DESCRIPTION

The old parish of Hartington was of considerable extent, being divided into four quarters. Town Quarter on the Staffordshire border, 10 miles north-east of Ashbourne, which now forms the village of Hartington, Nether Quarter from which the parish of Biggin was formed in 1849, Upper Quarter from which was formed the parish of Burbage in 1869 and Middle Quarter which in 1873 became the parish of Earl Sterndale.

The village of Hartington is situated amongst beautiful hills and dales, close to the River Dove in Beresford Dale which forms the boundary between Derbyshire and Staffordshire. It is in this spot that Charles Cotton built his Fishing House in 1674 and where he and Izaac Walton, author of 'The Complete Angler', used to meet and discuss their fishing.

There are numerous 18th century cottages in the village which is centred round the village pond and green. It is here that a market was held, being granted in 1204 and said to be the first in the Peak District. Hartington Hall, now a Youth Hostel, was built by the Bateman family in 1611 and was restored in 1861.

The church, dedicated to St. Giles, stands on high ground above the village and dates mainly from the 14th century, although there are signs of the 12th century stones and earlier, built into the walls and in the porch. The church was restored in 1858. The registers dating from 1610 have been deposited at the County Record Office, Matlock and can be viewed on film.

LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions

ABBOT	ADAMS	AL(L)SOP	AL(L)SOPE	ALCOCK
ALEN	ALKIN	ANDREW	ARMETT/ITT	ASHNORTH
ASHWORTH	ASSESSOR	ATKINSON	AUSTIN	BAGSHAW
BAILEY	BANKS	BANSEL	BARKER	BARTON
BASSETT	BATEMAN	BATES	BEETHAM	BELFIELD
BENTLEY	BIRCH	BODEN	BONSALL/ELL	BOSLEY
BOWMAN	BRADBURY	BRADLEY	BRANDON	BRAY
BRIGGS	BRINDLEY	BROADBENT	BROADHURST	BROOMHEAD
BROWN	BRUNT	BUCKINGHAM	BULLOCK	BUNTING
BURNETT	BUTLER	BUXTON	CALEY	CALTON
CAMPSALL	CANTRILL	CARBER	CARR	CHADWELL
CHADWICK	CHALLINOR	CHARLESWORTH	CHESHIR	CLARK(E)
CLE(O)WES	CLEYTON	CLULOW	COCKS/YS	COKE
COMBERFORD	COOPER	COTTERIL	CRITCHLOW	DAIN
DAINTON	DALE	DARBYSHIRE	DAVISON	DAWSON
DERBYSHIRE	DEVONSHIRE	DEWICK	EDENSOR	EDMOND
ELLIS	FEATHERSTONE	FERN	FIDLER	FINNEY
FITZ-HERBERT	FLINT	FLOWER	FOGG	FOSBROOKE
FOXTON	FRANC	FREEBOROUGH	FROGGOTT	FYLDES
FYNNEY	GALLIMORE	GEE	GIBBS	GIBSON
GILMAN	GISBORNE	GOODWIN	GOULD	GRANT
GREATBACH	GREATOREX	GREAVES	GREEN	GREENWOOD
GREVYS	GRINDEY	GRINDON	GYTE	HALE
HAMPSHIRE	HARDY	HARRISON	HARVEY	HAYWOOD
HEATHCOTE	HEWITT	HICKINBOTTOM	HIGTON	HILLA
HOLLOWAY	HOOD	HOPE	HOWARD	HOWSON
HOYLE	HUGGILL	HURST	JOHNSON	KAVANAGH
KIRKHAM	LAMB	LANCASTER	LANSBURY	LATHAM
LEECH	LEES(E)	LLOYD	LOMAS	LOUGH
LOWE	MACDERMID	MANIFOLD	MARKEBY de	MARRIOT
MARSDEN	MASON	MATHER	MELLAND	MELLOR
MILLER	MILLS	MILLWARD	MITCHELL	MORETEN
MOSELEY	MOSS	MUSSON	MYCOCK	McDUFF
NADEN	NAYLOR	NEILD	NEWMAN	NEWTON de
NUTHALL	OAKDEN	OLIVER	OLLERENSHAW	OSBORNE
PALFREYMAN	PARTRIDGE	PEACH	PEARSON	PERCIVAL
PETT	PETTY	PHILIPS	PICHOTT-MASON	PICKERING
PILKINGTON	POLE	POYSER	PRIME	PRINCE
PROVERBS	RATCLIFFE	RAYNES	REDFERN	RHODES
RICHARDSON	RICHOTT	RIDGARD	RILEY	ROE
ROGERS	ROOSE	ROWARTH	SACHEVERELL	SALT
SEDDON	SHAW	SHELDON	SHERRATT	SHIPLEY
SHIRLEY	SHREWSBURY	SIMPSON	SLACK	SLADE
SLATER	SLEIGH	SMITH	SNOW	STAFFORD
STALEY	STERNDALE	STEVENS	STONE	STUBBS
SUTTON	SWAFFIELD	SWAIN	SWINDELL	TAGG
TAYLOR	TEASDALE	THOMPSON	THORPE	TITTERTON
TOMLINSON	TORR	WAGER	WAIN	WAKEFIELD
WALKER	WARD	WARDLE	WARRINGTON	WATSON
WEBSTER	WESTON	WHEELDON	WHIGHTON de	WHITTAKER
WILD	WILLIAMS	WILSHAW	WILTON	WIRGMAN
WOLFE	WOLLISCROFT	WOOD	WOODDISSE	WOODSHAWE
WOOLLEY	WYCOMBE de	YATES

MONUMENTAL MASONS

BARKER R.	BILLINGE	BRAMWELL W.	BRINDLEY J.S.
CARSON	DAKIN	FRITH R.	HOPTON WOOD
HULME T.	LIDSTER	MOUNSEY C.	NADEN F.R.
OLDHAM J.	PATTERSON	PERCIVAL R.W.	RENNIX B.
RILEY J.	ROWLAND J.	RUTHERFORD WM.	SHIMWELL W.
SMITH (Butterton)	SMITH H.	TIL.... W. & CO.	TOFT A
TWIGG & CO.	WATSON	WATSON WHITE	WILSON E/H/J.E./T.
WINT (Warslow)	WINT J.	WOODISSE T/T.L.	WOODWARD
WOODWARD (Youlgreave)	WOOLISCROFT A.V.

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