OCKBROOK, a parish and large well built village, containing several handsome modern residences, and the hamlets of Borrowash and Shacklecross, 5½ miles E. from Derby, and 1 mile N from Borrowash station, contains 1562A. 3R. 18P. of strong clay land, and in 1851 had 394 houses and 1763 inhabitants, of whom 814 were males and 949 females; rateable value £5176 12s. The principal owners are Wm. D. Lowe, Esq., Thomas Pares, Esq., H. Flower, Esq., Thos. Batelle, Esq., and Mrs. Murray. The manor is divided into 12 shares, of which Mr. Pares holds 5. The Church, All Saints, is a perpetual curacy, returned at £154; has been endowed with £800 benefactions, £600 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £1300 parliamentary grant. There are 49A. 3R. 21P. of glebe, and an allotment of 17A. 3R. 22P., purchased with bounty. Thomas Pares, Esq. is patron and impropriator; Rev. Melville H. Scott, B.A., incumbent. The Church, is an ancient structure, partly in the Norman style, with nave and chancel, divided by a beautiful open work screen, has a spacious gallery and small organ, a low tower, 3 bells and an octagonal spire. In 1835 it was enlarged on the south side, and thorougly repaired, at a cost of £700. The east window is of beautiful stained glass, with representations of the four evangelists, said to have been brought from Wigston’s Hospital at Leicester. There are several neat tablets to the Pares family. A national school for boys and girls was erected in 1848 by voluntary subscription, about 70 attend; and in 1843, a neat infant school was erected by subscription, about 60 attend. An establishment of Moravians was founded here in 1750. The principal buildings stand in a regular line, and consist of the single sister’s house. Two boarding schools for about 50 boys and 30 young ladies, and in the centre a neat commodious chapel of brick, with galleries at each end, and will seat about 400 persons, near to which is a range of houses for the ministers, with several other houses, and a commodious lodging-house. The congregation meet for divine service every Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday evenings. The Rev. Samuel Wilson is director of the boarding schools and Miss Robinson, governess. There is also a private

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establishment here for the educttion of young ladies, in the Sister’s house, under the man­agement of Miss Jenkins, which is distinct from the boarding school for young ladies, though contigious to it, and is regulated on the same principles. Behind the chapel is the burial ground divided into squares, the gravestones all small, flat, and uniform, inscribed only with names and dates. The Methodist chapel, opened in 1808, will seat 400 persons; and the Primitive Methodist’s chapel, built 1824, and enlarged 1842, are both neat brick buildings. About 70 frames are employed in the village, and here are 3 benefit societies. Feast, nearest Sunday to November 13. The manor of Ockbrook, at Domesday survey, belonged to Geoffrey Alselin. In l583; Frederick Lord Windsor conveyed it to the principal freeholders. The Church was appropriated to the Priory of Shelford—no doubt given by the founder, Thomas Hanselyn. The Bardolfs had a park here, and the Abbot of Dale had another, which had been made by the Grendons in the thirteenth century.

BORROWASH, a large well built village on the Derby and Nottingham road, 4 miles E. from Derby, 1 mile S. from Ockbrook. Principal owner John E. Swindell, Esq., with some smaller owners, of whom the Earl of Harrington is one, and owns the cotton mills, in the occupation of Messrs. John Towle & Co., at which 250 persons are employed, it occupies the site of a corn mill which formerly belonged to Dale Abbey. The river Derwent, the Derby canal, and the Nottingham Branch of the Midland Railway pass through the village, and the latter has a neat station here. There are 7 houses at the west extremity of this village, in the parish of Spondon. The Wesleyan Methodist’s chapel is a handsome brick building, erected 1825, will seat about 450 persons, attached to which is a large school­room; and the Primitive Methodists, one erected in 1851. In 1840, the late Rev. Samuel Hey erected a school-room here at his own expense; about 75 children attend. There are also about 30 children who are employed at Messrs. Towle’s factory, who attend half a day daily. There is Church service held in the school-room, every other Sunday evening, by the vicar.

SHACKLECROSS, a small hamlet on the Nottingham road, ¼ mile E. from Borrowash. Here is a corn mill worked by a steam engine 12 horse power.

CHARITIES.—Robert Piggin, in 1706, gave 40s. per annum to the poor of the parish, out of a farm in Chaddesden, which is distributed on Good Friday.

Anne Potter, in 1709, gave 20s. per annum to the poor of this parish, out of a dwel­ling-house, orchard, and 2 crofts adjoining. Mr. Edward Hunt, the owner, pays the money to the churchwarden, and it is distributed on Whit-Monday, at his house.

Edward James, in 1709, gave 20s. per annum to the poor. This sum is paid from Bartlewood Lodge in Ockbrook, the property of William Drury Lowe, Esq., and distributed by the churchwarden.

