Today we are all familiar with the Brampton area of Chesterfield and the village of Old Brampton just a short distance to the West. Until relatively recently… Well, nearly two hundred years anyway… There was only one parish of Brampton, and it extended roughly throughout the area now covered by the two parishes. It was as a result of the rapid population growth brought by new developing industries in the early 19th century, that the ancient parish was divided to better serve both the rural and the urban populations.
Of course, any historical documents refer to places as they were known at the time they were written or earlier. I have therefore had to take a view on how to refer to place names in those documents when referring to them on this site. My wish is to be consistent throughout and to give as much easily understandable information as possible. For that reason, I refer to any documents or references earlier than 1837 when the parish of St Thomas, Brampton was created as ‘Old Brampton’. Usually, this refers more correctly to the area covered by the parish of St Peter before the creation of the new parish in 1837. References at the time were to ‘Brampton’ or to the parish of St Peter, Brampton.
Documents or references relating to people or events since 1837 on my sites, use the locations we are familiar with today. Old Brampton refers to the parish of St Peter, while Brampton refers to the parish of St Thomas.
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There was only one parish of Brampton, and it extended roughly throughout the area now covered by the two parishes. It was as a result of the rapid population growth brought by new developing industries in the early 19th century, that the ancient parish was divided to better serve both the rural and the urban populations.