NORBURY-WITH-ROSTON is a township, parish, and small scattered village, 16 miles W. from Derby, and 4 miles S.W. by W. from Ashbourn, pleasantly situated on the Dove, and contains 2207A. 1R. 7P. of fertile land; rateable value £4131 11s. 8d. In 1851, it had 103 houses, and 475 inhabitants, of whom 237 were males, and 238 females. The principal owners are Thomas Fitz Herbert, Esq., John Harrison, Esq., George Whitgreave, Esq., T. G. Copestake, Esq., Wm. Orpe, Esq., and John Orpe, Esq., the former is lord of the manor. The land is tithe free. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone structure, in the style of the 14th century. From the various styles it comprehends it is evident it has been erected at different periods. It has nave, chancel, side aisles, square tower, and three bells. The chancel, which is a fine specimen of the decorated style, extends 48 feet in length from the oak screen, separating it from the nave, and 20 feet in width lighted by 8 large pointed windows, of three bays, with curvilineal tracery, four on each aide, divided from each other by only the breadth of the buttresses which support the walls. The windows are completely filled with stained glass, which is in good taste and evidently coeval with the building. On some of them, the initials (NF) are placed, from which it is supposed the church has been altered and repaired at the expense of Nicholas Fitzherbert. In 1841 it was completely renovated at a cost of £1200, raised by subscriptions, grants, and rates. The present rector took a very active part in raising the necessary funds. In the church are several beautiful monuments to the Fitzherbert family. One near the east end, is to Sir Henry Fitzherbert, 6th Lord of Norbury, who was knight of the shire of Derby in 1298 and 1307. There are also two others of alabaster, one to Nicholas Fitzherbert, and another to Ralph Fitzherbert, the latter of whom appears in a list of noblemen who in the reign of Edward 4th, entered into an indenture to aid and assist William, Lord Hastings, and his part to take against all persons, &c. There is also one to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, a celebrated writer on the law, who was born here and died May 27th, 1538. Some of

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these monuments have been removed from the place they first occupied, on account of their being unprotected and subject to injury. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Snelston annexed, valued in the King’s book at £15 16s. 0½d., now £700. The Rev. Clement F. Broughton, M.A., is patron and incumbent. The rectory, a large handsome mansion, with projecting eaves and a handsome conservatory adjoining, is situated on an eminence a little south of the church. There are 58A. 1R. 28P. of glebe. A National school was erected in 1832, by subscription, aided by a small grant from the National school society. It is a neat brick building with residences for the teachers; about 60 children attend, who pay a small weekly payment. The bequest of Thomas Williams, who founded a school, and endowed it in 1678 with land now let for £18 a year, is appropriated to the National school. The North Staffordshire Railway runs through the parish about 200 yards N. W. of the church, and has a small station here. The manors of Norbury and Roston are described in Domesday survey as held by one Henry, under Henry de Ferrars. Robert de Ferrars, son of Henry, gave the manor to the prior and convent of Tutbury, who in the year 1125, conveyed it to William Fitzherbert, in fee-farm rents, subject to the yearly rent of  100s.

 

ROSTON is a considerable village, 5 miles S.W. from Ashbourn, and three-quarters of a mile S.E. from Norbury. John Harrison, Esq., of Snelston Hall, is the principal owner. The common was enclosed in 1818, and the tithes were commuted in 1844, for £210. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here, built in 1847, the land for which was given by Mr. William Smith, of Sedsall. Birchwood Park, one mile E. from Roston, is a consider­able estate, on which it is supposed there is coal and copper, and propositions have been made to the owner for the getting of it.

CHARITIES.—Thomas Williams, in 1687, devised to the rector of Norbury and two others, two closes called Bill’s Nether Meadow, and the Under-Town-Intake, in trust; the rents and profits thereof for the maintenance of a schoolmaster, to teach all the children in the parish of Norbury, Roston, and Snelstone. New trustees have never been appointed and the whole management has devolved on the rector of Norbury for the time being. The property consists of two closes in Roston, about 11 acres, let for £16 4s. per annum. A schoolroom was built many years ago, upon the waste by the road side, out of the income of the charity, aided by subscriptions. By the award of an Inclosure Act, passed 1818, the site and a garden adjoining were set out to the school, with an allotment of nearly an acre. The house and garden are occupied by the master, and the allotment is let at 12s. per annum. In consideration of this income, all the children of the above townships are taught free.

Robert Bill, about the year 1728, gave a close called the Poor’s Croft, in Roston, containing 4A. 0R. 28P. with a dole meadow. Upon the inclosure of the common fields, the commissioners set out to Thomas Maskery, as trustee for the Poor’s land, an allotment of 1R. 3P., in respect of the Poor’s croft., and 1A. 2R. 9P. in lieu of the dole. There are no documents relating to this charity. Mr. Maskery and his ancestors have successively acted as trustees thereof. The Poor’s Croft, with a part of the meadow, was, till 1825, let for £6 per annum, but was then advanced to £15. The allotment is let for 10s., and the residue of Boston Meadow, 3R. 20P. for 30s. per annum. The amount is distributed on New Year’s day, amongst the poor of the parish.

Greensmith’s Charity.—No docuhents were to be found relating to this. The yearly sum of £2 is paid by Rev. C. F. Broughton, as being charged upon property in Roston, purchased by Samuel Evans, by whom the sum was paid in 1786. This is distributed with Bill’s charity.

Walter Copestake’s Charity.—The yearly sum of 12s. is received on account of Walter Copestake’s Charity, and 20 sixpenny loaves, on account of Henry Jackson’s charity.—(See Marston Montgomery.)

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Those marked * reside at Roston.

 

Allen Thomas, vict., Holly Bush Bettelley John & Elizabeth, National school,    Green lane Bill Arthur, parish clerk Broughton Rev, Clement Francis, M.A.,   rector of Norbury-cum-Snelston. * Harrison Thomas, shopkeeper * Hutting Joseph, shopkeeper * Kent Thomas, farrier

Orpe Mr. William, Birchwood Moor Pakeman William, brickmaker * Prince George, shopkeeper * Smith Charles, butcher Smith George, butcher, Green Lane Turner Mr. William Vinney Samuel, station master * Walker Joseph, blacksmith * Walker Thomas, shoemaker

 

Farmers. Marked 1 are Cow- keepers. * Appleby Thomas * Barlow Matthew Bull Edward, Com-   mon. * Clarke John * Clarke Mary and   John * Edwards Nathaniel * Harrison Elizabeth

* Harrison Joseph * 1 Heath Joseph Land George, Herds   Ground Maskery Thomas,   Norbury Hall * Mould Richard * Mould Thomas Orpe John, Birch-   wood Moor Pakeman John, (and   corn miller,) Nor-   bury Mill

Sampson Luke, Birch-   wood Park Sampson Luke, jun.,   High Grounds Salt George, Shep-   herd’s Wood Sillito George, Green   Lane * Smith Bartholomew   Massey * 1 Udale Matthew * Wood Thomas * Yeomans Thomas

Railway Convey- ance. The North Stafford   shire Line, (Ash-   bourn branch) from   whence there are   4 passenger trains   each way daily to   Rochester and Ash-   bourn. Saml. Vin­-   ney, station master

 

OSMASTON, a township, parish, and village, pleasantly situated on an acclivity 2½ miles S.E. from Ashbourn, contains 1,192 acres of land, sand and gravel, with portions of clay on the high grounds, and is principally used for grazing purposes; rateable value £1,851 15s. 6d. In 1851 it had 68 houses and 366 inhabitants, of whom 179 were males, and 187 females. Francis Wright Esq , is lord of the manor, and principal owner, but Mrs. Sarah Greaves, Robert and Francis Johnson, Esqrs., are also owners. The Church, dedicated to St. Martin, was built at the sole expense of Fras. Wright, Esq., in place of the former dilapidated structure, at a cost of £8000, and was opened for divine service, June, 1845 It is a beautiful edifice, in the decorated style, as it prevailed in the middle of the 14th century, and consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, west tower, south porch, and vestry; the extreme length being 94 feet by 42 feet wide. The main portion of the wall is built of dark mountain limestone, the windows, doorways, and ornamental parts being carved in cream coloured freestone, the dark grey of the one agreeably contrasting with the light and lively tone of the other. The pulpit, desk, and fittings are all of oak, the former being filled with pannelled tracery. The font, of Roche Abbey stone, is a large circular bowl, with a continuous lotus ornament on the upper part. The tower contains a peal of 5 bells and a handsome clock by Whitehurst, of Derby. The first stone of the old church was laid in 1400, but in consequence of the unsettled state of the country, was not finished till 1600. The village was then called Whitestone, afterwards Osmaston-in-the-Wood. The tithe was commuted in 1837, for £107, and there are 23A. 2R. 20P. of glebe land, belong­ing to the incumbent. The living is a perpetual curacy. Francis Wright, Esq., is the patron, the Rev. Walter Shirley, incumbent, and the Rev. Gerard Smith, B.A., resident curate. The school with the school house, erected together with the church, at an expense of about £1000, is a suitable adjunct to that building, and is capable of accommodating 100 scholars. The average attendance is 83. Mr. John S. Marshall is the master.

Osmaston Manor, 1 mile S.W. from the church, is one of the most splendid mansions in the county, and was erected by Fras. Wright, Esq., at an expense of above £80,000. The building is in the pure Elizabethan style, 330 feet in length by 192 feet, and with the terraces covers 4 acres of ground. Henry J. Stevens, Esq., of Derby was the architect. The first stone was laid on the 22nd May, 1846, and the manor became the family residence on the 11th July, 1849. This mansion is an object of general attraction to the lovers of nature and art, and is distinguished, no less, by a generous Christian hospitality. A part of the

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parapet of the central tower will be observed to form the following sentence, in stone wrought capitals—“THE WORKS OF OUR HANDS ARE VANITY, BUT WHATSOEVER GOD DOETH IT SHALL BE FOR EVER.” The venerable yew trees and rich plantations of timber and shrubs greatly add to the beauty of the scenery. In the centre of the park is a fine reservoir, supplied by a water wheel, at the south end of the lake, and supplying the manor, the fountains, and the grounds with water. This manor, Osmundestune, was held with Brailsford, under Henry de Ferrars, at the Domesday survey. Alsin de Brailsford gave it to the priory of Tutbury. Matthew Kniveton died seized of the manor in 1562; after which, it passed with the Bradley estate to Godfrey Meynell, Esq., and eventually came into the possession of Fras. Wright, Esq. The Methodists have a chapel here. Feast first Sunday after November 11th, or on that day, if Sunday.