William James, in 1732, devised a close called the Moor Close, upon trust, to pay the yearly rent thereof to the poor of this parish. At the inclosure, a parcel of land contain­ing 1A. 3R. 1P. was allotted to the overseers of the poor, in satisfaction for the Moor Close, and is now called the Poor’s Close, and let for £4 4s. per annum, and distributed to the poor in sums of 1s. each.

James Johnson, is stated to have formerly given £10 to this parish, the interest to be distributed to poor widows on Christmas day. The principal having been appropriated to the use of the parish, 10s. is distributed by the parish officers according to the donor’s intention.

Francis Gisborne’s Charity.—The share, £6 10s., received by this parish, is applied by the vicar in the purchase of woollen cloth and flannel, which he distributes amongst the poor of the parish. (See Bradley.)

Church Lands.—By the award of the commissioners under the inclosure act, land containing 2A. 1R. 2P. was allotted to the churchwardens, in satisfaction of all their lands and common rights, intended to be inclosed, and also in satisfaction of an old inclosure called Burrow Wood Close. This allotment, now called the Church Close, together with a house called the Church House, a small garden and orchard, containing about half an acre, are let for £15 per annum, used in aid of the church rates.

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Post Office, at Mr. James Murgatroyd’s; letters arrive from Derby at 8 a.m., and are despatched at 5 30 p.m. Money Order office open from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m.

 

Agard Misses Ann and Elizabeth Balguy Bryan Thomas, Esq., clerk of the   peace, coroner and town clerk for the   borough of Derby, Manor House Barton Mrs. Sophia Beesley Mrs. Mary A., Moravian boarding   house Cade Henry, yeoman Cook George, painter, &c. Cotton Herbert, blacksmith Dawswell Wm. Henry, painter, &c. Deacon Augustus O., artist Dowman Robert, cow leech Edwards Rev. Wm., (Moravian) Ellis Mrs. Elizabeth Finney Charles W., surgeon Foss Mrs. Frances Goodwin William, joiner, builder, and   wheelwright Harrison Mrs. Mary Lamburn Edward, master of National   school Leaver Mr. William

Lowe Capt. Alfred S. Macconnel Mrs. Ann Maynard William, Esq. Middleton William, beerhouse, and silk   glove master, Cross Keys Milward Joseph, parish clerk Moxley Mr. Jeremiah Murray Mrs. Elizabeth Oliver Mrs. Elizabeth Peat Mr. Richard Potter Dorothy, straw bonnet maker Reichel Rev. Samuel R., (Moravian) Scott Rev. Melville H., B.A., vicar Seifferth Rev. Benjamin, (Moravian) Simpson Mary, infant schoolmistress Smith Samuel, gardener Spencer Thomas and Joseph, tailors Sutton Charles, tailor Tutin Mr. John White Mr. Thomas Wilson Rev. Samuel, director of the Mora- vian boarding schools

 

Academies. Marked * take Boarders. Beesly Anna M. Infants; Mary   Simpson * Jenkins Miss Mary,   Sisters House National; Edward   Lamburn * Robinson Susan,   (Moravian) * Wilson Rev. Saml.,   (Moravian)   Bakers. Kerry Robert, jun. Richardson Timothy   Butchers. Chevin Robert

Goodman Joseph   Farmers. Chevin John Chevin Robert Chevin Thomas Cook John Cook Thomas Cope William Dimmock Robert Goodman Jane and   Samuel Hunt Edwd., Bartle   Wood Hunt Joseph Kerry Robert Lakin John Smith John Sneap William Spencer Richard,   Bartle Wood Lodge

Stevens John Taylor Samuel Wheatcroft Edward   Grocers. Murgatroyd James, (&   draper) Orchard Jacob Richardson Timothy   Hosiery Manufrs. Drening John Lewsley James Winterton John   Inns. Queen’s Head, Thos.   Abbott Royal Oak, Wm. Peat White Swan, Isaac   Beardsley

Shoemakers. Anthony James Hudson William Jerrom Thomas Plowright Thos. H.     Silk Glove Mkrs. Middleton William Peat William Potter John Stevens James   Carrier. To Derby; Joseph   Cope, Tuesday and   Friday

 

BORROWASH HAMLET.

 

Post Office, at Benjamin Hooley’s; letters arrive from Derby at 7 30 a.m., and are despatched at 6 30 p.m.

 

Those marked * are in the parish of Spondon.

