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BARTON BLOUNT, a parish and small village, 11 miles W. from Derby, contains 1170A. 1R. 13P. of strong grazing land, the rateable value of which is £2,130 14s., and in 1851 had 7 houses, and 69 inhabitants, of whom 32 were males, and 37 females. Fras. Bradshaw, Esq., is lord of the manor, and principal owner, but Edward S. Chandos Pole, Esq., owns 7 acres of glebe, and the Field Farm of 208A. 1R. 15P., which is the residence of his son, Henry Chandos Pole, Esq. The Church, situated near the Hall, is an ancicnt stone edifice, partly covered with ivy, with a small turret, but no bell; it was thoroughly renovated and re-pewed in 1854, and a handsome east window of stained glass was put up. The living is a Rectory, value in K.B., £4 10s. 1d., now £76; augmented with £200 benefactions; £300 subscriptions; and £600 parliamentary grant. The tithe is paid by a modus of £11. Fras. Bradshaw, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. George P. Lowther, rector, for whom the Rev. Alpheus Slight, M.A., officiates. In the Church is a neat mural tablet to the late Fras. Bradshaw, Esq. This manor, Baretune, at the domes­day survey, was held by Ralph, under Henry de Ferrars. In 1266, under Edward, Earl of Lancaster, by John de Bakepuze, and it had the name of Barton-Bakepuze; after it had passed to the Blounts their successors, it took its present name. Sir Walter Blount, who had a charter for free warren at Barton, in 1385, was slain in the battle of Shrewsbury, being then the King’s standard bearer. Walter, his great grandson, became Lord High Treasurer to King Edward IV. and K.G., and in 1465, was created Lord Mountjoy. After­wards the manor came to the family of Merry, from which it passed by marriage to that of Simpson. In the year 1751, it was purchased of the trustees of Merry Simpson, said to have been a mendicant friar in a convent in France, by Sir Nathaniel Curzon. The late F. Bradshaw, Esq., obtained it by an exchange with Lord Scarsdale. The Manor House, originally a castellated building, surrounded with a moat, was garrisoned during the Civil Wars, in Charles the First’s time, by Col. Gell, on behalf of the parliamentarians, to watch the motions of the King’s garrison at Tutbury. A skirmish took place between the two on the 15th February, 1646. It has lately undergone considerable alterations, and is pleasantly situated on an eminence in a fine open country, amidst pleasure grounds and thriving plan­tations, and is the seat of Francis Bradshaw, Esq.

 

Bradshaw Francis, Esq., The Hall Pole Henry Chandos, Esq., The Field

Hewitt Thomas, farmer    Potter Thomas, farmer, Barton Park

 

BOYLSTONE, a parish and well-built but scattered village, 7½ miles S. by E., from Ashbourn, contains 1,305 acres of fertile land, 67 houses, and 302 inhabitants, of whom 153 were males, and 149 females, rateable value £2,300. John Broadhurst, Esq., is the principal owner, but Henry Tatham Esq., is lord of the manor and a small owner. The Church dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a rectory, valued in the King’s book £6 0s. 2d., now £260. The Rev. Tansley Hall, M.A., is the patron, and the Rev. Roger Bickerstaff, in­cumbent. It is a small structure, with a tower, and was repaired in 1843, at a cost of £465, raised by subscription, aided by grants, &c. The rectory is a good residence, having been recently enlarged and improved, and is very pleasantly situated a little east of the church. A National school, with a residence for the master, was erected in 1845, on the south side of the church, the land for which was given by John Broadhurst, Esq.; the average attend­ance is about 24. The Methodists and Primitive Methodists have each a Chapel. This manor, Boilestune, at the domesday survey, belonged to Harvey de Ferrars. The co-heiresses of Reginald, soon after the conquest, married Redware and Grendon, whose posterity held the manor in moieties. It was carried by heiresses to the Bassinges, the Walsdehof, again to the Redwares and Cottons, by whom it was possessed for several generations. The co-heiresses in the reign of Henry VII., married Fitzherbert, Venables, Grosvenor. Sir Henry Humphrey Ferrars died seized of the manor in 1609. The Chaloners purchased it of the Ferrars in 1664. The Rev. Thomas Gilbert who married the heiress of Chaloner, sold it to John Gilbert Cooper, Esq., in 1743. Mr. Gilbert re-purchased in 1746, and in 1751 sold to Henry Tatson; the latter devised it to the Rev. Thomas Manlove.

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CHARITIES.—Thomas Allsop, rector of Hathern, who died in June, 1682, gave by his will to the poor of Boylstone, 16s. per annum out of his farm at Boylstone, to buy 16 dozen of white bread at 14 to the dozen, to be distributed to the poor. Thomas Allsop, rector of Boylstone, son of the above-named, left 16s. per annum in bread, to be paid out of the same farm. These are now paid from a farm the property of Mrs. Ann Clough. John Harpur, in 1676, gave to the poor of Boylestone and Cubley 8s. a year in bread, to be dealt 4 dozen on Easter-day and 4 dozen on Christmas-day. This is now paid by Robert Stone, Esq., of Rolleston Park, Staffordshire, and distributed as above. Bailey’s charity, noticed in the returns of 1786, gave land producing 12s. a year, for bread to the poor of this parish. This is now paid from an estate belonging to John Broadhurst, Esq. John  Gisborne’s charity, of one gown or coat—(see St. Werburgh, Derby.) William Challoner, Jun., who died in 1675, by his will left £5 to be secured by his executors, the interest to be laid out in bread and given every Christmas-day. He also gave the sum of £4, the interest to be bestowed in repairing the church. Robert Challoner, by will dated 6th December, 1703, gave to the poor of Boylstone £6, the interest to be bestowed in bread on New Year’s day. John Challoner, from an entry in the parish book, who died in 1705, gave 6 dozens of bread, to be dealt every Christmas-day. Nothing is now known as to any of these three gifts.

 

Adams George, jun., butcher Baker Thomas, foot postman Blood George, joiner and wheelwright Dean Job, blacksmith Dean Thomas, blacksmith, &c Dean William, blacksmith, and brick and   pipe maker, & manufacturer of thrashing   machines, &c. Hall Rev. Tansley, M.A., Rectory

Jeffrey Henry, shopkeeper Last Mary Margaret, schoolmistress Morley Mrs. Harriet Preasbury John, shopkeeper Reeve George, cowkeeper Slater Henry, vict., Rose and Crown Tunstall James, tailor Wedgwood Mr. John

 

Farmers.   Adams George Bakewell Elizabeth Cooper William, (and   shopkeeper) Docksey Thos., Hare-   hill

Gilman John Jeffrey Thomas Leason Joseph, Top   House Leason Samuel, Field,  Morley James, (and   machinist)

Morley William, Top   Farm Mosley John, Manor   house Port Henry Horatio Preasbury Joseph Rushton John Slater Henry

Warrington Thomas,   High grounds   Carrier. Byfield Joseph, to Ut-   toxeter,Wednesday;   Derby, Friday; and   Ashbourn, Saturday

 

