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ALLESTREE, a small well built village and parish, 2 miles N. from Derby, on the Duffield road. The parish contains 1075A. 3R. 15P. of strong rich land, and in 1851 had 109 houses and 557 inhabitants, of whom 268 were males and 289 females; rateable value £1376 2s. 5d. The principal land owners are William Mundy, Esq., M.P., Thomas Wm. Evans, Esq., and W. P. Thornhill, Esq., M.P., the former is lord of the manor. The North Midland Railway passes through this parish, and occupies 8A. 1R. 9P. of land. The Church, dedicated to St. Edmund, was formerly one of the Churches belonging to the Abbey at Darley. It is an ancient structure with a Saxon porch, a nave, chancel, side aisles, and low tower, with 3 bells. A few years ago, it was thoroughly restored and beautified, principally at the cost of the late William Evans, Esq. In 1856, a clock was put up in the Church at a cost of about £300, at the sole expense of the late W. Evans, Esq.; it is one of the finest in the county. There are several monuments to the Mundy family, and one to George Evans, aged 15, who was drowned in the river Wharf, at Thorp-Arch, May 29th, 1804. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued in the King’s book at £5, now £50, and has 2 acres of glebe. Wm. Mundy, Esq., M.P., is the patron, and the Rev. John Hullett, B.A., is the incumbent. About 14 acres of land in the parish belongs to the Church, let for £30 per annum, for its reparation. The Church yard has recently been enlarged about half an acre, one half the land was given by the late Wm. Evans, Esq. In the Church yard are two yew trees, one of which is supposed to be nearly as old as the Church, and in the S.E. corner is a stone cross or pillar, with a plain shaft, twelve feet in height, with a carved head on which there was formerly a dial. The Wesleyan Methodists have a small neat brick chapel here, erected in 1821. A neat National School in the gothic style of architecture for boys and girls was erected in 1856, at a cost of about £700, aided by a grant from Government of £207, the remainder was paid by the late Wm. Evans, Esq. The school will accommodate about 150. There is also a Sick society held in the school room, which consists of about 100 members. The manor, Adelardestreu, is described in Domesday survey, as a hamlet of the manor of Markeaton, with which it is still held. The late Francis N. C. Mundy, Esq., sold a considerable por­tion of Allestree estate to the late Thomas Evans, Esq., Charles Upton, Esq., and Bache Thornhill, Esq. Allestree Hall, a handsome stone mansion, in a well wooded park, was for many years the residence of the late Wm. Evans, Esq., whose public career was varied and influential. He was sheriff of the county in 1829, and represented in parliament the Borough of East Retford, for three sessions; the Borough of Leicester for three sessions; and the Northern Division of this County from 1837 till 1853, when he retired from parliamentary life. As a county magistrate Mr. Evans took a leading part, occupying himself very actively in the financial and other business, as well as in the legal portion of the magisterial duties. He died on the 8th May 1856 in the 68th year of his age. The Hall is now the seat and property of Thos. Wm. Evans, Esq.

Munday’s Charity.—(See Radbourn). The annual sum of £1 4s. is received from the incumbent of Quarndon, by the perpetual curate of Allestree, who retains 2s, for him­self, pays 2s. to the churchwardens, and the remaining 20s. are distributed on the Sunday fortnight after Christmas, amongst the poor of the parish.

Church Lands.—By a decree of Commissioners of Charitable Uses, &c., taken at Derby on 16th November, 30 Charles II., it was found that certain closes situate in Markeaton, in the parish of Mackworth, called Sawry Hill, had belonged to, and the rents, until the last 28 years, been employed towards the repair of the parish Church of Allestree; and it was ordered that Gilbert Mundy should deliver up possession of the said premises to the churchwardens of Allestree, &c., and that Gilbert and Edward Mundy, administrators of John Mnndy, having assets, should pay thereout £64 13s. 4d. in respect of the rents of the said premises, received by him, to be employed in the repairs of the said Church. The Church lands consist of 3 closes, called Sawry Hill, containing about 9 acres, let for £19 3s. a year; 3 cottages and gardens in Allestree, let for £1 each; a small piece of un­-inclosed land, forming part of a field, the residue belongs to Walter Evans, Esq., let to


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him for l0s, per annum; and a field of arable land, containing about 5 acres, let for £8 3s. 6d., &c. These rents are paid to the churchwarden, and carried to his general ac­count.

 

Evans Mrs. Mary, The Hall

Evans Thomas William, Esq., The Hall

Buxton John, vict. and builder, Red Cow

Clements James, shoemaker

Cooper George, flour dealer

Dawson Alice, shopkeeper

Dryden Thomas, gardener; h. Quarndon

Fox Sarah, National School

Groom Henry, coachman; h. Quarndon

Hooley Joseph, tailor

Houghton Thomas, parish clerk

Hullett Rev. John, B.A., incumbent

Johnson Elizabeth, infant school

Massey Thomas, coachman; h. Quarndon

Millward John, shopkeeper

Pounder Samuel, blacksmith and constable

Shutt John, butler

Smith Edw., secretary to Mr. Evans

Smith Moses, cowkeeper and flour dealer,

  and manufacturer of cotton and linen

  baggs for dyers

Tantum William, bailiff to Mr. Evans

Woolley Joseph, wheelwright and builder

Woolley Thomas, poor rate collector

 

 

Farmers.

Clark George

Eite John

Kitchen Lydia

Kitchen William

Price William

Simpson Thomas M.

Smedley William

Tomlinson John (and

  road surveyor)

 

 

ASTON-UPON-TRENT, a parish, township, and large well built village, 6 miles S.E. from Derby, contains 1780A. 3R. 28P. of rich land, and in 1851, had 157 houses, and 693 inhabitants, of whom 346 were males and 347 females; rateable value £3664 15s. 11½d. The principal owners are Edward A. Holden, Esq., James Sutton, Esq., the Rev. Joseph Sikes, of Newark, Nottinghamshire, the Earl of Harrington, and Aston, and Burton poor; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, (All Saints) is an ancient gothic structure, with nave, chancel, side aisles, and embattled tower, with pinnacles, and four bells. It formerly had galleries at the west end and north side. The communion table is of black oak, handsomely carved with Exdoni Johannis Honte, 1630. Here are monuments and tablets to the Hunt, Holden, Shuttleworth, Fosbrook, and Walker families. In the year 1393, the church was appropriated to the Abbey of St. Werburgh, in Chester, notwith­standing it is now a rectory, valued in the King’s books at £29 15s., now £1,000, in the patronage of E. A. Holden, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Francis Augustus Weekes, M.A. In 1839, the presentation was sold to the Rev. — Bromley, and in 1848, it was resold to Samuel Ashton, Esq., who presented it to the present incumbent. In 1853, the church was thoroughly restored, the chancel was fitted up with neat stalls, the galleries were removed, the arch and tower thrown open, and the windows were filled with stained glass. The rectory is a large neat residence near the church. The Wesleyan Methodists have a small brick chapel erected in 1829. National Schools for boys and girls, were erected in 1845, by voluntary contributions, aided by a grant of £54 from the National School Society. The boys room will accommodate 80, average attendance 40; and the girls room will hold 50, about 30 attend. The master is allowed £45 per annum and the use of a house adjoining the school. A grant of a market and fair was obtained in 1256, both have long been disused. The market cross was taken down in 1837. Messrs. Pegg, Harper and Co., of Derby, and Mr. Robert Meakin, of Chellaston, have extensive gypsum pits in this parish. There are several lodges of Odd Fellows, and Friendly Societies. Aston Hall is a large neat modern brick mansion, painted stone colour, situated in park like grounds of considerable extent. On the north front is a stone portico, supported by two fluted pillars; the south front overlooks a beautiful lawn, the Vale of the Trent, and Donington Woods. It is the seat and property of Edward A. Holden, Esq. Aston Lodge, a neat residence, the property of James Sutton Esq., and the residence of Mrs. C. Walker. Feast, Sunday before Nov. 5th.