CHARITIES.—Edward Pegge, in 1666, gave £5 4s. yearly, to be given by 2s. a week, to buy twelve loaves, half to be given to six poor people in Ashbourn, and the other 6 loaves to poor people in Osmaston, every Sabbath day, in Osmaston church. And he granted the yearly rent of £5 8s., to be issuing out of certain premises in Sturston, one half to be paid to the churchwardens and overseers of Ashbourn, and the other half to those of Osmaston for the time being. And gave 4s., residue of the above sum, to the clerks of the two parishes, 2s. each. Mr. Joseph Bradley, of Ashbourn, pays the money, which is distributed as above.

Thomas Kniveton, in 1712, beqneathed a yearly rent issuing forth of his messuages in Osmaston, to be paid by the owners thereof; and directed that 26s. thereof should be paid to the officiating minister, for preaching a sermon in Osmaston church, on Ascension day and on St. Thomas’s day; the money in default thereof, to be given to the poor. And he directed that 20s., the other part, should be yearly paid to eight poor families, in Osmaston, on St. Thomas’s day. The sums are regularly paid from two small farms in the parish.

Gospel Greave Close.—A sum of £50, supposed to have been given for the benefit of the poor, but by whom is unknown, appears to have been laid out in the purchase of this close. The conveyance is dated 27th July, 1782—whereby Thomas Pares con­veyed to certain trustees and their heirs, the above close, containing 1A. 3R. 32P., in trust, to let the same at 12 o’clock on every 25th of December, in the church, to pay the rents thereof amongst such of the poor of Osmaston as the minister, churchwardens, and overseers should direct. The close is now let for £2 10s. per annum, which is dis­tributed on St. Thomas’s day,

 

Post Office, at Mr. John S. Marshall’s; letters arrive from Ashbourn at 7.30. a.m. and are despatched at 5.30. p.m.

 

Wright Francis, Eaq., Osmaston Manor Aulton Samuel, vict., Shoulder of Mutton Barnett John, joiner Charlesworth John, joiner Cayzer John, stone mason Doxey John, stone mason Doxey William. stone mason Hand William, gamekeeper Johnson Mrs Alice Johnson Francis, gent Kirkland John, cowkeeper Lamb George, gardener, Copse Hill

Marsden Alexander, wheelwright Marshall John S., schoolmaster Routledge Robert, farm steward Selby William, blacksmith Skinner George, joiner Smith Rev. Gerard, B.A., curate, Copse Hill Smith James, fitter Taylor Charles, shoemaker Tomlinson John, blacksmith Trivitt Robert, joiner Wibberley Bryan, shpkpr. & wheelwright Wheatley William, parish clerk

 

Farmers. Allsop Thomas, Blake   House Aulton Samuel

Baker Herbert, (& tlr) Bestwick George Brown W. Tinkers Inn Hall Thomas, New   Farm

Hallsworth John Jackson George Lee George, (& black-   smith) Pastures

Massey Richard Millward Thomas, (&   relieving officer) Prince Henry Sherwin Thomas

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RADBOURN, a parish and small scattered village, 4½ miles W. from Derby, contains 1923 acres of strong clay land; rateable value, £2146 10s.; and in 1851, had 47 houses and 230 inhabitants, of whom 118 were males and 112 females. Edward Sacheverel Chandos Pole, Esq., is lord of the manor, and sole owner, who resides at the Hall, a large and handsome brick and stone mansion, erected about 1740, in the Grecian style of architecture; it is pleasantly situated on a good elevation, in a well wooded park, and commands some beautiful and extensive views of the adjacent country. The Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a stone edifice, with nave, chancel, north aisle, low tower, and three bells: was re-pewed and new roofed in 1826. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s books at £8 3s. 4d., now £372. E. S. Chandos-Pole, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. Reginald Chandos-Pole, M.A. rector. The rectory is a good mansion, near the church, to which there are 130 acres of ancient glebe. The tithe was commuted in 1842, for £225. Here is a splendid monument to German Pole, Esq., (who died, in 1683,) and Ann, his wife. One to Ralph Pole, Esq., and several others of the Pole family. Radbourn was, at the Domesday survey, one of the manors of Henry de Ferrars. The co-heiresses of Robert Fitz-Walkelin, who lived in the twelfth century married Chandos and Stafford; and this manor, probably by the purchase of Stafford’s portion, became vested in Chandos. After the death of Sir John Chandos, the celebrated warrior, without male issue, in 1370, this estate passed to his representatives in the female line, and eventually to Sir Peter de la Pole, who married his niece, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Lawton. Sir Peter was one of the Knights of the shire in 1400. Ralph Pole, his son, was one of the Justices of the common pleas in the reign of Henry VI. German Pole, who died in 1683, founded and endowed a school for four poor children, agreeable to the will of his mother, Ann Pole. The income, £26 1s. 11d., is now paid to a schoolmaster appointed by the rector, who erected a house for the master in 1850. It is now a mixed school, with about 30 scholars, 10 of which are free—the rest pay from 3d. to 6d. per week each. The school is on the Common, about one mile from the village. Old Park House, a good residence, half-a-mile S.E. by S. from tile village, is the residence of E. S. Chandos-Pole, Jun., Esq. The parish was enclosed in 1793.

CHARITIES.—German Pole, by his will, in 1682, directed that his executors, within 12 months after his decease should purchase land of the clear ycarly value of £48, to hold to feofees, Sir Thomas Crosby, Bart., and six others, and their heirs, on trust that they should yearly, with the said monies, set forth six poor children to be apprentices to some trade such as they, with the advice of the ministers and churchwardens, should deem suitable, in the manner thereinafter mentioned, viz.; 1 for the town of Radbourn, 1 for Markeaton, 1 for Mickleover, 1 for Mackworth, 1 for Mercaston, and 1 for the town of Dalbury Lees; and should pay £8 a piece for the binding them apprentices, and directed they should be put forth in May or June in every year; and in case there were no children, male or female, fit to be bound apprentice, he directed that the money should be given to the poor in that town.

By deed, dated 1st January, 1687, Ann Pole, relict of German Pole, enfeoffed to trus­tees, property in Marston Montgomery, that they should out of the rents pay £48 yearly, without any deduction, for the above-named charity; and upon further trust that they should pay to the minister and churchwardens of Radbourn 10s. yearly, on St. Thomas’s day, for the poor of the said parish, which was in discharge for £5 which Henry Hemings gave to the poor of Radbourn. The property at Marston-Montgomery now lets for £120 per annum, and the dole of H. Hemings charity has been increased accordingly.

The said Ann Pole, in 1703, directed Samuel Pole, Esq., of Radbourn, and his heirs, to lay out £200 in the purchase of lands or a good rent charge, to make good the charity of £48 left by her late husband; 40s. per annum to defray the charges of the trustees; and the overplus she gave to the said Samuel Pole and his heirs.

In the years 1786 and 1787, timber was sold off the estate for £240 ; and the money afterwards vested in the funds; but in 1807 the stock was sold, and the money expended in

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the repairs of the buildings which had been set out on 5th April, 1801, as belonging to this charity. The farm was then let for £87 12s. per annum. In August, 1815, it was let on lease for 21 years, for £100 for the first 14 years, and £120 for the residue, with covenant for good husbandry, and to keep the buildings in repair, rough timber and bricks being found by the lessors; but owing to bad times several abatements of rent have been made. £12 12s. have been allowed as premiums, but as there are some balances remaining, and if the full rent be in future received, it is intended to give a larger premium for providing a good situation.

Adrian Munday, who died 1677, by will, gave to the poor of Markeaton, Mackworth, Allestree, Quarndon and Radbourn, to each town 20s. a year, to be distributed as the ministers and churchwardens should think fit; and he gave 4s. to each of the ministers and churchwardens for their trouble. He also gave to the town of Quarndon £3 a year, towards the hiring of a minister to read divine service at the chapel, and 20s. a year to the clerk; but directed that if there should be no minister, the sum of £4 should, during such vacancy, be distributed amongst the poor of the above-named towns, 16s. each to be paid at the same time as the 20s. For the payment he gave his mill and lands, at or near Ashover, to his kinsman, Gilbert Munday, of Allestree, and his heirs for ever, provided they should pay the said £10. The owner of the mill at Ashover pays the £10 to the minister of Quarndon, and 24s. is transmitted by him to Radbourn.

German and Millicent Pole, in 1682, gave a rent charge of £4 per annum to the poor of Radbourn. The yearly sum of £4 10s. is paid from the Radbourn estate to the rector, and distributed at Christmas. Probably the 10s. may be for Hemings charity, before noticed. 45s. a year is received from Hough’s charity. (See Dalbury.)