BRADLEY, a parish and scattered village, 3¾ miles E. from Ashbourn, contains 2357A. 1R 1P of gravelly and strong clay land, rateable value, £2,480. 5s. 10d, and in 1851 had 59 houses, and 248 inhabitants, of whom 128 were males, and 120 females. The principal owners are Samuel Harwood, Esq., Mrs. Sqambella, Mrs. Archer, Mrs. Stoddert, the Executors of the late Mrs. Meynell, and Charles Sprengel, Esq.; Mrs. S. Harwood, is lady of the manor. The church dedicated to All Saints, is an edifice, with nave, chancel, and wooden turret, with three bells, and was repaired in 1836, and again in 1843. The living is a rectory, value in K.B., £5 19s. 9½d. now £259, in the patronage of the Bishop of Lichfield, and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Skynner, for whom the Rev. Evan Thomas, officiates. The rectory, a good mansion, pleasantly situated south of the church, is occupied  by Mrs. Archer. There are 60A. 1R. 27P. of glebe land, and the tithe was commuted in 1838. A Free school was established by the rector several years ago, at which about 40 children attend. At the domesday survey, this manor belonged to Henry de Ferrars. At an early period it became the property of the family of Kniveton; Sir Gilbert, whose father was a younger branch of the family, was created a baronet in 1611, and had been long settled at Mercaston, but at that time removed his residence hither. His successor, Sir Andrew, who had suffered much in the civil war, sold Bradley, in 1655, to Francis

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Meynell. Bradley Hall, a large mansion E. from the church, is the residence of Samuel Harwood, Esq. Bradley Park, at the S.E. extremity of the parish, and 4 miles E. by S. from Ashbourn, contains 3 farms. Fox & Hounds, a large inn on the Ashbourn and Belper road, 3¾ miles E. from the former, is in the occupation of Mr. Charles Haseldine. The Pastures, a good substantial house, with a large farm of 430 acres, 3¼ miles from Ashbourn, on the road to Belper, is in the occupation of Messrs. Thomas Tomlinson & Son.

CHARITIES,—John Walker, in 1691, after certain devises, gave all the rest of his lands and tenements lying in Turnditch or Hazlewood, subject to the payment of 20s. per annum to the minister of Turnditch chapel,—20s. per annum to the poor of Turnditch and Cow­ers lane,—20s. to the poor of Bradley, and 20s. to the poor of Hulland. All the above sums are now paid by Mrs. Statham as the owner of two fields, containing about 28A,, called the Long Leys and the Little Leys. The 20s. received by this parish is distributed to poor widows not receiving relief.

Rev. Francis Gisborne, of Staveley, by indenture, dated 6th of December, 1817, wishing to establish a fund for providing flannel and coarse woollen cloth for the poor of the several rectories, vicarages, curacies, and chapelries, being 100 in number, vested with the Hon. Philip Pleydell Bouverie and three other clergymen, on trust, the sum of £13,500 for that purpose, which was laid out in the purchase of £16,167 13s. 4d. three per cent. con­solidated bank annuities, that they, after defraying the expenses incurred in the execution of the trust, should pay the residue yearly amongst the rectors, vicars, curates, or ministers, that they should apply the share of the dividends amongst the poor residing in their parish, whether they should or should not have received parochial relief, or obtained a legal settle­ment or not, in the purchase of flannels and coarse Yorkshire woollens; but that no place should receive more than £5 10s; and that as often as by death or other cause the trustees should be reduced to two, the survivors should nominate others; the Archdeacon of Derby, for the time being, to be one.

The said Francis Gisborne, (who died July, 1821,) by his will dated 7th May, 1818, after making various bequests, directed that all the residue of his property should be divided into three equal parts—one part to be given to the Infirmary of Sheffield, another part to the Infirmary of Derby, and the remaining third part to the said Philip Pleydell Bouverie, and the other trustees, for the use of the charity above named, and to whom was transferred £4,083 three per cent, consolidated annuities, £2,643 three per cent reduced annuities and £116 14s. 3d. in money. The annual amount of the dividend is £686 16s. 3d., but the annual payments of £5 10s. each, to all the places mentioned in the schedule to the deed, amount only to £550. The trustees have presented a petition to the court of chancery, praying for a scheme for the disposal of the surplus income. The dividends are received by Messrs. Bouverie and Lefevre, bankers, London, and transmitted by them to the incumbents of each place, which are as follows :—Ashbourn, Ashover, Alfreton, Ashford, Atlow, Bon­sall, Bakewell, Buxton, Bradley, Bradborne, Barlborough, Barlow, Beighton, Bentley, Blackwell, Brassington, Bolsover, Belper, Baslow, Beeley, Ballidon, Brimington, Brampton Castleton, Carsington, Chesterfield, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Clowne, Crich, Chelmorton, Der­went, Darley, Dethick, Denby, Dronfield, Dore, Duffield, Edale, Eckington, Elmton, Eyam, Elton, Edensor, Fairfield, Glossop, Hartington. Hathersage, Hartshorn, Heage, Hope, Hoult, Hucknall, Heath, Heanor, Hayfield, Horsley, Hognaston, Holmesfield, Ilkeston, Kirk Ireton, Kniveton, Kirk Hallam, Killamarsh, Longstone, Matlock, Mellor, Morton, Mugginton, Monyash, Middleton (Stoney,) Mickleover, North Wingfield, Norton, Normanton (Temple), Ockbrook, Peak Forest, Pleasley, Pinxton, Pentrich, Parwich, Shirland, South Nortnanton, Spondon, Sterndale, Scarcliffe, South Wingfield, Sutton-dum-Duckmanton, Sheldon, Smalley, Tideswell, Tibshelf, Taddington, Turnditch, West Hallam, Wirks­worth, Whittington, Whitwell, Wormhill, Winster, Wingerworth, Youlgreave. In the parish of Bradley the money is expended in the purchase of flannel, which is distributed amongst the most deserving poor by the curate.

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Harwood Samuel, Esq., The Hall Archer Mrs. Mary, The Rectory Clark Isaac, gamekeeper Copestake William, blacksmith Harrison John, parish clerk Haseldine Charles, vict., Fox and Hounds Lamb John, cowkeeper Lamb Mary, schoolmistress

Lamb William, joiner Litchfield Mr. George Litchfield Phœbe, cowkeeper Murfin William, farm bailiff Riley Samuel, cowkeeper Salt Charles, blacksmith Salt Henry, tailor and shopkeeper Thomas Rev. Evan, curate, Brook

 

Farmers.   Blore Simon Gamble Wm., Brook Harrison Elizabeth Haseldine Charles

Litchfield Mary,   Birchen field Litchfield Thos., Shep-   herd’s Folly Naylor Eliza & Son,   Old Park

Oakden Geo. Old Park Oakden Wm. & Son Oldfield Thomas, (and   shopkeeper) Robinson Thos., Old   Park

Smith Jas., The Knob Smith Wm., Corley Thornley Jane Tomlinson Thos.& Son,   Bradley Pastures

 

