HAZLEWOOD, a township and scattered village, 6 miles N.W. from Derby, and 2½ miles S.W. by W. from Belper. It contains 1299A. 3R. 8P. of land, rateable value, £1834, and in 1851 had 94 houses, and 416 inhabitants, of whom 211 were males, and 205 were females. The principal owners are Lord Scarsdale, Messrs. Strutt, George Henry Strutt, Esq., Mr. William Mason, and Beamsley Hospital, (Yorkshire) 140 acres. The Church, dedicated to St. John, is a neat stone edifice, in the early English style, erected in 1845, at a cost of about £2,000, raised by subscriptions. It contains a nave and chancel with a Gothic porch, and a turret with two bells. The chancel is separated from the nave by a handsome screen, and has a beautiful window of stained glass presented by Miss A. Colville. The number of sittings are 293, all of which, with the exception of 91, are free. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £150. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield. Incum­bent, Rev. John Horner Jenkins, B.A., who resides at the parsonage house, a handsome Elizabethan building, pleasantly situated on an eminence, near the church, built at a cost of £2,000. Handsome schools, with residences for the teachers, were built here in 1845, at a cost of about £1,000, raised by subscriptions, the greater portion of which was borne by General Colville. The average attendance of children is about 50. The Wesleyans have a small chapel here. On the farm occupied by Mr. Joseph Goodwin, may be distinctly traced the foundations of a large building, with court yard, &c., partly surrounded with a moat. The ground on which it originally stood would be about an acre and a half, and the

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fact of a number of ancient silver coins having at various times been dug up, is strongly corrrobative of its having been at an earlier period a place of some note. Here are some large stone quarries.

CHARITIES.—Mr. Alfred gave £10 to the poor of this township, which, in 1786, pro­duced 8s. a year. It appears that this sum, which had been placed out at interest, was, in the year 1812, paid in, since which (1826) no distribution has been made. However, since our inquiry, 10s. as the interest of £10, was distributed to poor widows of the township, said, it is intended, shall be so in future.

 

Carr Mrs. Anne, Holmeside Cooper Alfred, butcher Hull Wm. W., Esq., Knowle House Jenkins Rev. John H., B.A., incumbent Meakins Charles, National schoolmaster Osbiston Samuel, blacksmith

Osbiston Thomas, wheelwright Poulson Stephen, shoemaker Slater Jane, beerhouse Thorpe John, blacksmith Whinerly Mary, mistress of National school

 

Farmers.   * are Cottagers Bestwick John Collis Thomas * Cooper William Dean German Dean William

Eley George Ford Wm, & brickmk * Garton Stephen Goodwin Joseph Hitchcock Dorothy Hitchcock German Houlgate George Ligate Benjamin

* Lowe Samuel Mason Wm., jun. * Redfern Samuel * Shaw William * Shepherd Matthew Slater John * Slater John * Slater Joseph

Slater Martha Simpson John Smith George Smith John Spendlove John, (and   butcher) Stevens Mary, Hall Webster John

 

HEAGE or HIGH EDGE, is a township, chapelry, and large scattered village, on the Chesterfield road, 2½ miles N.E. from Belper, and 5½ miles from Duffield. It contains 2278A.. 2R. 39P. of land; rateable value £5678; and in 1851 had 486 houses, and 2278 inhabitants, of whom 1206 were males, and 1,072 females. Francis Hurt, Esq., of Alderwasley, is principal owner, and lord of the manor, but Charles Colville, Esq., M.P., of Lullington, and others, have estates here. The Church, an ancient structure, was en­larged in 1836, and contains 362 free sittings, for which purpose the Incorporated Socicty for the enlargement of Churches, contributed £300. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £150, having been augmented with £1,000 Queen Anne’s Bounty, and in 1813 with £1000 Parliamentary grant. The Vicar of Duffield is the patron, and the Rev. Henry Mosse, B.A. incumbent, who resides at the Parsonage house, a good residence near the Church. A National School was built in 1841, capable of accommodating 200 children, at a cost of £200, raised partly by subscriptions, aided by a parliamentary grant. The average attendance is about 60. Heage Hall, an ancient building, now a farm house. The soil is clay and abounds in iron stone, which has been worked here from a very early period; charcoal was anciently used in the smelting and manufacturing of it, but coal is now found in abundance. The Wesleyan, the Primitive, and the Reform Methodists have each chapels here. In 1853, Mr. William Else erected a small steam corn mill of 10 horse power, near Bull Bridge. A school was founded here in 1705, by George Storer. (See Charities.)

AMBERGATE, a small hamlet on the Midland Railway, at the junction where the Matlock and Rowsley branch joins the main line, 2 miles N.W. from Heage, and 3½ miles N. from Belper. It consists principally of the Railway Station, with the offices and outbuild­ings attached thereto; a handsome stone building, with convenient waiting rooms, &c., from whence trains are despatehed North and South several times daily; contiguous to which is the “Thatched House Tavern,” a first-rate commercial, and 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.

BUCKLAND HOLLOW, one mile N.E. from Heage, on the Cromford Canal, is the exten­sive establishment of German Wheatcroft & Son, carriers to all parts of the kingdom. At

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a short distance, and near Bull Bridge, are the Hopton Wood Stone Company’s works, where all kinds of chimney pieces, monuments, tablets, &c., are manufactured in Derby­shire and Foreign marbles, also landings, staircases, steps, &c. The Methodists have a chapel here.

MORLEY PARK, half a mile S. from Heage, is a scattered district of farms, and the extensive iron works of John and Charles Mold, who have two blast furnaces, with steam engines of 300 horse power. They manufacture all kinds of iron work. They have also a large establishment at Alderwasley. Morley Park was granted by Queen Elizabeth, about 1753, to John Stanhope, Esq., and in 1677 was found to contain 560A. Since the pur­chase of Heage, it has passed with that manor, and now belongs to F. Hurt, Esq., of Alderwasley.

TOAD MOOR, a small scattered hamlet, 2¼ miles N.W. from Heage, where the Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel.

CHARITIES.—George Storer, in 1705, conveyed two closes, 9 acres, near Harthay, of the yearly value of £3, in the following trusts, viz.: the yearly sum of £5 to be paid to apprentice poor children, natives of Heage, and in default of such, to poor children of Belper; and the sum of 10s. to be paid by the said trustees to some orthodox minister, to preach two sermons on Trinity Sunday, in Heage chapel yearly. By indenture, 1705, the said George Storer conveyed to other trustees two closes, 12 acres, called the Upper Haggs, at Harthay, and several closes called the Nether Haggs, containing 12 acres, in the lordship of Ripley, to apply £5 10s. for teaching poor children. The property consists of a house, garden, barn, and about 26 acres of land, at a rent of £35 per annum, The profits of both are carried to one account, £5 only being paid as the apprentice fee. The schoolmaster now receives £28 annually. A school room was built about 1810, from the funds of the charity. Thirty boys and girls are instructed, and £1 1s. is paid to the minister of Heage chapel, for the two sermons.

Edward Ridge, in 1709, left 5s. per annum, to be paid out of the High Green House, and to be divided between two of the poorest widows of Heage.

James Holland, in 1774, vested £150 in the hands of trustees, the interest of £100 to the minister of Heage Chapel, and the interest of £50 to be given in bread or money to the poor attending public worship in the said chapel. This has been lent, formerly at 3 per cent, latterly at 4 per cent interest. About 1820, Thomas Sims had £45, but dying intestate, the sum of £26 5s. 3d. was received as a dividend from his estate. In order to preserve the remaining part £136 1s. 9d. from loss, it appears desirable that it should be invested in some publie security.

Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity.—(see Bradley.) The annual sum of £5 10s. is received by the minister, and expended in the purchase of coarse cloth and flannel, and given to the poor.

Post Office at J. Hopkinson’s, Heage. Letters arrive by foot post from Belper, at 9 15 a.m., and are daspatched at 6 15 p.m. Post Office at Henry Adams, Toad Moor,— letters arrive from Belper by mail cart at 6 a.m., and are despatched at 8 p.m.

 

Those marked 1, reside at Ambergate; 2, Buckland Hollow; 3, Morley Park; 4, Ridgeway; and 5, Toad Moor.

 

Allen Henry Francis, manager, Stone works   Allison George, colour manufacturer Clark Mr. William Flower William, gardener Fritchley Thomas, gent Gell Edward, managing corn miller Hopkinson, Joseph, registrar of births and   deaths 2 Hopton Wood Stone Company; H. F.   Allen, manager Key Francis, horse dealer

1 Linacre John, timber merchant and saw   mills 3 Mold John & Charles, iron & coal masters Mosse Rev. Henry Moore, B.A., incumbent,   Parsonage 3 Peat George, farm bailiff to Francis   Hurt, Esq. 2 Smithard Samuel, boat builder 4 Stafford John, bookkeeper 2 Shelly Richard Clayton, coal master

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Summerside Thomas, resident agent to Clay   Cross Lime Co., Ridgeway House Turner John, whitesmith 4 Trueman William, coal agent Webster James, farm bailiff to J. Strutt, Esq. 2 Webster James, canal agent Whawell James, sawyer 1 Whitmore Thomas, station master Wholstenholme John, painter, &c. Inns and Taverns. Black Boy, Wm. Clark, jun.

Black Horse, Henry Moore Green Man, George Bowler New Inn, Mary Bowler Spankard, William Argile Thatched House, commercial boarding and   posting hotel, Benjamin Broadhurst, near   the Railway Station, Ambergate White Hart, Joseph Bilbie 5 White House, Wm.. Litchfield

 

 

Academies. Free School, Joseph   Hodginson National, Eleanor   Julia Mitchell 4 Trueman Elizabeth   Beerhouses. Alton William Lynam William Williams Charles   Blacksmiths. Harvey Matthew Holland Rowland Turner William   Boot & Shoe Mkrs. Bramley Samuel Butler Timothy 1 Carey John Farnsworth George Farnsworth Joseph 5 Greaves Wm. Green Joseph Lynam Samuel Poyzer James Riley Charles Taylor James Wright Richard   Butchers. Alton John Bramley Joseph Bramley Joseph, jun Haynes Thomas Herret Henry, jun. Herret Richard

5 Litchfield Wm. Rodgers Gervase   Corn Millers. Bower Charles, Bull   Bridge Clark & Hawkins Else William, Bull   Bridge Steam mill Shore Isaa c & Co   Farmers. Marked * are Cow- keepers. * Adams William Alton John Alton Joseph Argile George, Heage   Hall 3 Bilbie Robert 4 Bowmer Isaac * Cartwright Timothy * Chadwick James Dannah John Else William, Bull   bridge * Farnsworth Joseph Fritchley Thomas Frost William Hawkins Samuel,   Common * Hawkins Vincent Haynes Sarah Haynes William Herret Richard * Holland Rowland Litchfield Godfrey,   Dunge 3 Morrell Joseph

Morrell Joseph Orten Josoph Shore Isaac, jun. 3 Sims John Sims Joseph Sims Thomas Smith Joseph 3 Spendlove George Walker John Walters Thomas Whawell Wm., sen. Wildsmith George Wildsmith Mary 3 Willott George * Wright Richard   Maltsters. Alton Joseph Clark & Hawkins   Nail Makers. 5 Blackburn Joseph 5 Blackburn Wm Clark John 5 Harrison Joel Rodgers Benjamin   Shopkeepers. 5 Adams Samuel Ashton William Aulsebrook Wm. Hy. Bates George Beardmore George Bradley Alexander Clark John Cox Peter Harvey Matthew Rodgers Gervase Stoppard Charles

Vallans Henry 3 Morrell Matthew Wade Benjamin White Robert Wright Richard   Taylors. Hodgkinson Isaac Key George Webster James   Wheelwrights and Joiners. Hodgkinson John Moore Henry Whawell Gilbert Whawell Wm., sen.   Railway Conveyce. Ambergate Station,   (Midland Railway   Co.) Trains to Der­-   by, Sheffield, Leeds,   York, and the North,   several times per   day, and to Mat­-   lock, Rowsley, &c.,   five passenger trains   each way, daily.   There are also sev­-   eral luggage trains   daily. Thos. Whit­-   more, station mstr.   Carriers by Canal. 2 Wheatcroft & Son,   to all parts.

