Extracted
from: Glover's Directory 1827-29 SWADLINCOTE, a village and
hamlet in the parish of Church Gresley, H.[undred] of R.[epton] and G.[resley]
Extracted from:Pigot's
Directory 1835 SWADLINCOTE is a hamlet,
in the parish of Church Gresley, about half a mile therefrom, and partakes
with that place in the prosperity derived from the pottery works and mining
operations, which, together, afford employment to many hands. A new
rail-road has been laid down, from the colliery of C. Granville, Esq.,
to join the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal, at Moira ; and a bill has been laid
before parliament, for its sanction to a new road from hence, to communicate
with the bridge now erecting at Walton-upon-Trent, which, when effected,
will materially shorten the distance between this improving manufacturing
district and those in Staffordshire. The Wesleyan methodists have
a chapel here. The population of the hamlet, in 1831, was 645.
Extracted from:Bagshaw's
Directory 1846 SWADLINCOTE, a township
and considerable village 4¾ miles S.E. b. E. from Burton-on-Trent,
contains 180 houses, of which 22 were unoccupied in 1841, and 858 inhabitants,
of whom 432 were males and 426 females. In 1801, the population was
216 ; in 1831, 645. The principal owners are - the Earl of Chesterfield,
Court Granville, Esq., Thomas Francis, Esq., Samuel Bucknell, John Bodell,
Hugh Brookes, James Turner, Charles Brunt, John Cartwright, and others.
Here are collieries and extensive potteries for the manufacture of yellow
ware, and the clay is excellent for making fire bricks, of which many are
made. A church is about to be erected, for which considerable subscriptions
have been obtained. The Methodists have a chapel. Court Granville,
Esq., and Moses Cartwright, Esq., are the colliery owners.
Swadlincote township. -
Dorothy Taylor, in 1760, gave £10, the interest to be paid to the
poor. The sum of £10 is in the hands of Mr John Brown, who
has given to the overseers a promissory note for the amount, and pays 10s.
a year interest, which is distributed at Christmas.
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Extracted from:A
Topographical Dictionary of England, by Samuel Lewis, 7th edition, 1848,
Vol 4, p.280. (courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith)
SWADLINCOTE, an ecclesiastical
district and a township in the parish of Church Gresley, union of Burton-upon-Trent,
hundred of Repton and Gresley, southern division of the county of Derby,
4 3/4 miles SE by E from Burton; containing 858 inhabitants.
The township comprises 606 acres 2 roods and 13 perches, of which about
13 acres are plantations, chiefly of fir, and the remainder arable and
pasture. The soil is a strong clay, and the substratum abounds with
coal, which is wrought to a considerable extent, and with various kinds
of clay for pottery and earthenware, of which extensive works have been
established; there is also an excellent clay for fire-bricks, great quantities
of which are made. Tramroads have been formed from the coal-mines
and potteries to the Ashby-de-la-Zouch Canal. The Church was erected
by subscription, at a cost of 1,500 pounds, and was consecrated in October
1846; it is dedicated to Emmanuel, and is of stone, with narrow lancet-windows.
The building consists of a nave, north and south transepts, an apse at
the east end, with a neat bell-turret at the western entrance, and contains
400 sittings, all free. The site, with ground for a churchyard, was
presented by W. Eaton MOUSLEY, Esq, of Derby. The living is a perpetual
curacy, in the patronage of the Bishop of Lichfield. There is a place
of worship for Wesleyans.
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Extracted from:Slater's
Directory 1850 SWADLINCOTE, erected into
a district parish, previous to which it was a hamlet in the parish of Church
Gresley, partakes with that place in the prosperity derived from the pottery
works and mining operations, which, together, afford employment to many
hands. A railroad was some time since laid down from the colliery
of the late Court Granville, Esq. to join the Ashby-de-la-Zouch canal at
Moira. There is also a railway station here on the Leicester and
Swannington branch, chiefly used for the conveyance of coal and earthenware.
A handsome new church has lately been erected here, and dedicated to Saint
Stephen : the Wesleyan Methodists also have a chapel. The population
of Swadlincote hamlet, in 1841, was 974.