CHARITIES.—Samuel Mather, in the year 1706, left £40 to the poor of Aston, £30 of which was laid out in the purchase of a house then rented by John Clarke, and the remain­ing £10 was in the hands of Mr. Crompton, of Derby. By the award for the Aston enclosure, dated 22nd March, 1783, land in the Nether Field, at a place called the Heath,


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of the yearly value of 35s., was given in exchange for the cottage above named. The land is now enclosed, and contains about 2½A., now let for £7 per annum, which is distributed on the Sunday after Christmas day, amongst poor persons. With respect to the £10 stated to have been in the hands of Mr. Crompton, it is not known how it was apppropriated, but is supposed to have been laid out in the purchase of four poor houses in the parish.

Joseph Percival, of Winchester, by will proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, October 1715, bequeathed £100 to the poor of the parish of Aston, to be laid out at interest by the minister, overseers, and churchwardens. In respect of this legacy, there is a sum of £97 9s. 3d. old South-sea annuities, part of a sum of £1180 16s. 6d. stock, standing in the name of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, to the credit of the cause of the Dean of Winchester against Holden. The dividends payable to the poor of this parish have not been paid for many years; the last supposed to have been paid on the 10th October, 1794. At the time of our enquiry, August, 1826, little was known in the parish as to this charity, &c. Upon enquiry at the Accountant General’s office, it appears the arrears of interest may be received, on the proper application being made by the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of Aston, and this we have recommended should be done. The arrears of interest will amount to about £90, and it seems advisable they should be invested in the funds, and the dividends distributed to the poor with the yearly dividends of South sea annuities.

Elizabeth Cooper, by will, 1728, whose charity for the parish of Spondon—(See Spondon)—left lands, &c., for the poor of Aston, which consisted of one moiety of a field of about an acre, called the Green Leas, and three small parcels of land in the Common Meadow. At the time of the enclosure, there was allotted in respect of these three parcels 2A. 13P. in a field called Thornborough Field, not enclosed, and lies open to the rest of the field, which is the property of Mrs. Cock, to whom also an undivided moiety of the Green Leas belongs. The yearly rent of £2 l0s. is paid by the tenant in respect of so much of the land as belongs this charity, which is distributed by the trustee amongst the poor, he retaining 5s. for his expences. We recommended the appointment of new trustees for this and the Spondon charity.

Robert Cowper, by will 1720, gave to ten of the poorest people of the town of Aston the sum of 5s. to be paid yearly for ever, out of a parcel of ground called the Green Leas, This sum has not been paid for 20 or 30 years past. The last payment was by Mrs. Cowli­shaw. There are several parcels of land of that name, and we have not been able to discover which was the property so described in the will.

Jane Shepherd left, in 1734, a rent charge of 12s. a-year, to pay for two children at Aston school. It is upwards of 40 years since this was paid. The estate supposed to be charged therewith is situate at Chellaston, and was, at the time the last payment was made, in the possession of Mrs. Bayle and Mrs. Hardinge; it now belongs to Mr. T. Brown Dum­melow, of Chellaston, but there does not seem sufficient evidence to prove that this is the estate liable thereto.

 

Holden Edward Anthony Esq., The Hall

Astle Thomas, wheelwright

Briggs John, farmer

Buxton John, vict., Coach & Horses

Clementson Thomas, parish clerk

Cook Mr. Thomas

Edwards Frederick and Jane, National

  School

Frearson John, joiner

Gaskin Charles, vict., White Hart

Harper Mrs. Ann

Holladay Mr. John

Holladay John & Joseph, bricklayers

Holladay Mary, blacksmith

Joynes John, tailor and draper

Johnson Catherine, school

Ludlow John & Joseph, maltsters

Ludlow Wm., brick and tile maker

Martyn Thomas, boatman

Martyn Thomas, jun., wheelwright and

  builder of all kinds of light traps, carpen­-

  ter and blacksmith

Murphy Michael, manager, plaster mines

Murphy Rev. Richard Holdcn

Nix John, gardener

Oldershaw John, baker


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Ordish William, gamekeeper

Pegg, Harper & Co., plaster mines

Smith Jacob, butcher and grazier

Walker Mrs. Constantia, The Lodge

Weekes Rev. Francis Augustus, M.A.,

  Rectory

Whyman John, painter

Young Reuben, joiner

 

Boot & Shoe Mkrs

Greaves Thomas

Holbrook John, (&

  beerhouse)

Slater Robert

Smedley John

 

Farmers.

Bancroft Wm., Fox

  Cover

Botham Elizabeth

Botham Jacob

Bowmer George,

  Marsh Flatts

Burton Joseph

Gregory Thomas

Henshaw James,

  Cottage

Marple Robert, Rec-

  tory Farm, Aston

  Hill

Murphy Michael

Parker William

Radford Robert

Stevenson Richard,

  Aston Hill

 

Shopkeepers.

Astle William, (and

  baker & joiner)

 

 

Hawkes Thomas

Wall Joseph

Whyman Catherine

 

Carriers to Derby.

Thomas Bull, daily

Wm. Hallam, Friday

 

 

 

BARROW-ON-TRENT parish, contains the township of Barrow-on-Trent, in the Morleston and Litchurch Hundred, and the townships of Sinfin-with-Arleston, and Twy­ford-with-Stenson, in the Appletree Hundred, which together contain 3500A. 0R. 30P. of land, and in 1851 had 126 houses, and 577 inhabitants, of whom 308 were males, and 269 females; rateable value, £7,525 9s. 3d.

BARROW-ON-TRENT is a small pleasant village and township, six miles S. from Derby, and in the vicinity of the Grand Trunk Canal, which intersects this parish. It contains 1,150A. 2R. 10P. of light land, and in 1851 had 65 houses, and 286 souls, of whom 147 were males, and 139 females; rateable value, £2,220 11s. 8d. The Rev. Henry des Væux, the Hon. Mrs. Mary Beaumont, Sir John Harpur Crewe, Bart., William and Richard Sale, Esqrs., and Mr. James Bentley, are the principal owners. The former is lord of the manor, and has a fishery on the Trent. The Trent and Mersey canal occupies six acres, and 1A. 2R. belongs to the Church, which is dedicated to St. Wilfred. It is a venerable stone edifice, with nave, chancel, side aisles, and embattled tower, in which are three bells, and a gallery at the west end. In 1818, it was thoroughly restored and a few new pews added. Here is an alabaster monument to William Sale, who died in 1663, with a neat tablet to Richard Sale, who died in 1808, John Mather, who died in 1836, with other neat tablets to the Bancroft and Beaumont families, several of whom are interred in the church. The oldest existing monument at Barrow, is to John Bothe, who died in 1413; also, upon an alabaster slab, at the entrance into the chancel is the effigy of a man in armour, who by the inscription appears to be John Bothe, who died in 1482. In the south wall of the south aisle is the figure of an ecclesiastic in rich vestments. Several monuments have been de­stroyed by alterations. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s book at £5 8s. 5½d., now £105. It was formerly appropriated to the Prior and Convent of St. John, of Jeru­salem, and has been augmented with £200 Queen Anne’s bounty, laid out in 8A. 3R. of land. A. Moore, Esq., patron, and the Rev. J. Edwards, incumbent, for whom a vicarage house is about to be erected midway betwixt Barrow and Twyford. The vicar has 36A. 2R. 20P. of glebe, and 1A. 3R. 28P. on Sinfin moor. The Wesleyan Methodists and Independents have neat brick chapels, erected in 1839; the former was built by Mr. Jas. Bently, and is his own property. A National school was erected in 1843, at a cost of £150, raised by subscription. The land being given by Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart.; six girls from Mrs, Elizh. Sale’s charity are educated free, others pay 1d. per week for reading, and 2d. per week for writing. Mrs. R. Sale is the principal supporter of it. Barrow Hall a large stuccoed mansion, with a circular entrance-hall and staircase lighted from a dome top, the front overlooking the vale of the Trent, amidst neat shrubberies and pleasure grounds. It was built on the site of an ancient house, in 1808-9, by the late John Beaumont, Esq., it is now the property of the Hon. Mrs. Mary Beaumont, of Derby, and the seat of Mrs. Mary Arkwright.. Wm. and Richard Sale, Esqrs., have also neat residences here. Feast on the

