| Description | Registers of Baptism, Marriage (including banns 1754-1799) and Burial from 1608, Registers of Banns from 1928, Service registers from 1944, Confirmation register 1907-1950, Tithe lead ore account books 1744-1879, Glebe terriers (1693)-1908, Easter dues 1849-1850, Tithe map, schedule and other records 1840-1951 for Alderwasley (see D2360 for tithe map and schedule), Ashleyhay, Biggin, Callow, Carsington, Cromford, Hopton, lble (see D2360 for tithe map and schedule), Wirksworth (see D2360 for tithe map and schedule), Sunday School and Parish Room trustees minutes and other papers 1892-1962, Church Workers Society minutes 1921-1953, Record of communicants, numbers, officiants and offertory 1817-1856, List of parishioners 1857, Historical notes 1893, Architect’s drawings for cemetery chapel 1850s, Pastoral orders 1974-1992, Inventory 1955-1994, Correspondence about sale of Middleton vicarage 1965-1966, Correspondence about Wirksworth vicarage 1984, Parish magazines/newsletters 1868-1998 (gaps), Papers re Administration/Education etc 1716-1946, Carsington 1940-1942, Alderwasley 1923-1949, Bells and Clock 1928-1983, Church building 1818-1830, Churchyard papers 1856-1948, Deeds 1740-1862, Fabric 1791-1930, Harward and Tunstall Smith papers re tithes, income tax etc 1817-1930, Lead Mining 1655, Orders of service, Programmes etc. 1892-2002, Church boiler 1977-1980, Parish room 1940-1943, Photographs 1950-1970, Printed items 1826-1967, Published notices 1866-1948, Second World War papers 1939-1945, Vicarage 1824-20th cent, Overseers of the Poor Register of Apprentices 1801-1836, Poor rate book for Callow 1878, Churchwardens Accounts 1658-1922, Rate book 1839, Vestry Minutes 1824-1993, Vestry Notices 1817-1828, Parochial Church Council Electors' minutes 1906-1920, Parochial Church Council minutes 1920-1998 (gaps), Appeal Fund Committee minutes and related papers 1995-1999, Accounts 1955-1990, Christmas and Easter doles 1830-1834, Elizabeth Greaves (nee Topliss) Charity Doles 1865-1951 and Bank book 1914-1950, Disbursement book 1897-192 (various charities), Stock certificates 1885-1905, Correspondence re bequests 1934-1946, Wirksworth National, later Junior, School Deeds etc. 1850-1949, Alderwasley School papers including Managers’ report 1902-1903, Historial notes, Correspondence re purchase, Valuation 1971, Sale particulars 1975, Draft conveyance 1975, Other |
| Administrative History | Wirksworth is one of the ancient parishes of Derbyshire. It includes the townships of Alderwasley, Ashleyhay, Callow, Griffe Grange and Hopton. Formerly it also included the townships of Biggin, which became part of the parish of Hulland in 1853; ldridgehay and Alton which became a chapelry in 1855 and a separate parish in 1869; and Middleton by Wirksworth, including lble and lvonbrook Grange, which became a separate parish in 1847. |
| Custodial History | The records, except those noted below, were deposited with Derbyshire Record Office by the parish in July 1987, August 1989, July 1993, April 1999, November 1999, September 2000, May 2002 and March 2013, and by the Wirksworth Team Ministry in January 2015, August 2017 and March 2026.
D3105/A/PI/41/1 was transferred by Sheffield Archives on behalf of the Charity Commission under Section 3(6) of the Public Records Act in December 2013.
D3105/A/PO/2/1 was donated by a descendant of a former overseer in February 2016. |