| A |
Advowson - right of presentation to a benefice.
Archdeaconry - parishes under the jurisdiction of an Archdeacon. |
| B |
Bailiwick - district under a bailiff.
Benefice - a church living i.e. the vicar's or the rector's
livelihood
Berewick - a demense farm. |
| C |
Chalybeate spring - a spring rich in dissolved
iron.
Chapelry - district attached to a chapel.
Conquest - the Noman Invasion in 1066 led by William, Duke of
Normandy who became King William I of England after defeating
(and slaying) Harold at the Battle of Hastings in October of
that year.
Curacy - part of an ancient parish with the incumbent appointed
by a patron. |
| D |
Deanery - group of parishes presided over
by a rural dean.
Demense (demain) - early form of domain. A landed property,
in the occupancy of the lord of the manor.
Diocese - the district over which the bishop has authority.
Dissolution - during the reign of King Henry VIII [1509-1547]
investigations into church wealth led to confiscations and redistribution
of church property and a religious reformation.
Domesday Book - a survey of lands in England, made by order
of King William I, better known as William the Conqueror, in
1086. |
| E |
Ecclesiastical - of the church or its clergy. |
| H |
Hamlet - a very small village, often without
a church.
High Peak - the area around Kinder Scout (height 727metres or
2088 feet) in North Derbyshire. Villages such as Hope, Edale
and Castleton are located in this part of Derbyshire.
Hundred - old name for a subdivision of a county or shire, having
its own court. |
| L |
Liberty - (before 1850) district within a
county but exempt from certain jurisdiction, having a separate
commission of the peace.
Living - (Ecclesiastical) benefice |
| P |
Parish - subdivision of county, having its
own church and clergyman.
Patron - has the right of presentation to a benefice.
Peak District - (also see High Peak above) . Hilly area of north
and mid Derbyshire at the southern end of the Pennines. Historically,
Matlock and Matlock Bath were part of the Peak District, but
are not within the modern Peak District National Park. |
| T |
Tithing - 10 householders living near together
and bound over as sureties for each other's peaceable behaviour. |
| V |
Vicarage - benefice of a vicar. |
| W |
Wapentake - old name for hundred or division
of a county or shire |
