SPONDON, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND

Spondon is on the outskirts of Derby in midlands England. It was once a village but is now part of the greater Derby City conurbation. In New Zealand, the Maori have a word Turangawaewae – or the place of your ancestors. Spondon is the nearest I have to this as my ancestors have been in this village from the 1700s and still have a presence there today. It is thought that before Spondon, my ancestors came from Elvaston, which is a few miles away. My grandmother Kathleen Coxon was born in Spondon in 1906 and came to New Zealand with her husband and three children in 1947. I have visited Spondon many times and have walked the streets, visited the pubs and of course the church (St Werburghs) much as my ancestors have done. Please let me know if you have more to add for this page.

From Dictionary of English Place Names by A D Mills 1998
SPONDON Derbys.
Spondune 1086 (Domesday Book). Probably 'Hill where wood-chips or shingles are got'. OE spon + dun.. In the 13th and 14th centuries the village name was spelt Spandon. In the 18th century Spaindon and later still, Spoondon.. It has been Spondon for about 100 years.

Updated Tuesday 19 June 2007

SPONDON FAMILIES

WORLD CONNECT - at the 16 March 2005 there were 1475 people on World Connect with the birthplace as Spondon, 891 with their marriage place and 522 with their death place. Just enter Spondon and the surname in the respective boxes.

ANTILL
Visit ROBIN ANTILL's web site for more on the Antill family of Spondon.

ASHBY
BAPTISMS - from St Werburghs 1700 - 1896
BURIALS - from St Werburghs 1724 - 1882

CADE
ROWENA CADE - was born on 2nd August 1893 in Spondon, Derbyshire where her father owned a cotton mill. Her ancestors had lived thereabouts for 300 years.

CLARKE/CORDON
FAMILY GROUP SHEET - Hezekiah Clarke and Martha Cordon and Robert and Catherine Clarke.

COXON
Visit my COXON page for more on the Coxon's of Spondon.
Visit my World Connect page for the COXON family tree.

HALLSWORTH
FAMILY TREE

HOLBROOK
BAPTISMS - from St Werburghs 1699 - 1906
BURIALS - from St Werburghs 1723 - 1881

HOLLAND
BAPTISMS - from St Werburghs 1763 - 1859
BURIALS - from St Werburghs 1765 - 1872

LATHER
BAPTISMS - from St Werburghs 1833 - 1909
BURIALS - from St Werburghs 1835 - 1915

PIGGIN
PIGGIN - of Spondon.

POTTER
BAPTISMS - from St Werburghs 1718 - 1903
BURIALS - from St Werburghs 1817 - 1919

STENSON
STENSON - of Spondon.

TIMS FAMILY TREE
TIMS FAMILY TREE
BROOKE, BROOKS, CHAMBERS, COXON, HOLBROOK, LATHER, LEE, OWEN, STENSON, WALKER and WOODWARD - from Spondon.

SPONDON MARRIAGES - 1653-1812

MARRIAGES AT SPONDON, DERBYSHIRE 1653 - 1812 - from Phillimore Parish Registers.

SPONDON WAR MEMORIALS

WORLD WAR ONE

WORLD WAR TWO

SPONDON LIBERAL CLUB - WORLD WAR ONE

SPONDON LIBERAL CLUB - WORLD WAR TWO

INDEXES TO BOOKS ABOUT SPONDON

MEMORIES OF SPONDON - A short account of Spondon past. By Guy Brighouse. 1990.

PARISH CHURCH OF ST WERBURGH, SPONDON, DERBY - By John R Hughes and S T Lusted. 1999.

SPONDON, A HISTORY - By Susan Watson. 1989.

SPONDON LIBERAL CLUB - The First Hundred Years. 1992.

SPONDON HOUSE SCHOOL - The History of a Village School in the County of Derby (1662-c1964). By E J Kenedy c1964.

AROUND SPONDON - By John R Hughes. 1997.

DIRECTORIES

1835 PIGOTS - Spondon, Ockbrook, Borrowash, Chaddesden and neighbourhoods.

1855 POST OFFICE - Spondon.

1891 KELLYS - Spondon. (Linked)

1899 KELLYS - Spondon.

CENSUS

INMATES OF SHARDLOW WORKHOUSE - 1881 - includes many from Spondon.

SPONDON ARCHIVES

SPONDON ARCHIVES - Spondon Archives on the National Archives Web-site. Enter Spondon in the search box.

SPONDON ARCHIVES - Spondon Archives on the A2A - Access to Archives Website, Enter Spondon in the search box.

SPONDON WEB SITES

SPONDON ONLINE - Information for the village of Spondon, Derby - 2004.

SPONDON LAD - Lots of information on Spondon and its history.

SPONDON AT GENUKI - GENUKI are Genealogical pages for United Kingdom and Ireland.

SPONDON YEARS AGO - A paper given by Mr. George Wright of Spondon on the 15th January 1915.

ANCESTRAL VILLAGES - Spondon is included.

PHOTOS OF SPONDON.

CURIOUS FOX - Spondon - Entries from people researching Spondon families.

COUNTY DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND.

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