DALE ABBEY, an extra parochial township, chapelry, and picturesque village, seven miles E. by N. from Derby, contains 1760A. lR. 35P. of land, partly clay, sand and marl; rateable value, £1625 4s., and in 1851, had 90 houses, and 442 inhabitants, of whom 233 were males, and 209 females. Earl Stanhope is lord of the manor and principal owner, and holds a court leet annually. The other owners are William Drury Lowe, Esq., Thomas Pares, Esq., Hugh Bateman, Esq., and Risley School, 15A. 3R. 20P. The Chapel is an ancient and curious structure, the interior being divided into two parts by a framework screen, with high backed pews and a heavy gallery, extending over three parts of the body. It has a small turret and one bell, and it is said the village inn was anciently under the same roof, and there was a door in the wall leading from the gallery into the house, through which the worshippers were accustomed to steal to refresh themselves. It is in the jurisdiction of the manor and peculiar court of Dale Abbey, of which Earl Stanhope is lord, and appoints the minister. The Rev. John Garton Howard, M.A., is the present minister. A neat marble tablet has been put up in the church bearing the following in­scription: “Erected by the Parishioners of Dale Abbey, to the Memory of the Right Hon. Philip Henry, Earl of Stanhope, lord of the manor and lay Bishop of this Church, who died, March 2nd, 1855, aged 73. The village is situated in a valley, having a lofty range of hills on the south, commanding extensive views. The houses are mostly of brick and thatched. In 1845, a large room was erected for the use of the Men’s Friendly Sick Club, and which is also used for the Infant School, supported by the Rev. J. G. Howard. The poor have the benefit of the school founded by Rev. John Scargill, at West Hallam, and of that at Risley, by Mrs. Elizabeth Grey, eight children being allowed to go free. Here was an Abbey of the Premonstratention Order, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The history of its foundation, as related by Maud-de-Salicosamara, left in manuscript by a monk who belonged to it, is as follows; A man, Cornelius by name, who once lived in St. Mary’s, Derby, a baker by trade, was a very devout man and gave much alms to the poor, having had a vision from the blessed Virgin to lead a solitary life in the service of her Son and herself, he left all his possessions and his native place without acquainting any one, and

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took up his abode at Depedale, where he had been sometime, when about 1135, Sir Ralph, son of Lord Geremund, being out hunting, found his course intercepted by a morass; surveying this wild and secluded scene more closely, he at length perceived a column of smoke rising above the trees; making his way with difficulty through the plants and shrubs, he reached the place and found a rudely constructed hut, before it was a fire of sticks, and by it sat an aged man with unshorn hair and untrimmed beard. After hearing his tale, Sir Ralph proceeded to Derby, where it was verified, and the next day he returned with gar­ments and food to the Hermit of the Dale—brought him tools and endowed him with the toll of his mill at Burgh, (Borrowash,) and encouraged him to fulfill the Virgin’s pleasure. The recluse immediately commenced scooping out a habitation in the rock, which after several years labour was completed, as also an oratory at the foot of the hill for his patroness the Virgin. After living in this solitude for many years, he was found by a pilgrim attracted by the fame of his sanctity, stretched upon the floor of his cell apparently asleep, but dead. At his death, Serlo-de-Greudon, a knight of eminent valour and great wealth, who married the daughter of the above Sir Ralph, gave the place of Depedale to his godmother, who had a son, whom she educated for holy orders, that he might perform divine service in her chapel there; but a short time afterwards, and with her consent, he invited canons from Calke, and gave them Depedale. These canons having been removed for their misconduct, some white canons of the Premonstratention Order repaired thither, and to them the park of Stanley was given, when the monastery obtained the name of “De Parco Stanley,” by which it was at that period generally known. There is a legend that the king gave the canons as much land as they could encircle in a day, with a plough drawn by deer; and this story is represented on the windows of Morley church, which are supposed to have been removed from Dale Abbey. These canons, nevertheless, not having sufficient means for their support, returned to Tupholm, whence they came. William-de-­Grendon, Lord of Ockbrook, supplied their place with canons from Welbeck, but they also soon deserted the new monastery, for want of sufficient sustenance. Geoffrey-de-Salicosa Mare, having procured an establishment of nine canons, from Newhouse, in Lincolnabire, they were admitted into the Premonstratention Order, and settled at the new monastery in Stanley park, and by their zeal and diligence a Noble Abbey reared its head, at a short distance from the humble structure of the first devotee, which for wealth and magnificence was among the first in the kingdom, and was endowed with the advowson of the churches of Heanor, Ilkestone, and Kirk Hallam. The Church was of stately dimensions, with several large windows on each side, and one large chancel window at the east end, the noble arch of which is still standing in a field on Mr. Malin’s farm. It is 16 feet wide, and 40 feet from the ground to the keystone, and is in a good state of preservation, some expense having been incurred by the late Lord Stanhope, to prevent its falling into decay. Dale Abbey was founded in 1204, and surrendered to the crown, 1589, when their revenues were estimated at £144 4s. per annum. Willis says that it was surrendered by John Staunton, the last abbot, and 16 monks; but it appears by the commissioners’ accounts of that date, that John Bede, the last abbot, had a pension of £26 13s. 4d., and 16 monks various smaller pensions. The whole number of abbots was 18, and the period of their government 312 years, 6 weeks, 1 day. Francis Pole, Esq., who then took possession of the site and demesnes, as lessee, probably under the crown, purchased the altar, crucifix, organ, grave­stones, &c., and all the live and dead stock. In the year 1550, the abbey clock was sold for 6s.; the iron, glass, paving and grave stones, for £18. There were six bells weighing 47 cwt. In 1544, he had a grant of the abbey in fee, and the same year conveyed it to Sir John Port, one of the justices of the King’s bench. Dorothy, one of his son’s co-heiresses, brought it to her husband, Sir George Hastings. Sir Henry Willoughby, of Risley, purchased the estate of the representative of Sir George Hastings, who was after­wards Earl of Huntingdon, and died in 1605. Sir Henry Willoughby having left three daughters, co-heiresses, one of whom left no issue, the manor of Dale and the abbey demesnes were held in moieties by the noble family of Grey, and that of Dewes, into which