BRAILSFORD, a parish, and large well built village, on the Derby and Ashbourn road, 7 miles N.W. by N. from the former, and 6 miles S.S.E. from the latter; it includes the hamlet of Ednaston, and contains 4,174A, 2R. 4P. of light land, principally in dairy farms, 52 acres of which are in roads; rateable value £6,730. In 1851 it had 148 houses, and 708 inhabitants of whom 365 were males, and 343 females. The principal owners are Thos. Wm. Evans, Esq., who is also lord of thc manor; Evans Swindell, John Harrison, Wm. Cox, Geo. Greaves, and Fras. Osborne, Esqs.; Earl Ferrers, the Trustees of Ashbourn school, and Mrs. Beeston have also estates here. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient stone structure, situated on an eminence in the centre of the parish, and has a nave, chancel, south aisle, and a tower with five bells. By a date over the Porch, (1629) it would appear that portion was then added, as the Church is supposed to have been built 700 years ago. The living is a rectory valued in the King’s Book at £9 19s. 2d., now £673; Patron, Earl Ferrers; Incumbent, the Rev. Walter Shirley, M.A. The tithes were commuted in 1839 for £500 per annum, and there are 71A. 3R. 21P. of glebe. The rectory, a good residence ¼ mile E. from the church. A National school was erected by the late Mr. Evans; about 60 boys and girls attend. The Methodists and Primitive Methodists have each chapels here. Feast latter end of October. This manor was held by Alsin ancestor of the ancient family of Brailsford, under Henry de Ferrars at the Domes­day survey. The heiress of Henry de Brailsford, who was living in 1380, brought this estate to Sir John Russell. Sir Ralph Shirley married the heiress of Bassett. The late Earl Ferrers sold the manor, with several farms, to Mr. John Webster of Derby. On his becoming a bankrupt, this estate was sold to W. Drury Lowe, Esq., of whom it was pur­chased by the late Charles Upton, Esq., of Derby. Brailsford House, a handsome mansion at the east extremity of the village, pleasantly situated in tastefully laid out grounds, in the front of which is a small lake, is the seat and property of William Cox, Esq. Culland, a hamlet of four farms and two cottages, 1½ miles S. of Brailsford. William Cox, Esq., the owner. The Rose and Crown, a good Inn where the Commissioners of Taxes hold their usual meetings; and where also an Odd Fellows Lodge and Sick Society are held.

Ednaston, a hamlet and village 1¼ miles S.W. from Brailsford. Earl Ferrers and John Harrison, Esq., are the principal owners. The North Farms are scattered on the north aide of the parish, about 2 miles from the church.

Charities,—Elizabeth Poole, in 1698, gave £20 to the poor of this parish. Rev, Samuel Labonnel, in 1714, left £20. These sums, at the time of our investigation, (1826), were in the hands of Mr. Joseph Morley, a farmer of Brailsford, at 4½ per cent, interest, amounting to £1 16s. per annum. The interest is paid at Easter and Christmas, and given to the poor.

Post Office, at Mr. John Ryder’s; letters arrive from Derby at 5.0. a.m., and are despatched at 7.45. p.m.

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Those marked 1, reside at Burrows; 2, Culland; 3, Ednaston; and 4, North Farms.

 

Alton Joseph, builder & con-   tractor Archer Thomas, Esq., King’s   Grove Bembridge Wm., beerhouse Bowyer Henry, gent Copestake Thos. G., surgeon Cox Mrs. Elizabeth, Brails-   ford House

Cox William, Esq., Brails-   ford House Croker Rev. Jas. G., curate Dyer Richard, coachman Hough John, gamekeeper   Redshaw Thos. ale & portr. dlr Sawyer Fredk., gardener to   W. Cox, Esq Shirley Rev, Walter, M.A. Rtr

Ryder John, schoolmaster 2 Smith James, gamekeeper Stanesby James, cooper Tunnicliff Jph., parish clerk Tunnicliff Moses, gent, The   Lodge Woolley John, plumber and   glazier

 

Blacksmiths. 3 Morley John Ride German Rodgers James Salt John   Butchers. Humpstone Jph. & Son 3 Morley Sml. & Thos Willams Jph., (pork)   Farmers. 4 Allsop Thomas 3 Archer Charles, (and   grazier) Hall Archer James & Wil-   liam, King’s Grove 3 Archer Robert 4 Bainbrigge, William 2 Brooks Joseph, Hall 4 Brownsword Joseph Fitchett Joseph Gerrard Eliza, (and   corn miller

4 Gerrard Jph. & Jas Hackett James, (and   brick maker,) Birch   House 4 Hallsworth Sarah 4 Harrison Edward Harrison Joseph, Old   Hall Harrison Sarah 3 Hill Edmund 3 Hill John Holmes Thomas,   Pool’s Head 3 Hulland John 4 Johnson Thomas Lamb John, Hazle-   hurst 1 Moore Mark 1 Osborne Fras., Hall 1 Osborne James Osborne Thomas 2 Osborne William Saint William,Church   Fields 2 Soresby Cassandra

Soresby Gilbert M. 1 White Joseph White Richard Wilder James, Mount Yates Hamlet, Old   Park Yates John   Inns and Taverns. Rose and Crown, Geo.   White Saracen’s Head, Mary   Dowdeswell     Maltsters. Hackett James, Birch   House Harrison William   Saddlers. Brownson James Hough George

Shoemakers. Taylor William Winson John   Shopkeepers. Crawford William and   Son (and bakers) Hill Thomas   Tailors. Dale William Derbyshire John Fitchett George Peach John Slater George   Wheelwrights. Marked * are Joiners 3 Barker Edward Kent Charles Ride George and Wm 3 Simpson Cornelius * Wilson James

 

BREADSALL, a parish and well built village, locally situated in the Morleston and Litchurch Hundred, is pleasantly situated, 2½ miles N.E. by N. from Derby, in the vale of the Derwent, at the verge of a steep hill which shelters it from the northerly and easterly winds. It contains 2,164A. 0R. l9P. of fertile land; rateable value £4,875 6s. 6d., and in 1851 had 133 houses and 621 inhabitants, of whom 298 were males, and 323 females. Sir John Harpur Crewe, Bart., is lord of the manor, (and holds a court annually) principal owner, and patron of the living, a rectory value in K. B. £28 2s. 8d., now £640. Sir Fras. Darwin, Knight; Joseph Morley, and Samuel Henchley, Esqrs., are also owners. The Church is a Norman edifice, with nave, chancel, side aisles, neat tower, and 5 bells, surmounted with a handsome lofty spire. In the chancel are three stone stalls, and a basin for holy water. The communion railing is of oak beautifully carved, and it has a gallery and small organ. In 1830 the South wall of the Church was taken down and rebuilt, and other repairs were carried out at an expense of about £300, defrayed by subscriptions and rate. Rev. Henry Robert Crewe, M.A., rector, who also receives a modus of £1 6s. 8d. from the rector of Morley, which has been paid from time immemorial. Here are 6 marble tablets to the Darwin family, and several to various rectors and others. The Rectory is a handsome mansion a little N.E. from the church. It is a cemented building, erected in 1832, and has 439A. 1R. 29P. of ancient glebe and common allotment. 1,461 acres of commons and wastes were enclosed in 1815, when land was allotted for tithe. The Methodists have a neat brick chapel with stone dressings. The Priory is a large ancient stone building, in a retired situation, surrounded by park like grounds, 1 mile N. by E. from the village. It is the property and seat of Sir Francis Darwin, Knt, The Priory on Bresdaall’s Park is

