Abbreviations used in the index

  • aft. – after
  • b. – born
  • bef. – before
  • bur. – buried
  • CW – Churchwarden
  • d. – died
  • DBY Ad – The Derby Advertiser
  • PC – Parish Clerk
  • N&Q – Notes and Queries (followed by Series, Volume, Page, Date)
  • SX – Sexton
  • TPC – The Parish Clerk, PH Ditchfield (Metheun 1907)
  • County names are abbreviated using Chapman Codes (e.g. BDF for Bedfordshire – see here)