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the other co-heiresses married. One moiety of the estate was purchased, 1716, by the trustees of Philip, then late Earl of Chesterfield, of Sir Symon Dewes, for his son Alexander, father of the first Earl of Stanhope. The other moiety was purchased, 1778, of the Earl of Stamford. The hermitage, or cave, cut in the rock by the poor baker, is a short distance S. from the church. It is a large excavation in the rock, having a rude doorway, and two windows, which latter are of modern formation. In May, 1845, two ovens or kilns were discovered, on the premises of Mr. William Hollingworth. They were used for the baking of tesselated bricks, several of which were found in them, who has also in his possession an antique sacramental cup of singular construction. The Methodists have a chapel, which was nearly destroyed by fire in 1844, but has been rebuilt. The Feast is on the Sunday before 5th November, or that day, if Sunday.

CHARITIES.—The poor of Dale Abbey are entitled to partake of the benefit of Smedley’s alms’ houses, Ilkeston; of the school at West Hallam, founded by the Rev. John Scargill; and the school at Risley, founded by Elizabeth Gray; for particulars, see places named.

 

Bacon, Vincent, sawyer, Cat & Fiddle Bloor John, shopkeeper Bloor Selina, infant schoolmistress Canner John, corn miller, Baldock mill Derbyshire Joshua, shopkeeper and brick-   maker, Moor Gallimore Wm., blacksmith, Cat & Fiddle

Grundy William, tailor Hollingworth John, vict. and wheelwright,   Carpenter’s Arms. Richardson Robert, shoemaker & shopkpr. Spencer Sarah, vict., Stanhope Arms,   Flourish

 

Farmers. Bacon Samuel Beeston Samuel, Up-   per Hagg Canner Wm., Locko   Grange Cotton David, (and   corn miller) Hancock Thomas, ­  Boya Grange

Hartshorn Zacariah Hollingworth William Ling Richard, Burn-   wood Malin William Smedley John, Little   Hay Grange Sneap William, (and   joiner,) Cat and   Fiddle

Spencer Sarah,   Flourish Stevens John, Boya   Grange Walker Wm., Nether   Hagg Winfield Thomas Winrow Isaac Winrow John, Fur-   nace

Winrow John, Basset   Barn Wood James, (and   parish clerk) Wright Joseph, Cat   and Fiddle

 

DENBY, is a township, extensive parish, and large scattered village, the houses of which are mostly thatched, 3 miles S.E. by E. from Belper, and 4 miles N.E. from Duffield, contains 2355A. 3R. 15P. of clay land; rateable value £2569 15s.; and in 1851 had 240 houses and 1208 inhabitants, of whom 656 were males and 552 females. The principal owners are Wm. Drury Lowe, Esq., and Strelley’s Trustees, the former is lord of the manor, and patron of the living, a perpetual curacy, valued in the King’s book at £9, now £118, has been endowed with £200 benefactions, £200 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £1200 parlia­mentary grant. The Rev. Jas. Mockler, M.A., is the incumbent, and has 28A. 3R. of glebe. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, an ancient stone edifice in the early English style, has nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower, with 4 bells, surmounted by a spire. In 1838, the Church was enlarged, by the the erection of a gallery on the north side, by which 160 additional free sittings were obtained, and on the 16th Dec., 1852, the spire was struck with lightning, the restoration of which cost £159 15s. 9d. raised by subscriptions and rate. In 1854, an organ was put up by subscription, at a cost of £60. In the chancel are several neat marble tablets to the Lowe family, one of which is to the memory of Anne, grandmother of Wm. D. Lowe, of Locko Park, Esq., who died the 13th Nov., 1848, aged 104 years. Also an ancient monument richly gilt, on which are two full length figures in the attitude of prayer, surmounted by the family arms, supposed to belong to the Zouch family. Sir Henry Wilmot, Bart., is impropriator, and the tithe has been commuted for

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£283. The Methodists have a neat stone chapel, erected in 1841, at a cost of £700, which will seat 400 persons. Denby is noted for its coal, considered generally not to be sur­passed in the kingdom, and superior malting cokes are made. The lord of the manor works the collieries, in which several hundred persons are, employed, aided by steam engines of 150 horses’ power. In one part the coals are conveyed above 400 yards under ground, from the workings to the shaft. There are four miles of gangway, including that to Belper wharf; besides using 14 miles belonging to the Derby canal company. There is a wharf in Denby, besides which several others in the neighbourhood are well supplied. Excellent bricks, tiles, drain pipes, chimney pots, and a superior white brick, solid and hollow, are made on this estate. This parish is also noted for its manufacture of stone bottles, jars, and figured wares of all descriptions near Smithy houses, by Messrs. Joseph Bourne and Son, who have similar works at Codnor Park. From the closeness of the texture of this vitrified clay, there is no need for the pernicious mineral glazes too generally used in the manufacture of such articles, They are warranted not to absorb liquid acids. Fourteen ovens are used to burn the articles manufactured, which are sent to London, and other parts of the kingdom. A Floral and Horticultural Society was established, and their first show held here on the 22nd July, 1856, under the presidency of the Rev. James Mockler. Mr. W. J. Abel, secretary. The Ripley branch of the Midland Railway runs through the parish, and is anticipated will be of essential benefit to the district, by offering additional facilities for the disposal of large quantities of coal and ironstone, with which it abounds. It was opened for passengers Sept. 1st, 1856, and the station is at Smithy Houses; there are three passenger trains each way daily.

