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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D199
TitleWirksworth Petty Sessional Division, later Magistrates Court
Date1829-1974
DescriptionRecords of the Wirksworth Magistrates Court (former Petty Sessional Division) from 1829.

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D199/1/1-27 Registers of the court of summary jurisdiction 1829-1974
D199/2/1-10 Notes of evidence 1870-1962
D199/3/1-3 Juvenile court registers 1933-1974
D199/4/1-2 Special sessions registers/minute books 1868-1960
D199/5/1-2 Registers of alehouse and beerhouse licences with register of clubs 1911-1962 1879-1960
D199/6/1-2 Registers of premises for keeping explosives 1877-1927
D199/7/1-2 Registers of explosive store licences 1877-1927
D199/8/1 Accounts of fines and fees 1879-1882
Extent8 boxes
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorWirksworth Petty Sessional Division, later Magistrates Court
Administrative HistoryThe Division included the following places until 1880: Aldwark, Biggin, Bonsall, Brassington, Callow, Carsington, Cromford, Darley, Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Hopton, Ible, Idridgehay and Alton, Ireton Wood, Kirk Ireton, Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Matlock, Tansley, Wensley and Snitterton and Wirksworth. Elton and Middleton and Smerrill are also referred to until about 1869.
From about 1880, the following places are not included in the registers: Bonsall, Cromford, Darley, Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Matlock, Tansley, and Wensley and Snitterton.
Custodial HistoryThese records were deposited in the Record Office, 1) by the Clerk to the Magistrates of Wirksworth Petty Sessional Division through Messrs A J Cash and Sons of Wirksworth from the practice papers of their predecessors Stone and Symonds, Solicitors of Wirksworth on various dates in 1963, 2) by the Clerk to Alfreton Magistrates Court in July 1978 and by 3) the Clerk to Buxton Magistrates' Court in February 1990 and July 1991 under Section 4 (1) of the 1958 Public Record Act.
Organisation Sub-TypePetty Sessions/Magistrates
Access ConditionsSome of the records in this collection are not normally made available for public consultation, because they contain personal information which is protected by law
Places
Place (click for further details)Type
Wirksworth 
Kirk Ireton 
Wensley 
Snitterton 
Hopton 
Carsington 
Holloway 
Idridgehay 
Ible 
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