 

Chandos-Pole Edward Sach-   everell, Esq., Hall Boole James, schoolmaster Botham James, cowkeeper Chandos-Pole Edward Sach-   everell, Jun., Esq., Old   Park House         Chandos-Pole Rev. Reginald,   M.A., rector Lee Robert, blacksmith Mc Pherson Jno., landscape   gardener

Smith Thos. parish clerk Wilson James, farm bailiff,   Common              Wilson Jas., butler, Hall Woods Sarah, vict., Hare and   Hounds   Farmers. Bacon Thomas, Common Burnett Thomas Goodwin and Harper

Hinkley Hbrt., (& veterinary   surgeon) Pedley Thos., Common Thompson Thomas Walker Jno., Tyrrel Hay Wallace Jno., Silver Hill Wilson Jno., Common Winfield Wm., Common Woods Sarah WoolleyThos., Potlock Farm

 

SCROPTON-WITH-FOSTON, a parish, and large village, on the northern bank of the Dove, 11½ miles W.S.W. from Derby, and 7 miles N.W. from Burton-upon-­Trent, contains 3248A. 1R. 39P. of fertile land; rateable value, £5501; and in 1851 had 110 houses, and 515 inhabitants, of whom 274 were males, and 241 females. 468A. 3R. 13P. of the above quantity of land was awarded to this parish under the Needwood Forest En­closure Act, which passed in 1801, but not completed till 1811. Needwood Forest now forms one of the most beautiful and highly-cultivated territories in the honour of Tutbury, (Staffordshire,) and contains, exclusive of the public roads, 9437A. 2R. 31P. of land. It forms a separate ecclesiastical jurisdiction; and for the use of the inhabitants a handsome church, dedicated to Christ, was erected wider the powers of an act passed in 1805, and endowed by the King with 10 acres for the site of the church, parsonage-house, and churchyard, and 150 acres for the support of the minister, whose duty it is to baptize the young, visit the sick, and bury the dead. For baptism and burial double fees are paid, of which one-half is claimed by the incumbent of that parish from which they arise. The principal land owners are, John Broadhurst, Esq., Messrs. Wm. Shipton, Robert Shipton, and Thomas Shipton, Mrs. Sarah Eld, Mrs. Priscilla Jackson, Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Jph. Hellaby, and others. The Church, dedicated to St. Paul, an ancient edifice, having become much dilapidated, was taken down in 1855, and a handsome Gothic structure was erected on the

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site at a cost of £1600. It has a nave, chancel, and tower with three bells, and sittings for about 300 persons, the greater portion of which are free; The living is a perpetual curacy, certified at £49. John Broadhurst, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. John William Jones, B.A., incumbent, for whom the Rev. Jas. Alex. Wood, B.A., officiates. The church is a peculiar, and the rectory was appropriated to a chantry in the parish church. Here are 15 acres of glebe, and the tithe was commuted in 1847 for £125 6s. 4d. John Broadhurst, Esq., is the impropriator. A National school was erected in 1850, at a cost of £450, raised by subscription, and a grant from the National Society; the site (1½ acres) was given by John Broadhurst, Esq. Average attendance, 40 boys, and 20 girls. The North Staffordshire Railway runs through the parish and has a station here. The Feast is on the nearest Sunday to St. Paul’s day. The manors of Scrotun and Farulueston, at Domesday survey, belonged to Henry de Ferrars. The paramount manor afterwards, in the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster, was granted in 1628, to Wise and others. Brook House, near the Church, is an ancient half-timbered building with pointed gables, the property of John Broadhurst, Esq., and the residence of Mr. John Jackson.

FOSTON, a pleasant well-built village on the Derby and Uttoxeter road, 11 miles W.S.W. from Derby, and 7 miles E. by S. from Uttoxeter, had in 1851, 30 houses, and 140 inhabi­tants, of whom 74 were males, and 66 females. Jno. Broadhurst, Esq., is principal owner and lord of the manor. Foston Hall, a large handsome mansion, was totally de­stroyed by fire in 1836, and the only vestiges remaining are the coach house and stables. In the village is a good inn, in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Kniveton, where a lodge of the ancient order of Foresters is held. A considerable portion of the land is arable. Arthur Agard, born at Foston in 1540, was 45 years deputy chamberlain of the exche­quer and member of the original society of antiquaries; he died in 1615. This family held the manor as early as 1310. Their seat being at Foston, John Agard, Esq., sold the estate by the name of the Manor of Scropton and Foston, to Richard Bate, Esq., of whose descendant, Brownlow Bate, Esq., they were purchased by John Broadhurst, Esq.

CHARITIES.—Thomas Wall, by will, in 1807, bequeathed to four trustees £160 on trust, to be placed as good security, to apply the interest as follows, viz, that they should keep his monument in repair, and pay to the parish clerk of Scropton, 10s. 6d. yearly on the 2nd of February, for his trouble of keeping the same clean, and that they should purchase six tammy gowns yearly for ever, to be given to six poor widows of the hamlet of Foston and township of Scropton on the said day, and pay the residue to the churchwardens and overseers, to be laid out in bread and beef, to be distributed amongst the poor of the said places. It was determined at a meeting of the trustees, in July, 1826, that the money should be invested in the funds.

 

SCROPTON.

Those marked 1 reside at Heath Top; 2 Needwood Forest.

Allen Charles, plumber & glazier Archer John, shoemaker Barrows James, beerhouse & blacksmith Bartlett Richard Davis, station master Cotton Joseph, parish clerk

Lea Mr. Henry John 2 Mosley Tonman, Esq., East Lodge Turner Susan, schoolmistress Twigg William, beerhouse & shopkeeper

 

Farmers. Allen David, Scrop-   ton farm Bullock Thomas 1 Blagshaw William Faulkner James 1 Harper Thomas Jackson Ann

Jackson John, Brook   House 2 Orme George Reeve Francis Reeve John 2 Riddall William Shipton Robert Shipton Thomas Shipton, William

Stanley Edward Stretton John Tipper George Webb Dorothy   Railway Convey- ance. The North Stafford-

shire Railway Co   Station, from which   there are two trains   each way, between   Derby & Uttoxeter,   daily; Richard D.   Bartlett, station   master

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FOSTON.

 

Allsop William, wheelwright Bennett Thomas, shopkeeper Francis John, shopkeeper Kniveton Joseph, victualer, Crown Inn Marshall Sarah, cowkeeper

Moorcroft John, joiner Reeve Thomas, shopkeeper Sutton Joseph, blacksmith Thawley Joseph, cowkeeper Wood Rev. James Alexander, B.A., curate

 

Farmers. Allen Wm, High Lea Clamp Edwin, Hay   Lane

Kniveton Joseph Moore John, Brook   House Porter Francis, Hall   Farm

Reeve John, Rymes   Farm Salt Joseph, (and corn   miller)

Slater William Whittaker Richard,   Broon Hill farm

 

SHIRLEY parish contains the townships of Shirley, Stydd, and Yeavely; 2,911A. 0R. 8P. of land; rateable value £4,051, and in 1851 had 134 houses, and 659 inhabitants, of whom, 352 were males and 307 females.

SHIRLEY, a township and pleasant village, 10 miles N.W. from Derby, and 4½ miles S.E. by S. from Ashbourn, contains 1582A. 3R. 6P. of land (a strong marl), rateable value, £2,269 13s. 8d., and in 1851 had 74 houses, and 387 inhabitants, of whom, 207 were males and 180 females. Earl Ferrers is lord of the manor and a considerable owner. Fras. Wright, Esq., Rev. Thos. C. Brown, Mrs. Greaves and Messrs. Joseph Wibberley, Wm. Leedham, John Hitchcock, and Thos. Metcalf are also owners. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, an ancient edifice, contains chancel, side aisles, and tower with three bells; it was thoroughly repaired and the tower taken down, and rebuilt in 1842, at a cost of upwards of £600, raised by subscriptions and grants. The living is a Vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £6 13s. 4d., now £200, has been augmented with £200 benefactions, and £800 parliamentary grant. Earl Ferrers is the patron and impropriator; and the Rev. Eardley Wilmot Michell, B.C.L., Vicar, who resides at the Vicarage, a handsome mansion, a quarter of a mile N.E. from the church with 9 acres of glebe. In the centre aisle of the church is an ancient stone font, and in the churchyard an old stone cross; also a fine yew tree. In the north aisle is a handsome marble Tablet to the Right Rev. W. A. Shirley, Bishop of Sodor and Man, and for some years previous Archdeacon of Derby, and Vicar of this parish. He died April 22nd, 1847. The tithe is commuted for £150. The National school with residence for the teacher, was opened in 1845, it is a neat Gothic building, and is attended by about 45 children, attached to which is a small library for the use of the parishioners. The Primitive Methodists and the New Connexion Methodists have each a chapel here, the former built in 1842, and the latter in 1855. In the Manor House, or Old Hall, the residence of the Shirleys, who settled here in the reign of Henry II, still remains one of the rooms which is wainscotted throughout—has the arms of the Ferrers carved in oak over the fire-place. It is nearly surrounded with a moat, and is occupied by Mr. William Goodall, whose family, with the exception of 25 years, have resided in it upwards of 450 years. This manor, Sireli, belonged to Henry de Ferrars. In the reign of Henry II., it was held under that family, by the immediate ancestor of Earl Ferrars, who seating himself here, took the name of Shirley. Soswallo or Sewall, the ancestor, occurs in Domesday, as holding manors (but not Shirley) under superior lords. Sir Thomas Shirley, who died in 1382, was a distinguished military character. His son, Sir Hugh, was slain at the battle of Shrewsbury. Sir Ralph, son of Sir Hugh, was a commander at the battle of Agincourt. Their descendant, Sir George, was created a baronet in 1611; and his great grandson, in 1677, had been declared Lord Ferrers, of Chartley, in virtue of his descent from that noble family, through one of the coheiresses of Deveroux. The Earl of Essex was in 1711 created Viscount Tamworth and Earl Ferrers. The church of Shirley was given to Darley Abbey, by Fletcher de Ireton, and confirmed by James de Sherley, about the year 1230.

 

STYDD township, and tithe and toll free liberty, contains 313 acres of strong fertile land, mostly pasture, 5 houses, and 34 inhabitants—of whom 17 were males, and 17

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females; rateable value, £400. Mrs. Goodall, John Potter, John Harrison and Joseph Frearson, Esqs., are the owners. The hall, 5 miles S. by W. from Ashbourn, in a picturesque and retired situation, belongs to Mrs. Goodall. Here was formerly a preceptory of knights hospitallers, dedicated to St. Mary and St. John the Baptist, to which Sir William Meynell was a great benefactor, in 1268, and at the dissolution had a revenue of £93 3s. 4d. The chapel has long been a ruin. A small portion of the wall and font still remain. Ralph le Fun, in the reign of Richard I., gave the hermitage of Stydd to the knights hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, on condition that he should inhabit it during his life. The site was granted by Henry VIII., in 1513, to Charles Lord Mountjoy conveyed by his son, in 1557, to Ralph Brown, and by him, in 1559, to Francis Colwich; it was afterwards in the family of Hurd, and then the property of John Walker, Esq.