DENBY appears to have been a place of some importance about the commencement of the 14th century, as Richard Lord Grey of Codnor in the eighth year of Edward III. ob­tained a charter for a market at Denby, with a fair on the eve and nativity of the blessed Virgin, these are obsolete, a feast is kept on the first Sunday in September. It disputes with Derby the honour of giving birth to that great and celebrated astronomer, John Flamstead. He was born in 1646, and died at Greenwich in 1707.—(See Eminent men.) Flamstead House is about 1 mile S.E. from the village. Mr. Joseph Shaw’s residence, of Openwoodgate, is a very ancient building, and can be traced to the time of Queen Anne, and is probably much older.

SMITHY HOUSES, on the Derby and Alfreton road, 1½ miles S.W. from Denby, where Mr. Lowe’s offices are, in which is shewn a small portion of a piece of coal got in 1790, and taken by Thomas Noon, of Horsley, and put into his cellar, and of which he desired a fire might be made on the day of his funeral, which happened in 1843, and the coal then burned as cheerfully as though it had been fresh got. The old man had been in the employ of Mr. Lowe and his ancestors upwards of 70 years, with but few intermissions. A charity school was founded here by Mrs. Jane Massey, about the year 1739, with lands now pro­ducing £47 10s. per annum. The master has a house and garden.

CHARITIES.—Jane Massie, by will, in 1728, left certain sums of money for procuring Queen Anne’s bounty for the parish church of Denby, and the residue towards erecting and endowing a free school in Denby. In 1838, land consisting of 37A. 0R. lP. were conveyed to trustees for the use of the sehool, let for £47 10s. The school premises consist of a dwelling-house and garden occupied by the schoolmaster, who has 30 guineas a year, and an allowance of £6 for providing a person to teach the girls to knit and sew. 36 children of the parish are taught reading and writing free, and the girls knitting and sewing. Books are provided for the scholars.

Mary Lowe, as stated by the parliamentary returns of 1786, gave to poor widows £1 per annum, arising from land then vested in Henry Greatorex, &c. William Drury Lowe, Esq., who purchased the estate about 1796, states his grandmother was one of the co-heiresses of the said estate, but that she sold her third part of it, and that he never heard of any charge for charitable purposes upon this estate.

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Francis Gisborne’s charity,—(See Bradley.) The yearly sum £5 10s. received by the incumbent is expended in cloth, which he distributes to the poor.

 

Adams Thos., farm bailiff, Flamstead House Bourne Joseph and Son, stone bottle and   earthenware manufacturers, Denby Pot-   teries and Codnor Park; and 17, Mac-   clesfield street, City road, London Burgoin Joseph, brick maker Davenport Mrs. Grace, Old Hall Denby Colliery offices, Smithy Houses,   William D. Lowe, Esq., proptr.; Benj   Pym & J. H. Sharpe, agts. Ford Jph., blacksmith, Smithy Houses Hogg Thomas, beerhouse, Smithy Houses Hunt Daniel, vict., Union Inn, Smithy   Houses

Mockler Rev. James, M.A., incumbent, The   Hall Parker Robert S., Esq., Old Hall Parkin James, shoemaker, Smithy Houses Pym Benjamin, colliery agent, Salterwood Rogers James, butcher Sharpe John H., colliery agent and income   tax collector, Smithy Houses Shaw Joseph, brewer, Openwood Gate Stenson David, master of endowed school Vallance John, blacksmith, College Weston Richard, vict. and shoemaker, Bull’s   Head, Common Weston Robert, vict. Black Bull’s Head

 

Farmers. Abel Jane Abel Thomas Abel William Joseph,   Salterwood Barber Ben., (and beer   house) Common Bardill Edward Brown Geo., (& btchr)   Openwood Gate Day Henry, Robey   Field Fletcher Ralph, Com-   mon

Haynes Fras., High   Park Hodgkinson German,   Bush Farm Hogton Ralph, Park   Meadow Horsley Beaumont,   Park Meadow Hunt Rosanna, Sal-   terwood Land William, God-   ber Lumb             Moore Robt. Fletcher,   Common

Poundall Christopher,   Park Hall Radford Charles Richardson Hy., Car Shaw Ann Smith Arthur Smith Jno. Ticknall ln Smith Jph. Rye Field Smith Wm. Red Moor Ward Rebecca, Stripe Weston Sml., Car  Whysall Wm. & Isaac,   Old Hall      Woodhouse Charles   John, Common

Shopkeepers. Brown Joseph Hall Samuel, College Hogton Ralph, Park   Meadow Lander Charles Parker Samuel Smith Aden Smith Arthur Woodhouse Charles   John Common   CARRIER to Derby,   Joseph Fisher, Fri.

 

EGGINTON a pleasant but straggling village and parish, situated on a stream which flows into the river Dove, 4½ miles N.N.E. from Burton-on-Trent, and 7½ miles W.S.W. from Derby, contains 2,293A. 2R. 24P. of land, partly light and partly good rich soil, and an 1851 had 74 houses, and 374 inhabitants, of whom 187 were males, and 187 females; rateable value, £5150 8s. Sir Henry Flower Every, Bart., is lord of the manor, and owns nearly all the parish; Repton and Etwall corporation, Mr. Richard Bennett Godwin, Sir Richard Burdett, Bart., and A. N. E. Moseley, Esq., are also owners. The Trent and Mersey canal occupies 21A. 2R. 30P., and the Birmingham railway 12A., with a few other small freeholders. The river Dove passes through this parish, and is crossed by a stone bridge of four arches, called Monks Bridge, on the Derby and Burton-upon-Trent road, which is also the Ikenield Street, or Roman road, soon after which at the south extremity of the parish, the Dove has its confluence with the Trent. The Trent and Mersey canal, which was completed in 1770, crosses the Dove near Monks Bridge, by an aqueduct of 12 arches, about half-mile E., from which the Birmingham railway also crosses the Dove, by a bridge constructed of wood, with two piers to break the force of the water. The Church, dedicated to St. Wilfred, is an ancient Gothic edifice, with nave, chancel, side aisles, and handsome low tower, in which there are three bells. In the church are several monuments to the Every family, and several neat tablets to other persons. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £8 2s. 8½d., now ££450. The patrons are, Sir Henry Flower Every, Bart., E. S. C. Pole, and Joseph Leigh, Esqs.; the former has two presentations, and the latter, two conjointly. The Rev. Jno. Leigh, M.A. is the incumbent. The Hall, 4½ miles N.N.E. from Burton-upon-Trent, and 7 miles W.S.W. from Derby, is a neat brick mansion, with a stone balustrade round the parapet, and a circular centre with a dome, lighted from the top; it is pleasantly situated on the banks of the Dove, and has extensive pleasure grounds and plantations, which occupy