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Extracted from:White's
Directory 1857 SWADLINCOTE, is a large
well built village and township, 4½ miles S.E. by E. from Burton-on-Trent,
contains 607 acres of land, and in 1851, had 179 houses, and 1007 inhabitants,
of whom 514 were males, and 493 females ; rateable value £2,883 17s.
1d. The principal owners are the executors of Court Granville, Esq.,
Thomas Francis, Esq., and the Earl of Chesterfield, with many other small
freeholders. Here are collieries, and extensive potteries, for the
manufacture of Rockingham and yellow ware, the largest of which is Messrs.
Sharpe Brothers and Co., who are also patentees, and manufacturers of the
improvements in the construction of closet pans. Here are also several
extensive fire brick manufactories, the largest of which is Mr. James Woodward's.
The Church, is a small neat stone edifice, erected in 1847 by subscription,
at a cost of about £200. The living is a perpetual curacy,
value £50, in the patronage of the incumbent of Church Gresley, and
the Rev. John B. Stevens, perpetual curate. A neat National school
was erected near the church, in 1850. The Wesleyan Methodists have
a small chapel here. The Swadlicnote branch of the Midland Railway
has a small station here, opened in 1849, where there are two trains each
way daily for good only.
CHARITIES. - Dorothy Taylor,
in 1760, gave £10, the interest to be paid to the poor. The
sum of £10 is in the hands of Mr. John Brown, who has given to the
overseers a promissory note for the amount, and pays 10s. a year interest,
which is distributed at Christmas.
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Extracted from:Harrison's
Directory 1860 SWADLINCOTE is a large well-built
village and township, 4½ miles S.E. by E. from Burton-on-Trent.
Here are several extensive potteries, for the manufacture of Rockingham
and yellow ware ; here are also several extensive fire-brick manufactories.
The church is a small neat stone edifice ; the living is a perpetual curacy
; the Rev. John B. Stevens, perpetual curate. Here is a neat national
school. The Wesleyan Methodists have a small chapel here. The
Swadlincote branch of the Midland Railway has a small station here.
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Extracted from:Kelly's
Directory 1881 SWADLINCOTE is a township,
chapelry, and ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1848, from the parish of
Church Gresley, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Repton
and Gresley, union and county court district of Burton-upon-Trent, rural
deanery of Lullington, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Lichfield,
6 miles south-east from Burton-upon-Trent, 130 from London, 4 north-west
from Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 13 from Derby, being the terminus of a branch
line from Burton-upon-Trent. A Local Board of Health of nine members
was formed in 1871. The magistrates hold petty sessions every alternate
week at the Town Hall, for the South Derbyshire division of the county.
Emmanuel church is a modern stone structure in the Early English style,
built in 1848, and consists of an apsidal chancel, nave, transepts, and
a bell-turret containing 1 bell. The register dates from the year
1848. The living is a vicarage, yearly value £150, in the gift
of the vicar of Church Gresley and held by the Rev. William Blomefield
Sleight M.A. Clare College, Cambridge. A School Board of five members
has been formed, and are about to build a school. The Wesleyans,
Baptists and Free Church have chapels here. The Town Hall is a commodious
building of brick, standing in good position. A large market is held
every Saturday night, principally for provisions. The trustees of
Sir Robert Gresley bart. (a minor) are lords of the manor. The principal
landowners are the Granville Colliery Company. The area is 648 acres
; rateable value, £7,921 ; the population in 1871 was 1,343 in the
township, and 1,927 in the parish.
At NEWHALL FIELD and GRANVILLE
are collieries.
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Extracted from:Kelly's
Directory 1887 SWADLINCOTE is a head of
petty sessional division, a township and parish, formed in 1848, from the
parish of Church Gresley, in the Southern division of the county, hundred
of Repton and Gresley, union and county court district of Burton-upon-Trent,
rural deanery of Lullington, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell,
6 miles south-east from Burton-upon-Trent, 130 from London, 4 north-west
from Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 13 from Derby, having a station on the Burton
and Ashby branch of the Midland Railway. A Local Board of Health
of nine members was formed in 1871. Emmanuel church is a modern stone structure
in the Early English style, built in 1848, and consists of an apsidal chancel,
nave, transepts, and a bell-turret containing 1 bell : in 1883 an organ
and choir seats were added, at a cost of £230, raised by subscription.
