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THE DERBYSHIRE RECORD SOCIETY :: 9 OWEN FALLS AVENUE :: CHESTERFIELD :: S41 0FR
Chesterfield Parish Register 1558-1600
Edited by Mary Walton
with an introduction by Philip Riden
Chesterfield Parish Register 1601–1635
Edited by Dorothy M. Nolan and Wilfred J. Wilkinson with an introduction by Philip Riden
These two volumes together provide a complete transcript of the first volume of the register of baptisms, marriage and burials from the church of St Mary and All Saints, Chesterfield, whose parish included a number of adjoining townships as well as the borough itself. This is an important register for the parish church of the second largest town in the county and contains a good deal of ancillary information as well as a well kept record of vital events. The earlier volume includes the period in 1586–7 when Chesterfield suffered a major outbreak of plague (during which the register appears to have been fully maintained), and a second, smaller outbreak is recorded in 1604, near the start of the second volume. Each volume contains a general index and the second includes a marriage index for the entire period between 1558 and 1635. A card index of all events in the register is available for consultation in Chesterfield Local Studies Library.