 

HOLBROOK. a township, chapelry, and picturesque village, 2½ miles S.E. by S. from Belper, and 5½ miles N.E. from Derby. It contains 886A. 3R. 5P. of land; rateable value, £1,368; and in 1851 had 203 houses, and 981 inhabitants, of whom 511 were males and 470 females. The manorial rights, which were sold by Charles the I, are divided between Thos. W. Evans, Esq., and Mrs. Meynell of Tapton Hall, and the principal owners are, Thos. W. Evans, Esq., of Allestree Hall, and Geo. Strutt, Esq., of Belper, besides several small freeholders. The church was erected in 1761 by the Rev. Saml. Bradshaw, who endowed it with £30 per annum, charged on the Holbrook estate, it has been augmented to £50 with £200 Queen Anne’s bounty. It having fallen into decay in 1841, it was rebuilt and

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enlarged by the late William Evans, Esq. it is a plain stone building without a tower, and will now seat 420 persons. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £50, in the patronage of Thos. W. Evans, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Wm. Leeke, M.A., who reaides at the Hall, a handsome mansion delightfully situated on a commanding eminence, embracing fine views of the surrounding district. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in making gloves and stockings. In 1837, the late Wm. Evans, Esq., built a school for the instruction of boys and girls; it is a plain stone building, capable of accommodating 200 children; the average attendance is about 100; and in 1842, he erected a similar one on Holbrook moor for infants; the average attendance is about 50. The commons were enclosed in 1790.

COXBENCH, a small village partly in the township of Holbrook, and partly in Horsley parish, about equal distance from each. Here was a considerable estate, which for many generations, belonged to the ancient family of Franceys, whose residence it was. The co-heir of Mr. Robert Franceys, the last male heir of the family, carried it to the Johnson family, from whom it passed to the Meynells. The Hall, a neat mansion 4½ miles N.N.E. from Derby, is now unoccupied. The Independents have a chapel here, and the Methodists one on Holbrook Moor.

CHARITIES.—John Lockoe surrendered a close of land called Spencer’s Croft, 2 acres, upon trust to pay the rents to the poor of Holbrook for ever. About the year 1808, a turnpike road was cut through this close; afterwards, £20 8s. 8d. was received by the trustee. Out of this sum an expanse of £2 11s. 11d. had been incurred in searching the Duffield court rolls, and the remainder, £17 16s. 9d., was placed at interest. In 1822, a further portion of the land was sold for £83. This sum, with 8s. 3d, as interest, and the above £17 16s. 9d., made in the whole £101 5s.; of which the sum of £94 12s. 6d. was in the year 1823 laid out in the purchase of £100 new 4 per cents. £1 1s. 8d. was paid for a power of attorney to receive the dividends, and £5 11s. was in 1835 distributed to the poor. The remaining part of the close, 3R., is now let for £6 per annum. The present income, £10, is now distributed on St. Thomas’s day.

Post Office at Samuel Shepherdson’s; letters arrive from Derby at 9 30 a.m., and are despatched at 5 p.m.

 

Marked * reside at Coxbench.

* Annable Samuel, vict., Fox and Chase Annable William, cowkeeper Bainbridge Emanuel, beerhouse Bainbridge John, farm bailiff Beresford James, stone mason Brown Thomas, beerhouse Buxton Cara, schoolmistress Chambers Isaac, sexton Chambers William, stone merchant Gisborne Mrs.— Grace James, framework knitter Leeke Rev. Wm., M.A., incmbt., The Hall Morley Samuel, vict, White Hart, Bargate

Rooth Elizabeth, infant schoolmistress Sadler Leonard, farm bailiff Sanders William, coal dealer Seal John, stone mason Sheldon James, butcher and beerhouse Smith James, framesmith Smith Samuel, framesmith, Prospect House Walker George, parish clerk Weston Mrs. Hannah, Day Park White Mrs. Phœbe, Day Park Wilcockson George, vict., Greyhound Wilton Thomas, hosier Wood James, musical instrument maker and   repairer.

 

Blacksmiths. * Poole Joseph Simpkinson John   Boot & Shoe Mkrs. Harrison James Peet Matthew Rowland Joseph (and   cowkeeper)

Farmers. Bainbridge Sarah Brassington John Brown Abraham Brown Hy., Bargate Byard Jno, Spring bk Byard T., Day Park Godbehere Anthony Hall John Harrison Wm.. Moor

Knifton John Morley Jph., Bargate Oldfield Thomas (and   miller) Poundall Sarah Richardson Samuel Sims Samuel Stevens Edward Wilson Lydia & Sarah   Day Park

Joiners & Builders. Knifton Jno (whlwrgt) Sheldon Joseph Whitaker Robert, (&   bell hanger, &c) Shopkeepers. Bell Joseph Hickling Joseph Jepson Francis Sheldon Robert

 

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SHOTTLE AND POSTERN, a joint township and extensive agricultural district, being in some parts 4 miles across, contains 3,713A. 0R. 33P. of land of which 120A. 2R. 9P. are in woods and plantations, rateable value £3,921 6s. 0d.. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor and owner of 3,668A. 3R. 31.P.; John Strutt, Esq., owns 41A. 3R. 35P.; and Mr. George Frost 2A. 1R. 7P. of land. In 1851, it had 90 houses and 467 inhabitants, of whom 245 were males, and 222 females. Shottle forms the south side of the township and a scattered district of houses. Here is a school to which there is a small endowment attached, and for which the master teaches 12 poor children. In 1824, the old school-room was converted into a dwelling for the master, and a new school consisting of two rooms, was erected at the expense of the inhabitants; in which Divine Service is performed every Sunday, by the Rev. Jas. P. Deacon, incumbent of Turnditch. The Wesleyans have a chapel on the south side of the township, erected in 1816. The General Baptists hold religious services in a room belonging to Mr. Joseph Malin. SHOTTLE GATE, a small village on the Ashbourn road, 3 miles W. from Belper, and Shottle Gate House, a large handsome residence, with extensive and superior outbuildings combining all the most recent improve­ments in the arrangement of a farmstead, is the property of John Strutt, Esq., of Belper, and in the occupation of Mr. Wm. Winson.

POSTERN, a small district of scattered houses, 3 miles N.W. from Belper.

CHARITIES.—Ralph Dowley, in 1738 gave £40 in trust, for the instruction of poor children until the sum should be wholly expended. On the death of Ralph Dowley, his widow Rebecca Dowley, paid the said legacy; and to augment the charity, she also gave £35, in order to have the whole laid out in land and the charity made perpetual. And for that purpose Adam Simpson, in 1749, conveyed to the trustees 7 roods of land and two beast gates upon Bonsall Leys, and the Green. This property consists of about 5¾ acres, now let for £7 10s. per annum. Of this sum two-thirds is paid to the schoolmaster, and one-third by Mrs. Dowley’s grant, is paid to a dissenting chapel at Wirksworth. 12 children are taught free.

Countess of and William Earl of Devonshire’s Charities, extend to various places, and the annual sum of £4 is received by the overseers of this township, to be applied in apprenticing poor children.

Potterell’s Almshouses.—See Duffield,—This chapelry is entitled to partake of the benefit of these almshouses.

 

SHOTTLE TOWNSHIP.

 

Brayfield Joseph, vict. Gate Cooper George, farm bailiff Hall William, master endowed school

Jackson John, general smith Wright George, blacksmith

 

Farmers.   Adsetts William Beradsley Ic. Handley. Beardsley Joseph Bowmer George, Hol-   ly Seat Bowmer Isaac Clark Grace Coates Thomas

Deaville William,   New Buildings Frost George Goodwin Thomas,   Chapel Farm Hepworth Fras Jackson Geo., School Jebb Hannah Johnson Mary Ann Lame Henry

Malin Joseph, New   School Richardson Mrs Smedley Joseph,   Handley Smedley William, Hill   Top Smith John Smith Thomas Spendlove George Spendlove Robert

Spendlove Thomas   Crow Trees Spendlove Thomas,   Lawn Toplis Anthony,   Holly Seat Walker Charles Waterfield Charles Wilson John Winson William,   Shottle Gate

                                                                       

POSTERN.

Farmers.   Allsop Charles, (and

corn miller) Travis Thomas, Pos-   tern Lodge

Rogers John Willatt Jacob

Winson Judith Wood George

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TURNDITCH, a chapelry, township, and pleasant village, situated on a bold acclivity on the Ashbourn road, 3¾ miles W. by S. from Belper, and contains 975A. 0R. 2P. of land, partly clay and sand; rateable value £960 15s., and in 1851 had 86 houses and 380 inhabi­tants, of whom 186 were males, and 194 females. Sir Richard Paul Jodrell, Bart., is lord of the manor, and the principal owners are Lord Scarsdale, Mr. John Adsetts, J. G. Crompton, Esq., Mr. Geo. Milnes, Mr. Wm. Whittaker, and Mrs. Statham. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is a small ancient edifice, with nave, chancel, turret, and one bell. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued in the King’s Book, at £1, now £51, has been endowed with £800 Queen Anne’s Bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant. The vicar of Duffield is patron, and the Rev. James Parlett Deacon, B.A., incumbent. The tithe was commuted for £140. National schools for both sexes were erected in 1846, at a cost of about £300, raised by subscriptions and grants from the Committee of Council of £75, and from the National School Society of £50. It is a neat stone building, near the church, and will accommodate 111 children; the present average attendance is about 50, supported by voluntary contributions and the children’s pence. The Independents have a chapel, erected in 1818, by the late Mr. Wm. Statham, and the late Mr. Abraham Harrison, of Belper, to which Mr. Statham left an endowment. In connection with it is a Sunday school of 30 scholars. The Primitive Methodists, also, have a small chapel. Green Bank is a pleasantly situated handsome mansion near the eastern extremity of the village, the residence and property of Mrs. Statham.

CHARITIES.—John Walker by will, 1691, (see Bradley parish.)—Mrs. Wm. Statham, as the owner of the lands, pays 20s. a-year to the minister of Turnditch, and 10s. amongst poor people of thc chapelry, in sums of 1s, each, and 10s. amongst the poor of Cowers Lane.

Francis Gisborne’s Charity, (see Bradley parish.)—The distribution of £7 5s., the portion of Turnditch, is made in the same manner as Belper.

Mrs. Lees gave £10 to the poor of this township, which, in 1786, produced 8s. a-year, and is distributed by John Crompton, Esq., amongst poor widows.

Post Office, at John Warren’s; letter’s arrive from Brailsford through the Derby Office, and are dispatched at 4 p.m.