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mentioned in the time of Edward the Confessor, as a religious house, and afterwards in Domesday book. Here was a house of Friars or Hermits, in the time of Henry the III. It afterwards, to the dissolution, continued a small Priory of the Augustine Order, dedicated to the Holy Trinity. It was granted by Edward the IV. to Henry Duke of Suffolk. From the Duke of Suffolk it went to Thos. Babington, afterwards to Sir John Bentley; in the year 1702, to Sir John Bland, then to Thos. Leacroft, who sold it to Andrew Greensmith; and in the year 1799 Erasmus Darwin purchased the Priory. Mr. Darwin died soon after his purchase, having bequeathed the priory to his father, Erasmus Darwin, M.D., F.R.S., the well known physician and poet, who spent the last year of his life at the priory. He died April 18th, 1802. He was born at Elston, near Newark, and of the rare union of talents which so eminently distinguished him as physician, a poet, and a philosopher, his writings remain an unfading testimony. On laying the foundations for the improvements made by Dr. Darwin, several stone coffins were discovered. The ancient chapel was on the north side of the house. The Priory Cottage, a neat house, the seat of Charlton Jas. Wollaston, Esq., is the property of Sir Francis Darwin. The Derby Water Works are situated in this parish, and occupy about eleven acres of ground; they consist of engine-house, with two splendid engines, each of 50 horse power, a collecting reservoir, a larger one capable of holding 2,000,000 gallons of water, a service reservoir, and three filtering beds, also neat residences for the engineer and fireman. Mr. John Thompson is the engineer. The Midland Railway and the Little Eaton canal intersect the parish. During the alterations at the Church an ancient silver coin of one of the Edward’s was found.

Charities—Rev. John Clayton, rector of this parish, in 1745 left £200 for teaching poor children of the parish to read and say their catechism. In respect of this charity, there is now standing in the names of the late Daniel Parker Coke and Thomas Lowe, Esqrs., £346 I8s. 4d. 3 per cent, consolidated bank annuities. The dividends, £10 8s. a year, are received through the bank of Messrs. Crompton & Co., Derby; and a school was erected at the joint expense of the lord of the manor, Sir Henry Harpur, and the parishioners, in 1788. The late Sir Geo. Crewe, Bart. erected a commodious school in 1837, and a house for the master in 1843. About 50 boys and 40 girls attend. Sir J. H. Crewe pays an endowment of £10 to the master, who also receives the children’s pence, as well as the interest from the Rev. J. Clayton’s bequest.

Anne Johnson, London, gave a close of land known by the name of the Beadstead Orchard, on trust to pay the rents thereof to such poor widows who should have been the wife of one husband, and of the age of threescore years; and in case there should be no such widows, she directed it to be distributed amongst such poor fatherless girls as should be then living there. The close contains 8A. 3R. 1½P., and is let to S. Potter, Esq., for the rent of £12 yearly. Two widows qualified as above, are appointed every Lady-day.

Rev. John Walton, archdeadon of Derby, in 1603, gave £49 after the disease of his wife, to be set out and ordered by the succeeding parsons of Breadsall, and churchwardens for the benefit of the poor. This money was laid out in lands at Spondon, which were let for £7 a year. At a vestry meeting held 1824, it was agreed to sell the land in Spondon, containing 3A. 2R. 20., and with the produce thereof to purchase other messuages in Breadsall; to effect which, Edward Frear advanced £60 on mortgage which has since been paid off. The property now lets for £15 per annum, and is distributed on St. Thomas’s-day.

Anthony Walker, in 1714, devised a parcel of land, called Stonebark, in the liberty of Darley, to the poor of Breadsall, to buy 12 twopenny loaves, to be distributed every Sunday. He also directed what money should remain should once in the year be distri­buted to sick or lame people in the said parish. The property consists of four closes con­taining 13A. 2R. 25P. situate on the south side the road leading from Matlock to Darley, now let for £24 per annum.

William Keen bequeathed £30, and John Bailey bequeathed £20 (noticed on a bene­action to be in the church), the use thereof to be paid to the poor of Breadsall. These were deposited in a bank at Derby, which failed many years ago. The sum of £46 was

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however recovered. This was afterwards placed in the bands of an individual who failed about 1814, but the whole principal was repaid, and it was then carried to the account of the parish, for which £2 is paid as interest, and distributed on St. Thomas’s day.

Post Office, at John Rowlands; letters arrive from Derby at 7.45. a.m., and are dispatched at 6.30. p.m.

 

Bailey Edward, shoemaker Bailey John, tailor, Moor Clark William, butcher and baker Cowley Anthony, shopkeeper Crewe Rev. Henry Robert, M.A., Rectory Darwin Sir Francis, Knight, The Priory Devenport William, tailor Goadsby Miss, schoolmistress Goodwin John, corn miller, Steam mill Harlow John, herbalist, Moor Heathcote Joseph, gardener Hollingworth Elijah, joiner

Musgrove John, vict., Wind Mill Porter John, gardener and seedsman Rowland John, shoemaker Rowland John, tailor Smith William, sexton Swinnerton Stephen, quarryowner Thompson John, resident engineer, Water-   works Walker Thomas, blacksmith Whittaker Joseph, schoolmaster Wollaston Charlton James, Esq., Priory   Cottage

 

Farmers.   Bailey Herbert Garratt Robert, Prio-   ry Farm

Garratt Thomas,                   Breadsall Moor Hodgkinson Elizabeth Merry Hannah, Ford Merry John

Morley Jph. Hill Top Porter Hannah Porter John & Joseph Porter Thomas Porter Walter

Reeves John Rowbottom Samuel Walker Robert Wright John

 

BROUGHTON, (CHURCH) a parish, and pleasant village, 10 miles N.W. from Derby, and with the hamlet of Sapperton, contains 2,228 acres of strong rich land; rateable value £2,026, and in 1851 had 153 houses, and 661 inhabitants, of whom 336 were males, and 325 females. The principal owners are, the Duke of Devonshire, John Broadhurst, Esq., Francis Bradshaw, Esq., John Harrison, Esq., executors of the late William Stretton, Mr. Wm. Sampson, Mr. Wm. Richardson, and Mr. Thos. Salisbury; the former is lord of the manor. In 1552, this manor was granted by Edward VI. to Sir William Cavendish. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a venerable stone edifice, with nave, chancel, side aisles, an embattled tower and three bells. The north side has been rebuilt, and the whole was repewed and repaired in 1845, at a cost of £600. In the chancel are 3 stone stalls, and at the top of the centre aisle is an ancient font. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £6 13s. 4d., now £264; has being augmented with £400, Queen Anne’s bounty. John Broadhurst, Esq., is patron, Rev. John Wm. Jones, B.A., in­cumbent, for whom a new vicarage house is about to be erected at a cost of £1000. There are 12 acres of land and seven cottages belonging the church for its reparation, let for £42 per annum; and the vicar has 84A. 1R. 7P. of glebe, and £30 per annum from the lord of the manor in lieu of tithes. The rectory was formerly appropriated to the priory at Tutbury. A lock-up was erected here in 1855 by the Duke of Devonshire, at a cost of about £420; John Jones, superintendent. Bent House, half a mile S.E. from the village, is a good brick and cemented building, the property and residence of Mr. Wm. Sampson.

