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ll^cnobcvc antr tlje dBtjtirct) of l^eanov. 



Notes on the Chartulary of Burton Abbey and the 

 Chronicle of Dale Abbey. 



By the Rev. R. Jowett Burton, M.A. 



HE early histon- of the Church of Heanor has always 



presented a difficulty to the antiquary by reason 



of its connection, or supposed connection, with the 



Abbey of Burton. The following article is an 



attempt to solve the difficulty and to clear up one or two points 



which appear to have been overlooked in the evidence relating 



to the subject. 



In the twelfth century there were in Derbyshire twO' places 

 called Henovere, one in the Manor of Mickleover (as shewn 

 by the Chartulary of Burton Abbey), and the other the modem 

 parish of Heanor. Evidence is here adduced to shew that the 

 lands belonging to the Abbey in " Heanor " were in the manor 

 of Mickleover ; that if a " Church of Heanor " were subject to 

 the Abbey, the church was in Mickleover also; and, negatively, 

 that the Church of Heanor on the borders of Derbyshire and 

 Nottinghamshire was in no way connected with the Abbey. 



For the purpose of lucidity, the spelling of Heanor in 

 connection with the Abbey is retained in its ancient form — ■ 

 i.e., Henovere — and the present parish of that name, on the 

 eastern border of the county, is spelt in the modern manner. 



The subject divides itself into two parts : First, the place 

 Henovere; second, the Church of Henovere. 



Henovere. — The place of that name mentioned in the 

 Chartulary of Burton Abbey is clearly located, as shewn by 



