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Archive Reference / Library Class No.D245
TitleBuxton County Court
Date1847-1925
DescriptionRecords of Buxton County Court (until about 1885 Chapel en le Frith County Court) 1847-1925
Extent13 boxes
LevelFonds
RepositoryDerbyshire Record Office
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Archive CreatorBuxton County Court
Administrative HistoryThe court may originally have met only in Chapel en le Frith, but Buxton (first) and New Mills (later) had become established additional meeting places by the time the court was renamed Buxton County Court.
The court's area of jurisdiction included Aston, Bamford, Brough and Shatton, Brownside, Buxton, Castleton, Chapel en le Frith, Chinley, Bugsworth [Buxworth] and Brownside, Derwent, Disley (Cheshire), Edale, Fairfield, Fernilee, Hartington Upper Quarter, Hope, Hope Woodlands, Kettleshulme (Cheshire), New Mills, Ollerset, Peak Forest, Taxal (Cheshire), Thornhill, Thornsett, Whaley (formerly Cheshire), Whittle and Wormhill. Trade directories also refer to Brownside, as in the jurisdiction of Glossop County Court.

The modern county courts were established under an Act of 1846 intended to create courts for the easier recovery of small debts. Successive Acts added considerably to the County Court's powers of jurisdiction, but the records surviving for Buxton County Court do not reflect the full range of their jurisdiction. They do however include a bankruptcy register under the Bankruptcy Act 1861.
Custodial HistoryThese records were deposited in Derbyshire Record Office under Section 4(1) of the Public Records Act in 1989
Organisation Sub-TypeCounty Court
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
Brough 
Buxton
Wormhill 
Fairfield 
Chinley 
Buxworth 
Thornsett 
Ollersett 
Thornhill 
Edale 
Fernilee 
Disley 
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