Surnames from the Memorial Inscriptions of St Leonard's Church, Shirland
Published in April 2005
DESCRIPTION
The first church in Shirland was built by Sir John de Grey, the Lord of the manor. The earliest reference to it is a record dated 22 September 1226, when Walter Deincourt agreed to release to John de Grey the presentation of the church. He had previously tried to stop this because he said the church was a chapel dependent of his church at Morton. However, A tradition current at the end of the eighteeth century was that the earliest church in the manor was situated in 'Church Field' between Shirland and Higham. The building was miraculously carried away in the night and deposited on its present site.The present church was rebuilt after 1490 when the Earl of Shrewsbury acquired the estate and the advowson of the church from the Greys. It was restored in 1848 and again in 1885. In the church are memorials to the Greys. It also contains a tomb of John Revel of nearby Ogston Hall and his wife Margaret. By the end of the fifteenth century, the Revels were accepted as the local squires because of the absence of the Earls of Shewsbury (who by that time were the Lords of manor).
Shirland is two miles north of Alfreton on the main road to Chesterfield. The communities of Shirland, Higham, Mickley and Stonebroom were originally centred on the medieval manor of Shirland. Agriculture was the main occupation until the sinking of Shirland pit in the nineteenth century. Stonebroom grew as a result of the sinking of Morton pit nearby. Stonebroom now forms a separate parish, having been formed from the parishes of Shirland and Tibshelf.
Transcriptions of the registers for St. Leonard's of baptisms 1669-1843, marriages 1663-1836 and burials 1663-1866 are at our library at Birchwood Chapel.
LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions
ABBOTT ALLEN ALLSEBROOK ALSOP ANDREWS ARMISHAW ARMITAGE ASKEW ATTENBOROUGH BABBS BACKHOUSE BACON BAGGALEY BAGSHAW BAILEY BAIN(E)S BALL BANNER BANSALL(E) BARBER BARKER BARLOW BARRATT BARSON BARTON BATES BATTY BEARDALL BEARDMORE BEASTALL BEIGHTON BENNETT BERESFORD BESTWICK BETTISON BINGHAM BIRKIN BIRKS BLACKNALL BLACKTON BLOUNT BODEN BOOT BOOTH BOWER BOWLER BOWLEY BOWN BRADBURY BRADLEY BRADSHAW BRAILSFORD BRAMLEY BRASSINGTON BRAY BREFFITT BRIDDON BRIERLEY BRITTON BROCKLEHURST BROMLEY BROOM BROOMHEAD BROTHWELL BROWN(E) BRYAN BUCKLESS BUCKLEY BUCKSTON BUDDRY BUGGINS BULLARD BULPITT BUNTING BURNHAM BURROWS BURTON BUSHNELL BUST BUTTERWORTH BUXTON CALLADINE CALOW CARLIN CARTER CARTHWAITE CAUDWELL CHATER CHECKLIN CHEETHAM CHISMON CHURM CLARK(E) CLARKSON CLAY CLAYTON CLEMENTS CLEMINSON CLERK CLIFTON COATRILL COBLEY COCKINGS CODLING COLBORN COLLIN(G)S CONNELL COOK COOPER COPLEY COPSON COTTON COUPE CRABTREE CRESSWELL CUPIT CURLEY CUTTS DABEL DALBY DARBY DAVENPORT DAVIS DAVISON DAWES DAWSON DAY DEAVILLE DEGG(E) DENEFORD DICKEN DODSLEY DOLE DOLEMAN DONCASTER DOOLEY DRAYCOTT DREWETT DUNCANSON DUNN EATON EATON EDWARDS ELLIOTT