YEAVELEY, a township and chapelry, 4 miles S. from Ashbourn, contains 1,015A. 1R. 2P. of fertile land; rateable value, £1,381 5s. 4d. and in 1851, had 55 houses and 238 inhabitants, of whom 128 were males, and 110 females. Earl Ferrers is lord of the manor. The principal owners are John Harrison, Esq., Rev. German Buckston, Thomas Skevington, and William Robinson, Esqrs. The Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a neat brick structure, with a tower and one bell, erected in 1840, and contains 154 sittings, of which 74 are free. The cost was about £500, raised by subscriptions and a grant from the Incorporated Society. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £51. The Vicar of Shirley, patron, and Rev. Henry S. Pearson, B.A., incumbent. The tithe was commuted in 1839— £50 for the large tithe, to Mrs. Kinnersley, the impropriator, and £20 the small tithe, to which the Vicar of Shirley adds £25 for the minister. The common was enclosed in 1840. The parsonage is a neat Gothic building, erected at a cost of about £1,000. A National school was erected in 1840; and the Independents have a chapel, in which they have service on a portion of the Sunday, and the Primitive Methodists occupy it on the other portion. Feast, first Sunday after August 16th.

HALES GREEN, a small village 1 mile N.W. of Yeaveley.

CHARITIES.—Edward Pegge gave 20s. yearly to the poor of Shirley, 10s. at Christmas, and 10s. at Easter; also 15s. to the poor of Yeaveley, in the same manner. These sums are paid by the owner of the impropriate rectory of Shirley, to the churchwardens, at Christmas and Easter.

Elizabeth Pegge gave 6s. 8d. to the poor of Shirley, and 3s. 4d. to the poor of Yeavely. These are charged upon a close in Rodsley, in the parish of Longford, the property of Wm. Fearn, and are given with the above.

Robert Goodall gave 12 twopenny loaves to the poor of Shirley township, to be dis­tributed every Christmas-day, and the same number every Easter-day. This is charged on two pieces of land at Kniveton, one called Field-head, and the other Horsley Piece, the property of Mr. Goodale, of Middleton, near Wirksworth.

Edward and Elizabeth Pegge’s Charities,—(see Shirley.)—The yearly sums of 7s. 6d. 7s. 6d., and 3s. 4d., received by the chapel warden, are distributed to the poor of Yeaveley chapelry.

Mr. John Morley, Shirley Brook, gives to the poor of the parish 3d., and a can of milk every Christmas-eve.

Humphrey Calvert’s Charity.—(see Edlaston and Wyaston.)

 

SHIRLEY TOWNSHIP.

Adams William, timber merchant Bailey Charles, builder Blake William, shopkeeper Dale Thomas, shoemaker Dale William, tailor Derbyshire George, gardener Gadsby William, blacksmith and manufac-   turer of chemical manures Greatorex James, bricklayer Leedham William, butcher

Maskrey Ann, milliner, &c Maskrey Joseph, carpenter Mason Harriet, schoolmistress Michell Rev. Eardley Wilmot, B.C.L.,.Vicar Rix William, vict., Saracen’s Head Steeple Mrs. Sarah Waring Joseph, brick maker Wibberley Mrs. Ellen Wright Thomas, shoemaker Yeomans Mrs. Elizabeth

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Farmers. Beeston Joseph (and   builder) Blore Hannh; Pit Hay Bonsall Matthew, Old   Vicaraqe

Chadfield Jph., Com-   mon Copestake Thomas,   Old Park Dakin Wm., Old Park Dale Robert Gilman William (and   corn miller)

Goodall Gilbert Goodall John Goodall Wm. Old Hall Hitchcock John Hudson William Litchfield James,   Common Metcalf Thomas

Morley John, Brook Pegge Joseph, Park Pegge William Rix William Walker Charles, Lodge Wibberley Joseph,   Wormsey Yeomans John

 

YEAVELEY TOWNSHIP.

Pearson Rev. Henry S., incumbent Archer Samuel, schoolmaster Atkin Ann, shopkeeper Clewes William, joiner and wheelwright Derbyshire Mrs. Ann Jeffery John, joiner Kenderdine Mr. Thomas

Manlove Thos., vict., Horse Shoe Potter John, beerhouse, butcher, & shopkpr Robinson George, plumber and glazier Smith Edward, shoemaker Stafford Thomas, shoemaker Thompson William, blacksmith Titterton John, shoemaker

 

Farmers. Those marked 1, re- side at Hales Green. 1 Bladon Ann Chadfield John Clewes Martha Cooper Geo., Gravelly   bank

Eyre Henry, Booth   Hay 1 Hodgkinson James Hunt Joseph, Scott’s   Green 1 Kenderdine Thos. jun Manlove Thos. Mills Joseph, Yeaveley   Cottage

Oakden Mary Potter Ann & Thos. Potter John Robinson William 1 Udall Basil, Old   Waste 1 Whitehurst John,   Lessuers

Carrier. Manlove Thomas, to   Derby on Friday,   and Ashbourn on   Saturday.

 

STYDD TOWNSHIP.

Farmers.

Faulkner George, The Hall

Robinson John Thompson John, wheelwright

Udall Thomas, Stydd House

 

SNELSTON, a township, parish, and village, pleasantly situated, 14 miles W. by N. from Derby, and three miles S.W. from Ashbourn, contains 2072A. 1R. 1P. of rich land, mostly pasture; rateable value £3112. In 1851, it had 81 houses, and 389 inhabitants, of whom 201 were males, and 188 females. The North Staffordshire railway runs through the parish, and occupies 9A. 3R. 2P. of land. John Harrison, Esq., is the principal owner, and lord of the manor. Lord Scarsdale, Thomas Fitzherbert, Esq., J. G. Copestake, Esq., and the Hon, and Rev. Augustus Duncombe, have also estates here. Many of the farm houses have been lately rebuilt, some of which are extensive dairy farms. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is an ancient Gothic structure, covered with luxuriant ivy. It has nave, chancel, side aisles, and handsome tower, with a clock and three bells, and the interior is neatly fitted up. The living is a perpetual curacy annexed to the rectory of Norbury, valued at £350. The tithe is paid by rate. Rev. Clement F. Broughton is patron and incumbent, and the Rev. Joseph Cockerham, curate. A new school was erected in 1849, by John Harrison, Esq., at a cost of about £400, who also supports the same. The average attendance of children is about 40. Snelston Hall, is a handsome Gothic mansion, 2¾ miles S.W. from Ashbourn, situated in a fine park of 350 acres; the gardens and pleasure grounds are laid out with great taste, and shew a great diversity of trees and shrubs. On the south side of the hall is a fine sheet of water, which adds much to the beauty of the scenery. Snelston was held by Walter de Montgomery, under the Earl of Lancaster, in the reign of Edward I. Robert Docksey was lord of the manor in 1599, by whose descendant part of the estate was sold, about 1780, to Mr. William Bowyer, whose daughter married first, Edward Walhouse Okeover, Esq., and afterwards the Rev. Thomas Langley, by whom she had one son and one daughter, but they dying in their infancy, the estate reverted to her father’s only sister, and from her it came into the possession of John Harrison, Esq., the present owner. Children of this parish are entitled to the benefit of

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the school at Norbury, founded by Rev. Thomas Williams. DARLEY MOOR, one mile S.S.E. from Snelston, consists of a few cottages. Lime Works, one mile S.W. from Snelston, usually known as Birchwood Lime Works, are the property of John Harrison, and Thomas Fitzherbert, Esqrs.

CHARITIES.—Robert Docksey, in 1704, gave to the poor of Snelston 40s. yearly, out of a close called Townsend Croft, to be laid out in coals. This payment was discontinued about 1814. John Harrison, Esq., is the present owner of the field, and pays the annuity.

Mr. Brunt, it is stated in the Parliamentary Returns of 1780, gave £1 per annum to the poor of Snelston, at that time paid by Mr. Hope. Until 1802 the annual sum of £1 was distributed by the churchwardens and overseers, and during the latter part of the continuance of the payment it was made by William Copestake, the tenant of the Rev. C. S. Hope, who on selling a part of his estate, Mr. Copestake became the purchaser of the cottage and croft, which are now the property of Henry Copestake; but we have not been able to find any other evidence to shew whether this annual payment was charged thereon, or on any other part of the property. *

Henry Bould, by indenture, in 1804, granted to five trustees, and their heirs, a messuage and six parcels of land, containing by estimation eight acres, situate at Darley Moor, on trust that, after paying all necessary expenses, they should apply the residue of the rents during the year amongst such legally settled poor inhabitants of Snelston as should not receive weekly pay, not exceeding 10s. 6d. for any grown person, or 5s. for a child. The property consists of a house, garden, orchard, and four fields altogether about eight acres, let for £16 per annum. The distribution takes place in Jannary and May.