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Sunday before 29th Oct. In Barruue (Barrow), says Domesday, Godwin and Corlineg had three oxgangs of land and a half, to be taxed: it is waste. One villane has there four oxen and eight acres of meadow. In Bareue are twelve oxgangs of land to be taxed. Soke to Mileburne (Melbourne). There is a priest and a church, and one sokeman with half a plough and eighteen acres of meadow.

SINFIN and ARLESTON form a joint township, returned in 1851 as being in the Appletree Hundred, and contains together 791A. 1R. 33P. of land, 12 houses, and 69 souls, of whom 40 were males, and 29 females; rateable value, £1317 18s. 6d. Sinfin, two and a half miles S. from Derby, contains two farm and two cottage houses. Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart., is the sole owner. Sinfin house is a neat residence occupied by Mrs. Eliz. Bancroft, farmer, whose family have resided in Barrow parish upwards of 300 years. Arleston, four and a half miles S. by W. from Derby, contains two farm and six scattered cottage houses, Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart., is owner. Arleston house, is a very ancient building, supposed to have formerly been a chapel. The front is supported by stone buttresses, and in the interior is a place in which was a bell. On the north side formerly stood a large hall or castle, which was taken down some years ago. The Trent and Mersey canal occupies 8A. 2R. 34P. of land. Merrybower, quarter-mile S., was formerly an open common, and was about 100 years ago noted for a public house upon it, kept by George Clay, who had a cock-pit here, and was celebrated as a deer stealer. His house was a noted rendezvous for similar characters.

TWYFORD and STENSON form a joint township and chapelry, returned in 1851 as being in the Appletree Hundred, contains together, 1658A. 2R. 20P. of good fertile land, 49 houses, and 222 inhabitants, of whom 121 were males, and 101 females; rateable value, £3,786 19s. 1d. Twyford, a small scattered village on the north bank of the Trent, 5½ miles from Derby. Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart., is lord of the manor, and principal owner. The Church is an ancient structure with a square tower, short spire, and three bells, the nave is built of brick, and was pewed in 1775. A fine Norman arch divides the nave and chancel. Here are neat monumental tablets to the Harpur, Vernon, and Bristowe families. A National school was erected in 1842 by voluntary subscription; it is a neat brick building with stone dressings, and cost £125, the land being given by the lord of the manor. Twy­ford house is a large stuccoed mansion on the banks the Trent, which with 95 acres of land, is the property of S. E. Bristowe, Esq. About half a mile east from the village is a large tumulus, which is said to contain the remains of persons slain in the battle fought near the place during the civil wars. Here was a family of the name of Kirkman, of which three boys had only one hat, and he who rose first in the morning had it for the day. One of these brothers aftetwards went to London, about 1780, and became Lord Mayor.

STENSON a small village, 4½ miles S.S.W. from Derby. Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart., S. E. Bristowe, Esq., and Mrs. Eliz. Shaw, are the principal owners. The Trent and Mersey canal occupies 4A. 2R. 24P., and the Birmingham railway passes near the village, and takes 18A. 29P. In 1841, about 200 acres of open field land was enclosed, since which the Field house has been erected by Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart. The Wesleyan Methodists have a neat brick chapel, erected in 1845, at a cost of £150. It will seat about 160 persons. Mrs. Ann Redfern’s family have resided in this parish upwards of three centuries.

CHARITIES.—Elizabeth Sale gave £2 14s. for the benefit of a school, for which 8 girls are instructed in reading, knitting, and, sewing. She also gave £1 6s., which is laid out in the purchase of six twopenny loaves every alternate Sunday, distributed after divine service at the church, amongst the poor of the parish, both exclusive of the chapelry at Twyford-with-Stenson. Both the above sums are paid by the Rev. Henry Des Vœux, of Carlton house, near Newark.

Twyford and Stenson Chapelry.—John Harpur, lord of the manor, by indenture dated 28th Nov., 1710, and various other persons, freeholders within the manor, and Sir Robert Burdett, Samuel Sale, and Robert Wilmot, &c., on the third part, in pursuance


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of an award made by Robert Wilmot the elder, and Isaac Hawkins, Esq., dated 20th Oct., 1696, and for settling an annuity of £15 for the benefit of the poor of the manor of Twyford and Stenson, the said John Harpur, with the consent of the said freeholders, granted to the said Sir Robert Burdett and others, their heirs, rent charges amounting to £15, being part of the waste grounds belonging to the manor, and intended to be set out to the several parties hereinafter named, as their portion of the waste grounds of the said manor, viz.: John Ward, a rent charge of £1 7s. 4d. out of Cocken Nook; Samuel Bristow, of £1 18s., out of a close called the Upper End of the Half Acres; John Harpur, £1 10s. 5d., out of Smithy Halt; Joseph Wright, in respect of the land of the late Joseph Holmes, 15s. 2d.; said John Harper, £9 9s. 1d., out of a close called the Thoroughs, with a house and a close called William-a-Green. The principal part of this income is applied to binding out apprentices, sons of poor persons of the chapelry, a part sometimes being distributed, in money to the poor.

Stenson Township—The poor of this township are entitled to the benefit of the school founded by John Allsop, at Findern, in the parish of Mickleover.—Which see.

 

BARROW-ON-TRENT TOWNSHIP.

 

Arkwright Mrs. Mary, The Hall

Bancroft Mrs. Ann

Bancroft, Sarah, shopkeeper

Belcher Mrs. Catherine, The Cottage

Camp Isaac, shoemaker

Camp Robert, tailor

Edwards Rev. John, vicar

Garrett George, wheelwright

Haynes Joseph, blacksmith

Kent John, shoemaker

Porter Mrs. Elizabeth

Prince Emma, schoolmistress

Sale William, Esq.

Sheffield Richard, joiner

Spencer William, shoemaker

Wilson Samuel, shopkeeper and baker

Wood Thomas, gardener, Hall lodge

 

Farmers.

Bently James

Bucknall John, (and

  butcher)

Camp Thomas

Garratt Thomas

Jordon John, Hall

  Farm

 

Lakin William

Lane Henry

Lane John

Lane William

Sale Richard

Sale Richard, junior

  Cottage

Wagg Stephen

Williamson John

 

SINFIN AND ARLESTON TOWNSHIP.

 

Bancroft Elizh., farmer, Sinfin house

Bancroft Gilbert, farmer

Hague John, farmer, Moor end

Sale Richard, jun., farmer, Arleston Hall;

  h. Barrow

Wragg William, farmer

 

TWYFORD AND STENSON TOWNSHIP.

