DESCRIPTION

The small village of Curbar lies 5 miles north-east of Bakewell. High above the village is the rugged Froggatt Edge and the desolate Derbyshire moors. The River Derwent winds its way past the village and not far distant is Chatsworth House.

Nearby is Cliff College, the Methodist training centre for lay preachers, hence the number of references in the churchyard. One stone of interest is that to the memory of George Butcher, who was noted for his fishing capabilities. He was a carpenter and a preacher as well as a fisherman. Yet another stone to the memory of a fisherman is that to Augustus Sherwood, who was for many years, River Watcher to the Chatsworth Estate and was erected by friends in remembrance of happy days on the Derwent.

The ecclesiastical parish of Curbar was formed in 1869 from that of Baslow, St. Anne, and includes Calver and Froggatt. The church was built in 1867 and the registers date from 1868.

LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions

ADLINGTON	ALLEN	ALLISS	ALLSOP	ANDREW
ASHTON	ASKEY	ATKINSON	BAGGALEY	BAKER
BARBER	BARK	BARKER	BARLOW	BARNSDALL
BATEY	BECKER	BEEBE	BEESLEY	BELK
BENJAFIELD	BENNETT	BENSLEY	BESWICK	BET(T)NEY
BETTS	BLACKWELL	BLAGDEN/ON	BLAKELEY	BLOOD
BOOKER	BOTHAM	BOWDITCH	BRADSHAW	BRADWELL
BRIGGS	BROADBELT	BROADBENT	BROCKLEHURST	BROMLEY
BROOMHEAD	BURGOIN	BUTCHER	BUXTON	CADMAN-MOORE
CARNALL	CATERER	CHADWICK	CHAPMAN	CLARK(E)
CLARKSON	COCKER	CONCANEN	COOK(E)	CORAM
COUSINS	CRABB	CRESWELL	CROWTHER	DAVIES
DAWES	DEAKIN	DEAN	DEARING	DENMAN
DEWHURST	DOHERTY	DOUTHWAITE	DUNCAN	EARL
ECCLES	ELLIOTT	ELSWORTH	EVANS	FALLIS
FARRAR	FINCH	FISHWICK	FLETCHER	FOSBROOKE
FOSBROOKE-SALT	FREEMAN	FROGGART	FROGGAT(T)	FROST
FRYER	FURNESS	GAMBLING	GARRATT	GASSON
GILL	GILLAN	GILLOTT	GLOSSOP	GOD(D)ARD
GOODALL	GOODHEAD	GOODWIN	GORDON	GRANGER
GRANT	GREAVE(S)	GREEN	GREGORY	HALEY
HALL	HALLAM	HANCOCK	HANWELL	HARDY
HARGREAVES	HARRIS	HARRISON	HASLAM	HAWKINS
HEGINBOTHAM	HENDERSON	HEPHER	HIBBARD	HILL
HOBDAY	HODGKINSON	HODGSON	HOLLIS	HOLMES
HOLT	HOOLE	HOPKINS	HORNBY	HORSBURGH
HORSFIELD	HOWARD	HOWE	HOWSLEY	HUNT
INGRAM	JACKSON	JACKSON	JERRAM	JOHNSON
JONES	KEYWORTH	KING	KNOWLES	KRAUT
LAWARNER	LAWSON	LAYCOCK	LEADBEATER	LEADBETTER
LISTER	LLOYD	LOWE	LUNN	LYNAM
MACHIN	MADDOCK	MADGE	MANSFIELD	MARPLES
MARRIOTT	MARSDEN	MARSHALL	MASON	MAXFIELD
MIDDLETON	MILNER	MITCHELL	MOORE	MORGAN
MORRISON	MORTON	MOSLEY	MOULTON	McDERMOTT
NEURNS	NEWNS	NIXON	NORMAN	NUTT
OUTRAM	OWEN	PEACE	PEASEGOOD	PEAT
PICKERING	PIGGOTT	PLANT	PLUMTREE	POTTER
PRINCE	PURSSELL	PYBUS	RADCLIFFE	RATTRAY
REANEY	RICHARDSON	RILEY	ROBERTS	ROBINSON
ROCHE	ROEBUCK	ROLLINSON	ROWBOTHAM	ROWLAND
RUTHERFORD	SALT	SANSAM	SCAIFE	SCHOFIELD
SHARPLES	SHELDON	SHEPHERD	SHERWOOD	SIDDALL
SIMPSON	SIRETT	SLACK	SLATER	SLINN
SMEETON	SMITH	SNELL	SNOW	SOKELL
SOMERSET	SPEDDING	SPENCER	SPOONER	STANIFORTH
STEELE	STEVENS	STOKES	STONE	STONHAM
SWALLOW	SWINDELL	SYKES	SYLVESTER	TAIT
TAYLOR	TEMPLE	TENNYSON	THOMPSON	TINGLE
TITTERTON	TOPHAM	TRAVIS	TROTTER	TURNER
WAINWRIGHT	WALLER	WALTON	WARBECK	WARD
WARDLE	WATSON	WEBSTER	WENSLEY	WEST
WHITE	WILD(E)	WILLCOCK	WILLIAMS	WILLIS
WILSON	WINDSOR	WINTERBOTHAM	WITNEY	WOOD
WOOLEY	WORDSWORTH	WORRALL	WRIGHT	YEOMANS

MONUMENTALISTS

CARTER BROS.	GILL	GREGORY	KAY	LIDSTER
MOUNSEY

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