 

Harrison John, Esq., The Hall Banks Samuel, vict. and blacksmith, Three   Horse Shoes Bates William Goodwin, bailiff, Snelston   Cottage Cockerham Rev. Joseph, curate Cross John, coachman, Hall Gough Miss Elizabeth, Thorney Hill Harris James, tailor and cowkeeper Harrison Joseph, cowkeeper Holland James, footman, Hall Holmes Charlotte, schoolmistress

Oakden Edward, vict, and limeburner,   Queen Adelaide Pentland Alexander, gardener, Hall Sampson Luke, lime burner, Birchwood   Park Old Lime Works Shaw James, gamekeeper, Hall Shepherd Susannah, housekeeper, Hall Smith Mary, vict., Snelston Inn Smith Robert, butcher Sowter William, butler, Hall Tomlinson William, butcher Walker Fanny, cowkeeper, Darley Moor

 

Farmers. Amott George, Brook   House Appleby Jane Archer Saml, Ashton   Close Archer Thomas Banks Samuel Eames Samuel

Eaton Stephen, (and   miller) Evans Isaac A. Evans Robert, The   Elms Frost Samuel, Wind-   mill Hill Gadsby Thomas, Hed- low Field

Gough Wm., Thorney   Hall Harris Thomas, (and   tailor) Hope George, (and   joiner) Hurd Thomas, Hana-   ker Hill Mountaney William,   (and butcher)

Oakden Edward Sampson Luke Smith Walter, Knave   Holme Stnbbs Wm., Darley   Moor Wright Samuel, (and   blacksmith)

 

SOMERSALL HERBERT, with Church Somersall, Somersall Heath, and part of Hill Somersall, is a small parish, 16 miles W. from Derby, 3½ miles E.N.E. from Uttoxeter, and 9 miles S. by W. from Ashbourn, it contains 697A. 2R. 22P. of land, a strong marl; rateable value £1,172, and in 1851 had 20 houses and 111 inhabitants, of whom 48 were males, and 63 females. The principal owners are Lord Vernon, Sir Henry Fitz-Herbert, Bart., and Rev. William Heaton Mousley, the former is lord of the manor, The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a plain stone edifice, with a low brick tower, and two bells. The body of the Church was rebuilt in 1836, at a cost of £340, raised by subscrip-

 

* This Charity appears to be lost.—Ed.

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tions The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s Book at £4 18s. 10d., now, £225. Sir Henry Fitz-Herbert, Bart., is the patron, the Rev. W. E. Mousley, incumbent, and the Rev. Fras. M. Spilsbury, M.A., officiating curate. The tithe was commuted in 1844 for £195. There are 23 acres of glebe. The rectory, a little N.W. from the church, is a handsome Elizabethan building, erected in 1851, at a cost of £2000. Somersall Hall an ancient half timbered mansion with pointed gables, erected in 1564, is situated a little east of the church, is the property of Sir Henry Fitz-Herbert, Bart., and the seat of his son Wm. Fitz-Herbert, Esq. At the Domesday survey this manor was held by Alric, under Henry de Ferrars. From 1252 it was held by the family of Fitz-Herbert. On the death of the late Richard Fitz-Herbert, Esq.. the last male heir, in 1803, it passed by bequest to his only surviving sister, Mrs. Frances Fitzherbert, and on her death to her nephew, the Rev. Roger Jackson. Mr. Jackson sold the manor to the late Lord Vernon, who sold the Hall to the late Lord St. Helens, (a title now extinct), and by whom it was given to his nephew, the present Sir Henry Fitz-Herbert, Bart.

 

Fitz-Herbert William, Esq., The Hall Bowring Abel, cowkeeper Bowring Edward, cowkeeper Grice Hannah, schoolmistress Kent William, parish clerk Spilsbury Rev. Francis Mosley, M.A.,   curate, Rectory Thawley John, shopkeeper	Warner David shoemaker Woolliscroft Mr. William
	Farmers. Cope Charles, Mill   Farm Hardy George	Pakenham John Pakeman Thomas Yates Thomas

 

SPONDON, a parish, containing the townships of Spondon. and Stanley, which, together have 4,189A. 2R. 38P. of land; rateable value £9,366 15s. 11d., and in 1851 had 426 houses and 2,052 inhabitants, of whom 985 were males and 1,067 females.

SPONDON, a township, parish, and large well built village, on a commanding eminence that overlooks the picturesque vale of the Derwent, 3 miles E. from Derby, contains many handsome modern residences, and has 3,089A. 2R. 38P. of fertile land; rateable value £7,600 3s. 11d.; and in 1851 had 347 houses and 1,672 inhabitants, of whom 785 were males and 887 females. William Drury Lowe, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal owner; the other owners are the Executors of the late Joseph Osborn, Esq., Chas. O. Hodges, Esq., J. E. Swindell, Esq., Wm. Thos. Cox, Esq., John Sant, Esq., Sir H. S. Wilmot, Bart. Lieut. Col. Coke, and Mr. Henry Kerry. In 1788, 471 acres were enclosed. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is ancient stone building, in the deorated style of architecture, with nave, chancel, side aisles, a tower, and spire 114 feet high, and 5 bells, to which was added in 1856, a handsome clock with two dials, at a cost of £120 raised by subscriptions. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £6 14s. 7d., now £162. Wm, Drury Lowe, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. A. A. Holden, M.A., incumbent, who resides at the vicarage, a good house near the church. The Church of Spondon was given to the hospital of Burton, to which it was appropriated. In 1544 the rectory was granted to John Dudley. Wm. Gilbert, Esq., of Locko, gave the tithes of Locko to the vicar of Spondon, an enclosure of 23A. 2R. 5P. of land on Morley Common, was given in lieu of these tithes, and the vicar has a Common allotment in Spondon, which, with the glebe. amounts to 63A. 3R. 13P. of land. In the Church yard is an antique stone, apparently Saxon. In the Church are monuments to Elizabeth, wife of Henry Gilbert, Esq., of Locko, with others of that family; also, to the Osborne and other families. At Domes­day survey, the manor belonged to Henry de Ferrars; after his attainder, King Henry III. gmntod it to his son, Edmund Earl of Lancaster. In 1563 it was, with that of Burrow-Ash, granted to Thomas Stanhope. John Gilbert Cooper, Esq. sold this estate, in 1747, for £13,000 to John Lowe, Esq. Richard Lowe, Esq., who died in 1785, bequeath­ed these manors to his relative, William Drury, Esq., who took the name of Lowe. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have chapels; the former was enlarged in 1816 to seat about 300. A National school was erected in 1839, which consists of a spacious

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centre and two wings, for boys, girls, and infants—cost £700, raised by subscription aided by a small grant from the National School Society; it is on the east side of the village, has large play-grounds, and is under the management of a committee of five gentle­men; about 140 children attend, who pay two-pence per week to the treasurer, (the vicar.) Mr. James Roe is the master. A school library was commenced in 1844, and has 480 volumes—Thomas Gilbert, Esq., endowed a school with 4A. 1R. 25P. of land, now let for £10 per annum; and in 1727 the Rev. George Stanhope gave an annuity of £5 to the school. These sums are still enjoyed by Thomas Coxon, the late schoolmaster, who held that office for nearly 40 years, but at his death they will revert to their proper channel. The school-room was built in 1699, and in 1839 was converted into a dwelling-house. Locko Park, the seat of Wm. Drury Lowe, Esq., is a handsome stone mansion, in a well wooded park of 350 acres. It is in the Doric style of architecture, with a small but beautiful chapel, consecrated in 1673. The present owner, who succeeded to the estate in 1849 on the death of his grandmother, Mrs. Drury Lowe, at the patriarchial age of 104 years, is improving and enlarging the house and gardens very materially, amongst which may be named a handsome tower 88 feet high, picture gallery, large and splendid dining-rooms, entrance hall, and magnificent conservatory, with extensive front terrace walls, garden terraces, with walls, bridges, &c., which, when effectually carried out and completed, will render it the most beautiful mansion in the county. The grounds surrounding the house are pleasantly diversified by hill and dale, and enlivened by about 250 head of deer, and an artificial lake of about ten acres. Spondon Hall, 3½ miles east from Derby, is a handsome residence, with tastefully arranged grounds, and commanding a beautiful prospect over the vale of the Derwent; it is the seat of Wm. Thos. Cox, Esq. Field House, 3 miles east from Derby, a handsome brick mansion, is the residence of Frederick Arkwright, Esq. Borrow Wood Farm, about 1 mile E. from the village, is the property of Sir H. S. Wilmot, Bart., and in the occupation of Mr. Gervase Malin. At the Birmingham Cattle Show, in 1855, Mr. J. J. Meakin, of this place, had a silver Prize Medal awarded to him, as the breeder of the best fat cow, exhibited by W. T. Cox, Esq.

BORROWASH, a large village, 1 mile E. by S., is principally in the parish of Ockbrook. The Derby and Nottingham Branch of the Midland Railway passes about half a mile south of the village, and has a neat station. The Derby Canal also runs through the parish. There are about 80 hosiery frames in the village, an Odd Fellow’s Lodge, and two Friendly Societies. The Feast is the nearest Sunday to 2nd February.

 

STANLEY, a township, chapelry, and straggling village, situated in a valley, 6 miles N.E. from Derby, contains 1,050 acres of land, a rich red loam; rateable value £1,766 12s. and in 1851 had 79 houses and 380 inhabitants, of whom 200 were males and 180 females. The principal owners are Hugh Bateman, Esq., C. L. Masters, Esq., Wm. D. Lowe, Esq., Mr. Isaac Attenborough, Mr. Jno. Canner, Mr. Jno. Potter, and Mr. Jph. Potter, the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, a small ancient edifice, was appropriated to Dale Abbey by William Fitz-Ralph, and after the reforma­tion, granted to the Powtrell family. It has a nave and chancel, an open turret, and two bells, and contains several marble tablets, and was repewed in 1842. The living is a perpetual curacy, certified at £64, and has 12A. 0R. 23P. of glebe. Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., is patron, and the Rev. Alfred A. Gibson, incumbent. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a chapel here, and the township is allowed to send eight children free to West Hallam school, founded by John Scargill. In 1842 this village was the scene of a brutal murder, the residence of the Misses Goddard was broken into by three villians, who barbarously murdered one and beat the other. The offenders suffered the extreme penalty of the law in March 1843. Mr. Joseph Potter, of Horsley-Wood­house, now owns the house. Mr. William Barton, a self taught and celebrated bone setter, was a resident in this place; he performed many cures which the profession had pronounced incurable, and his fame spread over this and the adjoining counties. He died,

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February, 1844, aged 88 years, and was buried at West Hallam. There is a small colliery here.

