Kirk-Ireton and Long Eaton Baptisms

[hilarybelton]

On 11 June 1781 two baptisms are recorded:

1 Joseph Cowlishaw, son of William, christened 11 Jun 1781 at Kirk-Ireton
2 Joseph Cowlishaw, son of Thomas, christened 11 Jun 1781 at Long Eaton, residence Kirk-Ireton

(I came across these when looking at how people delayed christenings until - apparently - they could arrange a joint baptism with relatives who might live up to 20 miles away)
These baptisms are on FS, Ancestry and FindMyPast. No images are available, so I followed the Indexing Project Batch Numbers back and found the following:

1 Joseph Cowlishaw, son of William, the listing shows that everyone in that batch (presumably lived at Kirk-Ireton) and was christened at Kirk-Ireton.
2 Joseph Cowlishaw, son of Thomas, the listing shows virtually everyone in that batch lived at Kirk-Ireton, but they were all christened at Long Eaton.

Does anyone know why 'half' the children of Kirk-Ireton would be christened at Holy Trinity, Kirk-Ireton, but the other 'half' would be christened at Long Eaton, which Google tells me is 21.9 miles away along modern roads! I have lots of other instances of people travelling far for whatever reasons, from the Wirksworth late baptisms, but this case is a bit different.

As an added extra, I haven't followed these two Joseph Cowlishaws back, but is there any way that they could be one and the same - that's what I will follow next.

Thanks in advance!

[peramar]

Hi. Not sure if this will help you but I have the Kirk Ireton Parish Registers 1572-1910 on CD.

There is a marriage of a Thomas Cowlishaw to Hannah Mellor after banns on 15 Dec 1777 witnesses Samuel Cooper and Ellin Mellor.

Baptisms -

Ann 4 Oct 1778
Joseph 11 June 1781
Elizabeth 6 June 1784
Sarah 9 October 1785

There are no relevant burials recorded on the disc.

Please let me know if I can look up anything else for you in the Kirk Ireton Registers.

Peramar

[hilarybelton]

Sorry I disappeared! Thank you so much for taking the time and for the extra information, but as it happens, and after months of revisiting these families, I found the missing Joseph in Lincolnshire of all places! Just proves that people really did get around!

Thanks for the offer, too, I shall certainly bear that in mind!