There are 410 sittings, all being free. The register dates from the year
1848. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £183, including
33½ acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of
Church Gresley, and held since 1880 by the Rev. William Blomefield Sleight
M.A. Clare College, Cambridge. Dorothy Taylor left £10, the
interest (10s.) to be distributed to the poor in bread : Brunt's Trust,
producing £6 6s. 8d. per annum, is given to the National School fund.
The Wesleyans, Baptists and Free Church have chapels here. The Town
Hall, erected in 1861, is a commodious building of brick, standing in a
good position. A large market is held every Saturday night, principally
for provisions. Sir Robert Gresley bart. is lord of the manor.
The principal owners are the Granville Colliery Company. Swadlincote
is noted for the manufacture of sanitary earthenware, fire bricks, fire
clay goods, also ironstone, cane and Rockingham ware. The area is
550 acres ; rateable value, £8,148 ; the population in 1881 was 2,214
in the township, and 2,982 in the parish.
At NEWHALL FIELD and GRANVILLE
are collieries.
Petty sessions are held
at the Town hall, Swadlincote, every 3rd tuesday in the month at 11 a.m.
The petty sessional division comprises Appleby, Boundary, Chilcote, Measham,
Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe, Stapenhill, Smisby, Stretton-en-le-Field,
Walton & Willesley, Swadlincote, Hartshorne, Church Gresley, Castle
Gresley, Linton, Lullington, Coton-in-the-Elms, Rosliston, Drakelow, Catton,
Croxall, Stanton & Newhall & Cauldwell.
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Extracted from:Kelly's
Directory 1895 SWADLINCOTE is a head of
petty sessional division, and a township and parish, formed in 1848, from
Church Gresley, having a station on the Burton and Ashby branch of the
Midland Railway, 6 miles south-east from Burton-upon-Trent, 4 north-west
from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 13 from Derby, and 130 from London, in the Southern
division of the county, hundred of Repton and Gresley, union and county
court district of Burton-upon-Trent, rural deanery of Repton, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. A Local Board of Health was formed
in 1871, but under the provisions of the "Local Government Act, 1894."
(56 and 57 Vict. c. 73) an Urban District Council has been established
and the district divided into three wards, viz :- Swadlincote, Church Gresley,
Stanton and Newhall. The parish is lighted with gas by a company
formed in 1859, and supplied with water from works at Woodville, the property
of the Urban District Council. Emmanuel church, built in 1848, is
a modern edifice of stone, in the Early English style, consisting of an
apsidal chancel, nave, transepts and a western turret containing one bell
: in 1883 an organ and choir seats were added, at a cost of £230,
raised by subscription : there are 410 sittings. The register dates
from the year 1848. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £212,
including 35 acres of glebe with residence, in the gift of the vicar of
Church Gresley, and held since 1889 by the Rev. Edward Maxlow B.A. of Corpus
Christi college, Cambridge. There are Wesleyan, Baptist and Free
Methodist chapels here and a Primitive Methodist chapel at Woodville, built
in 1889. The Town Hall, erected in 1861, and standing in a good position,
is a commodious structure of brick and will hold 600 persons. A large
market is held every Saturday night, principally for provisions.
Dorothy Taylor left £10, the interest (10s.), to be distributed to
the poor in bread : Brunt's Trust, producing £6 6s. 8d. yearly, is
given to the National School fund. Sir Robert Gresley bart. of Drakelow,
is lord of the manor. The Granville Colliery Company are the principal
landowners. Swadlincote is noted for the manufacture of sanitary
earthenware, fire bricks, fire clay goods, also ironstone, cane and Rockingham
ware. The area is 550 acres ; rateable value, £11,407 ; the
population in 1891 was 2,945 in the township, and 3,743 in the parish.
At Newhall Field and Granville
are collieries.
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Extracted From:History,
Topography, and Directory of Derbyshire, by T. Bulmer and Co, 1895, pp.822/3. (courtesy of Sonia Addis-Smith)
SWADLINCOTE, formerly a
township in Church Gresley, was constituted a distinct parish in 1846.
It is in the hundred of Repton and Gresley, union and county court district
of Burton-on-Trent, deanery of Repton, and is the head of a petty sessional
division. The total area is about 600 acres, ratable value 10,897
pounds, and the population in 1891 was 2,945.