CHARITIES.—William Gilbert, Esq., left by will, in 1649, the sum of £1,000, with which 51A. 1R. 30P. of land have been purchased at Spondon, now let for £137 10s. per annum. There are 32 recipients, who have from 1s. to 2s. each given to them every Saturday, and the surplus is applied to charitable purposes at the discretion of the trustees.

Thomas Gilbert, of Locko, in 1657, bequeathed £60 to purchase an annual rent of £3, to be paid towards the maintenance of a schoolmaster. By indentures, 1663, in consideration of the above sum, Coxall’s Pingle and Hobson’s Paddock were conveyed to trustees.

Henry Gilbert, of Locko, in 1711, for a nominal consideration, conveyed to trustees a close called Brook close, in Spondon, on trust, to pay thereout to the schoolmaster of Spondon, 40s. yearly, and that any surplus should be laid out in repairing the school. The property consists of the School pingle, 1A. 3R. 11P., the Wet pingle, 2A. 17P., and Brook close, 1A. 3R. The Rev. George Stanhope, dean of Canterbury, in 1727, charged his moiety of the rectory impropriate of Spondon, of which he was seized in fee, with a yearly rent of £15, and directed, of the said sum, £10 should belong to the vicar as an augmentation to his living, provided that he should pay £4 yearly for the teaching four poor children of Spondon to read, write, and cast accounts, and that, with the remaining £1 he should provide each of such children on leaving the school, with a Bible or Common Prayer Book, and a Whole Duty of Man.

11P., now worth from £9 to £10 per annum.

Sacrament Bread and Wine.—An entry in a book without date, but written more than fifty years ago, states that three roods of land, lying in Samuel Richardson’s little buttery, were left to buy bread and wine for the holy sacrament, for ever, for Stanley chapelry. The field is now called Samuel’s buttery, and the residue of it belongs to Richard Bateman, Esq., whose tenant purchases the bread and wine, estimated to cost annually the fair rent of this plot of land.

Joyce Harpur gave to the poor of this chapelry £5, vested in the overseers, and was first paid from the poor rates in 1740. The sum of 5s. was divided amongst five poor widows, until 1816, when it was discontinued; but the churchwardens have informed us (1826,) that the inhabitants are willing to recommence it and continue it in future.

William Gilbert, late of Dublin, in 1649, bequeathed to the parish of Spondon, for the use of the poor, £1000, to be laid out in lands, and by indenture 1662, Henry Gilbert of Locko, Esq., conveyed to Richard Cross and 12 parishioners of Spondon, in discharge of the above sum, various cottages and tenements, situated in Spondon or Chaddesden, and liberty was reserved for the said Henry Gilbert to exchange any part. Various exchanges have been made; and the present rental of the property is £123 7s. per annum. The Derby Canal Company pay a rent of £2 17s. for land occupied by the canal. There is also £120 three per cent consols, producing £3 12s. per annum. The number appointed to receive the charity varies. Each person appointed receives a weekly allowance varying from 1s. to 2s.

John Locko, in 1663, had, a close conveyed to him by Sir Edwd. Moseley, Bart., in con­sideration of £65 which he conveyed to trustees, that after his decease they should dispose of the rents and profits amongst the most aged impotent persons in Spondon. The property now consists of 6A. 0R. 7P., of which 2A. 1R. 18P. was an allotment awarded at the enclosure, now let for £18 per annum. The number of recipients in 1856, was forty.

Griffith Daykin, in 1723, devised a rent-charge of 12s. yearly out of his close, called Dockey Furrows, on trust, to purchase one dark-grey gown for a widow woman of Spondon, so as the gift should not be repeated to the same person oftener than once in

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three years. He also devised to trustees a rent-charge of 12s. yearly out of his close in Spondon, called Great Sinderlands, toward supporting the minister officiating for the congregation of Protestant dissenters assembling at Alvaston, called Presbyterians. Providing such meeting be discontinued, then it should be employed in purchasing one dark-grey coat for a man, as above. The whole amount is now applicable for the benefit of the poor, there having been no Presbyterian congregation at Alvaston for many years.

Elizabeth Cooper, in 1728, devised her house in Spondon, and certain lands, to trustees, to dispose of the rents amongst the poorest residents in Spondon. The property consists of 7A. 1R. 26P., of which 4A. 0R. 15P. was an allotment in lieu of lands in the three common fields of Spondon, and in lieu of a little pingle by the side of Burroughfield, now let for £15 15s. per annum. The money is distributed at the schoolroom on 21st December.

Gisborne’s Charity, (see Bradley.)—£5 10s. received on account of this charity is laid out by the vicar in the purchase of cloth and flannel, and distributed amongst the poor.

Poor Allotment—At the inclosure, 1A. 39P., called Elson’s Pingle, was allotted to the trustees of Spondon Poor. Joseph Elson was overseer at the time, and he enclosed and occupied it during his life; afterwards Thomas Elson, a younger son, succeeded to it, and sold it, in 1823, to Mr. Jacob Osborne, for £60. A meeting of the parishioners was called, but no steps taken to obtain possession of the allotment.

 

SPONDON TOWNSHIP.

 

Post Office, at Mr. William Cooke’s; letters arrive from Derby at 7.0 A.M., and are despatched at 6.20 P.M.

Those marked * are in Borrowash.

 

Abbott William, cattle dealer Arkwright Frederick, Esq., Field house * Bell Edmund, clerk Bennet Thomas, brick & tile maker Blackwell Miss Elizabeth Blandford Rev. Josias J., B.A., H.M.’s in-   spector of schools Brindley Mr. John, Borrowfield Cade Thos. Charles, surgeon & registrar of   births & deaths for Spondon district Cox Samuel Walker, Esq., The Cottage Cox William Thomas, Esq., Spondon hall Davy Charles, commercial traveller Dunning Nathan, news agent Eaton James, bricklayer Gaskin William, coal dealer Gell Major Thomas Harrison Joseph, maltster Hedges Mr. Charles O. Holbrook John, cowkeeper Holbrook Robert, basket maker Holden Rev. Atkinson, A., M.A., vicar Jackson Henry, stone mason

Jackson John, station master Kerry Mrs. Mary Kirkland William, joiner Lowe Wm. Drury, Esq., Locko Macconnel Thomas, bricklayer Morley Mr. Henry Nicklinson Henry, sadler Osborne Joseph, veterinary surgeon Osborne Mrs. Mary Ratcliff George, gardener Raynes William, basket maker Roe James, master of National school Sant John, Esq. Simpson Edward L., silk merchant Sitwell Miss Selina, Old Hall Small Edwin B., clerk Spencer Mrs. Elizabeth * Towle Mrs. Fanny Turner Mr. Joseph * Ufton Joseph, chimney sweep Welby Miss Elizabeth Williams Edward, farm bailiff, Locko

 

Academies. Medley Elizabeth National (Boys and   Girls); James Roe,   master, and Ann   Coxon, mistress Shelton Anne & Fanny   Rose Villa

Beerhouses. Bennett Charles Elson Job Storer James   Blacksmiths. Coxon Peter Jerram Wm. Henry

Builders. Dobbs John, Locko Potter Isaac   Butchers. Ashby Thomas Peat John

Farmers. * Antill Charles * Ashby Abraham Clewes John, (and fruiterer). Coxon Thomas, (and parish clerk) Elson Job

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Elson Jph. & Richd.,   Crow wood * Grundy John Holbrook Hannah Holbrook Henry Holbrook Jno. Bruns-­   wood Hollingsworth John   Anthony, Wood Holloway Thomas Kerry Henry Malin Gervase, Bor-   row-wood farm            Meakin John Johnson * Meakin William,   Borrow-field lodge Mee William Peat John, (& brick-   maker Porter Thomas, Locko   Park lodge Potter Joseph Winterton Edward

Wright John   Frame Work Knitters. Auckland Samuel Holmes Joseph Towle John   Grocers & Draprs. Cooke Willlam Longden Hh. (& bakr.)   Inns & Taverns. Malt Shovel, Robert   Ford Union, Samuel Bull White Swan, Thomas   Coxon   Plumbers & Glzrs. Ashton William Hardy Edward

Saddle & Harness Makers. Gregory Thomas Parker Samuel   Shoemakers. Bratby John Elson Thomas Rowleston William Twigg Joseph Walker Samuel   Shopkeepers and Bakers. Elson William Little Luke Parker Charles Statham William   Tailors. Bradbury Joseph Longden Henry, (and   draper)

Wheelwrights. Barber Herbert, (and   joiner and light cart   builder, and house   painter in general) Hollingworth James   Rlwy. Conveyance Midland Railway Co.   Station; (Derby and   Nottingham branch)   half a mile S. of the   village. Eight trns.   Up, & 6 Down daily.   On Sunday, 4 each   way. John Jackson,   station master   Carrier. To Derby; Robt. Hol-   brook, on Fri.

 

STANLEY TOWNSHIP.

 

Barber John, brick maker & coal owner Barton John, vict., White Heart Canner Mr. John Gibson Rev. Alfred A. Handley Thomas, tailor Hart Joseph, twine spinner & shopkeeper

Martin William, shoemaker Robinson John, shoemaker Scattergood William, bricklayer Thompson Joseph, rope & twine spinner Thompson Joseph, shoemkr. & parish clerk Whitcroft John, shopkeeper

 

Farmers.   Barton Arthur Barton William,   Butchers field Beard Peter, Briggs   wood

Bower Thomas, Hays    wood Canner John, junr.,   Grange Evans Robert, Lodge Grundy Mary Hall Henry James

Harrison Joseph,   Green bank Hart Catherine Hoyles John Porter John, Manor   farm

Potter Joseph Williams Edw., Locko   Carrier.   To Derby; Arthur   Barton, on Fri.