Marked * are at Stenson.

 

* Baldwin Joseph, lock keeper

Camp Thomas, jun., rate collector

Hicklin Samuel, butcher

Holmes William, gardener

* Pegg William, shoemaker

Potts Sarah, National school

Towle Edward, blacksmith

 

 

Farmers.

Camp Thomas, senior,

  Old hall

Fisher Thomas, (and

  Ferry house)

 

Forman James, Twy-

  ford Hall

* Forman Richard

Goodwin Thomas

* Gratidge Richard,

  Stenson Farm

Hicklin John

Millis George

Poyser James

* Radford Richard,

  Wallnut House

 

* Redfern Ann, Field

  House

* Stych John, Stenson
  House

 

 

 

CODNOR and LOSCOE, a joint township and Ecclesiastical parish, contains 1894A. 1R. 15P. of strong clay land, and in 1851 had 373 houses and 1890 inhabitants, of whom 982 were males and 908 females; rateable value £5430 3s. 5d. The principal owners are The Butterley Compy., Chas. V. Hunter, Esq., Rev. John Wood, Messrs. Jas. C. Roystone, Joseph Stirland, — Peet, Samuel White, John Woolley, Geo. Woolley, Samuel Woolley, and several others. The inhabitants are principally employed in the collieries and at the iron stone mines, with which this district abounds.

CODNOR, a considerable and improving village, on the Alfreton and Nottingham road, 5 miles S. E. from Alfreton, and 5 miles W. from Helper, and in 1851 had 283 houses

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and 1439 inhabitants, of whom 749 were males and 690 females. The Church, dedicated to St. James, is situated on the crown of the hill, about midway between the two villages. It is a plain stone building, with nave, chancel, tower, and one bell. It was built in 1844, at a cost of £2000 raised by subscriptions and grants, and will seat 400 persons, of which 250 are free and unappropriated. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £150, in the patronage of the Crown and Bishop of Lichfield, alternately; the Rev. Henry Middleton, incumbent, for whom a new parsonage house is being erected, near the Church. Hand­some National Schools were built at the same time, and are included in the cost of the Church, about 90 children attend. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel, built in 1827, and the Wesleysn Reformers a neat chapel, built of brick in 1854, at a cost of about £350.

LOSCOE, a small village which forms the south extremity of the parish, about 1 mile from Codnor, contains 90 houses and 451 inhabitants, of whom 233 were males, and 218 females The Butterley Compy have a colliery here, from which hard and soft coal of good quality is obtained. The Baptists have a chapel, erected in 1848, at a cost of £476, raised by subscription. It is a good brick building and will seat about 400 persons. The old chapel having become too small and much dilapidated, the present one was erected on the site; the Rev. W. J. Stuart is the pastor. Loscoe dam, when full, covers about 24 acres of ground. Loscoe Park was for several generations the seat of the Draycott family, but it has long been broken up, and the house taken down.

CHARITIES.—Jonathan Tantum, in 1732 devised to his executors the moiety of a mes­suage, &c., garden, orchard, and Webster’s croft, situate in Loscoe, upon trust that they should pay full two-third parts of the rents to the poor of Codnor and Loscoe, (charges for repairs deducted), and one-third part to the trustees belonging the Breach Meeting in Codnor, commonly called the Quakers, to dispose thereof as they should think proper. The property consists of a dwelling-house, which was rebuilt in 1810, at an expense of £113 18s. 4d. defrayed by reserving the rents, a small garden, a warehouse, a garden inclosure, now let for £22 per annum. One moiety of which is paid to the trustees of the charity, and one-third of such moiety is applied for the use of the Breach Meeting, and the residue is distributed at the tenant’s house, on the Monday before Christmas day, amongst poor persons of Codnor and Loscoe generally, in sums varying from 2s. to 5s.

 

Those marked 1 reside at Codnor, the others at Loscoe.

 

Butterley Company, Colliery owners, iron

  founders & manufacturers, & Codnor Park;

  Joseph Hicking, agent

Buxton John, corn miller

Clark Thomas, farm bailiff

Draper William, parish clerk

1 Farnsworth Charles, tailor

1 Goodwin Thomas, mineral agent

1 Gregory George, tailor & draper, Jessop st

1 Holbrook Charles, stone mason

1 Kirkland Mrs. Lucy

1 Middleton Rev. Henry, M.A., incumbent,

  Parsonage

1 Parkin Isaac, frame work knitter

1 Peake Joseph, wheelwright and joiner

1 Pine Wm. F. & Clara, master and mistress

  of National School

1 Seavern George, frame work knitter

1 Statham Francis, tailor

Stoneyford Colliery, Mr. James C. Royston

  manager

1 Taylor Robert, wheelwright

1 Taylor Robert & Charles, brickmakers

1 Warren Thomas, bricklayer

1 Wood Mrs., corn miller

Wright James, joiner

 

Inns and Taverns.

1 Boat, Jno. Fletcher,

  Stoney Ford

1 French Horn, Fras.

  Farnsworth, (and

  joiner

Gate, Thomas Gaskin

1 Glass House, Wil-

  liam Hunt

Golden Ball, Samuel

  Hogg

1 New Inn, Thomas

  Clarke

 

Beerhouses.

1 Bostock Joshua

1 Clarke Joseph

  Wood Lincoln

Eyre Joseph

l Hicking Theo.

1 Hicking William

Hogg Hannah

Blacksmiths.

1 Clarke Thomas

1 Hunt William

Raynes John

1 Seavern Isaac

 

Boot & Shoemkrs.

Allcock John

1 Askew John

1 Brunt Richard

1 Martin Christopher

1 Peake John

1 Wysall John

Wright Josiah

 

Butchers.

Elliott John

1 Farnsworth Saml

Hogg, Thomas,

  Grandfield

1 Saxton Robert

1 Sterland Joseph

Watson Stephen

                                                                     


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Farmers.

1 Bettison Griffin

1 Clarke Fras., Cross-

  hill

1 Clarke Thomas

Clayton Charles

1 Evans Thomas

  Stoney Ford

1 Godber Jph. & Geo.,

  Hawley house

Hicking Joseph

Hogg Thomas Grand-

  field

1 Machin My., Gate

1 Martin Jemima,

  straw bonnet maker

Milward Henry

1 Starbuck Thomas N

  Loscoe Brook

1 Sterland Joseph

Watson Stephen

1 WatsonThos Breach

White Samuel, Mirey

  Leys

1 Woolley John

1 Woolley Samuel

Grocers.

1 Farnsworth Edwd

Milward Henry, (and

  tallow chandler)

1 Taylor Ths. (& dpr.)

Watson Stephen

 

Shopkeepers.

1 Barber Henry

1 Clarke Thomas

1 Cox Thomas

1 Farnsworth Samuel,

  (and baker)

1 Fletcher John,

  Stoney Ford

1 Kniveton Edward

1 Oscroft Thomas

1 Parker William

1 Peake Samuel

1 Searson Edward

Waterall James

 

Carrier.

Joseph Eyre, jun., to

  Belper on Monday;

  Nottingham, Wed. &

  Sat.; & Derby, Fri.