 

Allen James, joiner Boden James, vict. Tiger Coleburn Nathaniel, blacksmith Deacon Roy. James Parlett, B.A., incumbent Fletcher Thos.. vict. & butcher, Cross Keys Fowke Owen, butcher Harrison Richard, vict. Cross-o’-th’-Hands

Hunt Samuel, tailor Lane William, blacksmith Lemon William, veterinary surgeon Smedley Samuel, shopkeeper Statham Mrs. Green Bank Warren John, shopkeeper Wayne William, pork butcher

 

Farmers. Allcock Thomas Booler John, Lime   Kilns Clifford Charles, (and   blacksmith)

Downing Josiah Edwards John Garrett Thos., Hall Gregory Joshua, Hill   Cliff Lane Hammersley Thomas

Harrison Richard Houlgate Isaac Houlgate Joshua Holbrook Joseph Milnes George

Ride Benjamin Sanders Benjamin Toogood, William Wallis William Whittaker James

 

WINDLEY, a township and small village, 7 miles N.W. from Derby, and 2½ N.W. from Duffield. It contains l043A. 3R. 14P. of land; rateable value, £1789 8s. 3d.; and in 1851 had 43 houses, and 219 inhabitants, of whom 116 were males, and 103 females. The principal owners are, Lord Scarsdale, J. G. Crompton, Esq., Mr. Mark Abbott, and a few smaller owners: the former is lord of the manor. The Lillies, a handsome residence on a good elevation a little north of the village is the seat and property of J, G. Crompton, Esq. Windley hall is a neat and conveniently arranged residence, the property of Mr. Mark Abbott, who has recently enlarged and improved the premises by the erection of malt-houses, a convenient brewery, and other farm buildings. The Baptists have a small chapel here.

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Abbott George, victualler and corn miller,   Puss-in-Boots Abbott Mark, maltster and brewer, The Hall Bate George, blacksmith Crompton John Gilbert, Esq., The Lillies

Horohin, Samuel, shoemaker Jackson George, gardener, Farnah Hall Land John, assistant overseer Morley John, beerhouse Taft Robert, backsmith

 

Farmers.   Abbott Mark, Hall Bate Peter Brown John Samuel Ford Thomas

Holmes George, Flower Lillics Horobin George Lane Ann, Champion Old Wm., (trus. of the   late) Windley hill

Sadler James Tempest John Tempest William, Gun hills

Travis Hugh, Farnah   Hall farm Wheeldon William,   Clouds

 

EDLASTON-WITH-WYASTON a township, parish, and village, delightfully situ­ated 15 miles N.W. from Derby, and 3 miles S. from Ashbourn, contains 1,263A. 3R. 24P. of land, mostly a strong soil in Edlaston, gravelly in Wyaston and a good portion arable; in 1851, 44 houses, and 197 inhabitants, of whom 95 were males, and 102 females; rateable value, £1,724. John Harrison, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal owner. Mrs. Greaves, and Francis Wright, Esq., have also estates here. The Church, dedicated to St. James, is a small stone structure, with nave, chancel, a small wooden turret, and two bells. The living is a rectory, valued in King’s book at £3 18s. 4d., now £212. Patron, the Bishop of Lichfield, and, the Rev. Thos. Cupiss, M.A., rector, who resides at the rectory, a good house W. of the church. Here is a small school, at which about 20 children attend. A common of 20 acres was enclosed in 1824. Wyaston Grove, a neat cemented residence, a little E. of the village, is the property of Francis Wright, Esq., and the residence of Mrs Alderson. The Wesleyan Methodists have a neat chapel at Wyaston. The manor of Edlaston was given to the prior and convent at Tutbury, by Robert Earl Ferrars, son of the founder; after the Reformation it was granted by Henry VIII., about 1548, to William Lord Paget, who the next year conveyed it to Sir Edward Aston, Knt. At a later period it belonged to the Eyres of Hassop, and was sold by Rowland Eyre, Esq., to Mr. Danl. Morley, of Ashbourn, of whose devisee, in trust, it was purchased by the ancestors of thc Rev. Thomas Gisborne, of Yoxall, in Staffordshire, who conveyed it to Edmund Evans, Esq., at whose death it came to his only surviving daughter, the wife of John Harrison, Esq., the present owner.

CHARITIES.—George Frost, by will 1674, devised 10s. a year to the poor of Edlaston and Wyaston, payable out of two pieces of ground called the Riddings. This, with two other charities, is given shortly after Christmas.

Humphrey Calvert devised to the poor 6s. 8d. yearly for ever, out of a field called Littlewood in Clifton. Two other similar payments are made to Clifton and Yeaveley, given by this donor’s will, but the date is not known.

Florence North gave £7 to the poor of this township, to be put out at interest and applied in buying bread. For this sum the overseers pay 7s. a year as interest, which is laid out in bread, as directed.

Mr. Waterhouse left £3, the interest to buy bread to be distributed to the poor. This also is said to be in the hands of the inhabitants. 3s. is given by the overseers in penny rolls on Easter-day.

Paul Kirkland, in 1714, gave a yearly rent tax of 20s. free, to be issuing out of his lands in Wyaston, to the minister, rector, or curate of the said parish, for preaching on the 29th June and 25th January, a sermon in the church of that parish; and if such sermon is not preached, the said sum should be distributed to the poor on the day following. He also gave another 5s., to be issuing out of the said premises, to the parish clerk of Edlaston, for ringing the bells and attending service on those days; and he gave to his wife, for life, all his messuages and lands in Wyaston or elsewhere, subject to the same yearly payments; and after her decease he gave the same, subject as aforesaid, to two persons, on trust, that one moiety of the profits, &c., should be distributed half-yearly amongst the poor of

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Edlaston and Wyaston, for ever, and the other moiety amongst the poor of Yeldersley and Painters’ Lane, in the parish of Ashbourn, deducting each particular of cost the trustees might be put to. The premises consist of a farm-house and out-buildings, and 33A. 0. 9P. of land, let for £55 per annum. From the year 1821 to 1825, the portions of the rent applicable both to the poor of this parish and Yeldersley were carried to the general account of the overseers of those places, and no regular distributiou was made. This mode of application appeals to us to have been improper. About the year 1810, there was a fall of timber on the lands of this charity, of which the produce was £185, which was received by Mr. George Williamson Greaves, a solicitor, of Ashbourn, on behalf of Mrs. Lydia Brookes, the trustee. Mr. Greaves paid interest for the money for several years, but in 1821 Mr. Greaves made an assignment of his effects for the benefit of his creditors, but no dividend has ever been paid; and neither this person, or his represen­tatives are now to be found, consequently this money is entirely lost to the poor. About six year ago, Moreton Brookes, Esq., the representative of the original Trust, being resident in a distant part of the kingdom, found he was unable to look properly after the charity, consequently the farm-house and buildings became sadly dilapidated, the rents, not regularly paid, and when received oftentimes applied to uses alien to the will. Mr. B. therefore, to remedy these abuses, earnestly requested Francis Wright, Esq., of Osmaston manor, whose estate the charity land joins, to take upon himself the full power and care of the charity, which he did in 1850, and which has since been confirmed to him by the charity commissioners. Associated with him in the trust, is John Harrison, Esq., of Snelston, and Charles Greaves, Esq., Yeldersley. About two years ago, the farm buildings were almost entirely re-built at a cost of £250. As there were no funds for this purpose, Mr. Wright advanced the money, and deducts a small amount yearly from the rents, as shown in the books kept expressly for the purpose, and will continue to do so until the whole is repaid.

 

Those marked * live at Wyaston.   * Alderson Mrs. Harriet, Wyaston grove * Buxton Edmund, cowkeeper Cupiss Mr. Phillip Cupiss Rev. Thos., M.A., rector, Rectory Frost Dorothy, vict., New Inn Frost Jacob, blacksmith

* Gadsby Ann, shopkeeper Godwin Archibald, nursery and seedsman,   Colle croft Greatorex Mary Ann, schoolmistress Keeling Isaac, sawyer * Kent Thomas, wheelwright * Locker Sarah vict., Red Lion * Spencer John, leather dealer

 

Farmers.   Archer Thomas, Colle   Croft * Byatt William

* Copestake Thomas   and John Frost Dorothy Gadsby Robert Garland John, Cottage * Greatorex Eliza

* Kirkland John * Sheldon Thomas Smith Ann, Old hall Smith Isaac, New   buildings

Smith John Webster John Wigley George Winfield Thomas

 

ETWALL parish consists of the townships of Etwall, Bearwardcote and Burnaston, which together, contain 3,434A. 1R. 27P. of land; rateable value, £5,286 9s. 0d.; and in 1851, had 170 houses, and 765 inhabitants, of whom 370 were males, and 395 females.

ETWALL, a township, and large pleasant village, 6 miles W.S.W. from Derby, contains 2,019A. 0R. 22P. of land, a clay loam, (except the common, which is light, on a sub-stratum of gravel,) about two-thirds is pasture, and mostly occupied in dairy farms; rateable value, £3,446 5s. 0d. In 1851, it had 133 houses, and 579 inhabitants, of whom 277 were males, and 302 females. The Rev. Chas. Evelyn Cotton, is lord of the manor and a small owner. A. N. E. Mosley, Esq., Sir Hy. Flower Every, Bart., Rev. Wm. Heacock, John Barber, Esq., W. T. Cox, Esq., Wm. Eaton, Esq., Mr. Wm. Watson, Mr. Thos. Richardson, Mr. Saml. Eyre, Mrs. Ann Eaton, and several others are owners. The Church, dedicated to St. Helen, is a small stone edifice, of considerable antiquity, with

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nave, chancel, north aisle, low embattled tower, and 3 bells. A portion of the north side, which contains 12 carved oak stalls and a reading desk, is appropriated to the use of the alms-men and master. The living is a vicarage, valued in Kings book at £8, now £342. Patron, the Executors of the late Wm. Eaton Mousley, Esq., and the Rev. Wm. Eaton Mousley, M.A., incumbent, who has a good vicarage house, pleasantly situated near the church, and 104 acres of glebe. The tithe was commuted in 1848, for £147 10s. 0d. for Etwall, and £210 for the whole parish. The church received considerable damage from a violent tempest on the 20th June, 1545. It contains the tomb of Henry Porte, Esq., dated 1512, and Elizabeth his wife. The figures of the wife and 17 children are in brass, also, another beautiful brass figure to Hy. Porte, and his two wives dated 1558. Several tablets to the Every, Green, Beer, and Cotton families, and the masters of Etwall almshouses, one of which is to William Boultbee Sloath, D.D., F.S.A., rural dean, and vicar of Willington, and master of this hospital and Repton school 32 years, who died 21st October, 1842, aged 82 years. Etwall Lodge, a good modern residence, situated about a ¼ mile S.E. of the village, erected by the Rev. Wm. Beer, in 1812, is now the property of the Corporation, and the residence of John Sheppard, Esq. The Hospital at Etwall was founded by Sir John Porte, in the year 1556, for six poor persons. It appears by an inscription, that it was re-built in 1681, and at the same time, the number of almsmen was doubled and the salaries increased, in consequence of the improved value of the estates left for this hospital and the school at Repton. The masters of the hospital and school, the ushers, and three senior poor men, are a body corporate, by the name of the Repton and Etwall Corporation. There are 338A. 1R. 30P. of land in this parish; value £606; belongs the corporation, besides estates in Willington, Repton, Egginton, Normanton, &c., amounting to about £2,700 per annum. The governors are the Marquis of Hastings, Earl of Chesterfield, and Sir Robert Gerard, Bart. About £1000 per annum goes to the school at Repton. The hospital stands on the north side of the church, and consists of 16 houses, built of brick, with stone dressings, for 16 poor men. who have 12s. per week, each. They have each on entering, a blue cloak. The master’s salary is £180 per annum, with a good residence; the vicar is the master. It appeared to the charity commissioners, in 1826, this charity was excluded from their enquiry. There is a school, endowed with £4 per annum, by Rowland Cotton, or Mary his wife. The Methodist chapel, a handsome building, lighted by ten Gothic windows, erected in 1838, at a cost of £300. It will seat 250 persons. King Henry VIII., in 1540, granted this manor and impropriate rectory and advowson of the vicarage, (which had been given to Welbeck Abbey, Nottinghamshire, in the reign of King Stephen) to Sir John Porte, Knt., one of the Justices of the King’s bench. The elder daughter and co-heiress of his son brought Etwall to Sir Thomas Gerard, whose great grandson, Sir William Gerard, sold this estate in 1641, to Sir Edward Mosley, Bart., of whom it was purchased in 1646, by Sir Samuel Sleigh. Mary, only daughter of Sir Samuel, by his third wife, married Rowland Cotton, Esq., of Bellaport, in Shropshire. The Hall, a large venerable mansion of brick, faced with stone brought from Tutbury castle above 200 years ago, contains many splendid apartments, and in the picture gallery, some exquisite carvings in wood. It was anciently the seat of the Portes, and consequently of the Cotton family, one of whom was Major General Cotton, lately deceased. The gardens are extensive, and kept in the old style, and in them is a mulberry tree, of which several branches, bending to the ground, have taken root. It is the property of the Rev. C. E. Cotton, of Dalbury. An Infant School, was erected in 1852, by the vicar, and is also supported by him; it is a small brick building, and will accom­modate about 70 children. The average attendance is 56.