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about 10A., the lawn about 30A., the gardens 2A., and on the south front of the house is a fine fish pond covering about 10A. which runs into the river Dove. It is the seat and property of Sir Henry Flower Every, Bart., who succeeded his grandfather, the late Sir Henry Every, who died 28th December, 1855, and was interred in the church on the 11th January, 1856: this family came originally from Somersetshire; and Sir Simon, who was created a Baronet by King Charles I., in the 17th year of his reign, was born at Chard, in that county. He became possessed of the estates at Egginton by marrying the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Leigh, of Egginton, Knt. The estate continued in the possession of his lineal descendants till about 1760, when the Rev. John Every, the last direct heir, dying without issue, the property was claimed by Mr. Edward Every. an attorney, of Derby, a descendant of a son of the first possessor, who lived at Burton, and in his family the estate at present continues. In the year 1736, a fire consumed the greatest part of the house in which Sir S. Every then lived, and the present mansion was soon afterwards erected in its stead. The manor of Eghintune, which had belonged to Tochi, was at the Domesday survey held by Azelin, under Geoffrey Alselin: and here was a priest and a church and one mill of five shillings and six farmers, paying fourteen shil­lings and fourpence. William Fitz Ralph, founder of Dale Abbey, gave it to his nephew William de Grendon, in exchange for Stanley near Dale Abbey; from him it passed by marriage to Sir John Chandos, upon the death of whose descendant, Sir John Chandos, the celebrated warrior, in 1370, a moiety of the manor passed to his niece Elizabeth, daugther of Sir John Lawton, and wife of Sir Peter De La Pole, who was one of the knights of the shire in 1400. Ermetrude, the other co-heiress, married Sir William de Stafford, whose son Robert left five daughters co-heiresses; in consequence this moiety became divided into several shares. These having been re-united by purchase, were vested in the family of Lathbury. A co-heiress brought this moiety to Robert Leigh. On the death of Sir Henry Leigh, of Egginton, in the reign of James I., this estate passed to his daughter and co-heiress Anne, married to Simon Every, Esq., of Chard, in Somersetshire, who was created a Baronet in 1641. The manor of Hargate, formerly called Heath House, is supposed to be a portion not granted by William Fitz Ralph to his nephew; it was subsequently purchased by the Leighs. In March, 1644, a battle was fought on Egginton Heath, between the Royalists and Sir John Gell’s forces, commanded by Major Molanus and Captain Rodes. The royalists are said to have been defeated, and driven across the Trent. It is said that Walcheline de Ferraries, and Margaret Peverel, his wife, formerly lived at Egginton. The North Staffordshire railway has a small station here, situated about three-quarters of a mile from the village on the Derby road; it is a branch from Marston junction to Willington, opened in June 1849. There are four passenger trains each way daily, except Sunday, when there are only two.

CHARITIES.—Thomas Bugbury, in 1723, devised to Thos. Middleton and his heirs, a close in Blackfordby, in the county of Leicester, called Smathorne, and all his lands there, in trust that he should lay out 52s. yearly, viz.:—1s, every Sunday in 12 penny loaves to be put upon a shelf in the parish church of Egginton, to be distributed by the parish clerk to 12 persons as the trustees should appoint, that should come to church and receive them, and to pay to the clerk 6s. yearly for his trouble, and that a stone should be set up to record the charity, &c. The Hon. M. Shirley, the owner of the estate, remits the money to Mr. Wm. Smith, of Tutbury, who transmits it to the churchwardens of the parish, and it is distributed as above.

William Newton, in 1820, being desirous to make a provision for the poor of his native town, transferred to Ashton Nicholas Moseley, and Thomas Thornewill, Esqrs., and their heirs, &c., £2,000 three per cent. bank annuities, upon trust to receive the dividends and apply the same amongst all the poor, &c., as they should consider proper objects, &c. The dividends, £60 per annum, are received half-yearly, and distributed by the trustees shortly afterwards, in sums varying from £1 to £4, preference being given to such as are

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aged. A sum of £10 10s. has been laid out in erecting a monumental tablet in the church to the memory of the donor.

Egginton and Rolleston Church Land, with some allotments at the enclosure, con­sists of 3A. 2R. 26P., let for 69s. per annum, which is divided equally between this parish and that of Rolleston, in Staffordshire.

Parish Lands.—Beside the above, there was a farm containing 47A. 1R. 7P., which lands were allotted upon the Egginton enclosure, about 1791, in lieu of lands dispersed in the common fields; the rent of which was always carried to the general account of the poor. About 1806, the farm was sold to the late Sir Henry Every, Bart., for £1,431 15s.; of which, £1,000 was lent on mortgage, and the residue, with a small addition made by the parish, on the whole £443 1s. 3d., was applied in building a school room and eight cottages for the poor, on 1A. 3R. 20P. of land belonging the parish. The interest is carried to the overseers’ account.

Post Office, at John Woodward’s. Letters arrive from Burton-on-Trent, by foot post, at 8.30 A.M.; and are despatched at 5.0 P.M.