 

CODNOR PARK is an extra parochial liberty, in the ecclesiastical district of Ironville, situated on the Erewash valley railway, 4 miles S.E. from Alfreton, and 12 miles N.E. from Derby, and contains 1,400 acres of land, rich in ironstone, coal, and other minerals; rateable value, £2592; and in 1851, had 132 houses and 735 inhabitants, of whom 381 were males and 354 females. Fras. Wright, Esq., of Osmaston, is lord of the manor. The Butterley Iron Company are the principal owners, and have very extensive works here, for the smelting and manufacture of all descriptions of iron; four blast furnaces being constantly at work, which gives employment to the greater portion of the population. Messrs. Joseph Bourne and Son, of Denby pottery, have also a manufactary here, of stone-ware, bottles, &c. Codnor Castle was situated on high ground, and commanded an exten­sive prospect to the East, of which a small portion of the walls remain, and a dovecote entire. From the walls and foundations, it appears to have been a place of considerable extent. On the south it had a large square court, from which were two entrances into the castle; on the east side was a broad deep moat, and on the bank grew a double row of trees, which were cut down about the year 1738. The park belonging to the Castle contained about 2,200 acres of land. In the early part of the 13th century there was a castle here; and in the reign of Henry III., it was the chief seat of Richard de Grey, whose descen­dants, the Barons Grey, of Codnor, possessed it for many years, the last of whom, Henry, a philosopher and alchymist, in the reign of Henry IV. obtained a license to practise the transmutation of metals; he died in or about the year 1526, when the Codnor estate passed to Sir John Zouch, who had married Elizabeth, the aunt of the last possessor. The Codnor estate was sold by Sir John Zouch and John Zouch, Esq., his heir apparent, in 1634, to Archbishop Neile, and his son, Sir Paul. Their descendent, Richard Neile, Esq. sold the manor and castle of Codnor, with its members—Heanor, Loscoe, and Langley, and the manor of Codnor Park, in 1692, to Sir Strensham Masters, who was high sheriff in 1712, and occupied Codnor Castle, but even then it was in a ruinous state, and since that period it has entirely fallen into ruins and it is said six farm houses with other convenient build­ings, were raised from the materials collected from the ruins. The Cromford and Erewash canals here unite. Aldercar Hall, a pleasant mansion erected in 1668, was a seat of the Burtons. The Milnes possessed it in 1712. It is now the seat of George Jessop, Esq., Golden Valley, a small village 3 miles S.E. of Alfreton, inhabitants principally colliers. Stoneyford Colliery, 2½ miles from Codnor, is worked by the Butterley Iron Company. Hard and soft coal of good quality is got here.

 

Booth Abm., bookeeper

Bourne Joseph and Son, stone

  bottle & earthenware mfrs.,

  & Denby, & 17, Macclesfield

  st., City rd., London

Bourne Peter, manager at

  Iron Works

Butterley Company, iron-

  masters & colliery owners,

  & Butterley. Ptr. Bourne,

  manager

Cartlidge Geo., grocer, Gold-

  en Valley

Elnor Richd., vict., grocer, &

  butcher, Newlands Inn,

  Golden Valley

Farnsworth Jno., constable

Goodwin Humphrey, manager

  at Pottery

Heanley Wm. W., beerhouse

Jessop Geo., Esq., Aldercar

  Hall

Roberts Sar., tobac. pipe mkr

Thomas Wm., bookkeeper

Thornley Wm., grocer

Walters Jas., linen draper

Waplington Rd., bookkeeper

Wragge Thos., vict., Crown,

  Golden Valley


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Farmers.

Daykin Samuel

Evans George

Martin Thos., Castle farm

Outram Benj.

Richardson Thos., Park farm

Wallis Joseph

 

Railway Conveyance.

The Midland Railway Co’s

  Station, (Erewash Valley

  Branch,) trains between

  Derby, Nottingham, and

  Mansfield, 3 each way daily,

  on Sundays, 2 each way.

  Fras. Millington, station

  master

 

CRICH, is an extensive parish containing the township of CRICH, in the Morleston and Litchurch Hundred; the township of WESSINGTON, in Scarsdale Hundred; and the town­ship and chapelry of TANSLEY, in the Wirksworth Hundred. The entire parish contains 5,772A. 3R. 0P. of land, rich in minerals and every variety of soil, and in 1851, had 832 houses, and 3,670 inhabitants, of whom 1,861 were males and 1,809 females, rateable value £7,898 9s. 6d. This is a picturesque district of lofty hills and deep valleys. At the Norman survey, the manor belonged to Ralph Fitzhubert, from whom it passed to the Frechvilles; Sir Roger Belers, who died seized of it in 1380, left two daughters, who possessed it in moieties, but the whole ultimately devolved to the descendants of Sir Robert de Swillington, who married the elder; it afterwards passed to Ralph, Lord Cromwell, who, in the reign of Henry VI., sold the reversion to John Talbot, second Earl of Shrewsbury. On the death of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, in 1616, it was divided between his daughters and co-heiresses, the Countesses of Kent, Pembroke, and Arundel, since which time it has been sold to various persons.

CRICH, is a large well-built village and township, pleasantly situated at the cross of the roads from Alfreton to Cromford and Wirksworth; 5 miles W. by S. from Alfreton, 4 miles S.E. from Cromford, and 5 miles N. from Belper. It contains 3,367A. 3R. 0P. of land; and in 1851, had 595 houses, and 2,562 inhabitants, of whom 1,286, were males and 1,276 females; rateable value, £4,993 9s. 6d. The land is freehold, and owned by many individuals. The Earl of Thanet, F. Hurt, Esq., S. Travis, Esq., and others, are lords of the manor of the liberty of Crich, for which John Charge, Esq., is the steward of the court leet and court baron, within the manor and liberty of Crich; and holds a court at Crich, for the hearing of complaints and settling disputes relating to the mines, accor­ding to the custom of the liberty—Mr. Luke Alsop is bar-master. The Church, which is dedicated to St. Michael, is a handsome structure, situated on a commanding eminence, has a nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a tower, surmounted by a spire, and five bells. It was built of the rough grey limestone taken from the hill on which it stands. In the reign of Stephen, Robert Ferrers, Earl of Derby, gave the Church of Crich to the Abbey at Darley, and it is supposed that it was about this time that a church was first erected there. In the forty-second year of the reign of Edward III. a chantry was founded in the church. In the north aisle of the church is a pointed arch, beneath which, is a recumbent effigy of a man in armour, resting his feet upon a dog, neither arms, inscription, nor date are visible, but it is, with some reason, supposed to be in memory of Sir William de Wakebridge, who died in the reign of Edward III. On the right-hand side of the chancel, is an altar tomb, with the effigy of a man resting his feet upon a dog. On the ledge of the slab is a latin inscription to Godfrey Beresford, Esq., son and heir to Adam Beresford, Esq., of Bentley, and servant to George, Earl of Shrewebury. He died 29th of November, 1513. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s books at £6 10s. 10d., now £170; has been aug­mented with £200 benefactions, £200 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £600 parliamentary grant. The patrons are Edward Radford, Esq., John Garton, Esq., Rev. M. Holmes, Henry A. Norman; and Wm. Wathey, Esqs., and Sir Henry Wilmot, Bart., impropriator, Rev. Wm. Chawner, B.A., is the incumbent. The vicarage is a neat modern residence, a little W. of the church, it was enlarged in 1856. The General Baptists, the Wesleyans, the Wesleyan Reformers, and Primitive Methodists, have each places of worship here. The Primitive Methodists have also chapels at Crich Carr, and Fritchley; the Independents have also a chapel at the latter place. The National school is a handsome stone building, erected in 1848, at a cost of about £600, raised by voluntary subscriptions, aided by a grant from