SAPPERTON, a hamlet and a small scattered village, which maintains its own roads, 1 mile W. from Church Broughton. John Harrison, Esq., is lord of the manor and prin­cipal owner. John Broadhurst, Esq., Mr. Joseph Hellaby, and Lord Vernon are also owners. The Manor house, 1 mile S.E. from Church Broughton, an ancient building, with pointed gables, richly clad with ivy, is the residence of Mr. Trevor Yates, and the property of the Duke of Devonshire. Muse Lane, 2 miles S.E. from Church Broughton, a good brick farm house, the joint property of John Harrison and Henry Chawner, Esqs., and the residence of Mr. John Dickcn. Lee Hall, 1½ mile S.E. from Church Broughton, an ancient farm house on an eminence, is the property of Joseph Hellaby, gentleman, and the residence of Mr. James Hawksworth.

A School was founded by subscription about 1745, to which the Duke of Devonshire

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was the principal contributor, and by whose consent, and the rest of the freeholders, land was set out from the common for its endowment. By the award at the enclosure, made March 17th, 1775, the land, amounting to 19A. 16P., was allotted to the school, which is let for £30 per annum, for which the master teaches 20 children of the parish free. A new school was erected in the centre of the village in 1835, by the Duke of Devonshire, capable of accommodating about 90 children; the average attendance is 34 boys, and 28 girls.

CHARATIES.—Church and Poor Lands.—On a table of benefactions in the church it is stated, land was given for the repairs of the church, and if the church does not want repairing, to the poor. This now consists of Butterhill Close, about 5A., and a piece of land in the Cote Field, containing 7A. 0R. 7P.—allotted under the Boylstone Inclosure Act, 1773, to the churchwardens said overseers, in satisfaction of all their rights—let for £18 per annum. There is also a rent-charge of 7s. 6d. paid from Upper Cote Close, the pro­perty of the Duke of Devonshire. The above rents were paid to the churchwarden’s account up to 1845. No part of the rents have ever been distributed to the poor, though the expenses of the repairs of the church have not, upon an average, exceeded £5 per annum.

William Woolley, it is also stated, gave 40s. a year for preaching four sermons—viz., on Christmas-eve, Easter-eve, Whitsun-eve, and the Saturday before Michaelmas; also 20s. a year for ever, to the poor of this parish, to be distributed in bread on Christmas-eve.

Henry Jackson, by will dated 25th June, 1690, gave 10s. a year for ever, to be paid out of an estate in Roston, to be laid out in 20 sixpenny loaves, and distributed on St. Thomas’s day.

Lydia Mennell, gave 10s. a year to be distributed in fourpenny loaves on Good Fri­day, but nothing has been received for many years on account of this charity.

 

Blood Thomas, baker Botham Thomas, blacksmith Edkins Thomas Oliver, master of National   school Fearne William, joiner Jones John, superintendent of police for udbury division Milner Joseph, parish clerk Owen Joseph, shopkeeper

Roe Thomas, wheelwright and joiner Sampson Mr. William, Bent House Simnett Thomas, prest brick, tiles, & drain   pipe maker Slater John, blacksmith Tunstell Stephen, tailor Walker Wm., vict. and shopkeeper, Holly   Bush Yates Trevor, gent., Manor House

 

Beerhouses. Roe George Sharman S., New Inn   Butchers. Milward Richard Powell John Smith Joshua   Farmers. Marked * are in Sap- perton. * Dicken J, Muse lane

* Hawksworth James,   Lees Hall Jackson Charles Jackson Samuel * Jackson Thomas,           Heath top * Salisbury Joseph Salisbury Joseph, jun. * Salisbury Thomas Salisbury Thos., jun.,   and constable Sampson Stephen Mat-

thew, Mount plea-   sant Slater George Stretton Wm., (Exec­-   uters of) Wall Langley Wilks William Wragg Francis   Shoemakers. Adams James Adams John Hardy John

Milner Joseph Turner George   Carriers. To Derby, W. Cook,   Mon. & Fri.: & C.   Jackson, Fri. To Uttoxeter, on Wed.   W. Cook & C. Jackson To Burton-on-Trent,   on Th., W. Cook &   Chas. Jackson

 

CHADDESDEN, a parish, and well-built but scattered village, locally situated in the Moreleston and Litchurch Hundred, 2½ miles E. from Derby, contains 2060A. 1R. 18P. of principally strong clay-land; rateable value, £4335. In 1851, it had 93 houses and 433 inhabitants, of whom 204 were males, and 229 females. The principal owners are, Sir Henry Sacheverel Wilmot, Bart., the Duke of Devonshire (and impropriator), and Holland’s Trustees; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St Mary, is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, chancel, side aisles, and low embattled tower with three bells, In the chancel is a stone stall, there are also some remains of stained glass in

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the east window, and a beautiful carved oak screen divides the nave and chancel. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued in the King’s books at £22, now £89. Sir H. S. Wilmot, Bart., is the patron, and the Rev. Chas. Rawlins, M.A., incumbent, who resides at the parsonage, a handsome Elizabcthcan building, erected in 1851, a little north from the church. There are about 25 acres of glebe. In the chancel is a cenotaph to Sir Edw. Wilmot, M.D., who died at Herringstone in Dorsetshire. He was physician to George II. and George III. He died 21st Nov., 1786, aged 93. A monument to Sir Robert Mead Wilmot, his son, who died 13th July, 1842, aged 77. By the parish register, it appears that Thomas Harris, aged 107 years, was buried 29th February, 1593. It is also said John Pick died in May, 1666. at the age of 105. Here is a Wesleyan chapel, built 1838. In the reign of Edward III. a chantry was founded here for a warden and two chaplains, by Henry de Chaddesden, Archdeacon of Leicester, that divine service might be performed daily, besides the original endowment in 1361, In 1380, 60 acres of land were given to the chanters at the altar of the Virgin Mary. Robert Newton died seized of the chantry, in 1593. In 1782, about 900 acres of land were enclosed. The Hall, a large brick man­sion, erected about a century ago, by Robert Wilmot, Esq., is situated at the extremity of the village, on a gentle elevation, embowered with plantations and shrubberies, is the seat of Sir H. S. Wilmot, Bart. The Derby canal, the Nottingham branch of the Midland railway and the river Derwent runs through the parish. Feast, nearest Sunday to St. Peter.

CHARITIES.—Robert Wilmot, the elder, of Chaddesden, by will dated in 1638, founded 10 alms house at Derby, and 6 at Chaddesden,—(see Derby.)

Thomas Gilbert, by will gave £20 a year for purchasing land of the value of 20s. per annum, to be distributed amongst 20 poor persons of Chaddesden. This was enfeoffed by indenture bearing date 7th December, 1680, to Harry Gilbert, his son and heir of Locko. The annual sum of 20s. is now received by the overseers, from William Drury Lowe, of Locko, Esq., out of a house and croft in Chaddesden, and distributed on Christmas-day in the church.

Robert Walker, in 1705, gave his close called Stone Flat Pingle, in Chaddesden, to­wards paying the schooling of three boys of Chaddesden, to be nominated by his executors. An annual sum of 12s., arising as is supposed from his donation, was previously to the year 1792 paid by the tenant, under Hugh Bateman, Esq., of a piece of land called Nether Wildridding, containing about half an acre, to William White, the schoolmaster. In 1792, an enclosure was made, and by the award of 3R. 37P. situate in Riley Field was allotted to the schoolmaster in lieu of all his rights, and also in lieu of four leys, part of Nether Wildridding, for which two poor children are taught.