 

Every Sir Henry Flower, Bart., The Hall Adams William, vict., Every Arms, Bur- ton road Barber John, Esq., Park Hill Bond John, tailor Barrows John, timber merchant Gillham Alfred, gardener, The Hall Leigh Rev. John, M.A., rectory Ling Julia, schoolmistress Ling Samuel & Thos., shoemakers

Lowe James, coachman, The Hall Lowe John, footman, The Hall Scott Jabez, station master Smedley Catherine, blacksmith Tacey Henry, butler, The Hall Trowell, John baker Webster Thomas, gamekeeper Woodward Robert, wheelwright Woodward John, tailor and shopkeeper,   and Post office

 

Farmers. Adams John Adams William Bull James Bull William Bullock Thomas Dicken Richard

Holmes James, Toad   Hole Harobin Samuel Hulland Thos. John Jackson James Porter Thomas Radford Thomas Smith Ratcliff William

Railway. The North Stafford­-   shire Railway Co.’s   station, There are   4 Passenger trains   each way, daily;   Jabez Scott, station   master

Carrier. Wm. Baldwin, to Bur- ­  ton - upon - Trent,   Thurs.; & Derby,  on Fri.

 

ELVASTON is a small village and parish, pleasantly situated 4 miles S.E. by E. from Derby. It contains the hamlets of Ambaston and Thulston, and has 2,303A. 0R. 10P, of land, in 1851 there were 108 houses, and 498 souls, of whom 244 were males and 254 females; rateable value, £3,678 4s. 8d. The Earl of Harrington is lord of the manor and owner of the whole parish, except 60 acres and a small portion of glebe. Near the river it is a rich alluvial soil, and the other sandy, on a sub-stratum of strong gravel. The Church, which is nearly covered with ivy, is dedicated to St. Bartholomew, and is a large ancient structure, with nave, chancel, south aisle, lofty pinnacled tower, and four bells; a beautiful carved oak screen separates the chancel from the nave. In 1847 it underwent considerable restoration, the tower was gutted, two bells were re-cast, and the roof of one aisle had the iron bosses bolted and screwed. The east side of the tower, which is about 100 feet high, is supported by two buttresses, built from projections above, and clear from the roof of the church, The churchyard was beautifully enclosed with lofty lime trees, looked on as the poor man’s monument—oft watched with tearful eye—as marking the resting place of some dear departed one, but most of which the present Earl, without authority, cut down and sold. In the church are several monuments, one to Sir John Stanhope, who died in 1610, with his effigy in armour, and that of his lady, with another to the same family; also, one to Charles, third Earl of Harrington, representing Grief, &c., which was erected by his children, in 1833; he died the 11th of September,

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1829, aged 76 years. In the west end of the interior of the tower is a handsome stained glass window, by Warrington, which was placed there to the memory of Charles, fourth Earl of Harrington, by his widow, in 1851. The subjects in the three lights are, the good Samaritan, feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked. There is also a handsome carved oak screen on the east side, erected as a voluntary memorial to the same Earl. Here also is a monument restored by Nicholas Stone, in 1741, representing a reclining figure in armour, erected to the memory of Sir Charles Stanhope. In the chancel is a reclining figure, by Westmacott, erected by his mother, to Algernon Russell Stanhope, son of the present Earl. There is also a stained window by the present Earl, placed there to the memory of his mother, it is by Ballie, and represents Christ blessing little children. The living is a discharged vicarage, value £15 4s. 0d. from the time of Henry VIII., with a few small additional payments till 1852, when, after long litigation, commenced amicably, between the present incumbent and the late Earl, it was finally settled by compromise, the present Earl paying a rent charge of £235 17s. 5d., instead of £15 4s. 0d., and the other small tithe owners raised in proportion. The present value of the living is £241 17s. 5d. (rent charge) with glebe land amounting to £115, and other small payments amounting to £12 per annum; the Earl of Harrington is patron, and the Rev. Frederick Nathaniel Highmore, M.A. incumbent. In 1844 the old Vicarage was exchanged for Thulston Grange, a handsome brick residence, 5 miles S.E. from Derby, with about 3½ acres of land. The church had been to given the priory of Shelford in Nottinghamshire, by Ralph Hanselyn its founder; was granted to Michael Stanhope in 1539. The manors of Avoldestun, Emboldstun, and Torelfestune, which belonged, in the reign of Edward the Confessor, to Toschi, were held at Domesday survey by Geoffrey Alslin, whose descen­dent, Hanselyn, brought the manor to the Bardolfs. It afterwards belonged to the family of Blount, Lord Mountjoy, and at a later period to the Stanhopes. it was one of the seats of Sir John Stanhope. Thomas Stanhope, Esq., of Elvaston, grandson of Sir John John Stanhope the younger, had three sons; Willliam, the youngest, who succeeded to the estate on the death of his elder brothers, having been employed in many important negociations with foreign courts, was created a peer in 1729, by the title of Baron Harrington. He afterwards twice filled the office of one of the principal secretaries of state, and was in 1742, created Viscount Petersham and Earl of Harrington. A neat National school with a house for the master, was erected of brick in 1852, by the Earl of Harrington, it will accommodate about 60, and the average attendance is 50. The feast is the nearest Sunday to St. Bartholomew. Elvaston Castle is a large Gothic mansion, pleasantly situated in a well-wooded park of about 140 acres, the seat of the Earl of Harrington, who succeeded his brother on the 3rd of March, 1851. The late Earl greatly enlarged and beautified the grounds, by the addition of plantations and shrubberies, in which neat lodges in the Chinese style were erected for the domestics. On the East is an avenue of stately elms, about 1 mile in length, through which may be seen the Gotham hills. At the southern entrance from the park to the shrubberies, are the celebrated golden gates which originally belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte, and occupied a station near the royal palace at Paris. They were purchased by the late Earl, and were set up here in 1819. They are of wrought iron very ornamentally decorated with scroll work, which with the spear-headed points at the top, were richly gilt; on each side are correspondiug iron gilt railings, each 48 feet long, terminated by a large pillar of Derbyshire granite spar. On these pillars is the figure of Hercules slaying the lion; he is in two attitudes, parts of these are richly gilt. The railings, supports for the gates, are about 15 feet high, and of Birming­ham manufacture. Within the last few years the whole of the gilt work has been covered with blue paint, which has entirely destroyed the original beauty of these gates. In 1643, Elvaston Hall then the seat of Lady Stanhope, was plundered by Sir John Gell’s soldiers, who demolish­ed a costly monument newly made for Sir John Stanhope, and committed great outrages in the family vault. Mrs. Hutchinson speaks of this as the act of Sir John Gell himself, which outrage seems to have led to the sigular event of Sir John Gell marrying the widow. Earl

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Stanhope enjoys the inferior title of Baron Stanhope of Elvaston, and the Earl of Har­rington’s second tithe is Baron Mahon.