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Government of £250; it will accommodate about 300, the average attendance is about 50. There are several lodges of Odd-Fellows, Foresters, and Friendly societies, in the parish This was formerly a market town, and the ancient market cross still stands, opposite the Jovial Dutchman Inn. Fairs are held on the 11th October and 5th of April, and the feast is also held on the former date. The inhabitants are supported chiefly by the lead mines, lead works, lime works, limestone quarries, and in the manufacture of hosiery, here being about 100 frames. CRICH CLIFF mines, known by the names of Bacchus’ Pipe, Glory, Pearson’s Venture, and Wakebridge, with several others in the neighbourhood, have been the most productive of any in the county for the last 40 years. One-ninth of the produce is given to the lords of the manor; W. E. Nightingale, Esq. receives one-sixth of the ore raised at Wakebridge mine, as lessor, Messrs. Wass and Co. are the lessees; this mine is at present standing, Crich has long been noted for its mines, for we find, in the time of the Norman survey, Leuric and Levenot held a lead mine at Crice. Calamine is got at Bonsall, and in the neighbourhood, but spelter having superseded it, the mines are very little worked. The Ridgway Sough, from Crich Cliff to the river Derwent, clears the Crich Cliff mines. Meerbrook Sough, 1 mile N. from Whatstandwell bridge, runs in a westerly direction, towards the rich mining field near the town of Wirksworth. It was commenced in 1772, by a company of adventurers, and completed in 1848, at a cost of about £80,000, and is now in the hands of 400 shareholders of £50 each, which are now at a premium of £30 per share, it is about 2½ miles in length, the average height 6 feet, and 42 feet wide; its object is to draw the water from the lead mines. The proprietors are incorporated under an Act of Parliament, passed in June, 1841, which enables them to raise tolls for the maintenance thereof, and by which they are enabled to take any portion of the ore not exceeding one-sixth. The shaft draws up the material from a depth of upwards of 200 yards, by a steam engine. There are smelting furnaces at Bonsall, Lea, and Meerbrook; lead works, with red lead manufactories and rolling mills at Lea; and lead works at Bonsall. Crich Cliff, 1 mile N. of the village, is one of the highest hills in the county, with the exception of the High Peak. On its summit is an Observatory, called Crich Stand, which was erected in 1788, and rebuilt of stone in 1851, by the owner, Francis Hurt, Esq., at a cost of £210. It is seen from several points of the surrounding country, being 955 feet above the level of the sea, according to the ordnance survey, and from the top the eye is gratified with a very extensive prospect, commanding views extending over several counties; and it is said, into Wales. It is at all times free of access to the public. The village of Crich has the appearance of antiquity, and is supposed to have been known to the Romans. Some year’s ago, a collection of ancient coins were found in the neighbourhood, and by the inscription, it appeared that some of them were coined in the reigns of Domitian, Adrian, and Dioclesian. Crich lime is noted for its superior quality; the Clay Cross Company have extensive works near the Ambergate railway station; the stone is brought from Crich cliff, on two inclined planes, (worked by wire ropes,) one of which is supposed to be the steepest in the kingdom, it is 500 yards long, and rises about 1 in 10; waggons are let down by a break attached to a drum. The other, 600 yards long, rises 1 in 36, worked by a wire rope round an horizontal shield; about one mile of railroad; and another inclined plane, longer than either of the above. 120 men are employed, aided by a steam engine of twelve horses power. The sale of lime and stone is from 50,000 to 60,000 tons annually, and is yearly increasing. Here are 20 kilns,, between 30 and 40 feet in depth, and 11 feet in diameter, with cones 20 feet high; Chas. Binns, Esq., of Clay Cross, is the principal agent, Mr. Thomas Summerside, resident agent and manager, Mr. Robert Boag, lime burner and contractor, and Mr. James Jeffries is the contractor of the quarries. The Butterley Iron Company have also extensive lime works at Bull Bridge, where about 8000 tons of lime and 30,000 tons of stone are sold yearly. About 50 men are employed at these works, Mr. Peter Wm. Bowne is the resident manager. Messrs. Curtis and Harvey’s gunpowder magazine is also situated at Bull Bridge.

The principal villages and hamlets, with their distances and bearings from Crich, are:


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BULL BRIDOE, 1¼ mile S.E., a small village, where there is a bridge over the Cromford canal; The North Midland railway passes close on the east. CODDINGTON, ¾ mile W., which contains two farms. CRICH CARR., 1 mile W., a small scattered village. CRICH CHASE, 2 miles S. where there are 3 farms. FRITCHLEY, a small pleasant village, on a branch of the Cromford canal, 1 mile S., where there is an extensive bobbin manufactory, and general wood-turning establishment, belonging to Mr. Jph. Wightman, who employs about 40 men and boys. Many of the inhabitants are employed in framework knitting. HAT FACTORY, ¾ mile S., contains a few scattered houses. Here the Butterley Iron Company have extensive limestone quarries. HOLLOWAY, NETHER, and UPPER, 2 miles N.W. from Crich, but principally in the liberty of Lea, consists of 2 farm houses. PARK HEAD, 1 mile S.E., a district containing five scattered farms. PLAISTORS GREEN, a few scattered houses, 1 mile N. WAKEBRIDGE Mines, 1 mile N.N.W. WHATSTANDWELL BRIDGE, 1¼ miles W sometimes called HOTSTANDWELL a small village, on the Cromford canal, situated in a delightful vale, with lofty eminences, rising from the Derwent, well clothed with trees, and noted for the Bull’s Head Hotel, 3 miles S.E. from Matlock Bath. Here is also a small station, on the Matlock and Rowsley branch of the Midland railway, there are 5 passenger, and 2 goods trains each way daily. WHEATCROFT, a small village, 2 miles N.W.

CHARITIES,—John Kirkland, in the year 1562, left 40s. per annum, payable out of a farm called Wheat Croft, to the poor of this parish for ever. This farm is the property of Mr. James Swettenham, of Wood, and his tenant pays the rent charge. The amount is distributed on St. Thomas’ day.

Rent Charge—It is recorded on a tablet in the church, that some person unknown, gave 5s. a-year out of Sheldon Pingle, which sum is paid by the owner, on the 21st of December, one moiety thereof to the vicar, and the other the parish officers, who distribute it on St. Thomas’ day. Two other rent charges are mentioned, but they have been lost before the memory of any person now living.

Francis Gisborne charity, (see Bradley.)—The yearly sum of £5 10s. is received by the vicar in respect of this, and laid out in the purchase of flannel and cloth, and given to the poor.

AMBERGATE, a small hamlet on the Midland railway, at the junction where the Matlock and Rowsley and Matlock branch joins the main line, is situated in the township of Heage, and parish of Duffield, 1½ miles S.E. from Crich, and 3½ miles N. from Belper, and consists principally of the railway station, with the offices and out-buildings attached thereto, a handsome stone building, with convenient waiting rooms, &c., from whence trains are despatched north and south several times daily, contiguous to which, is the Thatched House Tavern, a first-rate commercial, posting, and boarding hotel, fitted up with every convenience, and where post-horses, flys, &c., are in readiness at five minutes notice; Mr. Benjamin Broadhurst, proprietor. Here is also an extensive steam saw mill, built in 1856, by Mr. John Linacre.

