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Re: Where is Beighton?

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On 27/03/2018 18:28, Steve Hayes wrote:
> On Tue, 27 Mar 2018 11:36:23 +0100, Chris Pitt Lewis
> <chris@cjpl.co.uk> wrote:
> 
>> Beighton was historically a parish in Derbyshire, but was incorporated
>> into the then County Borough of Sheffield, and therefore transferred to
>> the West Riding of Yorkshire, in 1967 (as the Wikipedia article on
>> Beighton Ward says), and to South Yorkshire in 1974.
> 
> So ut's the same geographical place, within different boundfaries for
> administrative purposes?
> 
That is my clear understanding. But I suppose I should add the 
disclaimer that I have not visited the area and am answering this from 
what I find online and on my bookshelf.
> I read a Wikipedia and GenUKI article that left me with the impression
> that there were two - one a parish in Derbyshire and the other across
> the river in Yorkshire.
> 
I think that is wrong. The only second place is "Beighton Fields" which 
seems to be a tiny place further south, in the parish of Barlborough, 
also in Derbyshire, and is not the same as the parish and village of 
Beighton.

> I have several people wgho were baptised there in the 19th century,
> where it is definitely in Derbyshire, but the census records are much
> more ambiguous. I think I'll describe it as in Derbyshire for the
> pre-1911 records anyway.
> 
The Registrar General, who ran the census, used the concept of 
"registration counties", which did not necessarily have the same 
boundaries as the counties used for other administrative purposes. From 
1837 to 1895 (according to GENUKI) Beighton was in Rotherham 
registration district, so would be in the "registration county" of 
Yorkshire. In 1895 it was moved to Chesterfield RD in the registration 
county of Derbyshire. Is part of the ambiguity that you find it listed 
with Yorkshire in 1841-1891 census, and Derbyshire in 1901 and 1911?
> 
-- 
Chris Pitt Lewis

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Where is Beighton? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2018-03-27 05:04 +0200
  Re: Where is Beighton? Ron Taylor <rontay@telus.net> - 2018-03-26 20:27 -0700
  Re: Where is Beighton? "J. P. Gilliver (John)" <G6JPG-255@255soft.uk> - 2018-03-27 04:35 +0100
    Re: Where is Beighton? Chris Pitt Lewis <chris@cjpl.co.uk> - 2018-03-27 11:36 +0100
      Re: Where is Beighton? Steve Hayes <hayesstw@telkomsa.net> - 2018-03-27 19:28 +0200
        Re: Where is Beighton? Chris Pitt Lewis <chris@cjpl.co.uk> - 2018-03-27 19:24 +0100

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