AMBASTON, a hamlet and small pleasant village, which maintains its own roads, and keeps its poor conjointly with Elvaston. It is situated 1 mile E.N.E. from Elvaston, and contains about 850 acres of land, mostly a strong clay marl. The Wesleyan Methodists have a small neat chapel here, erected in 1832. The farm now occupied by Mrs. Sarah Allestree, has been in their family for upwards of 300 years, and that, by Mr. PhIlip Whyman, for more than a century. Mr. John Smith’s family have been residents here for many generations. Henry, Philip, and John, sons of the late Samuel Smith were all born at one birth, on the 13th of October, 1807, in the house now occupied by John Felton Hubbard; they are all stout healthy men, with large families, standing about 6 feet each in height, Henry resides at Thulston, Phillip at Draycott, and John in this hamlet, they each keep their birth day trienally. The feast is held the second Sunday after the 12th of Sept.

THULSTON, another hamlet and small village, which maintains its own roads, half a mile S. from Elvaston, contains about 960 acres of good land, partly a clay loam and partly a light sand. It is the largest of the 3 hamlets. Thulston Grange, a handsome brick residence, 5 miles S.E. from Derby, is now the vicarage, and has about 3½ acres of land, and other small payments amounting to £12 per year. It was exchanged in 1844 for the old vicarage and 3 acres of glebe, which stood near the castle, and is now taken down. 51 acres of land situate at Draycott belongs to the vicarage. Mr. John Soar has a loaf of bread in his possession, in good preservation, the date upon it is April 15th, 1450. It was given as a dole at the funeral of one of the Stanhope family. Feast with Elvaston. In 1762 there were 884 acres of open lands inclosed in the manors of Elvaston and Thulston. A Post Office was established here on March 1st, 1856, through the exertions of the present vicar.

CHARTIES.— William Piggin, citizen of London, by will, gave £250 to buy lands, the profits thereof to be yearly distributed amongst the poor of the 3 towns belonging to Elvaston, by the churchwardens and some of his nearest kindred therein inhabiting, and £10 more as a stock, the yearly profits thereof to remain to the disposers thereof, to be spent in a drinking at the distribution, and with the monies there was purchased a house and lands in the parish of Spondon. By the award of Spondon inclosure, 1789, several allotments were made to the trustees, &c., and it was stated the farm house was very dilapidated, and several of the closes at a considerable distance, and that the said premises were not worth more to rent than £60 per annum, but were very advantageously situated for sale, which, with the con­sent of the parishioners at a vestry meeting, was accordingly done, to various purchasers, amounting in the whole to £3,121 12s. 6d. John Glover, in consideration of £1,350, by virtue of a power reserved to him by indentures of lease and release, dated 13th and 14th May, 1814, and an indenture of feoffment, dated 5th September, 1821, conveyed to Lord Petersham and others, and their heirs, a farm house, &c. in Cossington, in the county of Liecester, and 14 closes thereto adjoining, and containing by survey 89A. 2R. 13P. upon trust, &c. John Glover has held the same as tenant since the sale, at the rent of £90 per annum, and with Wilcox and Osborne’s charity, are carried to one account, and the appli­cation is there stated. A brass plate was put up in the church, with an inscription stating the particulars of the sale and purchase above mentioned, at a cost of £6 8s. 10d. which, with law charges for deeds, and building a new barn, amounted in the whole to £251 4s. 3d.

Wilcox Charity.—(See St. Peter’s, Derby.)—The parish of Elvaston is entitled to one fourth part of the charity, which produces in the whole £47 per annum.

Jacob Osborne, by will, 1712, devised all his farm and lands, &c. in Ashton-on-­Trent, to his brothers and executors, and their heirs, that they should yearly dispose of the rents, &c. amongst so many poor persons inhabiting in Elvaston, and in such manner as they should think fit, &c. The premises consist of two meadows, called the Two Gates, and the Acres, containing 14A., and a pasture, called Moor Close, containing 4A., and are let at the yearly rent of £37, carried to one fund with the above charities, and after the payment of expenses incurred on account of the two farms, &c., a distribution is made

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amongst the poor of the parish, as follows:—Every month from October to May, the overseers make a distribution not exceeding £10 in amount, in sums varying from 1s. to 10s. amongst the poor. By this distribution, many are relieved who would otherwise apply for parish relief, and there are also many who receive an addition to their parochial relief.

 

ELVASTON TOWNSHIP.

 

Harrington Rt. Hon. Lester, (Earl of) The   Castle Barron William, landscape gardener, Castle Hall Obadiah and Lydia, National School

Hallatt William, gamekeeper, Castle Lodge Keel James William, butler, Castle Radway Mrs. Ann, housekeeper, Castle

 

Farmers. Chambers Ths. (& sdlr)

Chambers William Knighton Ann

Pearson Samuel Severn Jonathan

Severn William Webster Thomas

 

AMBASTON HAMLET.

 

Isaac Wm., vict. and butcher, Harrington   Arms Jackson Joseph, draper

Perkins Joseph, shopkeeper Smith John, joiner and carpenter Winfield Ann, school

 

Farmers. Allestree Sarah Coxon Charles Coxon William

Hubbard John Felton Morley Catherine Porter Nahum, (ex-   ecutors of) Smith Thomas

Smith Thomas Hardy Thacker Eggleston,   Grange Whyman Philip Wheatcroft William

Winfield Aaron Winfield John   Carrier to Derby,   Aaron Winfield, Fri.