The principal landowners
are: The Granville Colliery Co. Ltd; Mr Edward SHARPE, Swadlincote;
and HALL & BOARDMAN, Ltd. Coal of good quality is found and wrought
in the parish.
The village is large
and stands 4 miles ESE of Burton-on-Trent, and about the same distance
WNW of Ashby-de-la-Zouch, with a station on the Swadlincote and Woodville
branch of the Midland Railway. The inhabitants are chiefly employed
in the collieries, the potteries, and the brick and sanitary pipeworks.
Swadlincote has long had a reputation for the manufacture of white and
yellow ware, and in late years it has acquired fame for the production
of ornamental pottery. At the works of the Palissy Pottery Company
may be seen wares for decorative as well as useful purposes, rivalling
in elegance of form and richness and beauty of glaze and colouring, the
famed productions of the East.
The village is lighted by
gas from works established in 1859. A Market Hall was erected by
public subscription in 1861, and a market is held every Saturday night
from 6 to 10 pm. Petty sessions are held in the Town
Hall. The Burton Union Bank Ltd, have a bank here, and will shortly
erect new premises at an estimated cost of 3,000 pounds. A Local
Board was formed in 1871, and in 1893 Gresley and Newhall were amalgamated
with it.
The Church of Emanuel was
erected in 1845/6. It is a neat Gothic edifice of stone, comprising
chancel, nave, transepts and bell turret, containing one bell. There
are 401 sittings, all free and unappropriated. The living is a Vicarage,
in the gift of the Vicar of Gresley, woth 200 pounds per annum, with residence,
and held by the Rev Edward MAXLOWE, BA. There are 30 acres of glebe.
Nonconformity is an important factor in the religious life of Swadlincote.
Nonconformists:
The Wesleyans erected their first chapel in 1916, and enlarged it in 1823.
It was further enlarged in 1837, and rebuilt in 1863, at a cost of 2,000
pounds. There is accommodation for 700 persons. Adjoining the
chapel is a burial ground, now disused. A Sunday School was built
in 1891, at a cost of 1,440 pounds. The Baptist Chapel was erected
in 1876, at a cost of about 2,000 pounds. It is a substantial building,
capable of seating 520 people. The first chapel built in 1866 is
now used as a Sunday School. The Primitive Methodists have two chapels
here - one in Frederick Street, and the other in Coppice Side;
the former was erected in 1889, and the latter was rebuilt in 1886.
The members of the United Methodist Free Church have also a place of worship
here
Schools: The
National School was erected in 1850, and is attended by 256 children.
The Board School was built in 1881, at a cost of 4,000 pounds. There
are departments for boys, girls, and infants, capable of accommodating
406 children. The education is free.
Midway is a hamlet partly
in this parish and partly in Hartshorne. It was so named because
it stands exactly midway between Burton-on-Trent and Ashby-de-la-Zouch.
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Extracted from:Kelly's
Directory 1912 SWADLINCOTE is a head of
a petty sessional division, and a parish, having a station on the Burton
and Ashby branch of the Midland Railway, 6 miles south-east from Burton-upon-Trent,
4 north-west from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 13 from Derby, and 130 from London,
in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Repton and Gresley,
union and county court district of Burton-upon-Trent, rural deanery of
Repton, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. A Local Board
of Health was formed in 1871, but under the provisions of the "Local Government
Act, 1894." (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73) an Urban District Council has been
established and the district divided into three wards, viz :- Swadlincote,
Church Gresley, Stanton and Newhall. The parish is lighted with gas
from works purchased by the Urban District Council in 1898 from the Gas
Company, and is supplied with water from works at Woodville, also the property
of the Urban District Council ; the pumping station is at Milton.
The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1849 from Church Gresley.
Emmanuel church, built in 1848, is a modern edifice of stone, in the Early
English style, consisting of an apsidal chancel, nave, transepts and a
western turret containing one bell : in 1883 an organ and choir seats were
added, at a cost of £230, raised by subscription : there are 410
sittings. The register dates from the year 1848. The living
is a vicarage, net yearly value £260, including 35 acres of glebe,
with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Church Gresley, and held since
1907 by the Rev. James Ernest Goult M.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
There is a Baptist chapel in Hill street, built in 1867, with 500 sittings,
and another in Wilmot road, erected in 1899, seating 200 ; also Wesleyan
and United Methodist chapels here and a Primitive Methodist chapel at Woodville,
built in 1889. The Town Hall, erected in 1861, and standing in a
good position, is a commodious structure of brick and will hold 600 persons.
