRIGGS
BROOKS	BROWN	BUCKLE	BULL	BULLMAN
BUNTING	BURGESS	BURGOYNE	BURTON	BUTLER
BYARD	BYATT	BYNGELEY	CADMAN	CALLADINE
CALVERT	CARDING	CARIER	CARLIN	CARVER
CAULTON	CHADWICK	COCKRHAM	COLECHIN	COLLE(D)GE
COLLINS	COOK	COOPER	COTTON	COUPLAND
COURTNEY	COWL	CRANE	CRESSWELL	CRISP
CROFTS	CROOKS	CROSSLAND	CURZON	CUTLER
DALE	DAVENPORT	DAWES	DENSTON	DERBYSHIRE
DI(Y)LK(E)S	DISNEY	DRAPER	DRENNEN	DUCKWORTH
EADSON	ELEY	ELLIOTT	ELLYS	ELSE
EVANS	EVERY	EVETT	EWINS	EYRE
FAIKNER	FAKE	FALKONBRIDGE	FEET	FERGUSON
FLATE	FLETCHER	FORD	FOULK(E)	FOULKES
FOX	FRANCEYS	FRANCIS	FRITH	FROST
FULLER	FUTTER	GAUNT	GERRARD	GETHING
GIBSON	GILBERT	GILL	GODDARD	GOODMAN
GORKERHAM	GRACE	GRAINGER	GRATTON	GREEN
GREY	GREY	GRIFFITHS	GROSBIE	GRUNDY
GYLOT	HALL	HALLAM	HAMPSHIRE	HANKINSON
HANSON	HARPER	HARRIS	HARRISON	HARTLEY
HARTSHORN	HARVEY	HASLAM	HAWKINS	HAWLEY
HAWTHORNE	HAYNES	HAYWOOD	HAZELL	HAZELWOOD
HEMINGRAY	HERDMAN	HERON	HIBHERD	HICKLING
HILL	HOLLAND	HOLLOWAY	HOLMES	HOPE
HORSLEY	HORSPOOL	HOWDEN	HOWITT	HUDSON
HUGHES	HUNT	HUNTER	HUSS	HUTTON
HYATT	JACKSON	JEFFREY	JOHN	JOHNSON
JONES	JORDAN	KEEFE	KEEN	KEMP
KENT	KERRY	KING	KIRBY	KITE
KNAGGS	KNIFTON	KNIGHTON	KNOWLES	LAMB
LAMBERT	LANCASTER	LANDER	LANGT0N	LEE
LEEK(E)	LEES	LEVY	LEWIN	LINGS
LISTER	LITCHFIELD	LOVEGROVE	LUDCOCK	LUDLAM
MALIN	MALINERE	MALTBY	MANNING	MARCHYNGTON
MARRIOTT	MARSHALL	MARSHALL-CLARK	MASON	MAYNARD
MEACHAM	MEAKIN	MEE	MELBOURNE	MELLOR
MEYNELL	MIDDLETON	MILLER	MILLHOUSE	MILLS
MILLWARD	MINTOFT	MITCHELL	MO(O)RLEY	MOORE
MORES	MORRIS	MOSLEY	MOSS	MOXHAM
MOZLEY	MUSSON	MYTTON	NAYLOR	NEEDHAM
NETHERSOLE	NEWTON	NICHOLSON	NIXON	NORTH
OATES	OLDKNOW	ORME	OTTEWELL	OWEN
PADDOCK	PAGE	PANTON	PARADINE	PARE
PARKER	PARKIN	PARKINS	PARR	PASSEY
PEACOCK	PEARSON	PEAT	PEDDER	PEDEN
PICKB(O)URNE	PICKERING	PIDCOCK	PIGGOTT	PLATER
PLATTS	POLLICOTT	PONTING	POUCHER	POUGER
POUNDALL	PRESTON	PRIEST	PRINCE	PRIOR
PRITCHARD	PYKEIT	RADFORD	RADLEY	RATCLIFFE
RAYNER	REEVE(S)	RH0DES	RICE	RICHARDSON
RILEY	ROBERTS	RODGERS	RODYNGTON	ROOM(E)
ROUGH	ROUSE	ROW	ROWE	RUSSELL
RYCROFT	SADLER	SALE	SALT	SANDERS
SANDIACRE	SAXTON	SCHOFIELD	SCOTT	SEAL
SEVERN	SHAW	SHELDON	SHERLOCK	SIMPSON
SIMS	SITWELL	SLACK	SLATER	SMALL
SMALLWOOD	SMITH	SNAPE	SNEAP	SOWTER
SPENCER	SPROLL	SPURR	SQUIRES	STACEY
STAFFORD	STATHAM	STEVENS	STIDOWN	STINSON
STONE	STREET	SUTTON	SYMCOX	TALBOT
TARLTON	TAYLOR	THOMPSON	THORLEY	THORP
TIME	TONKS	TOWERS	TROUNCER	TRUMAN
TUNSTALL	TURNER	VALLANCE	VALLIS	VARNEY
VICARAGE	VICARS	VICKERS	WADISHAW	WAINWRIGHT
WALBERTON	WALDY	WALKER	WALLIS	WALTERS
WALTHALL	WARD	WARDLE	WARREN	WASLEY
WATERFALL	WATHALL	WATSON	WATTS	WEBSTER
WELCH	WELHAM	WEST	WESTON	WETTON
WHEATCROFT	WHEATLEY	WHEELDON	WHEELER	WHILTON
WHITE	WHITEMAN	WHITEMORE	WIGHTWICK	WIGNALL
WIGRAM	WILKINSON	WILLIAM(S)	WILMOT-SITWELL	WILSON
WILTON	WINFIELD	WINSON	WOOD	WOODHOUSE
WOODWARD	WOOLLANDS	WOOLLEY	WORRALL	WORTHINGTON
WORTHY	WOTTON	WOTTON(sic)	WREGLESWORTH	WRIGHT
WYER	WYMONSWOLD	YATES	YEOMANS

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