DESCRIPTION

Staveley is a large industrial village and extensive parish which includes the hamlets of Netherthorp, Inkersall, Mastin Moor, Norbriggs, Poolsbrook and Woodthorpe. Also included were the hamlets of Nether, Middle and West Handley until the 1970's.

The village is situated about 5 miles north-east of Chesterfield, close to the valley of the River Rother and is well known for its ironstone and furnaces for smelting ore. Coal mining was also extensive in this area until recent years.

The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, has been altered over the years, but still retains some ancient remains, including fragments of incised slabs worked into the sills of two windows in the south aisle. The font dates from the 12th century. The church contains several memorials to the Frecheville family, but others have been removed during restorations. The Frechevilles lived in an ancient mansion near the church and were active Royalists during the Civil Wars. In 1681 the manor and estate of Staveley were sold to the 1st Duke of Devonshire.

Much of the churchyard and many gravestones were removed in 1930 for the purpose of widening the adjoining main road, by the Derbyshire County Council. Before the gravestones were removed, the names and dates were recorded by the Staveley Parish Council under a Faculty granted by the Consistory Court of the Diocese of Derby. Those that remained in situ have been recorded by DARG, along with a number which were resited along the church wall. The list of names given here includes those recorded by the Parish Council as well as those recorded by DARG.