The Library, in Alexandra road, was built in 1908 at a cost of £3,000,
and contains lending and reference departments and reading rooms ; there
are about 6,000 volumes. A large market is held every Saturday night,
principally for provisions. Dorothy Taylor left £10, the interest
(6s.), to be distributed to the poor in bread : Brunt's Trust, producing
£6 6s. 8d. yearly, is given to the National School fund. Sir
Robert Gresley bart. of Drakelow, is lord of the manor. The Granville
Colliery Company are the principal landowners. Swadlincote is noted
for the manufacture of sanitary earthenware, fire bricks, fire clay goods,
also ironstone, cane and Rockingham ware. The area is 638 acres of
land and 4 of water ; rateable value, £17,535 ; the population in
1901 was 4,017 in the civil and 4,810 in the ecclesiastical parish.
The area of the Urban District
is 3,670 acres ; the population in 1901 was - Church Gresley, 8,618 ; Stanton
and Newhall, 5,379 ; Swadlincote, 4,017 ; total, 18,014.
The population of the Urban
District in 1911 was 18,676.
At Newhall Field and Granville
are collieries.
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Extracted from:Kelly's
Directory 1932 SWADLINCOTE is a head of
a petty sessional division, and a parish, having a station on the Burton
and Ashby branch of the London, Midland Railway, 6 miles south-east from
Burton-upon-Trent, 4 north-west from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 13 from Derby,
and 130 from London, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of
Repton and Gresley, county court district of Burton-upon-Trent, rural deanery
of Repton, archdeaconry and diocese of Derby. A Local Board of Health
was formed in 1871, but under the provisions of the "Local Government Act,
1894." (56 and 57 Vict. c. 73) an Urban District Council has been established
and the district divided into three wards, viz :- Swadlincote, Church Gresley,
Stanton and Newhall. The parish is lighted with gas and electric
light, and is supplied with water from works at Woodville, the property
of the Urban District Council ; the pumping station is at Milton.
The ecclesiastical parish was formed in 1849 from Church Gresley.
Emmanuel church, built in 1848, is a modern edifice of stone in the Early
English style, consisting of an apsidal chancel, nave, transepts and a
western turret containing one bell : in 1883 an organ and choir seats were
added, at a cost of £230, raised by subscription : there are 410
sittings. The register dates from the year 1848. The living
is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value £395, including 1 acre of
glebe, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Church Gresley, and
held since 1918 by the Rev. Edwin Baxendell B.A. of University College,
Durham. There is a Baptist chapel in Hill street, built in 1867,
with 500 sittings, and another in Wilmot road, erected in 1899, seating
200 ; also Wesleyan chapel and a United Methodist church in James street
here and a Primitive Methodist chapel at Woodville, built in 1889.
The Town Hall, erected in 1861, and standing in a good position, is a commodious
structure of brick and will hold 600 persons. The Library, in Alexandra
road, was built in 1908 at a cost of £3,000, and contains lending
and reference departments and reading rooms ; there are about 8,000 volumes.
A large market is held every Friday and Saturday night, principally for
provisions. Dorothy Taylor left £10, the interest (6s.), to
be distributed to the poor in bread : Brunt's Trust, producing £6
6s. 8d. yearly, is given to the National School fund. The Granville
Colliery Company and the trustees of J.D. Wragg esq. J.P. are the principal
landowners. Swadlincote is noted for the manufacture of sanitary
earthenware, fire bricks, fire clay goods, also ironstone, cane and Rockingham
ware. Coal mining is also carried on here. The area is 638
acres of land and 4 of water ; the population in 1921 was 4,392.
The area of the Urban District
is 3,670 acres ; the population in 1931 was 20,305 ; the population of
the wards in 1921 was - Church Gresley, 9,002 ; Stanton and Newhall, 5,992
; Swadlincote, 5,018.
The population of the ecclesiastical
parish in 1921 was 4,842.
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