BEARWARDCOTE, a township and small village, 4½ miles W.S.W. from Derby, contains 431 acres of strong clay land, and in 1851, had 4 houses, and 34 inhabitants, of whom 19 were males, and 15 were females; rateable value, £469 4s. 0d. C. E. Newton, Esq., is sole owner and lord of the manor. It pays a modus of £2 0s. 4d., to the vicar of Etwall. The old hall was surrounded by a moat, approached by a stone bridge, with a lodge on each side of the gateway. It was taken down in 1790. The moat and part of the bridge

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remains. The last occupier was Mr. Exuperus Turner, who sold it to Robert Newton, Esq. He died in 1780, having bequeathed this, and other estates, to John Leaper, Esq., who took the name of Newton.

BURNASTON township is pleasantly situated on an eminence, a little south of the Derby and Uttoxeter roads, 5 miles S.W. b. W. from Derby, contains 984A. 1R. 5P. of strong land, and in 1851, had 33 houses, and 152 inhabitants, of whom 74 were males, and 78 females; rateable value, £1,371. Rev. C. E. Cotton, lord of the manor. A. N. E. Mosley, Esq., Henry Cox, Esq., Mr. Willder, Mr. James Stone, and Mr. William Stone, and Rev. William Leeke, are owners. It pays a modus of 5s. 6d., to the vicar of Etwall. A small chapel was erected here in 1839, at a cost of £150, which was used occasionally as a lecture room. It is now occupied by the Primitive Methodists. The children of this township are eligible to the school at Etwall. In 1672, Ralph Bennington. Esq., sold this manor to Sir Samuel Sleigh. It was inherited by his grandson, Samuel Chetham, Esq., devolved afterwards to the Cottons—descended from a co-heiress of Sleigh. The Old Hall, now a farm house, an ancient half-timbered building with pointed gables, is the property of A. N. E. Mosley, Esq., and the residence of Mr. Samuel Bailey. Burnaston House, 1½ miles S.E. from Etwall, is a handsome mansion, the seat and property of Ashton Nicholas Every Mosley, Esq.

CHARITIES —Sir John Port, Knt., in 1586, devised certain lands for the foundation of an almshouse, at Etwall, and a grammar school at Etwall or Repton. By charter, granted in the 19th year of James I., upon the petition of Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, Philip, Lord Stanhope, and Sir Thomas Gerard, Bart., then the co-heirs of the said John Port, the master, and poor men of the hospital at Etwall, and the schoolmaster and ushers of the school at Repton, were incorporated by the name of “The master, schoolmaster, ushers, poor men, and poor scholars of the hospital and free school of Sir John Port,” and were thereby empowered to take certain lands from Sir Harpur, Knt., and from Sir Thomas Gerard, Knt., or any others who had power to convey the same. And it was thereby ordained, the master should receive the rents of the said hospital and school, and make the payments in the orders thereunto annexed; and that Sir John Harpur should be the first governor, and after his death Henry, Earl of Huntingdon, Philip, Lord Stanhope, and Sir Thomas Gerard, and their heirs for ever, should be governors and superintendents of the said hospital and school. The poor have the interest of £20, given by John Edward,, £10 by Alice Cunliffe, £10 by Joyce Harpur, £40 by Dr. Chetham, and 20 marks by Ellis Cuncliffe. The amount of the above sums, with an addition by the parishioners, making £100, was laid out many years ago, on a security of the Derby and Uttoxeter road, which now bears in­terest at 5 per cent. This, with the incomes from Jennings’ and Sexton’s charities, are annually distributed by the churchwardens and overseers—two-thirds to the township of Etwall, and one-third to the township of Burnaston.

John Jennings, in 1657, devised from his lands in Wilton, 20s. yearly to the poor of Etwall, and 20s. yearly to the poor of Swarkeston, for ever—now paid out of property belonging to William Martin.

John Saxton, by will, gave 20s. yearly out of a piece of land called the Ipcroft, in Etwall, now paid in respect of a field of about 15 acres.

Robert Heacock, gave 10s. yearly, one-half to the poor of Etwall, and the other to the poor of Burnaston, which was paid by Mr. Enson, of Marston. By a conveyance in 1765, a moiety of a farm at Hilton was to continue liable for ever to the payment of 10s. a year to the poor of Etwall, and 10s. to the poor of the townships of Marston and Hilton. This payment was continued till about two years ago, when the premises in Hilton were sold by Thos. Ensor, who had for some time paid the sum from a house and garden at Hilton, as part of the property conveyed in 1765; from which, to the time of our investigation, (1826), the annuity had not been paid, in consequence of a dispute between the parties as to their liabilities to pay it.

SCHOOL.—An annual sum of £4, was for many years paid by the owners of the estate of

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Etwall, belonging to the Cotton family; but it is not known from whose gift it is made. It has not been paid now for some years, and from what cause we are not able to learn.

 

ETWALL TOWNSHIP.

 

Post Office at Joseph Platt’s; letters arrive from Derby at 5 a.m., and are despatched at 8 30 p.m.

 

Bestwick Mrs. Frances Cope George Ambrose, surgeon Eaton William, gentleman Findley Rev. Wm., vicar of Willington Gaskell Frances, ladies boarding school Gaskell Mr. Samuel Harpur Saml., vict. & maltster, Spread Eagle Heacock Rev. William, B.A. Hilton Mr. Joseph Hoskins Mrs. Jane Lucas George, schoolmaster and parish clerk Margetts Mr. Edward Mosley Ashton Nicholas Every, Esq., magis-   trate for the county, Burnaston House Mousley Rev. Wm., Eaton, M.A., vicar Myring Mr. Daniel Myring Thomas, common and prest brick   sough and quarry tile maker

Myring Sarah, plumber and glazier Osborne Miss Mary Ann Pegg Thomas, porter, The Hospital Platts John, wheelwright Platts Robert, builder Platts Mr. William Redshaw Miss Ann Sheppard John, Esq., The Lodge Shirley Rose, schoolmistress Slater Eli, foreman brickmaker Spencer Samuel, blacksmith Stevens John, cattle dealer Taylor Ann, vict., Hawk and Buckle Tetlow Mrs. Caroline Upton John, blacksmith, and machine and   agricultural implement maker Willcock Miss Elizabeth

                                                                    

Boot & Shoe Mkrs. Bailey Joseph Bosworth Richard Wood John   Butchers. Holmes John Wall George   Farmers. Marked * are Cow- keepers only.)

* Adams W., Common Archer Geo., Common Archer John, Common * Blackshaw William Brown Thos., Sandy   Pits Camp Francis Eyre Saml., Hepnalls JerramThs. Highfield Joule Francis, Blake-   ly Lodge * Pegg Geo., Common

Pickering Hermon,   The Marsh Richardson Richard,   Highfield Rose Thos., New Close Shepherd Thomas Wall Charles Ward Dickinson (and   land surveyor),   Broom Hill Farm * Wheeldon John

Grocers. Cooper Thos., (& drapr) Platts Jph. (& baker) Roulston Frances   Tailors. Newbould — Pegg William   Carrier to Derby Dugmore Fredk., Fri,

 

BEARWARDCOTE TOWNSHIP.

 

Finney Joseph, farmer, Smerrills Farm Jerram Thomas, farmer, Bearwardcote Farm

Jerram William, farmer, Bannils House Humpston William, gamekeeper

 

BURNASTON TOWNSHIP.

 

Archer William, vict., Spread Eagle Gilbert John, joiner Parker Edward, beerhouse

Rowley Edward, boot and shoe maker Sanders John, farm bailiff Wright William, blacksmith

 

Farmers.   Archer William

Bailey Samuel, 0ld   Hall Prime William Smith John

Stone James, Top   House Stone William, Bot­-   tom House

Thawley John Willder James

 

HARGATE MANOR, an extra parochial liberty, 7¼ miles S.W. from Derby. It contains 51 acres of land, two houses, and nine inhabitants, of whom, six were males, and three were females. Miss Every owns 35 acres, John Mousley, Esq., of Hilton cottage, 11 acres, and A. N, E. Mosley, Esq., 5 acres; the Manor House is occupied by Mrs. Laban, and the

 

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Swan Inn, by John Pickering. This manor, formerly called Heath House, is supposed to have been a portion of the original manor of Egginton not granted by William Fitz Ralph, to his nephew William de Grendon. It was afterwards successively the property of the Freehevilles, and Babingtons of Dethick. It was purchased of the latter by the Leigh’s.

 

KEDLESTON, a parish, and small well built village, 5 miles N.W. from Derby, and 8 miles S.E. from Ashbourn, contains 972A. 1R. 16P. of land, a strong red marl, rateable value, £1,903 11s. 2d., and in 1851 had 19 houses, and 85 inhabitants, of whom 38 were males and 47 were females. Lord Scarsdale is lord of the manor and sole owner. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is an ancient cruciform structure, with a low tower and one bell. It has a Norman south door, and contains some ancient monuments to the Curzon family; the living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £3 19s. 7d., now £159: the tithes were commuted in 1771. Lord Scarsdale is the patron, and the Rev. Alfred N. H. Curzon, B.A., incumbent. The rectory a pleasant mansion ¾ mile W. from the church, has recently undergone a thorough repair. This manor, Chetelestune, at the Domesday survey was part of the property of Henry de Ferrars. It was held under the Ferrars family, by that of Curzon as early as the reign of Henry I. Sir John Curzon was created a Baronet in 1641. Sir Nathaniel Curzon, the fifth Baronet, in 1761, was created Baron Scarsdale, of Kedleston. The Hall, a magnincent mansion half a mile E. from the village, is a Grecian structure, erected in 1765 by the grandfather of the present noble owner. It consists of a centre and two wings, with a grand portico, the columns for which were proportioned from those in the Pantheon at Rome. The length of the whole is 360 feet; and is situated in a fine open park, of 1,200 acres, in which are about 1,800 head of deer, a beautiful sheet of water of 52 acres, some magnificent oaks, and many fine planta­tions. The flower gardens and pleasure grounds, which occupy about 12 acres of ground, are to the south of the hall, and are laid out with exquisite taste. The interior of the building is planned after the ancient Greek mode, and is deservedly admired for the classical taste generally displayed throughout its general decorations. The Hall is 67 feet 3 inches, by 42 feet, and 40 feet high, with 20 corinthian columns of alabaster fluted, 2 feet 6 inches in diameter, with rich capitals of white marble. The Saloon is a most elegant apartment, its figure is circular crowned with a dome, its dimensions are 42 feet in diameter, 34 to the cornice, 55 to the top of the dome, and 62 feet to the rose in the skylight. The Saloon is divided into four alcoves or recesses, having fire-places, representing altars adorned with sphinxes and basso-relievos, and as many doors; the whole painted and ornamented with white and gold. The doors have Scagliola pilasters. This noble room is enriched with the finest works of art, and is one of the most beautiful apartments of its kind in Europe; and almost every room is decorated with paintings by the most eminent masters. Lord Scarsdale’s principal residence being at Farnah Hall, only a small establishment is kept here. In the park is a neat building erected over a sulphurous spring, the temperature of which is about 47º; the water which resembles that of one of the Harrogate springs, has been found efficacious in scorbutic and cutaneous diseases.

