| Chapter 1 The Church | Ch 1.1 The church, its history, buildings and content. Ch 1.2 All the memorial inscriptions Ch 1.3 The Baslow Charities Ch 1.4 Baslow Methodist Church |
| Chapter 2 My Articles | Articles written by David Dalrymple-Smith. |
| Chapter 3 Other Authors | Ch 3.1 Pieces written before 1900 Ch 3.2 Earlier research into Baslow historty Ch 3.3 Articles from the 1900s Ch 3.4 Recent articles Ch 3.5 Articles written by Ann Hall |
| Chapter 4 Census & Tithe Award | Ch 4.1 Baslow Census Ch 4.2 Baslow Enclosure Award Ch 4.3 Baslow & Bubnell Tithe Awards Ch 4.4 Censuses 1851 nearby villages |
| Chapter 5 Gazeteers & Events | Ch 5.1 Gazetteers Ch 5.2 Events with named participants |
| Chapter 6 Families | Ch 6.1 Family Trees Ch 6.2 Family Notes |
| Chapter 7 Houses Streets Sales | Ch 7.1 Maps of streets & houses Ch 7.2 House List – older houses & occupants Ch 7.3 Sales of areas within Baslow eg Rutland |
| Chapter 8 Miscellaneus | Felons, Services, Harry, Longshaw, Barlow |
I can identify 4 main types of visitor to this website. Each may find the comments below helpful. But these are only suggestions, you may find relevant or interesting information anywhere. See the contents pages and browse through the summaries.
| Family History | Go first to Ch 6 Family Trees and Notes, then Ch 2.1 Memorial Inscriptions. Then try Ch 7.2 “House List” and Ch 4 Tithe Award to find out where they lived. Ch 7 Gazetteers and Events can provided further informnation about individuals. |
| Your House | Ch 7.2 (a) gives more detail about a few houses, and (b) has large file “All older houses which gives some detail of all the older houses in thevillage and their occupants over the years. See also Ch 2.6 Map series |
| Village History | For the early history go to Ch 1.1 Cox and Short History of the Church. Patterson The Manor of Baslow 3.2a is informative. Allcock 3.2b is another collection of resources Many of My Articles have insights into the history especially Ch 2.1 and Ch 3.2. Otherwise browse around until you find somethin interesting. |
| Visitors | The website is designed for historians rather than tourists. Try Ch1 The Church and Ch2 My Articles. And the Gallery of Photos |
There are a number of big tables which can be awkward to manipulate. Most have an Excel version which can be downloaded onto a PC or Laptop. With a basic knowledge of the Excel “Find” function, searching, sorting and filtetring is easy. Try it on the Census file.
Baslow History 