Flash, Derbyshire

[veebareeba]

Wonder if anyone can tell me where the parish records for Flash in Derbyshire might be kept?  or who I could contact to obtain informaiton?  I have an ancestor who was born there in 1835 - John Moss (son of chap of same name) - who gave this as his birth place.  On later census records he was to be found at Wall Nook in Hartington Upper Quarter, but although I know where Hartington Upper Quarter was, I am not sure where Wall Nook was - could it be a specific address or an area?  Help!!

Having paid a visit to the tiny village of Flash this weekend in the driving rain, I found a few Moss family members in the overgrown graveyard so I feel I must be on the right track.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Veebareeba

[spendlove]

Hi

Most of the Parish Records for Derbyshire are held at
the County Record Office Matlock
For more information please contact us. Although Derbyshire Record Office is based in New Street, our postal address is:

Derbyshire Record Office,
County Hall,
Matlock,
Derbyshire
DE4 3AG.
We can also be telephoned on the following numbers:
01629 585347  (Record Office Search Room)
01629 580000 ext 59202  (General Office) 
01629 580000 ext 59207   (Duty Archivist) 
Fax: 01629 57611
email:  record.office@derbyshire.gov.uk

County Archivist: Dr. Margaret O'Sullivan



Spendlove

[Ros Fornaro]

Hi,

John Moss is a common name in my family around the north eastern part of Staffordshire. Every man and his dog were called John Moss.  My ancestor John Moss born c1792 in Leek, Sts. married his cousin Mary Moss daughter of John Moss.

Ros

[kena]

Hi Veebareeba, Think Flash might be under Staffordshire just but it does border Derbyshire and Cheshire, popular with smugglers in centuries gone by for escaping from the police in Staffordshire and also where the term Flash money comes from. The parish records will be at Staffordshire Record Office in Stafford and the Record Office at Lichfield definitley I think.

Anna

[Gardener]

Kena is right I think, Staffs records office is the place to go and look for Flash filed under "Q" for Quarnford probably 
http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Quarnford/index.html

If ever you do need to check what Derbyshire records have then you can do it at  the link below, scroll down the page to see the parish listings.
http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/record_office/our_collection/

[veebareeba]

Thanks for the info - just have to factor in a trip to the area again I suppose!  Just this pesky thing called work gets in the way ...

Thanks again for your reply!

Veronica

[pottypolly]

I have a gt gt gt grandmother Sarah Slack (b1805) in Flash she married James Moss in 1829 I think they had seven children the eldest being Thomas Moss who was also born in Flash in 1830 - I wondered if any of this was familiar to anyone else ?
 

[CU]

Veronica,

Send me a pm about what you need looking up. I have ordered the film off the LDS. 1813 - 1856 if

that is any use to you. It should be here within the next week or two.

[CU]

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/STS/Quarnford/index.html

This might help you