TANSLEY, a township, chapelry, and scattered village in the parish of Crich and in the Wirksworth Hundred, 1½ miles E. from Matlock, 5 miles N.N.E. from Crich, in the Bakewell Union, contains 1155 acres of land, 126 houses, and 593 inhabitants, of whom 306 were males, and 287 females; rateable value, £1500. A cotton mill was erected here at an early period, and here is now an extensive smallware manufactory, and one for can­dlewicks. This place is noted for the extensive and thriving nursery of Mr. Joseph Smith, and for a superior grit stone for building purposes. The Duke of Portland is lord of the manor. Heathcote Unwin, Esq., Edward Radford, Esq., and the Rev John Woolley, are owners; a district Church was erected here in 1839, and opened for divine worship in 1840. It is a neat stone structure with a tower and pinnacles, contains 300 sittings, of which 120 are free. The living, a perpetual curacy, of the value of £100, having been endowed, and received a parliamentary grant. The vicar of Crich is the patron; and the Rev. Melville Holmes is the incumbent. A handsome parsonage was erected in 1847 near the


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church, at a coat of £1,000, of which sum £500 was furnished by the commissioners for building parsonage houses, and £200 by the society for the same purpose, the remainder was raised by subscription. A handsome Gothic National school, with a house for the master, was erected (through the exertions of E. Radford, Esq.) by the incorporated society for establishing schools, and opened in 1843; since which an Infant school has been added. The money for their erection was raised by subscription, aided by grants from government of £121. It is principally supported by the children, who pay from 2d. to 8d. per week, of whom about 85 attend, with occasionally small grants from the society. The Wesleyan Methodists have a neat chapel here. The Manor of Tansley, which belonged to the Knights Templars, and afterwards to the Hospitallers, is supposed to have been granted to George or Francis Earl of Shrewsbury. William Earl of Pembroke, who married one of the co-heiresses of Gilbert, Earl of Shrewsbury, sold to William Earl of New­castle, from whom it passed, with Bolsover and other estates, to his Grace the Duke of Portland.

WESSINGTON or WASHINGTON, is a township and small village, scattered round an open green, pleasantly situated on high ground, in the parish of Crich, and in the Scarsdale Hundred; 3 miles N. from Crich, 3½ miles N.W. by W. from Alfreton. It contains 1,250 acres of land, 111 houses, and 515 inhabitants, of whom 269 are males, and 246 females; rateable value, £1400. Mr. George Wragg, of Road Nook Hall, which is situated in the liberty of Brackenfield, is the lord of the manor, (freehold) and principal owner. Miss Hopkinson is also a considerable owner, besides many other small feeholders. The inhabitants are principally employed in framework knitting, there being about 80 frames in the village. The Feast is held on the second Sunday in August. A Sunday school was erected by subscription in 1841, which is now licensed as an Episcopal place of wor­ship, and the vicar of Crich officiates in it. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a small chapel here. At the Domesday survey, this manor was held by Levine, under Ralph Fitz Hubert. It was given to the monks at Derley, by Ralph Fitz Odo, and Geoffrey de Constantine. King Henry VIII. granted it in 1544 to Thomas Babington, Esq. In 1611, Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury was lord of the manor; in 1657 it was sold by the Earl of Arundel, grandson of one of his co-heiresses.

CHARITIES.—Hunter’s charity,—(see Horsley).—The yearly sum of £1 5s. is received by the township of Wessington, and distributed with 5s. from Rean’s charity amongst 15 poor families of the township.

Edward Rean, in 1786, gave to the poor of this township half a house and land vested in Thomas Marsden, producing 5s. a year.

William Hill, in 1772, gave land producing 10s. per annum to widows not receiving parish relief. It is paid in respect of some lands in Wessington, and the amount given according to the donor’s intention.

 

CRICH TOWNSHIP.

Post Office, at Joseph Whitham’s, Crich. Letters arrive from Belper at 8.0 a.m.; and are despatched at 6.30 p.m.

Post Office, at Mary Leam’s, Fritchley. Letters arrive at 8.0 a.m.; and are de­spatched at 7.0 p.m.

 

In the following Directory, those that have no names of places attached to their addresses,

are in the village of Crich.

Allen Joseph, assistant blacksmith

Alsop Luke, land & mineral surveyor, and

  bar master for the liberty of Crich, Cliff

  House

Alsop John & Robert, besom makers, What- 

  standwell Bridge

Boag Robert, lime burner and contractor,

  Crich Common

Bowmer Mr. Joseph, Fritchley

Bowmer Thomas, sen., gent., Fritchley

Bowne Peter Wm., manager of lime works,

  Bull Bridge

Butterley Co.’s Lime work, Bull Bridge,

  Peter William Bowne, manager

Buxton Mrs. Ann, Whatstandwell Bridge

Chawner Rev. Wm., B.A., vicar, Vicarage


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Clay Crosa Lime Co., Ambergate; Thomas

  Summerside, resident agent

Curzon Mr. George, Common

Dawes Abraham, framework knitter

Dawes Thomas, coal dealer

Elee James, agent to Edward M. Wass and

  Co,, lead mines, Wake Bridge

Fletcher Mrs. Penelope, Common

Fowkes Mr. John

Frost Mrs. Dinah, Bull Bridge

Gerrison Joseph, slater & plasterer, Common

Grattan Joshua, lead miner

Jackson Charles, coal dealer

Jeffries James, stone quarry contractor,

  Sheldon House

Jessop Michael, solicitor, deputy clerk to

  County court, and clerk to board of

  guardians, The Mount, and Alfreton

Jowett John, grit stone quarry owner,

  Bull Bridge

Lee John William, spirit and ale and porter

  merchant

Lesson Robert, coal agent, Whatstandwell

  Bridge

Marshall Edwin, solicitor’s clerk, Common

Mills Chas. & Co., lead mine owners, Old

  End and Glory Mines

Mold Charles, coal merchant, Whatstand-

  well Bridge

Petts Daniel, gunsmith, Fritchley

Sexton Leopold Richardson, gent,, Mansion

  House

Shipston William, scythestick maker

Smith Mr. Charles, Common

Storer Samuel, stone mason, Fritchley

Swindel Mr. George, Common

Taylor Ellen, milliner

Taylor Thomas, sadler

Topham Benjamin, cooper, Bull Bridge

Turner Robert, station master, Whatstand­-

  well Bridge

Wallace Mrs. Mary

Ward Mr. Thomas, Common

Wass Edward M. & Co., Bacchus pipe,

  Pearson’s venture, Glory, and Wake

  Bridge Lead mines

Wheatcroft Abraham, boat builder, Bull

  Bridge

Wheatcroft Mr. George, Park head

Wheatcroft Samuel, boat builder, What-

stadwell Bridge

Wightman Joseph, bobbin manufacturer,

  and general wood turner, Fritchley

Wightman Mr. Wm., Fritchley

Young Richard, plumber and glazier

 

Inns and Taverns.

 

Black Swan, Samuel Bower

Bull’s Head, Ann Burley, Whatstandwell

  Bridge

Bull’s Head, Aaron Storer

Canal Inn, Mary Poyser, Bull Bridge

Greyhound, George Smith

Jovial Dutchman, Ralph W. Smith, jun.

King’s Arms, John Walker

Lord Nelson, Sarah Holmes, Bull Bridge

Red Lion, Rachel Sims, Fritchley

Rising Sun, Henry Howitt

Thatched House Tavern, commercial,

  boarding and posting hotel, Benj. Broad-

hurst, Ambergate

Wheat Sheaf, Charles Baker

Wheat Sheaf, Isaac Woodiwiss, What­-

  standwell Bridge

 

 

Academies.

Parochial, George C.

  Warner

Wigley Sarah

Witham Joseph

 

 

Beerhouses.

Barrott William,

  Fritchley

Chell John, (and

  millwright)

Howitt Joseph, Com-

  mon

Jackson Thomas, (&

  stonemason

Radford Samuel, (and

  maltster,) Bull  

  Bridge

Wightman Thomas,

  Bull Bridge

Blacksmiths.