ELSE EMERTON EMERY EVANS EVERITT FANTOM FARNSWORTH FAWBERT FEARN FEATHERSTONE FELLOWS FELOWE FIDDLER FIELDER FINNEY FISHER FLETCHER FLINT FOSTER FOX FRADRICK FRISBY FRITCHLEY FROGGATT FROST GABBETAS GAINES GENT GIGG GILKUS GITTINS GLASBY GLOVER GOODWIN GOWN GRASAR GREATOREX GREAVES GREEN GREENAWAY GREENWOOD GRENHOUGH GREY GRIFFITHS GRINFIELD HADFIELD HADLEY HAG(U)E HALL HALLAM HALLOWES HANCOCK HANSTOCK HARDISTY HARDWICK HARDY HARLOW HARPHAM HARRISON HASLAM HASTON HATTON HAWKINS HAWKSLEY HAYES HAYNES HAYWOOD HEARNSHAW HEMPSALL HENSON HENSTOCK HEWITT HILL HITCHCOCK HOBSON HOGGARD HOLDEN HOLLINGWORTH HOLMES HOOLEY HOPE HOPKINSON HORNE HORWOOD HOYLAND HOYLE HUDSON HUDSON HUGHES HUISH HUNT HURT HUTCHINSON ILIFF(E) JAMES JARVIS JEFFREYS JENNINGS JENNISON JEPSON JOHNSON JONES KEETON KELLY KENNEDY KERRY KEY KINDER KNOTT KOZLOWSKI LAMB LAMMIN LANCASTER LANGFORD LASS LATHE LAVERACK LAWRENCE LAWTON LEAH LEE LEIVERS LITTLEWOOD LODGE LOMAS LOOS LOVE LOWE LUDLAM LYNAM MADELEY MAINWARING MANNING MARRIOTT MARSDEN MARSH MARSHALL MARSON MASKERY MASON MASSEY MATTHEWS MATUSIAK MELLORMERRY MILLINGTON MILLWARD MOORE MORGAN MORLEY MORRIS MORTIMER MORTON MUGGLESTONE MYCROFT McCARTHY McNALLY NEALE NEWBITT NEWBOROUGH NEWELL NEWMAN NOON NORTH NORTHEDGE OGDEN OLDHAM OLGATHORPE ORME OSBORNE OTTEWELL OVER OWEN PAGE PAINE/PAYNE PALMER PARKES PARKIN PARNHAM PARRY PATILLA PATRICK PAYTON PEACOCK PEARSON PENYALE PERKINS PERKS PETT PHEASANT PHIPPS PICKBURN PICKERING PITT PLATT POLLARD POOLE PORTER PRESCOTT PUGH PURDY RADFORD RANDLE RANSFORD RAWLINGS RAWSON RAYNOR RAYWORTH READER REDDINGTON REDFERN REEVE REPTON REVELL/ILL RHODES RICHARDS RICHARDSON RIGGOTT RILEY ROBERTS ROBINS ROBINSON ROCK RODGERS ROE ROEBUCK ROOTH ROPER ROSLING ROWLAND ROWLEY SADLER SAINT SALE SALMON SANDERS SANDHAM SAUNDERS SAWER SAWYER SAXTON SCARBOROUGH SCOTT SELF SEREDYNSKI SHAKESPEARE SHARDLOW SHARMAN SHARPE SHARRATT SHAW SHELTON SHEMWELL SHEPHARD SHEPPERSON SHORE SIDDALL SILKSTONE SILVESTER SIMPKIN SIMPSON SINFIELD SKULL SLEATH SLEIGH SMEDLEY SMITH SMITHURST SOAMES SOUTH SOUTHEY SPARHAM SPELMAN SPENCER SPITTLEHOUSE STAMPER STANLEY STAPLETON STARBUCK STARR STATON STERLAND STEVENS STOCKS STONE(S) STONEY STRAW STREET SUMMERS SWAIN SWIFT SYKES TAGG TALKES TAYLOR TERRY THOMPSON THORPE THURMAN TITMUS TOMLINSON TOPHAM TOWNDROW TOWNSON TRUMBLE TUPLING TURBUTT TURNER TURTON TYE UNWIN VICKERS VICKERSTAFF WADDEN WAINWRIGHT WALKER WALL WALLER WALLIS WALTERS WARD WARNER WARRINER WATKIN WATKINSON WATSON WATTS WEBSTER WELCH WELLS WEST WESTWOOD WETTON WHARTON WHEATCROFT WHILEMAN WHITE WHITEHEAD WHITMORE WHITTAKER WILDE/WYLD WILLAN WILLIAMS WILLIAMSON WILMOT(T) WILSON WILSON WOMBELL WOOD WOODHEAD WOOLLEY WORSEY WRAGG WRIGHT YOUNG
MONUMENTAL MASONS
ALLSOP BERESFORD BINGHAM BRAILSFORD BRAMLEY COPE DAKIN FISHER HARDY HOLBROOK HOLMES HOPKINSON HUTCHINSON JACKSON LIDSTER LIMB MORLEY MOUNSEY PETTS SEARGY SKANTA SQUIRES STAFFORD THOMAS TINKLER WAINWRIGHT WALKER WILKINSON WRIGHT
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