Moodersley, 1 mile S.W., a large farm occupied by Mr. Geo. Goodwin.

Prestwood, half a mile W. of the Hall, a large farm, occupied by Mr. W. Smith.

Edward Baskerville, by will, 1713, directed that all the residue of his personal estate, above what he had disposed of, should be put out to interest and the produce disposed of to the most charitable uses, and desired the minister for the time being should be the trustee for the same. The sum of £50 was realized, and vested in the three per cent consols, and subsequent accumulations of the dividends added thereto, now (1826) amounting to £131 9s. 1d. standing in the name of the Hon. and Rev. Francis Curzon, the rector. The income has been usually applied towards placing out apprentices, but the testator has not confined it to this particular purpose.

Quarndon School, the poor of this parish are entitled to its benefit.—(See Quarndon.)

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Scarsdale, The Right Hon. Lord, Kedleston   Hall and Farnah Hall Curzon Rev. Alfred N. H., B.A., Rectory Clarke Samuel, wood steward Flixon Mary, housekeeper, Hall Gallimore William, vict., Kedleston Com-   mercial and Family Hotel, Wirksworth rd Jackson William, gardener, Ireton Gardens Lemon George, farrier

Peach Thomas, woodman to Lord Scarsdale Rodgers Jonathan, farm bailiff Robinson John, parish clerk Robinson Samuel, lodge keeper Salt James, blacksmith Saxelby Henry, park keeper Sherlock Richard, butler, Hall Watts William, gamekeeper

Farmers.

Ashford Stphn

Beeston John

Goodwin George, Moodersley

Smith William, Prestwood

 

LONGFORD is a township and parish, comprising also the townships of Alkmonton, Bentley Hungry, Hollington and Rodsley; 6470 acres of land; rateable value, £9,356, and in 1851 had 240 houses, and 1162 inhabitants, of whom 580 were males, and 582 females.

LONGFORD township and village, 7 miles S.S.E. from Ashbourn, contains about 3,000 acres of fertile marl and clay land, 103 well-built houses, and 530 inhabitants, of whom 252 were males, and 278 females; rateable value, £4,511 11s. 11d. The Hon. Edward Coke is the principal owner, and lord of the manor. Francis Bradshaw, Esq., William Dakin, and George Brassington have also estates here. The late Earl of Leicester erected two neat substantial bridges in 1842, over the mill stream in the centre of the village, at an expense of £800, which he gave to the county, on condition the county kept them in repair. The Church, dedicated to St. Chad, formerly a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £3 8s. 9d., is now a rectory of the value of £700. The Earl of Leicester is patron, Rev. T. A. Anson, rector. The Church, half a mile N. from the village, is a very ancient structure, with nave, chancel, side aisles, tower and six bells, and has three stone stalls in the chancel. It was renovated in 1843, at a cost of £800, of which sum £600 was raised by subscription, £100 by rate, and £100 was received from the Incorporated Society. It contains 486 sittings, of which 232 are free. The roof and east window are very beau­tiful, and the arms of the Cokes and of the late rector are represented in several of the windows in stained glass. In the chancel is a monument to Thomas William Coke, late Earl of Leicester, surmounted with a marble bust. He died at Longford, 30th June, 1842, and was interred in the family vault at Tittleshall, in Norfolk. The monument was exe­cuted by Mr. Robert Hall of Derby, and the bust by “Francis,” of London. The cost was 300 guineas, which was raised by subscription, showing the high estimation in which the noble Earl was held in this neighbourhood. The Countess of Leicester died at Longford, in 1844, where she was interred. There are various other monuments and tablets in the chancel and church to the Coke family. The tithe was commuted in 1839, the rectorial for £204 1s. 2d., and the vicarial for £77 18s. 6d., and there are 98A. 3R. 24P. of glebe. The rectory, half a mile E. from the church, was re-built in 1853. It is a large handsome mansion delightfully situated on rising ground, from which some fine views of the sur­rounding scenery may be obtained. Longford Hall, an ancient noble mansion on the south aisle of the church, is the property and occasional residence of the Hon. Edward Coke. In the conservatory is a handsome marble fountain, brought from Italy in 1844, and the grounds, which have recently been enlarged and improved, are laid out with great taste. Mammerton, half a mile S. from the village, consists of two good houses, built by the late Earl in 1837. Nether Thurvaston is a hamlet and small village one mile E.

The ancestor of the family, which took its name from this place, was Oliver Fitz-nigel, who acquired Longford and Mammerton with the co-heiress of Fitz-Ereald, in the reign of Richard I. Sir Nicholas Longford, the last male heir, who had at various times repre­sented the county in parliament, died in 1610. Soon after, Clement Coke, Esq., sixth son of Lord Chief Justice Coke, became possessed of the estate. He married a co-heiress of Reddiche by the heiress of Dethick, who had married one of the co-heiresses of Longford

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Edward Coke, Esq., of Longford, elder son of Clement, was created a Baronet in 1641. His two sons, Robert and Edward, successively enjoyed the title and estate, and died without issue. Sir Edward, by whose death the title became extinct in 1727, bequeathed Longford to his relation, Edward Coke, Esq., brother of Thomas Coke, Esq., afterwards Earl of Leicester, this gentleman dying without issue in 1733, left Longford to his younger brother, Robert Coke, Esq., at whose death, in 1750, it was inherited by his nephew, Wenman Roberts, Esq,. who, in 1756, took the name of Coke, and was father of Thomas William Coke, Esq., M.P., of Holkham, and of Edward Coke, Esq., MP., who had the manor of Longford for his life.

ALKMONTON township and small scattered village, 2 miles S.W. from Longford, 5½ miles S. from Ashbourn, contains 694 acres of good marly land, 15 houses, and 78 inhabitants, of whom 44 were males, and 34 females; rateable value, £802 10s. Thomas Wm. Evans, Esq., is solo owner and lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. John, was erected in 1843, by the late Wm. Evans, Esq. It was originally a chapel of ease to Longford, but has since (with Bentley Hungry) been made a separate parish for all ecclesiastical purposes. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £50, in the patronage of Thos. Wm. Evans, Esq., and the Rev. Alpheus Slight, M.A., is the incumbent. The parsonage-house, about a quarter mile E. from the church, was built by the late Wm. Evans, Esq., at a cost of £1,200. It is a handsome brick residence, pleasantly situnted on a gentle eminence, commanding some fine views towards Staffordshire. An ancient font was removed from Cockshut Croft in 1844, into the church-yard, and after the church was consecrated it was placed in the church. Near the place from which it was taken, are the remains of an ancient building, supposed to have been a church, dedicated io St. Alkmund. The tithe was commuted in 1839, for £54 15s. A school for boys and girls, with residence for the master, endowed with £40 per annum, by the late Wm. Evans, Esq., is now (1856) in course of erection.

BENTLEY HUNGRY liberty, a township, and scattered village, 5 miles S. from Ashbourn, contains 1,074A. 1R. 28P. of fertile loam, of which one-fourth is arable, 13 houses, and 84 inhabitants, of whom 51 were males, and 33 females; rateable value, £1,473. Sir Henry Sacheverel Wilmot, Bart, is lord of the manor and sole owner, except Boothey Hay Flats, containing 33A. 2R. 24P. of land, held for an unexpired term of 830 years, granted by Roger Jackson to William Woolley, on the 26th March, 1686, for 1,000 years, without impeachment of waste, at the yearly rent of £10, subject to land-tax. The Rev. German Buckston is the present owner of it. The tithe was commuted in 1839, for £67 10s. Formerly here was a chapel, of which nothing remains. The Bentley estate was purchased by Sir Edward Wilmot, great-grandfather of the present Baronet, on the condition of having a deer leap, considered to be seven feet from the boundary of the liberty, the timber growing on which, with the minerals, are the property of the owner of the Bentley estate. Bentley hall, an ancient building, (now a farm-house) is in the occupation of Mr. Daniel Oakden; and Middleton park, another farm-house, is in the occupation of Mr. Thomas Oakden.

HOLLINGTON, a township, and well-built village, 6 miles S.E. by S. from Ashbourn, contains 964A. 2R. 4P. of land, (a strong marl); rateable value, £1703 18s. 4d.; and in 1851, had 66 houses, and 302 inhabitants, of whom 143 were males, and 159 females. The principal owners are, the Hon Edward Coke, John Harrison, Esq., J. G. Crompton, Esq., E. A. Dyke, Esq., Mr. John Wood, Mr. John Radford, and Mr. Holmes; the former is lord of the manor. At the enclosure, in 1819, the tithe was all exonerated, by an allot­ment of 100 acres of land. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel here erected in 1847.

RODSLEY township and scattered village, 4½ miles S.S.E. from Ashbourn, contains 811A. 2A. 7P. of fertile land. Rateable value, £865.; and in 1851, had 43 houses, and 168 inhabitants, of whom 90 were males, and 78 females. The principal owners are, the Hon. Edward Coke, Mrs. Wm. R. Fearn, the Duke of Devonshire, the Rev. G. Buckston,

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and the Etwall corporation; the former is lord of the manor. The tithes were commuted in 1840, for £59 0s. 2d. The Methodists have a chapel here. The Feast is first Sunday after October 20th.

CHARITIES—Sir Robert Coke, Bart., of Longford, in 1687, gave to the rector of Longford, and other trustees, all his manor, messuages, and tithes, in certain places, men­tioned, on trust that they should, after his decease, erect one hospital containing six bays of buildings, each bay sixteen feet square, for the habitation of six poor people; with half an acre of land adjoining, for gardens; and that six poor men or women, inhabitants within Longford or the four next adjacent towns, should be placed therein; each inmate to have 2s. per week for their diet and 6d. for their fuel, and every year a gown of good grey cloth faced with blue baize, of the value of 20s.; and pay yearly to the vicar of Longford, £10, for saying prayers to the said poor daily. It does not appear any new trustees have ever been appointed. The Hon. Edward Coke, of Longford Hall, keeps the hospital in repair, and pays the above named sums, and the vicar performs the service every day in Lent, and every Wednesday and Friday throughout the year.

Dame Catharine Coke, in 1688, gave all those closes and lands at Rodsley, called Finnes and Red Lane Ends, on trust to pay the rents thereof to her niece for life, and after her decease, to be employed in the instruction of poor children, in putting out apprentices, and in such manner as the heir-male of her late husband (Sir Edward Coke) and the rector or vicar of Longford should appoint. The premises consist of four fields at Rodsley, called the Finnes, about 21 acres, and the Slang, five acres, forming part of a farm held under the Hon Edward Coke; a plantation of fir tress of about five acres, and a pasture field at Rodsley, called Red Lane Ends, let for £10 a year. There are no buildings on any of the lands. All the rents are received by the Hon. Edward Coke, who pays £32 per annum to a schoolmaster of Longford, for teaching 20 poor children, and also £4 per annum to a schoolmistress at Rodsley. The schoolroom and garden at Longford appear to have been originally taken from the waste. The master occupies them rent free, and the school is kept in repair by the Hon. Edward Coke. No children have for many years been apprenticed.

