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GLOSSOP COUNTY COURT

Catalogue reference: D3247

What’s it about?

This record is about the GLOSSOP COUNTY COURT dating from 1856-1954.

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Full description and record details

Reference

D3247

Title

GLOSSOP COUNTY COURT

Date

1856-1954

Description
Description available at other catalogue level
Held by
Derbyshire Record Office
Language

English

Creator(s)
<corpname>Glossop County Court</corpname>
Physical description

1 Volume

Immediate source of acquisition

This volume was transferred to the Record Office by the Public Record Office under Section 4(1) of the Public Records Act 1958 in March 1989.

Administrative / biographical background

The court's area of jurisdiction included Arnfield, Charlesworth, Chisworth, Chunal, Dinting, Glossop, Hadfield, Hayfield, Hollingworth, Padfield, Simmondley, Tintwistle, Whitfield, Woolley Bridge. Trade directories list Brownside as in the jurisdiction of both Glossop County Court and Chapel en le Frith (later Buxton) County Court.

The modern County Courts were established by 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.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/fbcefad7-2fb9-4331-98da-5b549651e6ad/

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GLOSSOP COUNTY COURT