- 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)