Joseph Home, in 1768, gave £1 per annum for teaching poor children of Hollington township. The sum is paid by John Gilman to the schoolmaster at Longford for instructing two poor children.

John Sherwin the elder and younger, in 1666, conveyed an estate in Wyaston, re­serving a yearly rent of 20s., payable to the poor of Rodsley. The money, paid by a tenant of Dr. Greaves, is distributed amongst ten poor people of Rodsley.

 

LONGFORD TOWNSHIP.

Post Office at Mr. Leonard Woodcock’s. Letters arrive at 8 30 a.m., and are despatched at 4 30 p.m.

 

Coke the Right Hon. Edward, The Hall Anson Rev. T. A., Rector Cooper Joseph, farm bailiff Downie Robert, butler, The Hall Edwards George, gardener, The Hall Fox Henry, cooper Hudson, Robert, shopkeeper Lipscombe James, gardener, & pariah clerk     Redshaw Benjamin, wheelwright, Wood   House Shaw John, groom

Shaw John, engraver and registrar of births   and deaths Shaw Mr. Thomas Trash George, stud groom, The Hall Twigg, Thomas, bricklayer Twigg Wm., vict., Ostrich Inn Wainwright George, wheelwright Watson Henry, baker Woodcock Leonard and Emily, school­-   master and mistress Wright Edward, blacksmith

 

Farmers.   Marked * are Cow- keepers only.

Alcock Thomas, (and   baker) * Beeson Robert Bestwick John

Bestwick Thomas Crafer Hy., Parkstyle Dakin Wm., Suffields * Dracott Charles

Eley Ann, Hill top * Fox Charlotte Fox William, East   Mammerton

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Gilham Elizabeth,   Crow Trees Gilman Mary & Eliz.,       Chapel house Gilman Robt., Bump-   ton Green

Hawksworth John,       Spath Holden Thomas Redshaw Wm., Wood   House

Robinson Wm., (and   joiner) Rowlston Scipio Salt Thomas, Mill-   House Shaw John

Spalton Joseph, West   Mammerton Twigg John Twigg William Wainwright John

 

ALKMONTON TOWNSHIP.

 

Green Frances, schoolmistress Green John Wm., schoolmaster Slight Rev. Alpheus, M.A., incumbent,             Parsonage

Farmers.   Bailey Richard,   Heathy Close Foster Edward

Moorcroft Thomas,   Old Hall Saint John Saint Samuel, Derry   House

 

BENTLEY HUNGRY TOWNSHIP.

 

Farmers.   Coxon Ann

Coxon Thomas Fox Samuel Jeffrey John

Jeffrey Thos, Rid-   dings Oakden Daniel, Bent- ley Hall

Oakden Thomas, Mid-   dleton Park

 

HOLLINGTON TOWNSHIP.

 

Coxon Mrs. Elizabeth Dyke Edward Alfred, gent., Belle Vue Gillman Mr. John Holmes Abraham, gent. Hudson Samuel, vict., Red Lion Orme Dorothea, shopkeeper Orme George Charles, vict., Green Dragon

Redford Thomas, gent. Ratcliffe Thomas, tailor Tipper Thomas, wheelwright Whitehurst Mr. Edward Wibberley Ann, cowkeeper Wood John, gent. Wood Mrs. Mary

 

Farmers.   Beeston Elizabeth Coxon George

Coxon Thomas, (and   butcher) Hall Gilman John Hayne William

Newham William Radford John Sheldon Henry

Whittingham Richard Wood Thomas Wright William

 

RODSLEY TOWNSHIP.

 

Bould Thomas, shopkeeper Bull William, joiner Copestake Thomas, saddler Gadsby George, vict., French Horn Gillman Robert, shopkeeper Hawksworth Sidney, brickmaker Holmes Charles, boot and shoe maker Kent Thomas, wheelwright

Mosley George, wheelwright Oakden John, gent. Ratcliff Ralph, tailor Rateliff Wm., vict., Three Pots Rowlinson Henry, joiner Wright John, blacksmith Wright Thomas, blacksmith Yeomans John, cowkeeper

 

Farmers.   Amott William Chadfield Joseph

Chadfield Thomas,   Rodsley Wood Fletcher Robert Gadsby George

Gillman Thomas Hellaby Thomas Hoon George

Ratcliff William Smith Edward Warren John, Cote

 

MARSTON-ON-DOVE parish comprises the townships of Marston, Hatton, Hilton, and Hoon, which together contain 4,139A. 0R. 4P. of rich land, principally grazing, rateable value £7,346, and in 1851 had 270 houses, and 1,191 inhabitants, of whom 609 were males, and 582 females.

Marston-on-Dove, a township and small well built village, 9 miles S.W. by W. from Derby, and 4½ miles N. from Burton-upon-Trent, contains 975A. 1R. 8P. of fertile land, a light sandy loam, rateable value £1,688, and in 1851 had 17 houses and 77 inhabitants, of whom 41 were males and 36 females. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor, sole owner, and impropriator. The Church dedicated to St. Mary, is a handsome structure, partly in the early and partly in the decorated style of English architecture, with nave,

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chancel, side aisles, tower, and 4 bells, with a lofty spire, and has in the interior a remarkably fine old Norman font; it was repaired and repewed in 1816, and in 1830 a gallery was added on the north side, by which 90 free sittings were obtained. The living is a vicarage valued in King’s Book at £7 15s. 2½d., now £225. The Duke of Devonshire is patron, and the Rev. Henry Syer Trimmer, B.A., vicar. The Vicarage, north west of the church, a neat residence, was rebuilt in 1831. There are 75 acres of glebe. Hoon pays a modus of £3, and Marston a rent charge of £300 and upwards, in the lieu of tithe to the impro­priator. By an old church account book, (1602) the clerk’s yearly salary was 4s., and wine was 6½d. per quart. In 1635, King James, being at Tutbury, the ringers had 4d. for ringing. In 1652, the parish expenditure was about £3 per annum; and land for the benefit of the church and poor, about 8 acres was let for £3 2s. This land was sold in 1816, when the church was repaired. The manor had been given to the priory of Tutbury by the founder, Henry de Ferrars. It was granted, after the Reformation, to the Cavendish family. The North Staffordshire Railway runs through the village and occupies 14A. 1R. 34P. of land.

 

HATTON, a township and ancient village, 1½ miles in length, and 9½ miles W.S.W. from Derby, contains 695A. 1R. 35P. of rich light land, rateable value £1,547, and in 1851 had 68 houses and 319 inhabitants, of whom 166 were males, and 153 females. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor, and principal owner; but Mr. Samuel Faulkner, and Mr. John Hallam have also estates here. A handsome stone bridge here crosses the river Dove to Tutbury in Staffordshire. It was erected in 1816-17, at a cost of £8000. It consists of 5 arches, and is 230 feet long by 24 feet wide. The first stone was laid June 20th, 1815. The Tutbury station near the bridge on the North Staffordshire Railway is in this township. It is a neat brick building, whence trains to Derby, Uttoxeter, and Burton-upon-Trent are despatched several times a day.

 

HILTON, a large, pleasant, but straggling village, on the Derby and Uttoxeter road, 8 miles S.W. by W. from Derby, contains l,698A. 1R. 1P. of land, rateable value £2,776, and in 1851 had 181 houses, and 757 inhabitants, of whom 380 were males and 377 females. The principal owners are the Duke of Devonshire, Rev. German Buckston, Geo. Enzor, John Harrison, John H. Mousley, A. N. E. Mosley, Richard Beer, Thomas Herrick, Esqrs., and others. The freeholders are lords of the manor. Ernulf de Beck, at a very early period, being lord of the manor, and Thomas de Piru, gave three bovates of land to the church at Marston, for the privilege of having a chapel at Hilton, and agreed that the inhabitants of Hilton should go on certain festival days to the mother church at Marston. Of this chapel there are no remains, but there is a place still known as the chapel yard. The Wesleyans have a neat brick chapel, erected in 1841, at a cost of £450, which will seat 500, and the Primitive Methodists have one erected in 1847, which will seat about 100 persons. A school was built here in 1799, but a new one, with a residence for the master was erected in 1856, at a cost of £350. It is a plain brick building, capable of accommodating about 70 children. It is endowed with 12A. 1R. 39P. of land, let for £30 per annum, for which the master teaches all the poor children of the village above seven years of age. The average attendance is 30. An infant school was built in 1856, by the Rev. H. S. Trimmer, on the site of an old barn, belonging Woolley’s charities, towards the support of which he pays £5 annually. The average attendance is 45.

 

HOON, a township, 1 mile W. from Hilton, and 9 W.S.W. from Derby, contains 770 acres of land, rateable value £1,335, and in 1851 had 4 houses and 38 inhabitants, of whom 22 were males and 16 females. The soil on the hills is a gravelly marl, that on the common a rich sand. The principal owners are Messrs. Robert Archer, Thos. Archer, George Enzor, Thomas Orme, and the Rev. T. B. Paget. It pays a modus of £3 in lieu of tithe to the Duke of Devonshire, as impropriator. The Hall, now a farm house, an ancient building with pointed gables is the residence and property of Mr. Thomas Orme. This

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manor (Hoge,) at Domesday survey, was held by Sewall, ancestor of the Shirley family, under Henry de Ferrars. The Shirleys possessed it in the reign of Henry VIII. It was purchased of them by the Palmers, who were succeeded by the Staffords. About the middle of the seventeenth century it was purchased by John Pye, Esq., who settled at Hoon, and was created a baronet in 1664, His son, Sir Charles Pye, was a great traveller, and visited Egypt and the Holy land. The two sons of Sir Charles, Richard and Robert, successively enjoyed the title and estate. Sir Robert (who was in holy orders) bequeathed the estate to his three daughters, from whom it passed by inheritance to the Watkins. It was purchased of the late Catain Watkins by Mr. W. J. Lockett, who afterwards sold it.

CHARITIES.—Thomas Woolley in 1667, left £50 to buy land at a rent-charge, the yearly increase thereof to be distributed to 20 of the most ancient inhabitants of Marston. An annual sum of £2 13s. 4d. is now paid by the overseers of Hoon and Hoonhay to the overseers of Marston, and given in that township. It appears by Mr. Woolley’s will, that it should be given to the parish generally.

Adam Woolley, by will, in 1700, gave to the poor of the parish of Marston £25.

William Woolley, in 1719, bequeathed to his son a lottery annuity in the Bank of England of £100, and declared his will to be, that out of the interest his son or executors should pay yearly 50s. to poor persons in the parish of Marston, until, by some other means, he should secure the payment on some other estate, and which said payment was in satisfaction of a yearly sum of 50s. directed by the will of John Woolley, brother of the testator.

William Woolley of Hackney, in 1726, bequeathed £25, which he directed should be added to the £25 legacy then in his hands, left by his father, Adam Woolley, to the poor of Marston; the whole he directed to be laid out in lands, the rents to be distributed on Christmas-eve. In 1731, lands were settled on account of Adam, John, and William Woolley’s charities. The property now consists of a house, in the village of Hilton, a croft near the house, 2R. 10P, and five fields on the Heath common, 22A. 1R. 14P. now let for gardens, for about £40 per annum. The rents are distributed amongst the poorest persons of the several townships at the church, on Christmas-eve.