 

THULSTON HAMLET.

 

Post Office, at Mr. John Wall’s, letters arrive from Derby by mail cart, at 6.45 a.m., and are despatched at 8.10 p.m.

 

Blackshaw John, wheelwright Blackshaw William, wheelwright Ford John, bricklayer Ford Mary, vict., Bricklayers Arms Foster James, jun., baker Highmore Rev. Frederick Nathaniel, M.A.,   Vicar, The Grange

Hutchinson Mr. John Stanley William, vict. & blacksmith., Horse   Shoes Sturges Francis, shopkeeper Wall Thomas, butcher and shopkeeper

 

Farmers. Briggs Mary Briggs William Mug-   leston, junr.

Foster James Smith Henry Soar John

Shoemakers. Chambers Humphrey Spencer Charles

Sturges Thomas Wall John, (& parish   clerk)

 

HALLAM (WEST) a parish and well built village, 7 miles N.E. by N. from Derby, contains 1334A. 0R. 36P. of land, principally a brown loam, resting on a clay subsoil, and in 1851, had 105 houses, and 637 inhabitants, of whom 346 were males, and 291 females; rateable value, £2,918 16s. 5d. Francis Newdigate, Esq., of Blackheath, Kent, is lord of the manor, patron of the church, and sole owner, except the glebe, 51A 2R. 32P. The Church, dedicated to St.Wilfred, is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, chancel, side aisles, tower, and three bells. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £8, now £300. The tithes were commuted in 1840, for £256 10s. 8d. The Rev. Charles John Newdigate, M.A., incumbent. The church has recently undergone extensive restorations and repairs, and is now a very handsome edifice. This work has been carried out at an expense of nearly £1,000, under the direction of Mr. G. G. Place, architect, Nottingham. Previous to the restoration, the edifice contained high backed unpainted pews, flat ceilings, and other incongruities. These have been entirely removed, and the nave and aisles are now fitted throughout with open seats of English oak, and oak stalls haye also been erected

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in the chancel, which is divided from the vestry by an ornamental screen. The sacrarium has been laid down in beautiful encaustic tiles, and the altar steps are of white alabaster, the material having been found under the floor of the church. The font, which is supposed to have originally formed the base of the village cross, has been completely renovated, and is now placed at the west end of thc south aisle. Not the least striking feature of the restoration is the stained glass which has been principally supplied by Messrs. M. and A. O’Connor, London. The east window of the chancel, the gift of the patron, has for its subject the Crucifixion, the tracery being filled with figures of angels with censors in their hands. The first window on the south side of the chancel is the old one restored, and con­tains small figures of saints under canopies. The next window containing the emblems of the four evangelists, is similar to the general arrangement, and is the work of an amateur. A two-light window on the N. side, contains the shields of the former and present patrons of the church. All the windows of the new south aisle are filled with stained glass, the gift of the parishioners. That at the west end is a memorial to the Rev. John Scargill, who died in 1662, and founded the Free school in the village, which is perpetuated by the following lines on a stone in the chancel:

“He built a school free for twelve children poore,

“Six of this towne, and six of three townes more,

“To whome he gave—besides their learning free,

“Nine-pence a week to each boy paid to bee.”

On the north aide of the chancel is a handsome marble altar-tomb, with the effigy of a man in plate armour,—Walter Powtrill, Esq., lord of this manor, also of Cassandra, his wife. At each end of the monument, and in two compartments in the front are the figures of three son, and four daughters; round the base of the tomb are this arms of the Powtrill family. He died September 16th, 1598. There is also an incised altar tomb, having the following inscription :—

“Hie jacet Tomas Powtrell armiger,

“Quondam dominus istius villæ et patronius,

“Istius Ecclesiæ qui obiit 24 die Augusti,

“Anno Domino 1484, cujus anima misereatur Deus.”

The rectory is a well built handsome mansion, on an eminence near the church, and com­mands extensive and beautiful views to the south-east, and in the garden is one of the finest lime tree, in the county. In 1832, a good brick school room, 48 feet by 21 feet, was erected; there are 66 children who receive their instruction free, and 9d. per week, viz. —33 from West Hallam, and 11 each from Stanley, Dale Abbey, and Mapperley. The master has a salary of £60 per annum, with a residence. In 1852, a handsome brick school for girls and infants, with residence for the teacher, was built by the trustees of Scargill’s charity, at a cost of £300, out of the surplus funds of that charity, exclusive of the bricks which were given by the lord of the manor; about 80 children attend. The Nutbrook canal passes the east side of the parish, and coals are brought from a colliery in the parish by a tram road to a wharf on its banks. There is also an extensive blue brick and tile manufactory belonging to the lord of the manor, of which George Adamson is foreman. Here is a mineral spring, the water of which is similar in its qualities to Harrogate water. The feast, first Sunday after St. Luke, and in the village are 3 male and 1 female benefit societies.

CHARITIES.—William Hickling, by will gave to his son, Richard Hickling, a cottage in Mapperley, and directed that 20s. a year should be paid to the poor of the parish of West Hallam, on St. Thomas’s day. By a deed, 1673, Richard Hickling, in consideration of £50 enfeoffed to Francis Handley and his heirs, a cottage at Mapperley, in the parish of Kirk Hallam, subject to a rent of 5s. 4d., to the lord of the fee, and a payment of 20s. to the poor of West Hallam, upon the feast of St. Thomas the Apostle. The Handley family paid this 20s. annually until 1786, but Mr. Handley refused to pay in 1787. It appears in 1714 that Francis Handley, for the sum of £17 conveyed a close lying in Mapperley for

 

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the use of Risley school, to certain persons, except the sum of 20s. yearly, to be paid to the poor of West Hallam. He also, for the consideration aforesaid, granted to the said parties a yearly rent charge of 20s. out of the long close lying at Mapperley, with a power of distress if the same should be unpaid. Various applications have been made to Mr. Handley and the chapelry of Risley for payment, without effect; but it appears to us that this annual sum ought to be paid by them in future, out of the rents of the field.