Robert Wilmot, Esq., in 1737, granted a part of a yard called Stamford Old yard, next the churchyard of Chaddesden, on which a school and a house for the master was built by subscription.

John Berrysford, in 1813, gave the interest of £600 stock in the three-per-cent. con­sols, to the vicar and churchwardens of Chaddesden and their successors, to be applied to the poor widows and fatherless children of the parish. And he also gave to the said vicar the rents and profits of his freehold house, No. 29, Camden street, Walworth, to be ap­plied to the same purposes; but this was void by the statute of 9 George IV. The £600 stock was by the legacy duty reduced to £540 three-per-cent. console, now standing in the names of the vicar and two others, and the dividend amounting to £16 4s. per annum, is applied agreeably to the donor’s will.

Post Office, at John Oldershaw’s; letters arrive at 8.0 A.M., and are despatched to Derby at 6.30 P.M.

 

Wilmot Sir Henry Sacheverel,   Bart., The Hall Wilmot Miss Maria Bateman Thomas Osborne,   Esq., Moor

Berry Samuel, coach builder Briggs George, vict., Wilmot   Arms Cholerton John, cowkeeper Clarke John, wheelwright

Clarke John, sen., gamekpr. Coke Mr. Thomas Dyche Chs., brick mkr., Hill England John, butler, Hall Flixon Luke, blacksmith

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Foster Phillip Abigal, shopkr. Goodwin Mr. Thomas Green Thos., tailor, Common Holmes R., farm bailiff             Lovegrove John, tailor Mansfield Wm., shopkeeper Moorley Joseph, shopkeeper Parker Joseph, corn miller Piggott Francis, schoolmaster Rawlins Rev. Charles., M.A,.   incumbent Sligh Thos., gardener, Hall

Smith William, grocer Sperrey Edward, gent. Stevens Thomas, coal dealer Tomlinson Mary, housekpr.,   The Hall Taft Robert, junr., butcher,   The Hill   Farmers. Bancroft Joseph Barker William, Moor end       Bowbanks Isaac, Meadows

Briggs George (and maltster) Carrington John Dawson James, Common Goodwin Saml. (and butcher) Milnes William, Moor Morley William, Chaddes­-   den Roe Nuttall James Presbury Wm., Field House Prince Elizabeth, Ivy House Taft Robt., sen., The Hill Winfield James, Moor

 

CUBLEY parish consists of two pleasant villages, called Great and Little Cubley; the former north, and the latter on an eminence west from the Church, 13 miles W. from Derby, and 6 miles S. from Ashbourn. It contains 2370A. 3R. 24P. of land (of which 18A. 1R. 32P. are roads and waste), principally a strong soil with some gravelly loam; rateable value £2682 8s. 0d. and in 1851, had 80 houses and 387 inhabitants, of whom 204 were males, and 183 females. Messrs. A. C., R. H., and H. C. Howard, are lords of the manor and sole owners, with the exception of 4 acres which belong to Jno. Harrison, Esq. The Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, situated about the centre of the parish, is an ancient Norman structure, with a lofty tower (on which the arms of the Montgomery family are sculptured,) and 4 bells. It was repaired in 1855. The Living is a Rectory with Marston Montgomery annexed, valued in K. B. £13 6s. 3d., now £560.; the Earl of Chesterfield is patron, and the Rev. Rd. William Vevers, M.A, incumbent, who resides at the Rectory, a good mansion east of the church. There are 5 acres of glebe, and the tithes were commuted for £380. The patron and the incumbent each allow to a schoolmaster £10 per annum, and he occupies a house rent-free, for which he teaches twenty poor children. This manor (Cobelei) at Domesday survey was held under Henry de Ferrars by Ralph, probably ancestor of the Montgomery family, who are known to have possessed it as early as 1160. John Montgomery, Esq., the last male heir, died in 1513, leaving three daughters, one of whom brought Cubley to Sir Thomas Giffard, with whose heiress his estates passed to Sir John Port, of Etwall; Sir John had three daughters, coheiresses, the younger of whom brought Cubley to the Stanhopes. This was the chief seat of the Montgomery family, who had a park here, and was for a time the seat of the Stanhopes, but the mansion was pulled down long ago. A market, on Monday, was granted to William Montgomery, in 1251, and a fair for three days on the festival of St. Andrew, but both are disused. A fair is still held here on 30th November. Here is a Friendiy Society who hold their feast on Holy Thursday.

CHARITIES.—John Harpur, in 1686, gave 8s. a year to the poor of this parish, to be distributed in bread, on Easter-day and Christmas-day—(See Boylstone.)

Robert Bull, Ann Bull, his wife, and Joseph Bull, his son and heir, in consideration of £14, and of a sum of 10s. to be laid out in bread, and given yearly to the poor of this parish, granted, in 1708, to William Bowyer, and his heirs, a close called Breach Field Intake. This close was, in 1756, transferred to John Massey of Roston, and the sum of 10s. yearly, is now paid from a farm at Roston, and given in bread.

 

Copestake Wm., parish clerk Lane Henry, vict., Chesterfield Arms Smith Wm., blacksmith and agricultural   implement maker, Little Cubley		Vevers Rev. Rd. William, rector, Rectory Woodroffe John, schoolmaster Yates Wm., steward to A. C. Howard, Esq.
Boot & Shoemkrs. Smith John Tomlinson John   Farmers. Allcock John	Baker Jph. (and tailor) Chadfield Hy., Lodge Coates John Corner Wm., Rough   Ground Gerrard Jno. (& miller)	Goodall Thomas, Little   Cubley Goodall Robt., Coppice Goodall William Harrison Wm., Wood	Hodgkinson Thomas,   Common Jackson Jph., Common Lane Henry Lemon Thos. (& farrier) Mosley Thos., Brook

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Mould Jas. Stand hills Pegge Joseph, Little   Cubley Tipper William, Carr   Farm Walker Henry, Park

Wallis John, Malcom-   sley Wood John   Shopkeepers. Atkins Wm Coxen Thomas

Tomlinson John   Wheelwrights & Joiners. Millward George Wilson John, Little   Cubley

Carrier. Thos. Wood, to Uttox­-   eter, Wed.; Derby,   Fri.; and Ashbourn,   Sat.

