DESCRIPTION

Longford is a scattered village situated on both sides of the Roman road known as Long Lane. There is no real centre of the village and the church is half a mile to the north beyond the park. Longford does not appear in the Domesday survey but it is thought to have been a part of Bubden which does appear in the survey with a church, a priest and a mill. The village of Bubden seems to have disappeared, but there is a Bubton Farm which is understood to be on the site of the old village. There is still a mill, now called Longford Mill, which probably stands on the site of the one mentioned in the Domesday survey. The mill is now a private residence.

The manor was held by the de Longfords whose medieval manor house was on the site of the present Longford Hall. Their tombs which date from mid 1375 to 1610 can be seen in the church. The manor house, rebuilt between 1560 and 1570, had remained virtually unchanged until 1942 when it was almost totally destroyed by fire. The Hall was rebuilt to almost the same in appearance as before except for the loss of the upper storey.

In 1620 the estate became the property of the Coke family who owned it for about 300 years. They were great benefactors of the parish. The Coke almshouses, built in 1687 by Sir Edward Coke still exist today. There are several monuments to the Coke family in the church.

Early industries in Longford were brick making, shown by Brick Kiln field names, paper making, where the now demolished Mill Cottages marked the site of the paper mill on Longford Brook, farming and cheese making. Longford's cheese factory, opened in 1870, is said to be the first one built in England.

The present church at Longford is dedicated to St. Chad and is not the church mentioned in the Domesday survey. The registers dating from 1538 have been deposited at the County Record Office at Matlock.

LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions

ALDRIDGE	ALLCOCK	ALLEN	ALLSOP	ANSON
APPLEBY	ARCHER	ATTEWALL	AUSTEN	AVERILL
BAILEY	BALL	BARKER	BARNES	BEARDMORE
BECK	BEESON	BENNETT	BESTWICK	BLOOD
BLOOR/BLOAR	BODILL	BOLTON	BOWLER	BRACKLEY
BRIDGES	BROWN	BUCHARD	BUDWORTH	BULL
BYRCH	CAROLIBYRICH	CATYMER	CHADDESDEN	CHADFIELD
CHAMBERLAIN	CLARK(E)	CLAY	CLAYTON	COKE
COLECLOUGH	COOKE	COOPER	COPE	COPESTAKE
COPESTICK	COPPER	COXON	CRESSY	CRUTCHLEY
DAKIN	DAVIES	DEEPING	DERBYSHIRE	DICKIE
DOWNING	DUTTON	DYDDESBURY	EDWARDS	EGERTON
ELEY	ELLICE	EMERY/EMORY	EVANS	FABRE/FAVRE
FALLOWS	FEARN	FEATHERSTONE	FISHBUM	FITZHERBERT
FLETCHER	FONE	FOOT	FORD	FOX
FROGGATT	FROST	GARDENER	GARNIER	GATON
GIL(L)MAN	GLOVER	GOODALL	GOODWIN	GRATTIDGE
GREENSMITH	GREGORY	GREGSON	GRETTON	GREY
HALL	HAMMERSLEY	HARDY	HARRISON	HAWKSWORTH
HAYNE	HAYWARD	HEL(L)ABY	HERRICK	HILL
HILTON	HO(U)LDEN	HOLLOWAY	HOLME(S)	HUDSON
HUNT	HURD	JACKSON	JEFFERY	JOHNSON
KEYWORTH	KIRKHAM	KNIGHTON	KNIVETON	LAMBERT
LANGTON	LARGE	LATIMER	LEASON	LEE
LEWIS	LIPSCOMBE	LONGELLY	LONGFORD	MACKWORTH
MASSEY	MATTHEWS	MAYER	MILWARD	MORECROFT
MORETON	MORLEY	MURREY	MYDDLETON	NEAL
NEWCOMBE	NIELD	NORWOOD	OAKDEN	OLD
OLIVER	ORME	ORTON	OSSELTON	PAYNE
PEACOCK	PEARSON	PERCYVAL	PHILLIPS	POLES
POTTER	RADCLIFFE	RADFORD	REDFERNE	REDSHAW
RIDDITT	ROBERTS	ROBINSON	ROWLEY	ROWLINSON
ROWLSTON	RUTLAND	RYLEY	SA(U)LT	SAINT
SALFORD	SALLOWE	SCOTT	SHARP	SHAW
SHERRATT	SHERWIN	SHILTON	SHIRBORN	SIBLEY
SILVER	SLANEY	SMITH	SPALTON	STONE
STUBBS	SUTTON	SWANNE	SYLESTON	TATLOW
TAYLOR	THACKER	THOMPSON	TIPPER	TRASH
TRIMMER	TWIGG(E)	UDALL	VERNON	WAINWRIGHT
WALKER	WALLIS	WALPOLE	WARDALE	WARDE
WARREN	WARRINGTON	WATSON	WEBB	WHEELDON
WHITING	WHITTAKER	WIBBERLEY	WILDE	WILLCOCK
WILLIAMS	WILLIAMSON	WILSON	WOOD	WOODCOCK
WRIGHT	YEOMANS

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