John Pownall, in 1671, devised his land, called Rolston Piece, lying in Marston Field, to his executors, for the use of the poor of the parish of Marston, to be distributed at Christmas and Whitsuntide. The land, a meadow called Weir Hollow Field, now inclosed, in the parish of Rolleston, contains about 4 acres, an addition having been made to it by the alteration in the course of the river. It is supposed the rent of £1 2s. 6d. was formerly paid for this land; and in 1786 such sum was paid by the trustees of the present owner. Thomas Orme, who claims it as his own, has not paid anything since about 1800; it being said that the testator had no power to dispose of it.

John Debanke gave, at his death, to the parishioners of Marston, 13s. 4d. every half-year, to be distributed on Christmas-day and Easter-day, by Walter Bagnold and his successors, to the end of time. This was, by indenture 1726, secured on land now vested in the Tutbury Mill Company. Of the annual sum, £1 6s. 8d., one moiety has usually been divided at Christmas amongst 20 poor widows, and the other laid out in twopenny loaves.

William Spurrier, by the parliamentary returns of 1786, gave a rent-charge of 10s. yearly, for bread to the poor. Walthall Spurrier afterwards paid the same, but it has always been considered a voluntary payment.

Heacock’s Charity, (see Etwall.)—2s. 6d., the share of Marston, was, when received, given amongst others at Christmas.

HILTON CHARITIES.—Hilton School.—No authentic account of the foundation or endowment of this school is to be found. It appears, however, from a memorandum kept by a Mr. William Martin of Hilton, with the documents relating to a rent-charge given by Arthur Harrison, that the school was originally founded by Arthur and Thomas Harrison. The property belonging the school consists of two closes called the Great and Little Green,

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in Hilton, containing 9A. 0R. 28P., and an allotment of 2A. 0R. 22P. to the schoolmaster. in lieu of his right by the award in 1781, and a piece of land 1A. 0R. 29P., called the Barrow close. These premises in the hands of the schoolmaster are stated of the value of £30 per annum. The trustees are A. N. E. Mosley, and Wm. Eaton, Esqrs. The school is free for all the poor children of Hilton to be taught reading, writing, and accounts.

Arthur Harrison, in 1659, gave to the poor of Marston parish 20s. yearly, and 10s, to the school for the repairing it and augmenting the schoolmaster’s wages. In 1655, the above sums were secured on a close called the Poor’s Field, the property of John Herrick.

Heacock’s Charity, (see Etwall.)—7s. 6d. was, when paid, the share of this township.

Thomas Harrison, by will, left £40 to the poor of Hilton. This legacy, with a further sum of £20, supposed to have been given by a person of the name of Gisborne, is in the hands of John Brown, on promissory note dated May 20th, 1847, payable to the overseers of Hilton. The interest is distributed shortly after Christmas.

Mary Astill, in 1786, gave to the poor of Hilton a field called Strong Lands, let for £3 10s. per annum, said to be worth £6, but the claim of the poor does not fully appear. However, the sum is annually paid, and distributed, with others, soon after Christmas.

John Gisborne’s Charity, (see St. Werburgh, Derby.)—One poor person of Hilton is annually entitled to a gown or coat.

Miss Shemonds, in 1826, left by will £40, the interest of which was to be distributed among the poor widows of this parish who attended church. The principal is placed in the Burton-on-Trent Savings’ Bank, and the interest £1 5s. 0d. is distributed annually in November by the Vicar.

 

MARSTON ON DOVE TOWNSHIP.

Noon George, cowkeeper Spurrier Misses Grace and Sarah

Trimmer Rev. Henry Syer, B.A., vicar

 

Farmers.   Ensor George Heacock R. Samuel

Midlem William Slaney Henry, Half   Craft Farm Spurrier George

Spurrier Thomas   Carrier. Hill Samuel, to Bur­-

ton, on Thursday,   and to Derby on   Friday

 

HATTON TOWNSHIP.

Adams James, surgeon, Hatton Villa Adams Miss Sarah Allsop Mrs. Hannah Bakewell Mrs. Sophia Ball George, boot and shoemaker Ball James, fellmonger Blackshaw Henry, maltster and shopkeeper Chapman Thomas, shopkeeper Faulkner Samuel, timber merchant and   valuer Groves Joseph, vict., Castle Inn Hand Samuel, boarding and day school,   Tutbury Bridge

Leedham John, wheelwright Long John B., station master, Tutbury   Station Moore William, baker and brickmaker Osborne William, farm bailiff Radford Edmund, coal and lime merchant Roe Thomas, wheelwright Shephard & Co., coal & coke merchants Shepherd James, beerhouse Smith William, wheelwright Wallis Thomas, vict., Old Cock Whittaker William, blacksmith

 

Farmers.   Ball James Clamp Thomas

Dilk Elizabeth Faulkner Samuel Hackett Robert, Hat-   ton Field

Hallam John Hollis Jph, Hatton fld Moore William

Orme Elizabeth Stretton Chas., Hat-   ton House

 

Railway Conveyance. The North Staffordshire Railway Co.’s   station, from whence there are five trains   each way daily, between Derby and Ut- toxeter, and the same number daily,   between Burton-up-Trent and Tutbury.

On Sunday, two each way. John B. Long,   station master. Carrier. Locker George, to Uttoxeter, Wednesday;   Burton-on-Trent, Thursday; and Derby,   Friday.

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HILTON TOWNSHIP.

 

Post Office, at Thomas Turner’s. Letters arrive from Burton-on-Trent, at 9-30 a.m., and are despatched at 4 p.m.

 

Barton Robert, bricklayer Brownson David, saddler Camp Mr. Job Child Mr. Thomas Cliff George, vermin killer Cook Ralph, butcher and beerhouse Cook William, butcher Dawson Mr. Samuel Docksey Mr. Thomas Fearn Thomas, builder, wheelwright, and   ironmonger Fletcher Thomas, joiner Froggat Catherine, saddler & harness maker Gill Mr. Francis Gill Samuel, vict., King’s Head

Herrick Thomas, joiner, &c., Etwall road Hinkley Mr. William Hoult George, wheelwright Hoult Samuel, baker Hudson Joseph, baker and corn miller Hughes John, butcher Meakin Wm., vict, Old Talbot Milward Eld, day school Mousley John Hardcastle, solicitor, Hilton   Cottage Sherratt Joseph, spade and shovel maker Sproat Robert, travelling tea dealer Taylor Francis, brickmaker, Common Thornley John, schoolmaster

 

Blacksmiths. Lomas Rupert Sherratt George   Farmers. Marked * are Cow- keepers only. Archer Humphrey,   Common Archer John Archer Thomas Beer Richard, Hilton   Gange * Bromley George Brown Thomas Camp George, (and   cattle dealer)

Camp John, (and   cattle dealer,) Et-   wall road Camp Peter Dawson Joseph Docksey Joseph,   Common Hall Thomas Hill George, (and pig   dealer) * Hoult Henry Hudson Joseph Laban Samuel, (and   pig dealer) Noon Joseph * Smith William

Sproat Robert Spurrier William Taylor John   Shoemakers. Adams Frederick Adams John Blood Samuel Brooks Joseph Hoult Edwin Lygo Edward Moore William Vaughan Thomas   Shopkeepers. Brown John, (& baker) Bryan Ann

Poulton Thomas   Tailors. Astle Thomas Bull William Heath William (and   draper) Turner Thomas   Carriers. Hunt Sarah, to Derby   Monday, Wednesday   and Friday Yeomans Ann, to Der-   by, Tuesday and   Friday; and Burton­-   on-Trent, Thursday

 

HOON TOWNSHIP.

Archer Robert, farmer, Hoon Hay Archer Thomas, farmer, Hoon Mount

Ashby George, farmer, Hoon Villa Orme Thomas, farmer, The Hall

 

MARSTON MONTGOMERY, a parish and village, pleasantly situated on a gentle accli­vity, 14 miles W. by N. from Derby, and 7 miles S.S.W. from Ashbourn, contains 2,471A. 3R. 27P. of land, including roads; 101 houses, and 473 inhabitants, of whom 240 were males, and 233 females; rateable value, £2,791 14s. 6d. There are also 86 acres of common lands, of which trustees appointed by the parish have the management, and the income is applied to parochial purposes. There are seven trustees, of whom the rector of Cubley is one. The principal owners are Lord Vernon, J. Harrison, Esq., Rev. C. Landor, Thos. Goodall Copestake, Esq., William Bowyer, John Bowyer, William Webb, John Richardson, Wm. Allsop, Wm. Jeffery, Wm. Silcock, Mrs. Jane Lowndes, and the Earl of Chesterfield. The Church, dedicated to St. Giles, is a perpetual curacy, annexed to the rectory of Cubley. The Earl of Chesterfield, patron; Rev. Richard William Vevers, incumbent. The Church, an ancient Norman structure, with nave, chancel, gallery at the west end, and brick bellfry with 3 bells, was repaired in 1824, at a cost of £400. The parsonage is a small house north of the church. The tithe was commuted in 1842 for £140. The Wesleyans have a neat chapel, erected in 1845. A new school is about to be erected, the old one being unfit for use. Marston lodge, 1 mile N.W., a pleasant farm house. Hollyhurst, a farm 1 mile S.W. Waldley, 3 scattered farm houses, 1 mile S.W, from the village, the largest of which is the residence and property of Mr. William Bowyer. Woodhay, two farms, 2 miles N., with several other out farms.

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CHARITIES. —John Lowe, in 1686, gave to the poor of this parish 30s. a year, to be paid half-yearly, on St. Thomas’s day and Good Friday; paid from a farm in Marston Montgomery.

Walter Copestake, by will, in 1715, gave to the poor of Norbury and Roston the sum of 12s. out of a meadow called Hollis Holme, about 2 acres; and the clear yearly profits of the said meadow, over and above the said 12s., he gave to the poor of Marston Montgomery, to set out apprentices, or for other relief of the poor there, on every 1st of January and every Good Friday, by equal payments. The sum of £1 8s. was paid for a number of years for the poor of this parish, and was merely considered a rent-charge. We applied to the Rev. J. B. Copestake on the subject, who, in reply, dated 15th August, 1826, stated that he was entirely ignorant of the nature of the claims, and supposed they were specific gifts, but saw by the extract of the will that the latter was otherwise, and that he would write to his agent to look out the meadow, and inform them of its annual value, for the purpose of its application to what was specified in the will.

Arthur Bowyer, at the request of his father, gave to the poor of Marston Montgomery a piece of land called Bolhams’s Piece, containing about an acre and one rood, now let at the rent of £2 10s. yearly, and given by the minister and churchwardens on Good Friday and St. Thomas’s day.

Henry Jackson, in 1690, gave to the poor of Marston Montgomery the sum of 10s. a year for ever, to be paid by the heirs and possessors of his estate at Roston; the same to be laid out in 20 sixpenny loaves, and to be distributed by them and the rector to the poor, on St. Thomas’s day.