Margaret Hodges, in 1749, gave to William Handley £20, in trust, to distribute the interest amongst the poor persons in West Hallam or any neighbouring town. It is in the hands of William Hodgkinson, and 12s. interest is paid for it to the rector, and is distributed about Christmas, in sums of 1s. amongst the poor.

William Holbrook, a labouring man of this parish, who died in 1794, by his will directed that the produce of his property should be given to poor widows of the parish, at the dis­cretion of Mr. William Barton. The clear produce of his property amounted to £11, which has remained in Mr. Barton’s hands, for which he has paid 11s. per annum, which has been given to 11 poor widows on St. Thomas’s day. Mr. Barton states that he is ready to invest that sum on good security.

Francis Gisborne’s charity.—(See Bradley.)—The annual sum of £7 5s. received by the rector. is laid out in flannel, given to the poor men and women. The Rev. John Scargill built a school, and endowed it with a sum of £540. This sum was laid out in land at Eastwood, in 1666. The trustees, in 1682, purchased a messuage and lands, for £360, at Greasley, which sum is supposed to have arisen from the residuary bequest in the donor’s will. On the enclosure of Eastwood, 1797, 5A. 2R. 23P. of land was awarded to the trustees. Various exchanges and partitions have taken place, by one of which, a close called the Moor Bridge was purchased for £25 10s., and surrendered to the trustees at a court for the manor of Ilkeston. The property now consists of a farm at Eastwood of 48A. 3R. 5P., let for £80 per annum; a messuage and land at Newthorpe, 26A. 2R. 39., at the yearly rent of £44; and a cottage and land at Newthorpe, 2A. 3R. 39P., at a rent of £9. A field at Ilkeston, let for £4 per annum, exclusive of 7s. 6d. paid by the Nutbrook canal company, for a small portion taken for that canal, and from whom a sum of £32 was received as arrears from 1794 to 1826. The school premises consist of a large school room, with a house adjoining for the schoolmaster, built in 1782. In 1797 an addition was made to the schoolroom, at an expense of £109 12s. 9d, and in 1832 it was entirely rebuilt. The annual income is about £169, exclusive of the coal. The schoolmaster’s salary was in 1820, fixed at £60, and the scholars then increased to 58, viz.: nineteen of Hallam, and thirteen each from Dale, Stanley, and Mapperley. They have each a pension allowed them of 9d. per week, paid at the end of every half-year. In 1787 this charity was returned to Parliament at only £19 16s. per annum, and the master had originally £10 per annum for teaching twelve children.

Mrs. Ann Powtrell bequeathed to the free school £50, the interest thereof to ap­prentice one of the poorest scholars of West Hallam. The will being concealed by Mr. James Willoughby till 1699, when it was proved, &c., and Edward Willoughby and his son became bound for the payment of £73 17s. with interest at five per cent. This sum is supposed to have been laid out in the purchase of three acres of copyhold land at Ilkeston, now let for £10 a year. There is also a sum of £250 which is stated to have arisen from the surplus income of this charity, and which was in 1817 lent by the Rev. John Morewood, to Mr. William Parkinson, on mortgage, and still remains on interest at 5 per cent. The premium allowed for such apprentice is £10. It is required that each boy should have been educated in the school six years, and should be a parishioner of West Hallam. The accounts are kept by the Rev. John Morewood, (1825,) in whose hands was a balance of £52 13s. 2d.

Poor’s Lands—Mr. Stansfeld gave £100 to the poor of this parish, which was laid out in land, producing £3 18s. per annum in 1786, situated at Ilkeston, viz.: the Thatch

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Holme close, 4A. 3R. 30P., let for £10 per armum; the Bardoe flat, now Hovel Nook, 2A. 0R. 1P. let for £4 10s. per annum. There is also an annual sum of 7s. 5d. paid by the proprietors of the Erewash canal, for damage done to one of the fields in making the canal. The rents are received by two of the trustees, and are distributed on the Sunday before Christmas, and the Sunday before Easter, amongst the oldest and most indigent persons of the parish, in sums varying from 2s. 6d. to 8s.

George Thompson, in 1704, gave to the poor of this parish £42, vested in the overseers. It appears by an entry in a book, that £15, in the hands of Robert Richardson, was lost, and that the remaining £27 was in the hands of the parish, at 4½ per cent. interest, but which was discontinued from 1807 to 1815, when it was again paid. The annual sum of £1 4s. 6d. is now paid by the overseer, and distributed on the Sunday before Christmas.

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

 

Adamson George, foreman brickmaker Brown Joseph, wheelwright Brown Thomas, vict. and brickmaker,                 White Hart Evans Richard, joiner Fletcher Joseph, tailor Fletcher William, parish clerk Grundy William, blacksmith Heath William, corn miller Hobson John, shoemaker Hudson Mary Ann, vict., Newdigate Arms Hunt Samuel, shoemaker

Lings George, bookkeeper Martin Hannah, vict., Punch Bowl Martin Miss Mary, schoolmistress Milnes Robert, butcher Morral William, saddle and collar maker Newdigate Rev. Charles J., M.A., Rectory Rowbottom Isaac, master of Endowed   School Small George & Son, nurserymen West Hallam Coal & Iron Works, H. B.   Whitehouse & Son, proprietors.

 

Farmers.   Barton John, Fox   Holes Borebank Benjamin Crichley Joseph Derbyshire Joshua, (&   joiner) Ebbern Marinah Fletcher Benjamin

Fletcher John Haslam John Hollingworth John Hollingworth Wm. Hudson Mary Ann Hunt John Hunt William, (and   baker) Martin Hannah Milnes John, Grange

Wragg Wm. Statham,   The Firs   Shopkeepers.   Bardill Robert Borebank Benjamin Daykin Robert Heath William

Hunt John Lees William Toplis William   Carrier.   Wm. Hunt, to Derby,   on Friday, and to   Nottingham on Sat.