Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England
Parish Registers 1608-1837

WIRKSWORTH, a market town and parish, is 140 miles from London and 48 from Manchester. In the Domesday Survey it is called Werchesworde. However, according to vulgar tradition, this area derived its name from the down-trodden laborers condemned to work in the region's lead-mines. Their labours proved valuable. It was said their work is worth, hence the transition to its current spelling.


Nearly 200 years ago a pig of lead, weighing 126 pounds, was discovered on Cromford moors with the name of Emperor Adrian in raised letters upon it. Other items of a similar nature also have been found in places nearby. These pieces of evidence offered strong proof that the area's mines were worked by the Romans. In addition, it is strongly believed that the Saxons also mined in Wirksworth during the eighth century. Ore and other minerals are still found in abundance around Wirksworth, especially towards the north, northeast and west.


In 1821, the entire parish of Wirksworth contained 7,315 inhabitants, of which 3,787 were inhabitants of the township, and 901 in the hamlet of Middleton-by-Wirksworth.


Baptisms, Marriages and Burials Indexed by Surname

C=Christening
M=Marriage
B=Burial

CMB

Date

Name

Parents/Spouse

B

1624 Jun 17

BOALER Maude

wife of Richard

C

1731 Nov 07

BOAR John

son of _?_ & Lydia (Wirksworth)

B

1731 Dec 14

BOAR John

son of _?_ & Lydia (Wirksworth)

B

1670 Sep 20

BOARS Margaret

 

B

1616 Dec 01

BOES Catherine

 

M

1630 Jan 24

BOLER Edward

husb of Joone WYLDE

B

1612 Mar 31

BOOES Elizabeth

wife of Homefri

B

1621 Dec 07

BOORE Infant

of Thomas

M

1631 Apr 18

BOORE Rychard

husb of Elizabeth HAYNE

M

1679 May 01

BORE Ann (Parwige)

wife of George DAKIN

B

1635 Dec 22

BORE Infant

son of Richard

M

1632 Aug 28

BORE Margreat

wife of Anthony ROPER

B

1640 Dec 10

BORE Rachell

 

M

1784 Jan 01

BOWER Hannah (Wirksworth)

wife of Henry HOUGHTON

C

1662 Jun 15

BOWER Henery

son Thomas

C

1667 May 16

BOWER John

son Thomas (Middleton)

M

1778 May 11

BOWER Lucy (Cromford)

wife of Robert NALL

M

1769 Apr 21

BOWER Richard (Alderwasley)

husb of Ales MELLOR [Miller]

C

1773 May 02

BOWER Susanna

dau of Richard (Alderwasley)

C

1665 Jan 08

BOWER Thomas

son of Thomas (Middleton)

B

1670 Nov 02

BOWERS Thomas (Middleton)

 

M

1832 Dec 17

BOWERING William (Cromford)

husb of Elizabeth WOODWARD

B

1625 Jun 09

BOWES Alce

wife of Henry

C

1632 Mar 11

BOWLES Elizabeth

dau of Edward

C

1801 Sep 13

BOWEN Ann

dau of Samuel & Martha (Millhouses)

B

1630 Nov 03

BOLOR William

son of William

B

1614 Jun 09

BOWLER Ann

 

B

1783 Oct 25

BOWLER Ann

wife of Samuel (Millhouses)

C

1799 May 15

BOWLER Ann

dau of Samuel & Elizabeth (Wirksworth)

B

1790 Feb 17

BOWLER Dorothy

wife of Samuel (Wirksworth)

M

1784 Apr 18

BOWLER Elizabeth (Wirksworth)

wife of Robert WHITE

C

1788 Sep 28

BOWLER George

son of Samuel & Dorothy (Wirksworth)

B

1790 Mar 10

BOWLER George

son of Samuel & Dorothy (Wirksworth)

M

1801 Jul 27

BOWLER Hannah (Matlock)

wife of Thomas MARCHIN

M

1836 Sep 08

BOWLER Hannah (Cromford)

wife John BROWN

C

1739 Oct 10

BOWLER Henry

son of _?_ & Martha (Cromford) [Illegitimate]

C

1791 Sep 18

BOWLER Jane

dau of Samuel & Elizabeth (Wirksworth)

B

1802 Dec 11

BOWLER Joseph (Wirksworth)

 

M

1836 Apr 05

BOWLER JoSeph (Wirksworth)

husb of Hannah BODEN

M

1739 Dec 21

BOWLER Martha (Cromford)

wife of Henry MART

C

1616 Jun 07

BOWLER Mary

dau of Robeart & Agnys [Robeart JACKSON]

B

1634 Jan 30

BOWLER Richard

 

M

1784 Jun 09

BOWLER Samuel (Wirksworth)

husb of Dorothy ORME

M

1790 Dec 21

BOWLER Samuel (Wirksworth)

husb of Elizabeth PHILIPS

B

1793 Apr 12

BOWLER Samuel

son of Samuel & Elizabeth (Wirksworth)

C

1794 Sep 17

BOWLER Samuel

son of Samuel & Elizabeth (Wirksworth)

C

1796 Sep 11

BOWLER Sarah

dau 0f Samuel & Elizabeth (Wirksworth)

B

1782 Mar 28

BOWLER Thomas (Cromford)

 

C

1771 Sep 11

BOWLER William

son John (Wirksworth)

B

1779 Nov 18

BOWLER William

son of Thomas & Elizabeth (Cromford)

C

1781 Sep 16

BOWLER William

son of Thomas & Elizabeth (Cromford)

C

1786 Apr 30

BOWLER William

son of Samuel & Dorothy (Wirksworth)

B

1787 Dec 04

BOWLER William

son of Samuel & Dorothy (Wirksworth)

B

1620 Feb 17

BOWRE Saray

dau Thomas

B

1667 Dec 31

BOWREINGE John (Calow)

 

B

1795 Apr 09

BOWRIN Sarah

dau of Edward & Ann (Wirksworth)

M

1614 Oct 17

BOWRING Mary

wife John CHADDOCKE

M

1786 Jan 22

BOWRING Sarah (Wirksworth)

wife John WALKER

 Submitted 25Dec99