 

Allcock William, cooper and parish clerk Allsop William, gent Brindley George, shopkeeper Cope Samuel, vict. Crown Inn Freer Rev. Wm., Haughton, M.A., curate Harrison Charles, blacksmith

Harrison William, tailor Hudson Edward, brick, tile, and drain pipe   maker, Marston Brick yard Jeffery George, shoemaker Lowndes Mrs. Jane Parkes George, vict., Cross Keys

 

Farmers. Adkins George (and   beerhouse) Common Appleby John, Four   Lane ends Barnett Elizabeth,   Wood Hay Beck Wm., Bank Top Bill Hannah Bowyer Wm. Waldley Brindley Thomas Brownson John, Holly   Hurst

Chamberlain John Chamberlain Thomas Cope Samuel Deville Thomas, The   Bank Dyche Wm., Brook Emery John, Mount   Pleasant Goodall Michael,   Waldley Goodall William,   Woodhouse

Jeffery William (and   butcher) Mellor William, Old   Field House Nash John, Common Oakden Robert Parker John Henry,   The Lodge Parkes Thos. (& shmkr) Prince Geo., The Park Roberts John, Wood-   house Silcock John, Waldley

Silcock Thomas, (and   beerhouse) Thur­-   vaston Silcock Wm., Brook Talbot John, Witerley Townsend John,   Woodhouse Twigg Wm., Common Walker Edward,   Wood Hay Watson Stephen, The   Bank Wordsworth Anthony

 

MUGGINTON is an extensive parish, containing the townships of Mugginton, Mercaston, and Ravensdale Park, in this Hundred, and Weston Underwood, in the Morleston and Litchurch Hundred, and comprises 5190A. 0R. 34P. of land; rateable value, £7,221 6s. 6d.; and in 1851, had 141 houses, and 719 inhabitants, of whom 373 were males and 346 females. The parish is 7½ miles in length, and in some parts 3½ miles in width. Lead ore has been found in the parish.

MUGGINTON, a township and well-built village, pleasantly situated on an eminence, 7 miles N.W. from Derby, contains 2,076A. 3r. 0p. of land, a gravelly marl with some lime­stone, of which about one-third is arable; rateable value, £2,843. In 1851, it had 54 houses, and 262 inhabitants, of whom 141 were males, and 121 females. The owners are, Lord Scarsdale, Thomas Hallowes, Esq., William Bateman Morely, Esq., George Poyser. Esq., Rev. H. R. C. Pole, Rev. J. Bateman, Mrs. Bateman, Duffield School, and others.

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Thos. Hallowes, Esq., is lord of the manor. The Church, dedcated to All Saints, is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £9 12s. 8½d., now £525. Edw. Sacheverel Chandos Pole, Esq., is the patron; Rev. Hy. Reginald Chandos Pole, B.D., rector, and the Rev. C. R. Hope, M.A., officiating curate. The Church, situated on a commanding eminence, is a large Gothic structure, with nave, chancel, side aisles, square tower, surmounted by pinnacles, and 4 bells; will seat about 500 persons, and was thoroughly renovated in 1805, at a cost of £217. The stone of which the tower is built is of a perishable nature, but heavy but­tresses have been erected against it for support. In the chancel is the tomb of Sir Richard Kniveton, who died in 1400, and of his wife, Joan, on which are two large and five small metal figures. The rectory, a handsome mansion pleasantly situated a little N. from the church, was enlarged in 1853, by the Rev, C. R. Hope, at a cost of £500, and has 25 acres of glebe. In the churchyard are two fine yew trees, one of which is supposed to be above 1000 years old. The Feast is the first Sunday after November 1st, In 1840, a neat brick school-room was erected, partly from the funds of Mrs. F. Pole’s charity and partly by subscription, 20 boys being on the foundation, but the girls’ school is supported by subscription. At Domesday survey, this manor (Mogintune) was held by Chetel, under Henry de Ferrars. In the reign of Edward I., the manor and advowsons were in moieties between the families of Chandos and Stafford. Chandos’s moiety passed by a female heir to the immediate ancestor of Edward Sacheverel Pole, Esq. Stafford’s moiety, in the reign of Henry IV., was in the family of Dethick, and in that of Rolleston in the reign of Eliza­beth. Nathaniel Hallowes purchased it in 1654.

MERCASTON, a township, and small village, 7½ miles N.W. from Derby, contains 1122 acres of fertile land, of which about one-third is arable; rateable value, £1527; and in 1851, it had 23 houses, and 137 inhabitants, of whom 70 were males and 67 were females. Edward Sacheverel Chandos Pole, Esq., is lord of the manor and sole owner, except one acre of glebe which belongs to the rector. At the Norman survey here was a church, of which no traces are now extant. The Hall, an ancient house, formerly the residence of Sir Richard Kniveton, is now a farm house, in the occupation of Messrs. George and Thomas Webster. Wild Park Farms, are 1¼ miles W. from Mugginton. New House, a good farm, one mile W. from Mugginton. The tithe was commuted in 1845 for £92 13s. 5d. per annum. This manor, Merchenestune, was for many generations the property and seat of a younger branch of the Knivetons of Bradley, who were settled here as early as the reign of Edward III. Their descendant, Wm. Kniveton, Esq., was one of the Baronets created by James I., soon after the institution of the order in 1611. Sir Andrew Kniveton, the third Baronet, was a zealous royalist, and governor of Tutbury Castle for the King. He suffered much in his property, and was obliged to sell most of his estates. This manor was purchased by an ancestor of E. S. C. Pole, Esq. This township is entitled to one-sixth part of German Pole, Esqr.’s charity.—(See Radbourn.)

RAVENSDALE PARK is a township, with a few scattered farm houses and cottages, 1 mile N.W. from Mugginton, contains 623A. 3R. 31P, of land, gravelly loam on the hills, and peat in the valleys, 10 houses, and 175 inhabitants, of whom 42 were males, and 33 females; rateable value, £433 15s. Lord Scarsdale is lord of the manor and sole owner, except 28A. 3R. 28P., which belongs to Ashbourn Grammar School, and 6 acres to E. S. C. Pole, Esq. Tithe was commuted in 1845 for £42 18s. 5d. per annum. The liberty is noted for a sulphurous spring. This estate was sold by Sir Andrew Kniveton, in 1649, to William Bache, Esq., and by Mr. Bache, in 1673, to Sir John Curzon, Bart., ancestor of the Right Hon. Lord Scarsdale.

WESTON UNDERWOOD, a pleasant village, situated on an acclivity on the Derby and Wirksworth road, and in the Hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, 6 miles N.W. by N. from Derby, contains 1367A. 2R. 3P. of land; rateable value, £2417 11s. 6d. In 1851 it had 54 houses, and 245 inhabitants, of whom 120 were males, and 125 females. Lord Scars­dale sole owner and lord of the manor. The tithe was commuted in 1850 for £164 3s. 11d. per annum, paid by his lordship, the farms being let free of tithe. The Scarsdale Arms,

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in the village, is a noted inn, occupied by Mr. Samuel Newbould, at which there are held two sick clubs. This estate belonged to the Knivetons, but was in the Curzon family as early as 1416. Hall Close, a farm one mile W. Moseylee farms, one mile N. from the village. Considerable improvements have been made in the buildings, particu­larly at the out-farms, which are now very conveniently arranged. On the farm occupied by Mr. Thos. Poyser, may be traced the site of the Old Hall, and in a field adjoining, there is one of the finest springs of soft water in the county.

CHARITIES.—Rev. Samuel Pole, by indentures, in 1746, made over to German Pole, Esq., of Radbourn Hall, one moiety of certain premises for teaching poor children of this parish; and further reciting, that Ann Pole, their mother, had by her will given £100, after the death of her son John, for the instruction of poor children of Radbourn, and that John Pole was dead, and the £100 was in the hands of G. Pole, Esq., who, to secure the same, purchased the other moiety for £100; and, in consideration of which, a close, called the Upper Butt Meadow, lying in Turnditch, was conveyed on trust to pay one moiety of the profits to Samuel Pole and his successors, rectors of Mugginton, whom he appointed perpetual trustees, and thereby directed that eight children should be instructed or as many more as they should think proper; and permitting that if any person was desirous to found a school they might join with such person. It appears from a table in the church, that Mr. Francis Pole gave certain premises at Clifton, near Ashbourn, called the Little Wood and Cross Pingle; and, in the returns of 1786, it is mentioned as having been given, by deed, in 1751, for teaching 10 poor children. We have not found this deed. The land consists of 4 acres of meadow, let for £12 per annum. The Butt Meadow, in Turnditch, contains 5A. 0R. 3P. of grass land, and a limestone quarry of 2A. 3R. 5P. The close is now let for £11 per annum. The limestone pit has not been worked for the last 25 years. The money received for the lime which has been gotten has been invested in the funds, and there is now £967 7s. 2d. stock, new four-per-cents, standing in the names of the trustees, E. S. C. Pole, Esq., of Radbourn hall, and the Rev. H. R. C. Pole, rector of Mugginton; producing an annual dividend of £38 13s. 10d.* On the inclosure of Hulland Ward, about an acre was set out to the trustees in respect of the above named close, now let for £2 10s. per annum. Of the whole of these incomes one moiety is paid to the schoolmaster of Radbourn, and the other, with the rent of the land at Clifton, to that of Mugginton. In consideration of the income, £38 1s. 11d., the master teaches 36 poor children; 13 of Mugginton, 3 of Mercaston, and 20 of Weston, but at the time of our enquiry, there was not above one-third that number taught.

Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity.—(See Bradley.) £5 10s. is received by this parish, and laid out in flannel and cloth, which is given to the poor at Christmas.

 

MUGGINTON TOWNSHIP.

Bates Francis, shoemaker Beeson William, parish clerk Ford John, corn miller and shopkeeper Hind John, schoohmaster Hope Rev. Chas, Rt., B.A., Curate, Rectory

Hutchinson Mr. Thomas Morley William Bateman, Esq. Poyser Mr. George Wheeldon George; vict., Cock Inn

 

Farmers.   Allen Job, Newlands Beeson John Boam William Clark Charles Colebourne Jesse

Eyre Mary, Cockley   Farm Fearn Edmund Ford Benjamin Ford John Horobin George

Johnson John, Shuck-   ton Manor Redford William,   Mansell Park Salt Wm. (& blksmth) Smith Isaac, Mansell   Park

Tempest Joseph Wathey Hannah Wheeldon George Wilder Sml., Cockshut   Hill Wilmott Wm. & John

 

* We were unable to obtain any satisfactory statement of the funds of this charity, but have reason to believe they are much larger than stated here—ED.

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MERCASTON TOWNSHIP.

Allsop Joseph, blacksmith Radford Henry, corn miller

Ride German, vict., White Stoop Wood Sarah, cowkeeper

 

Farmers. Alton Wm. & Thos. Archer Dl., Wild Park

Archer Sl, Wild Park Bembridge Benjamin Johnson H. (& butcher)

Morley G., Wild Park Travis George Webster George and

Thomas, Hall Webster Samuel, Top   House

 

RAVENSDALE PARK TOWNSHIP.

 

Holmes Charles, shoemaker

Phillips Elijah, wheelwright

 

Farmers.   Bembridge Wm.

Brown Wm. & Thos Ford Thomas Holmes Edward

Johnson Jno., junior Lockett Samuel

Metcalf William Wallis George

 

WESTON UNDERWOOD TOWNSHIP.

 

Curzon Hon. Miss Sophia, Weston Lodge Atkin John, shopkeeper Bradley William, bricklayer Clark William, cowkeeper Harrison John, shoemaker Hollingworth Edmund, wheelwright and   joiner

Hough Samuel, tailor Hunt Samuel, constable Newbold Samuel, vict,, Scarsdale Arms Ride Hugh, carpenter Ride Isaac, carpenter Ride William, wheelwright

 

Farmers.   Argile William, Hall   Close Draycott John, Ivy   House

Hunt Judith, (and   maltster) Jackson Joseph Johnson Frederick M’c Kinnell Maria Newbold Samuel

Poyser George, junior,   Bottom House Poyser Thomas, Top   House Ride Ann

Robinson Thomas,   Moseylee Sowter Samuel Stone John Wheeldon W., Clouds