Bunting Jihn, What-

  standwell Bridge

Poyser William

Smith James

Wright Joseph,

  Fritchley

 

Boot & Shoe Mkrs.

Bollington William

Holmes John

Lynam James

Piggin William

Poyser Jas. Fritchley

Slack Hy., Fritchley

 

Butchers.

Blunstone Francis

Flint Isaac

Highton William

Sims Wm., Fritchley

Smith Thomas

Taylor Benjamin,

  Common

Taylor John

Wigley Joseph

 

Corn Millers.

Bower Charles, Bull

  Bridge Water Mill

Else William, Bull

  Bridge Steam Mill

Heath Wm .Fritchley

Slack Jas., Fritchley

 

Farmers.

Bennett Samuel,

  Plaistors Green

Bestwick Hy., Thorp

  Hill

Bowmer John, Barn

  Close

Bowmer Thos. jun.,

  Fritchley

Bownes George

Broadhurst Benjamin,

  Hag Farm

Broadhurst Daniel,

  Coddington

Brown Thomas, Pot-­

  house

Bryan Ann, Carr

Burley Ann, What­-

  standwell Bridge

Fox William, Park

  Head

Fritchley Joseph,

  Fritchley

Fritchley William,

  Fritchley

Greatorex William,

  Plaistors Green

Gregory John, Park

  Head

Hall Rd., Plaistors

  Green


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Hardstone John, Park

  Head

Hay Robert, Crich

  Chase

Hill George, Wheat-

  croft

Hopkinson John,

  Wheatcroft

Hopkinson William,

  Moor Wood

Jackson Isaac

Leam Samuel, jun.,

  Fritchley

Lee Robert, .Dimple

  House

Lee Joseph, Carr

Ludlow Samuel, Cul-

  land

Marsden William,

  Lindway lane

Marshall David, High

  Moor

Marshall William,

  Common

Morrall George,

  Plaistors Green

Nightingale John,

  Mount Pleasant

Nicholson Richard,

  Hollins

Porter Wm., Edge

Poyser Ann, Crich

  Chase

Poyser George,

  Fritchley

Poyser Israel, Crich

  Chase

Raines J., Plaistors

  Green

Shipstone William

Sims Joseph, Plaistors

  Green

Sims Wm., Fritchley

Slack Chas. Cullands

Smith John

Smith Ralph Wheel-

  don, Wheeldon

  House

Spendlove Robert,

  Wake Bridge

Taylor Benjamin,

  Common

Taylor James

Taylor John

Taylor Thomas

Towndrow David,

  Coddmgton

Turton Fras. C., The

  Carr

Walker James

Wall Jacob, Park

  Head

White Daniel

Whysall William,

  Holloway

Yeomans Thomas,

  Wheatcroft

 

Framesmiths.

Bower Samuel

Brown Joseph

Slack Chas., Common

 

Grocers.

Marked * are Bakers

also.

Bown John

Bunting Robert

Burton James, Am-

  bergate

Burton Jeremiah

* Cheetham William

Chell John, Fritchley

* Cockayne Samuel,

  Fritchley

Crossley Josiah,

  Fritchley

Flint Ellen

Goodall Herbert, (and

  draper)

Howitt Joseph, (and

  framework knitter,)

  Common

Leam Mary, (& post

  office,) Fritchley

Lee James, (& draper

  and chandler)

Lee Joseph

Ollerenshaw Isaac, (&

  stonemason) Carr

Nightingale John

Radford Samuel, Bull

  Bridge

* Stocks John

Wigley Edmund

Witham Joseph, (and

  druggist)

 

Joiners.

Grundy Anthony,

  Carr

Haynes John

Nightingale John

Wyvell Samuel

 

Millwrights and

Engineers.

Chell John and Son,     

  Fritchley

Chell Geo., Fritchley

 

Stone Merchants.

Merchant Lewis

Sims Samuel, What-

  standwell Bridge

 

Surgeons.

Hall Thomas W.

Hathway Joseph N.

 

Tailors.

Bunting Robert

Curzon Frederick

Higgott James,

  Fritchley

Jenkinson William

Smith Francis

Wetton James

Wetton Wm.

Wheelwrights &c.

Leam Saml. Fritchley

Smith George

Smith John

 

Railway Convey­-

ance.

The Ambergate Sta­-

  tion, (Midland Rail-
  Co.) Trains

  to Derby, Sheffield,

  Leeds, and the

  North, several times

  per day; and to

  Matlock, Rowsley,

  &c., five times each

  way daily. Thomas

  Whitmore, station

  master.

 

Mr. Benjamin Broad-

  hursts’ commercial

  and posting hotel,

  situated close to the

  Station, where cabs

  and flys may be

  had at five minutes

  notice.

The Midland Rail-

  way Station, (Mat­-

  lock and Rowsley

  Railway,) What­-

  standwell Bridge.

  There are five pas­-

  senger trains, and

  two goods trains

  each way, daily.

  Robert Turner, sta­-

  tion master

 

Carriers.

Belper, Chas. Jack-

  son, Crich, Sat

Derby, Robert Alsop,

  Whatstandwell bdg.

  Friday

 

 

TANSLEY TOWNSHIP.

 

Post Office, at John Thatcher’s. Letters arrive by foot post from Matlock Bath, at 10 a.m., and are despatched at 4 30 p.m.

 

Allott Joseph and Jane, National school

Bobanks James, grocer and chandler

Bown William, vict., Gate

­Calow Francis, wood turner

Calow William, shoemaker

Farnsworth John, bleacher, Lumsdale

Fox James and Joseph, corn millers

 

Garton John, bleacher and paint works,

  Lumsdale

Hackett Thomas, smallware manufacturer

Holmes Rev. Melville, incumbent, Par-

  sonage

Potter John, stonemason

Radford Edward, cotton spinner; h. Tans-

  ley Wood


260                                                            MORLESTON AND LITCHURCH HUNDRED.

 

Radford & Sons, cotton spinners, Lumsdale

Smith Jph, sen, nurseryman, Lick Penny

Smith Joseph & Stephen, nurserymen

Smith Samuel, dyer

Spencer William, shoemaker

Staley George, gent.

Taylor Timothy, vict., George & Dragon

Thatcher John, grocer

Whittaker William, shopkeeper

White George, blacksmith

 

Farmers.

Blackwell Joseph

Bown William

Cook John

Eaton Ann

Hicklin William

Spencer Thomas

Spendlove Job

Twigg Benjamin

 

Watts Grace

Wetton Elizabeth

 

WESSINGTON TOWNSHIP.

 

Cardeux Mary Ann, schoolmistress

Cross John, shopkeeper

Frost Mr. John, Bunting House

Lane William, shoemaker

Rawson Elizabeth, shopkeeper

Sadler Thomas, wheelwright

Sims James, vict., Three Horse Shoes

Sterland Wm., vict., Horse & Jockey

Taylor Timothy, shoemaker

Wheatcroft William, shoemaker

Tomlinson William, blacksmith

 

Farmers.

Bansall Matthew

Bryan Matthew

Cresswell John, (and

  brick maker)

Goodwin William

Hodgson Thomas

 

Marriott Mary

Marsden John

Marshall Elizabeth

Mountney James, (&

  shopkeeper)

Rawson William

 

Sims John

Sterland William, (&

  butcher)

Thorpe Thomas

Wetton George

White Joseph

 

Willott George

Willott Jonathan

Wragg Edward

Wragg George

Wragg Samuel

Yeomans John