 

SUDBURY is a parish, and well built pleasant village, on the Derby and Uttoxeter road, 13 miles S.W. from the former; and 5 miles E. from the latter, and 10 miles S. from Ashbourn; contains 3,603A. 1R. 12P. of fertile land; rateable value, £5,590; and in 1851 had 108 houses and 570 inhabitants, of whom 287 were males and 283 females, Lord Vernon is lord of the manor and sole owner. The Church, dedicated to All-Saints, an ancient structure, richly clothed with ivy, is situated in the pleasure grounds near to the Hall; it has a nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower, with 5 bells; it was enlarged and beautified in 1827, and in 1850 a handsome stained glass window was placed in the east end of the chancel, by H. M. Queen Victoria, and H.R.H. Prince Albert, to commemmorate the faithful services of Geo. Edward Anson, Esq., many years privy purse to her Majesty; and a native of this place. The living is a rectory. valued in the King’s books at £14 13s. 1½d., now £747. Lord Vernon is the patron, and the Rev. Fredk. Anson, M.A., canon of Windsor, is the rector, and resides at the rectory, a large handsome mansion, at the east end of the village, to which belongs 119 acres of glebe, and the tithe, commuted, in 1835, for £600. The Church contains some ancient monuments of the Montgomery family; the most remarkable, are two very ancient effigies of females, clothed in flounced drapery, and holding hearts in their hands, which are raised in an attitude of prayer; it also contains some beautiful monuments of the Vernon family. At the west end of the church, under an ancient Yew tree, are deposited the remains of George Charles, Lord

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Vernon, who died at Gibralter, 18th November, 1835, aged 55. Also Frances Maria Warren, Lady Vernon, who died at Poynton Hall, Cheshire, 17th September, 1837. This spot was chosen by his lordship as his last resting place. At the Domesday survey, Henry de Ferrars had a park here. It was held at an early period, with Aston, under the Ferrars, by the Montgomery Family. In the reign of Henry VIII., a co-heiress of Sir John Montgomery, brought the manor to Sir John, son of Sir Henry Vernon, of Haddon Hall. John, grandson of Sir John, dying without issue, this branch of the family became extinct, and the manor, with other estates, passed under his will to his widow, Mary, daughter of Sir Edward Littleton, with remainder, successively to her sons by her first husband, Walter Vernon, of Houndshill, descended from one of the elder brothers of Sir J. Vernon, who married the co-heiress of Montgomery. From Sir Edward Vernon, the older of these sons, Sudbury and Aston passed to his immediate descendant, George Venables Vernon, who in 1762, was created Lord Vernon. The family of Vernons is of great antiquity, they are descended from the Lords of Vernon in Normandy; one of whom, Richard de Vernon, accompanied William the Conquerer to England, and was one of the seven Barons created by Hugh Lupus, the great Earl of Chester. Sudbury Hall, a com­modious mansion, erected about the year 1610, by Mrs. Mary Vernon, who died in 1662. It is a brick building, in the Elizabethan style, at the west end of the village. The front overlooks a splendid park of 600 acres, having about 300 head of deer in it. The south front overlooks the Derby and Uttoxeter road, and the beautiful terrace, tasteful flower gardens, and fine lake, cover about 30 acres of land. The extensive pleasure grounds are ornamented with a profusion of rare shrubs and evergreens; the delightful walks command some beautiful views of the verdant park, and the scenery in the immediate neighbourhood. Here is a fine laurel, the branches of which cover 90 yards in circumference. This delight­ful retreat was the residence of the Dowager Queen Adelaide, from August, 1840, to 1843. The Church of England Schools, for boys girls, and infants, are supported by Lord Vernon; the averagd attendance is about 45 boys, 50 girls, and 40 infants. Attached to the school, is an excellent library of 800 vols, for the use of the parishioners. A handsome stone bridge with three arches, was built in 1853, over the river Dove, at a cost of £1,855, and in making a drain near the site of the old bridge, at a depth of seven feet from the surface, was found an oak tree, containing upwards of 100 feet of timber, in the highest state of preservation, and as black as ebony; it is in the possession of the Rev. Fredk. Anson, who purposes having it converted into cabinet furniture; also about the same time, but at some distance from the above, a number of horns and skulls of the red deer and of oxen were discovered, together with a quantity of hazel nuts in a perfectly sound state. The North Staffordshire railway runs through the parish, and has a neat station about 1 mile S. from the Village. An Odd-Fellows Lodge is held at the “Vernon Arms.” ASTON is a small hamlet, ½ mile E. of the village. Sudbury Wood, an ancient farm house, over­grown with ivy, 2 miles N., is in the occupation of Mr. Richd. Chawner. HILL SOMER­SALL, a hamlet, 2 miles N.W. from the village, contains some good farm houses, of which the one occupied by Mr. Thos. Allen, is a neat Gothic building, and the first which was erected on Lord Vernon’s estate. Mackley (Upper) 1 mile N.E. from the village, is an ancient farm house, with extensive and well arranged out-buildings, in the occupation of Mr. Hy. Salt. OAKS GREEN, and POTTER SOMERSALL, are both small hamlets, the former 1 mile N.N.W. and the latter 2½ miles N.W. from the village. Vernon’s Oak, 2½ miles N. from Sudbury, an extensive farm with good residence, which takes its name from an ancient oak of large dimensions, growing near the house, in the occupation of Mr. Wm. Fredk. Hoare. Somersall House is a handsome Elizabethan building 2½ miles N. from the village, in the occupation of Mr. Wm. Turner. The Feast is on the nearest Sunday before November 5th.

CHARITIES.—John Vernon, Esq., by will, for the carrying into effect a part of his bountiful donations, Mary Vernon, his widow, and John Vernon her son, by indenture, 1608, made over to seven trustees, an annual rent-charge of £6 13s. 4d. to be for ever issuing

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out, and chargeable upon the manor of Sudbury, and all the land therein, towards the relief of poor necessitous persons. The annual sum is paid by Lord Vernon, as lord of the manor of Sudbury, to the churchwardens, on four days in the year, viz.:—Candlemas-day, May-day, St. James’s-day, and All Saints’-day. The churchwardens, shortly afterwards, distri­bute to twenty-two poor persons the sum of 1s. 6d. each, and to one of them 4d. more, being the whole sum.

John Harestaff, in 1641, enfeoffed to two persons, and their heirs, a messuage, farm, and premises at Rodsley, and declared that his feoffees and their heirs should stand seized of the said premises, to the use of Sir Edward Vernon, Knight, for life, that there should be paid out of the profits of the said premises, £18 yearly for ever to the parson of Sud­bury, and by him to the churchwardens for the time being, to be bestowed yearly as follows, viz.: £11 14s. in bread, 4s. 6d. weekly to be given in 18 threepenny loaves; £3 18s. to be distributed to 18 poor inhabitants, to every one 12d. on the sabbath before Easter, Whit­suntide, and All Saints, and 16d. on the sabbath before Christmas; and that 30s. should be divided amongst the parson and the two churchwardens for their trouble; the other 18s. to be employed towards the maintenance of the bells and clock, and fencing the churchyard. Lord Vernon is the present owner, and the various sums are distributed as above.

Noon and Turton Charities.—A rent charge of £2 per annum on Lord Vernon’s estate, left by persons of the above names, is paid to the churchwardens, who divide it amongst 20 poor persons, but by what instrument given is not known.

 

Post Office, at Mrs. Rachel Yarnalls. Letters arrive from Derby at 6 a.m., and are despatched at 7 40 p.m.

 

Lord Vernon, The Right Hon. George John   Warren, The Hall Vernon The Hon. Augustus Henry, The   Hall Allen Charles, tailor and draper Allen Enoch, boot and shoe maker Anson Rev. Frederick, M.A., canon of   Windsor and rector, Rectory Barton Julia, sewing mistress, School Bode Robert Gustavus, professor of music Boothby Hon. Henrietta Louisa Bradshaw Rev. Henry Holden, B.A., curate Chawner Mr. George Chawner Henry, Esq., land agent; h. Hound   hill, Staffordshire Coxon Daniel, carpenter Coxon William, joiner, Aston Dick Andrew, gardener, The Hall Faulkner Joseph, wheelwright, Hill Som­-   ersall Fearn James, joiner Gilby Charles Otter, surgeon, M.R.C.S., and   L.S.A. Hallows Thomas, schoolmaster

Inman Anne, schoolmistress Lane John, shoemaker Lathbury Mrs. Maria Lawley Samuel, park keeper Ling James, gamekeeper, Coppice Lockington John, joiner, Green Hill McQuie John, forrester Mould Thomas, grocer and provision dealer,   and agent to Liverpool and London Fire   and Life Insurance Co. Norris Edward, blacksmith Norris Henry, house steward, The Hall Oakden Joseph, joiner, Potter Somersall Parrick John, parish clerk Phillips Joseph, plumber and glazier Povey James, farm bailiff, Dairy House Tatlow Joseph, cattle dealer Walker George, vict., Vernon Arms Com­-   mercial and Posting Hotel Walker Mr. John, Oakes Green Waring John, clerk to H. Chawner, Esq. Woolley Samuel & Son, (Raymond) brick- layers, & brick, tile, & drain pipe makers. Woolrich Samuel, station master

 

Farmers. Allen Thomas, Hill   Somersall Allen William, Windy   Bank farm Armishaw William,   Aston Ball W., Oakes Green Brassington Thomas,   Hill Somersall

Chawner Richard,   Sudbury, Wood Garratt John,   Leathersley Harper Thos., Lower   Mackley Hoare William Fredk.   Vernon, Oak Lodge Hulme John, Aston Lawley Hugo, Aston Meakin Solomon

Minors Richard, (and   butcher) Mould Thomas, Dove   Bank Mountney Richard Salt Henry, Upper   Mackley Salt Sarah, Oakes   Green Salt William, Oakes   Green

Slater John, Twelve   Acres Turner Ellen, Potter,   Somersall TurnerWilliam, Som­-   ersall House Walker, George Woolliscroft William,   Church Somersall

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SUTTON-ON-THE-HILL parish, contains the townships of Sutton-on-the Hill, Ash, and Osleston-with-Thurvaston, 3,232A. 2R. 29P. of land; rateable value, £4,735 12s. 6d., and in 1851 had 106 houses, and 570 inhabitants, of whom 304 were males, and 266 females.

