Hi Andy Many thanks for your kind reply and offer of help. The Bretby parish records used to puzzle me, because there were baptisms from 1766 and yet my grandparents, who both lived in the village were married in Newhall. Only later did I discover that they could not have married in Bretby at the time. When the Chesterfield family rebuilt Bretby church in 1878, I assume that it was either then or within a few years that consecrated ground was provided for burials. Bretby was originally a chapel of Repton and has the same dedication of St Wystan. Nostalgia is getting the better of me, as I now live so far south - in St Albans. I would like to know more about the Village History Group so perhaps you could contact me off list. Best wishes Barbara At 10:40 12/06/2013, austens wrote: >Hi Barbara, > >I'm part of the Repton Village History Group and am wondering if our archive >could help you. I was surprised that Bretby had no consecratred ground at >the time and wasn't licensed for mariages till 1911. Can I confirm that this >was the Parish Church please? We're having a look for the grave and to see >if there is a memorial. Next time I'm in the new records office in Matlock >I'll have a hunt for the marriage.