 

DALBURY-WITH-LEES, form a joint township and parish, 6½ miles W. by S. from Derby, and contains 1172A. 0R. 26P. of rich pasture land, rateable value £1462 14s. 0d., and in 1851, had 53 houses and 237 inhabitants, of whom 125 were males, and 112 females. The Rev. Chas. E. Cotton is lord of the manor and a considerable owner. E. S. C. Pole, Esq., Samuel Fox, Esq., Rev. Wm. Fox, Rev. F. W. Spilsbury, Godfrey Franceys Meynell, Esq., (a minor) Rev. Philip Gell, Mr. Wm, White, Mr. Geo. Peach, and others, are also owners. The Church, dedicated to All-Saints, is a small ancient edifice, covered with ivy. It contains nave, chancel, low tower, and two bells. Over the belfry expands a Norman arch. The font is of stone with a cover richly carved, and in one of the stained glass windows is a figure representing St. Michael. Here are also, in stained glass, the arms of Sir John Port, also those of Sir Samuel Sleigh, and in the year 1855, a beautiful stained glass window representing the Crucifixion, was placed in the east end of the chancel at the expense of the present Rector, at the cost of about £60. In 1844 the church was repaired and enlarged at a cost of £250., defrayed by subscription, by which means eighty-three additional sittings were obtained, 53 of this number being free. The Communion plate belonging to this church, is of considerable value, and is the gift of various members of the Cotton family. The present incumbent will long be remembered for the attention he has paid to the preservation and improvement of tbis venerable edifice, he having rebuilt the chancel, and also the Rectory house, at a great expense, the latter in a very superior style, and the pleasure grounds which are on an extensive scale, are laid out with much taste. The Living is a Rectory, valued in the king’s books at £4 16s. 3d., now £206. Mrs. Elizabeth Cotton, patron, and the Rev. Chas. Evelyn Cotton, L.L.B., Incumbent. There are 47 acres of glebe, and the tithe was commuted in 1839 for £187. Dalbury, in Domesday survey, is described as a hamlet of Mickleover, belonging to the Abbot of Burton. Dalbury and Dalbury Lees were, in the reign of Edward II., the property of Sir Robert Holland. Sir Samuel Sleigh, who died in 1679, was possessed of them, and they passed with his daughter and co-heiress to Samuel Cheetham, Esq., and on his death, without issue, to Rowland Cotton, Esq., of Bellaport, in Shropshire, who married the other co­heiress.

LEES, a small scattered village, 2 miles N. from Dalbury, and 5 miles W. from Derby. There was formerly a Green here of about 30 acres, which was enclosed in 1854, and is now let for cottage gardens. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here, built in 1835.

ROOK HILL, an ancient farm-house, on an eminence, about ¼ mile N. from the Church, is the property of Saml. Fox, Esq., and the residence of Mrs. H. Shaw.

CHARITIES.—George Dickinson, in 1638, gave to nine of the poorest householders in Dalbury 20s. yearly for ever, out of a messuage of which Jno. Neale is the present owner, who distributes the money the last day in the year.

Peter Hough, who was buried at Kirk Langley in 1689, is supposed to have left £4 a-year, in respect of about 11 acres of land in Kniveton, from which £4 was received for charities paid to 5 parishes, to be distributed on Christmas-day in the following proportion, from the reserved rent—viz., a fourth part to the poor of Radbourn, a sixth to Markeaton, a sixth to Dalbury, a sixth to Mackworth, another fourth to the poor of Meynell Langley and Kirk Langley. These payments have hitherto been paid by Mr. Edward Cooper, of Ashbourn. In some of the places an impression existed that the whole of the rents, £11 10s., belonged to the poor. It is said the trustees formerly leased this property for a long term to Richard Allen for £4 per annum, and that John Allen his son, underlet the land to Bridgewood for £2 6s., in addition to the £4, and Bridgewood transferred it Mr. Cooper,

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who now lets it for £11 10s., but these lands now pay an increased rent which is distributed in the above proportions to the poor.

German Pole.—The particulars of this charity, in respect of which the parish of Dalbury is entitled to one-sixth part of the clear rents of an estate in Marston Montgomery, now let for £120 per annum, for putting out an apprentice annually, or for the poor, in case there is no boy or girl to be so placed out. See Radbourn.

 

Those marked * are at Dalbury.

 

Ault Titus, tailor Bryan Wm., horsebreaker * Cotton Rev. Chas. Evelyn,   L.L.B., rector Hanson Philip, sen., cowkpr Madeley James, boot & shoe-   maker Neal John, vict., Black Cow

Radford Thos, cowkeeper   Farmers. Beard Robert Finney John Hanson Philip, (& parish clerk) Holden John, (and veterinary   surgeon)

* Holmes James Osborne Thomas * Rose William Shaw Mrs. Hannah, Rook hill * Turner James Turner William White William

 

DOVERIDGE, with the hamlets of West Broughton, Eaton, and Sedsall, is a town­ship, extensive parish, and scattered village, on the river Dove, 16 miles W. from Derby, and 2 miles E. by S. from Uttoxeter, and contains 4369 acres of fertile land, (inclusive of roads and rivers) ; rateable value, £7,339. In 1851, it had 161 houses, and 766 inhabi­tants, of whom 390 were males, and 376 females. There are 35 acres of roads, and 57A. 2R. 32P. of land, situated on the west side of the river Dove, the natural boundary of the county; in this part the river has in several places changed its course. Lord Waterpark is lord of the manor, principal owner, and impropriator. Mr. Thomas Sherwin, Mrs. Ann Salt, and the Rev. Ralph B. Baker have also estates here. The Church, dedicated to St. Cuthbert, is a small edifice, chiefly in the early English style of architecture, situated on a bold eminence above the Dove, and has a nave, chancel, side aisles, tower and spire with 5 bells, was new pewed and repaired in 1842, at a cost of £300, raised by subscription, to which other improvements have been added. In the church yard are the remains of an old cross, and a very ancient yew tree. The vicarage is a large and beautifully situated mansion south of the church. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book, at £12 2s. 1d., now £563, and is endowed with the rectorial tithes of West Broughton. Patron, the Duke of Devonshire, and the Hon. and Rev. Thomas Cavendish, M.A., incumbent. The tithes have been commuted for £807. The rectorial tithe with one-half the hay tithe for £210 to the impropriator, and the other half the hay tithe for £39, belongs to Frederick Taylor Webster, Esq., of Bagley, (Shropshire.) The vicarial tithe with the rectorial tithe of West Broughton, amounts to £416. There are 82A. 0R. 27P. of glebe. In the chancel is an ancient monument to one of the Devenport family, with the full length figure of a man in armour, his wife, and four children, also several others to the Cavendish family. The Wesleyans have a neat chapel, erected in 1805, by Joseph Sadler, and the Primitive Methodists have one erected in 1841. A National school, for girls and infants, was erected in 1841 by the vicar, which he also supports. The average attendance is 100. The manor of Doveridge, which had belonged to Edwin, the last Earl of Mercia, was held by the Prior of Tutbury, under Henry de Ferrars, at the time of Domesday survey. It appears that Bertha, wife of Henry de Ferrars, gave it to the priory. The monks soon after became possessed of Holt park, to which Sir William de Eyton and Henry Deneston quitted claim. In 1552 the manor of Doveridge and Doveridge-Holt were granted to Sir William Cavendish. Henry Cavendish, his son, settled this estate in 1611, on Henry his natural son. In 1792, Sarah the lady of Sir Henry Cavendish was created baroness of Waterpark, of the kingdom of Ireland, which title with the baronetey and the Doveridge estate, were inherited by her eldest son Richard Baron Waterpark.

Doveridge Hall, a noble brick mansion north of the church, situated on a bold ridge above the river Dove, was built about the year 1770, commanding an extensive view to-

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wards Staffordshire, with the town of Uttoxeter, is the seat and property of the Right Hon. Henry Manners, Lord Waterpark. Clownholme, a well built brick mansion, 3 miles N. from Doveridge, beautifully situated above the vale of the Dove, is the seat and property of Mr. Wm. Webb. Uptoood House, 1 mile N. from Doveridge, is a substantial building, on a good elevation, from which may be seen five parish churches, also Alton Towers, the beautiful seat of the Earl of Shrewsbury. It is the property of Lord Waterpark, and the residence of Mr. James Walwyn. Woodhouse, an ancient farm house, 1 mile N.N.E. from Doveridge, is the property of the Rev. Ralph B. Baker, and the residence of Mr. Thomas B. Cope. About ¼ mile E. from the church is an ancient half timbered farm house, supposed to have been built prior to the year 1090; it is the property of Lord Waterpark, and the residence of Mr. Thomas Deaville.