SUTTON ON THE HILL, a township and small well-built village, 8 miles W. by S.W. from Derby, contains 854A. 1R. 24P. of strong fertile land rateable value, £1095 5s. 0d., and in 1851 had 22 houses, and 129 inhabitants, of whom 69 were males, and 60 females. This estate is principally the property of the Blue Coat hospital and Library, at Man­chester, for whom it was purchased of George Vernon, Esq., by Mr. James Chetham, great nephew of Humphrey Chetham, Esq., the munificent founder of that charity, as part of the estates directed to be purchased for that endowment by the founder’s will. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, is situated on a lofty hill, about a quarter of a mile N.E. from the village, whence fine views of Dove Dale, Thorpe Cloud, and Tut­bury Castle are seen. It has a nave, chancel, north aisle, tower, three bells, and a spire, which was struck by lightning, 19th June, 1841, when it was taken down and rebuilt at a cost of £84.

The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s book, at £4 15s. 8d., now £225. The Rev. German Buckston, M.A., is patron and incumbent. In the church is a splendid monument to Judith Sleigh, who died 16th September, 1634. Several of the family are interred here. The vicarage, at the east end of the village, is a castelated mansion, erected by the late Rev. Richard Rowland Ward; it has 2A. 1R. 36P. of glebe. The tithes were commuted for £71 11s.; those of Ash, for £83 3s., and Osleston and Thur­vaston, for £125. This church was given to the prior and convent of Trentham, Stafford­shire, by Ralph de Boscherville, and a rectory farm of 80A. 10P., now belonging to Mr. Thos. Mold, who also receives £5 per annum in lieu of hay tithes on certain lands in the parish, including a modus of 8s. 4d., and he pays to the vicar a modus of 6s. Feast first Sunday after October 11th.

ASH, a township and small village, one mile E. from Sutton, contains 690A. 3R. 37P. of land; rateable value, £922 9s. 6d., and in 1851 had 6 houses, and 46 inhabitants, of whom 25 were males, and 21 females. The Rev. German Buckston is the sole owner. Ash was the seat and property of the family of Sleigh. The elder daughter and coheiress of Sir Samuel Sleigh, who died 1679, brought it to James Chetham, Esq.; in consequence of the death of his sons without issue, it passed to the family of Cotton, from thence to the Rev. Rowland Ward, of whom it was purchased by the present proprietor.

OSLESTON-WITH-THURVASTON, form a joint township, and small village 7½ miles W. by N. from Derby, contains 1687A. 1R. 8P. of land, a rich marl; rateable value, £2,717 18s., and in 1851 had 78 houses, and 395 inhabitants, of whom 210 were males, and 185 females. The principal owners are, the Rev. John Edmund Carr, Samuel Archer, Francis Bradshaw, Wm. Cox, Samuel Fox, Jas. Hanson, Thomas Holmes, Wm. Hopkins, John Smith, and Samuel Freirs, Esqrs., and Chetham’s Hospital. The corn tithes are in various owners. Mr. John Radford receives £2 7s. 6d., Mary Smith, £9, and Wm. and Maria Cox, £1 4s. John, who is supposed to have been the ancestor of the Montgomery family, gave half the tithes of his demesne in this township to Tutbury priory. These manors passed from the Montgomery family to the Vernons. The Rowes had a house and estate at Osleston, which passed by marriage to Mr. Newell, chancellor of Lincoln, since sold in lots. Long Lane, a few scattered houses, E. of Thurvaston.

CROPPER, a hamlet and scattered village, in Osleston, where the Primitive Metho­dists have a chapel, erected in 1838. A New school was erected in 1851, by Mr. Samuel Stretton, of Cropper Top, at a cost of £450 to £500. It is a neat brick building with residence for the master, and will accommodate about 120 children.

CHARITIES.—Ann Jackson, in 1722, bequeathed so much money out of her personal estate as wherewith to purchase lands and tenements of the yearly value of £20, or an annuity or rent charge for ever of £20 a year, to be distributed by her executor and his

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heirs—the yearly sum of £4 to a schoolmaster, and the remainder to be employed in apprenticing poor children; and that, in case there should be any overplus, it should be be distributed to poor persons above the age of 50 years. No purchase has been made in respect of this charity, but by an indenture dated 1st May, 1755, the Rev. Simon Jackson conveyed certain closes called Fernilee pastures, from which the annuity of £20 was to be paid. These premises, in 1826, were in the possession of Francis Joddrell, Esq., whose agent transmits £20 yearly to the churchwardens of Sutton. Of this sum £19 10s. per annum is paid to a schoolmaster, to instruct poor children, and 10s. for the repairs of the school. The school was built by subscription about 1735, and was enlarged and re­paired in 1822 at the expense of the parish. The residue of the £20 is applied in appren­tice fees, the premiums varying from £10 to £16. One apprentice is generally put out every year, the deficiency being made up by the overseers.

 

SUTTON ON THE HILL TOWNSHIP.

 

Post Office, at Charles Turner’s; letters arrive from Kirk Langley, at 9.0 a.m.; and are despatched at 4.30 p.m.

 

Buckston Rev. German, B.A., vicar Guest Rev. Geo. W., B.A., curate Hall Mr. Thomas Keeling William, cowkeeper Lomas John, blacksmith

Maskrey William, parish clerk Mold Mr. Thomas Newdall John, wheelwright Turner Charles, master of Endowed school

 

Farmers. Cooper Robert Eaton Charles

Hall John, (and corn   miller) Osborne William

Pakeman Francis, (&   vetry. surgeon)

Sherwin Edward, (and   vict. Chetham Arms)

 

ASH TOWNSHIP.

 

Harrison Maria and Clara, farmers Leeson Ann, cowkeeper Leeson Joseph, gamekeeper

Rose George, farmer, Bow field Rose John, farmer, Park Rose Joseph, farmer

 

OSLESTON-WITH-THURVASTON TOWNSHIP.

 

Brassington Mr. George Bull Thomas, butcher & shopkeeper Pegg Mary, shopkeeper

Potter Isaac, bricklayer Potter Isaac, jun., bricklayer Thawley Joseph, tailor

 

Farmers.   Archer Samuel      Brassington John, (and   cattle dealer)

Dean Henry, Windle   Hill Draycott William Eaton Joseph Harper Thomas

Hunt Thomas Shaw William, (and   shoemaker) Stretton Samuel,   Cropper top

Taylor William Winter James Woodroffe James Woodward Thomas,   Cottage

 

THURVASTON.

 

Baldwin Isaac, bricklayer Bull Reuben, wheelwright Goodwin John, wheelwright Hinkley Rupert, butcher Hunt John, joiner

Neal William, victualler and blacksmith,   Three Horse Shoes Parker Thomas, cowkeeper Salt John, cowkeeper

 

Farmers. Goodwin William Hellaby William Milward Jas., Stoop

Neal William, junior,   Long lane Reeve Thos., Hardley   Hill

Salt William Smith John, Thur-   vaston villa

Carrier. To Derby; Wm. Bull,   Tues. & Fri.

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TRUSLEY, a small village and parish, 7 miles W. from Derby, contains l,076A. 2R 4P. of fertile strong land; rateable value £1885, and in 1851 had 17 houses and 90 inhab­itants, of whom 50 were males and 40 females. The principal owners are Edward Thos. Coke, Esq., Miss Maria Stretton, Samuel Fox, Esq., Rev. Wm. Fox, Miss Maria Cox, E. S. C. Pole, Esq., and Mr. John M. White, the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, a small brick edifice with stone dressings, has a nave, small chancel, and low tower, with one bell. The entrance doorway is of stone, very handsomely carved, The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £5 6s. 8d., now £129. John Coke, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. C. E. Cotton, of Dalbury, incumbent, who has a rectory house and 44A. 3R. 25P. of glebe, and a rent-charge of £100, paid from 665A. 3R. 2P. of land, the other part being tithe-free. The Church contains many hand­some tablets to the memory of the Coke and other families—one to John Coke, Esq., of Debdale, near Mansfield, who died 14th September, 1841, aged 66; another to the Rev. Fras. Wilmot, B.C.L., rector who died 21st April, 1818 aged 59. Also another to the Rev. John Freeman, B.A., many years rector of this parish, and of North Thoresby, Lincolnshire, Grangefield House, a large half-timbered building, having many gables. The estate be­longed to the monastery of Croxden, which, after passing through various families, was sold by the Hopes, in severalties. Thc Grange of Thursmanslegh, alias Nunsclough, now called Nuns Field, formerly belonged to the Nuns of Derby. It is now the property of Miss Maria Cox, and in the occupation of Mr. George Goodwin. This manor, Toxenai, at the Domesday survey, was held by Hugh, under Henry de Ferrars. In 1569, Richard Coke, Esq., who had inherited one half from the coheiress of Oliver de Odingsell, purchased the other half from the Manners family. John Coke, a younger brother of Sir Francis Coke, of Trusley, who died in 1639, was Secretary of State to King Charles I., which office he held for above 20 years, and died on the 8th Sept., 1644. George, another brother, was successively Bishop of Bristol and Hereford, and ancestor of D’Ewes Coke, Esq., of Brookhill, in Pinxton parish, he died on the 10th Dec., 1646.

 

Ford Matthew, wheelwright Foster Edward, engineer, machinist, & land   surveyor, Trusley Brook Foster Phillip, cowkeeper

Greenhough Sarah, shopkeeper Peach Robert, solicitor, The Elms Woodward Geo., travelling tea dealer Woodward John, cowkeeper

 

Farmers.   Bull Robert Foster Edward

Goodwin George,   Nuns Field Stretton Thomas,   Grange Field

Thawley Thomas White John, Trusley   Wood

Woodward George,   Old Hall Woodward William