LIST of SURNAMES from the Inscriptions

ADAMS	ADDY	ADLINGTON	ALFORD	ALLCROFT
ALLEN(IN)	ALLSOP	ALLWOOD	ANDERSON	ANDREWS(S)
ARMSTRONG	ARTHUR	ASDEN	ASHMORE	ATKIN
BACON	BADCOCK	BAGSHAW	BAKER	BALDER
BALE	BALL	BALLER	BARBER	BARGH
BARKER	BARROW	BARROW	BARROWCLIFFE	BASTIDE
BATE(S)	BATTREHAM	BEASLEY	BEECH	BEERY
BELFIT	BELL	BENISON	BENNETT	BERRESFORD
BINGHAM	BIRD	BIRKS	BLACKBURN	BLUNT
BOAR	BOND	BOND	BONSER	BONSON
BOOTH	BOTTOMLEY	BOWER	BOWN	BRACE
BRADLEY	BRADSHAW	BRAILSFORD	BRAINE	BRAITHWAITE
BRAY	BRE(A)LEY	BRIGGS	BRIGHT	BRIGHTMORE
BRIGHTON	BRITT	BRITTON	BROADHEAD	BROCKLEHURST
BROCKSOPP	BROOK(S)	BROOMHEAD	BROWN	BUCK
BULIIMORE	BULLOCK	BUTTERFIELD	BUXTON	CADMAN
CALA	CALOW	CARLIN	CARPENTER	CARR
CARTHWAYTE	CARTWRIGHT	CHAMBERLAIN	CHAMBERS	CHURCH
CLADMAN	CLARKE	CLARKSON	CLATER	CLAY
CLAYTON	CLOSE	COE	COLLIS	COOPER
COURT	COWARD	COWLEY	COWLING	COX
CRAVEN	CROFTS	CROPPER	CROSS	CROXTON
CUTTS	DALE	DAVENPORT	DAVI(E)S	DAVID
DAWSON	DAY	DEAKIN	DEWCE	DEWSNAP
DIBBEN	DICKENS	DICKINSON	DIGGLE	DINSDALE
DIXON	DOBBS	DORAM	DOWD	DRABBLE
DRAKE	DRAYTON	DRONFIELD	DUDLEY	DUNN
DYSON	EBERHAND	EDWARDS	ELLIOT(T)	ELLIS
EMERTON	EVANS	EYRE	FANSHAW	FENTON
FENTON	FERQUESON	FIELDING	FISHER	FLEETWOOD
FLETCHER	FLINT	FORD	FOWLER	FOX
FOXLOW	FRANCE	FRECHEVILLE	FRISBY	FRITH
FROGGATT	FRY	FURNISS	GARFITT	GARLAND
GARTHWELL	GARTLAND	GEE	GIBBON	GIBBS
GIDLOW	GILL	GILLOTT	GISBORNE	GLOSSOP
GLOVER	GOADWICK	GODDARD	GODFREY	GOODLAD
GOODWIN	GOULD	GREAVES	GREENSMITH	GREENWOOD
GREGORY	GRIEVES	GUEST	HACKET	HADFIELD
HALL	HALLAN	HALLIDAY	HAMILTON	HANCOCK
HANDBURY	HANDLEY	HANDLEYWOOD	HANSON	HARDY
HARRIS	HARRISON	HART	HARTLEY	HASLAM
HAWKINS	HAWKSWORTH	HAWLEY	HAY	HAYES
HAYWOOD	HEATH	HEATHCOTE	HEMINGWAY	HENDERSON
HERRING	HEWITT	HIBBERT	HIGGINBOTTOM	HILL
HIND	HINTON	HIPWELL	HITCH	HOBSON
HODGKINSON	HODGSON	HODKIN	HOLLINGWOOD	HOLLINGWORTH
HOLMES	HOLT	HOOK(E)	HOOLE	HOPKINSON
HOPKINSON	HOWARD	HOWARTH	HUDSON	HUGHES
HUTLEY	HYSON	IBBOTSON	ISAACS	JACKSON
JACQUES	JARVIS	JEBSON	JEFFREY	JEFFRIES
JENNINGS	JOHNSON	JONES	JUNKERFELL	KAY
KEATS	KENNAN	KENYON	KIDD	KIRK
KIRKHAM	KITCHER	KITTRIDGE	KNIGHT	LAMBERT
LAMMING	LAUNDERS	LAW	LAWRENCE	LAYLAND
LEE	LEECH	LIEVESL(E)Y	LILLEY	LIMB
LINACRE	LITTLE	LITTLEWOOD	LONGMATE	LOWE
LOWREY	LUDLAM	LUNN	MABBOTT	MACFARLANE
MACHIN	MADIN	MARKWELL	MARPLES	MARRIOTT
MARSH	MARSHALL	MARSON	MARTIN	MASON
MATHER	MATTHEWS	MAY	MEADS	MEDCALIFF
MERFIELD	MEROUGH	MIDDLETON	MILLER	MILLIGAN
MILLN(E)S	MILLNER	MILLTHORPE	MINCHIN	MITCHELL
MOLINEUX	MOORE	MORGAN	MORLEY	MORRIS
MOSLEY	MOSS	MOUNEUX	MULLINS	MUSTARDS
MYCOCK	MYFORD	NAYLOR	NEEDHAM	NEWHAM
NEWTH	NICHOLS	NODEN	NORMAN	NUTTALL
ODDY	ORD	ORME	OTTEWELL	OXLEY
PACK-WOOD	PALMER	PARKE	PARKER(S)	PARRAMORE
PARSE	PARSONS	PASHLEY	PATMAN	PATTISON
PAWLET	PAWSON	PEABODY	PEARSON	PECKHAM
PEELE	PENDLETON	PETTIFER	PICKARD	PIGGFORD
PLANT	PLATTS	POLLENDINE	PRICE	PRIME
PUCKRIN	PUNCHABY	RADISH	RAMSDALE	RAMSDEN
RATCLIFFE	RAWSON	REDFERN	RENSHAW	RHODEN
RICE	RICHARDSON	RIDEWAY	RILEY	RIMINGTON
RO(W)LANDS	ROBBINS	ROBERTSON	ROBINSON	RODER
RODGERS	ROEBUCK	ROUGHTON	ROWORTH	RUDGE
RUSHBY	SAINT	SALES	SAMPSON	SAMUEL
SAUNDERS	SAXBY	SCARBOROUGH	SCORER	SEYMOUR
SHAW	SHELTON	SHIPSTONE	SHOOTER	SIBERY
SICEMSON	SIDDALL(S)	SIMMS	SIMPKINS	SIMPSON
SINGLETON	SLAGG	SLINN	SMEDLEY	SMITH
SNIBSON	SOAR	SPENCER	SPETCH	SPRINTALL
ST. JOHN	STACEY	STEEL(E)	STENNET	STEPHENSON
STEVENSON	STILL	STINTON	STIRLING	STONE(S)
STOREY	STRAW	STREETS	SUTTON	SWANSON
SWIFT	TALBOT	TANNON	TAYLOR	TELL
TENCH	THEAKER	THOM(P)SON	THOMAS	THORNTON
THORPE	TIBBELL	TILL	TINDALE	TINE
TISSINGTON	TODD	TOMLINSON	TONKS	TOWNSEND
TRICKETT	TURNER	TURTON	TYAS	TYSON
VARDY	WADE	WAIN	WAKE	WAKEFIELD
WALE	WALKER	WALL	WALLER	WALSH
WARD	WATERHOUSE	WATKIN	WATKINSON	WATSON
WATTS	WEATHERALL	WEAVER	WEST	WESTON
WESTWOOD	WH(T)TAKER	WHARTON	WHAWELL	WHEELHOUSE
WHITE	WHITTLES	WICKSON	WIDDOWSON	WILDE
WILKSON	WILLETTS	WILLIAMS	WILLIAMSON	WILLIS
WILLSHAW	WILMAN	WILSON	WINDLE	WINGFIELD
WITHAM	WOOD	WOODHEAD	WOODHOUSE	WOODWARD
WORTHINGTON	WRAGG	WRIGHT	WROE	YEOMANS

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