BROUGHTON WEST, is a manor and hamlet of scattered houses, which keep their own roads, extending 4 miles S.E. from Uttoxeter, and forming the S.E. extremity of the pariah. Formerly here was a church, of which no vestige remains. Lord Vernon is lord of the manor and principal owner. The Hon. B. C. Wandesford, and Mrs. Mary P. Fidler are also owners. Ley Hill, a good house and estate, the residence and property of Miss Robotham.

EATON AND SEDSALL form a hamlet, which keeps its own roads, extending 3 miles N.W. from Uttoxeter. It contains 4 farm houses, picturesquely situated near the river Dove. The river Churnet, from Staffordshire, has its confluence with the Dove in this hamlet, and covers 1A. 1R. 19P. of land. Eaton Old Hall, 2½ miles N.W. of Doveridge, now a farm house; Hon. Charles H. B. C. S. Wandesford, of Castlecomer, Ireland, is the owner. The manor of Eaton, in the reign of Edward I., belonged to the family of St. Pierre, whose heiress about the year 1356 brought it to Sir Walter Cokesey. From this family it devolved to the Russels. Sir John Russel died seized of it in 1556. A few years afterwards it passed by sale to the Milwards. The heiress of Milward brought it to the Clarkes, of Somersall. Holt Wood is an extra-parochial and tithe-free liberty, consisting of one farm house, which now keeps its poor with Doveridge, 1½ miles S.E. from Doveridge. Near this is Breach Moor, an ancient brick residence, 2 miles E. from Doveridge, on the banks of the Dove, is the property of Lord Vernon, and the residence of Mrs. Mary Harrison.

CHARITIES.—Thomas Madely, in 1640, left £10 for the use of the poor. Robert Worden, in 1657, left £10. Elizabeth Scott, in 1696, left £10, and Ralph Moseley, in 1714, gave the same sum. These donations were laid out in the purchase of premises, (except £5 which had been lost,) viz.—two houses and a bakehouse. The bakehouse was rebuilt in 1821, at a cost of £40, which has been liquidated from the rents. In 1826, there was a small balance in the churchwarden’s hands, which with the yearly rents ought to be given to the poor according to the donor’s intentions.

Sir Gilbert Clarke, Knight, in 1681, left a rent charge of 20s. yearly out of the Intake in the Kibbage Field, for 1,000 years, the amount to be distributed to 20 of the most necessitous poor of Doveridge. Richard Stubbing charged a piece of land, called Woolley’s Meadow, with the payment of 20s. yearly to the poor. This amount is now paid by Lord Vernon. Thos. Buxton directed 20 fourpenny loaves to be paid out of the rents of his house in Doveridge, on St. Thomas’s day. Lord Waterpark now pays 6s. 8d. on account of this charity. Margaret Faldering, in 1685, gave the interest of £5. The Rev. Luke Glen gave the interest of £10.  16s. is received as the interest of these two sums: 9s. is paid from a farm in Doveridge and 7s. by Lord Waterpark, which is distributed on St Thomas’s day. Humphrey Wall, in 1713, left, out of land in Doveridge, 1s. weekly, to be given in bread every Sunday. Mary Burgh gave £40, the interest to be distributed at Christmas. In 1785, this sum was paid to the vicar on trust. The Rev. Henry Stokes on receiving the above sum, gave his promissory note, and paid interest several years. On application, he paid over the principal to Francis Turner, then churchwardcn, but no further trace can be made of this legacy. Sir Henry Cavendish gave £100 towards providing a

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school, erected in 1787. Afterwards, a house for the master was erected. It is supposed Mrs. Burgh’s legacy was applied towards building the house. If this conjecture be well founded the application was incorrect. Isaac Dance, in 1786, gave £100 upon trust, 40s. thereof to his brother William for life, and 40s. to the widow of James Dance for life, and after their deaths 40s. to be given for the encouragement of psalmody in the parish church, and 40s. towards the support of a schoolmaster. The £100 is now in the hands of Lord Waterpark, at 4 per cent., and the interest is given according to the donor’s intention. Lucy Bakewell, in 1798, gave to trustees £40, to lay out that sum towards building a school in Doveridge, or distribute the same amongst the poor inhabitants. It does not clearly appear how this has been or is applied.

 

Post Office, at George Rice’s; letters arrive from Derby by gig mail, at 6-15 a.m.; and are despatched at 7-15 p.m.

Marked 1, are at Eaton and Sedsall; 2, Breach; 3, Clownholme; 4, Holt Wood; 4, Palmer Moor; 6, Leyhill;

7, West Broughton; and 8, Woodhouse.

Waterpark Right Hon. Henry Manners,   Lord, Doveridge Hall Cavendish Hon. and Rev. Thomas, M.A.,   vicar Campion John, vict., Cavendish Arms Carnell James, registrar of births & deaths Charlesworth Mrs. Elizabeth Deaville Mrs. Lucy, Haven House Deaville Theophilus, butcher & cattle dir. Morris William, beerhouse

Povey George, gardener, The Hall Povey Thomas, farm steward, The Hall 6 Robotham Miss Rosina Elizabeth Rudland Mr. Henry Savage Mrs. Sarah Stretton Miss Mary 3 Webb William, gent., Clownholme Welby Adlard, solicitor West Thomas, butler, The Hall 7 Williams John, surgeon

 

Academies. National, Hanh. Lo-   mas & Sarah Adams Rice George   Bakers. Abbott Thomas Wardle Hannah   Blacksmiths. 7 Salisbury John Shepherd Samuel   Boot & Shoe Mkrs. Ault Henry 7 Crichlow Benjamin Gerrard William Goodwin Thomas   Farmers. 7 Bakewell George

7 Ball William, sen. Bannister James Beardmore Thomas Bradbury Joseph,   Field house Campion John 1 Carrington Thomas 8 Cope Thomas Bag-   nall 4 Deaville John 1 Deaville Joseph,   Haven house Deaville Thomas, (&   road surveyor) 2 Harrison Mrs. Mary 5 Hellaby Joseph Hill Thomas Houlbrook Thomas,   (&  maltster) 5 Lawley Charles

5 Mallabar John 1 Minors John, Old   Hall Morris William Mountney John, (&   butcher) 7 Nash John 6 Oakden William 7 Pakeman John Palmby Ths. Woolley Rice George, (& as-   sistant overseer) 7 Salisbury John Salt Ann Sherwin Thos, Field 1 Smith William Statham Joseph Stevenson John Walker Samuel, Yelt   Farm

Walwyn James, Up-   woods Farm 7 Williams John Wood William, Old   Hall        Shopkeepers. Adams Samuel Silcock Joseph Walker George   Tailors. Bannister James Hall Joseph Tunstall Joseph   Wheelwrights. Adams Samuel, (and   parish clerk) Thawley John, (and   joiner)