Beck William, hawker * Bell Edmund, clerk Brunt Zacariah, blacksmith

Dobson Thomas, station master Greasley Frederick, builder Hey Mrs. Jane

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Hodgkinson George, vict., Noah’s Ark Holland Mr. Thomas Lomax Henry, master of National school Morgan Mrs. Charity Morley William, tailor Peel Nathaniel, wheelwright

Richardson Henry, baker Towle Mrs. Elizabeth Towle John & Co., cotton doublers, Borro­-   wash and Draycott Mills * Towle Mrs. Fanny * Ufton Joseph, chimney sweep

 

Butchers. Street Joshua Winterton Wm., (and   beerhouse   Coal Merchants. Burton John Ostler Chawner Rupert W.,   (and agent for the   sale of all descrip-   tions of glazed   stoneware, sanitary   tubes, and other

pipes,) Wharfs,   Draycott and Not-   tingham. Street Joshua   Farmers. * Antill Charles * Ashby Abraham Dyche Wm. & John Gill Joseph, (and   cattle dealer) Kerry George Lander John, Ock-   brook Field

Mansfield John * Meakin William Salisbury Joseph, (&   maltster)   Shoemakers. Dyche Wm. & John Ward William White Frederick and   James   Shopkeepers. Cope Edwin Coxon Joseph

Dyche Joseph   Railway Convey-­ ance Midland Railway Co.   (Derby and Not-   tingham Branch,)   nine trains up, and   six down daily. On   Sundays, four each   way. Thos. Dobson,   station master

 

SHACKLECROSS HAMLET.

 

Evatts Mr. Edward Frost John, shopkeeper Hunt Thomas, corn miller Moorley Joseph, coal dealer

Street Edward, farmer Windley William, beerhouse Young Joseph B., inland revenue officer

 

PENTRICH parish and township, with the township and chapelry of Ripley annexed, contains 3,839A. 2R. 4½P of land (which formed part of the endowments of Derley Abbey, given by Hubert Fitz Ralph), and in 1851 had 750 houses and 3,557 inhabitants, of whom 1,811 were males and 1,746 females; rateable value £9,811 1s. 6d.

PENTRICH, a township and well built village, 2¾ miles S. by W. from Alfreton, and 1½ miles N. by W. from Ripley, contains 1,678A. 0R. 38P. of land, and in 1851 had 94 houses, 486 inhabitants, of whom 247 were males and 239 females; rateable value £2,821 12s. 6d.; the Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor, and owner of about three-parts of the township; the Butterley Company are also owners, The Nottingham Canal Com­pany have a reservoir of 70 acres, 30 acres of which are in this parish, and the Cromford Canal Company have also a reservoir at Butterley Park, 7 acres of which are in Pentrich. The Midland Railway Company have lately purchased both these reservoirs. The Church, dedicated to St. Matthew, formerly belonged to Derley Abbey, it is a handsome ancient structure, and stands on a gentle eminence, has nave, chancel, side aisles, and square em­battled tower, in which are three bells; the Font is very old, the date upon it being 1662. In the chest in the church, is preserved an old relic, said to be a petition got up on or about the year 1635, on which are the names of several parishioners, but owing to the then bad state of education, were only able to affix their marks, which are very curiously made, and all differently formed. Here are several monuments, one to Edmund Horne, whose family for many years resided at Butterley Hall, also one to Lieut. Wood, who was killed in action, at Meeanee, 17th of February, 1843, whilst cheering on his men in that unequal and dreadful conflict, he was son of the Rev. John Wood, late vicar of this parish, there is is also one to Madame Mawer, who died in 1776, she was the wife of the Rev. George Mawer, chaplain to the 2nd. battalion of the 1st royal regiment of foot, and youngest son of the Rev. John Mawer, D.D., who descended from the ancient and illustrious house of that name; here are also others to the Bradley and Jessop families. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s books at £6, now £165, has been augmented with £600 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £1000 Parliamentary grant; the Duke of Devonshire is patron, and the Rev. George Pocock, incumbent. The vicarage a large handsome mansion

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near the church, was rebuilt of stone in in 1851, at a cost of about £1,000. The Independents have a small chapel here, it is a plain stone building with thatched roof, endowed with land at Ripley amounting to about £8 per year. In 1819, the Duke of Devonshire erected a National school for both sexes, and allows the master £5 per annum, besides which he receives £17 per annum, raised by subscriptions, for which he teaches 22 children. The school will hold about 150, and 70 attend. A library for the use of the parish is held at the school-room, which is supported by subscriptions, the number of volumes is about 300. The Cromford canal intersects this parish, and separates Pentrich from Ripley. In 1817, a riot broke out at this village. The general peace not having brought its expected plenty, numerous political meetings had been held, and parliamentary reform called for. In this state of public distress, Government sent spies to gain inform­ation from the disturbed districts, and one of these emissaries, a fellow of the name of Oliver, visited Nottinghamshire and the border of Derbyshire. On the 9th of June, at night, about 200 persons assembled, threatening all who would not join them with death. A servant man in Wingfield Park was shot, and after visiting Ripley, Codnor, and Eastwood, they were met by the military and dispersed, many of them being taken prisoners and afterwards tried at Derby, three of whom were executed, about twelve transported, and many imprisoned for different periods. Though Oliver’s principal exertions were in Yorkshire, where many were arraigned for high treason, yet none were executed in that county. In 1643, when the royalists under the Marquis of Newcastle, attacked Wingfield Manor-house, and took it by storm—Sir John Gell, of Hopton, shortly afterwards com­menced a vigorous assault on it with cannon planted on Pentrich common, which was eventually successful, and the besieged were compelled to surrender. On this common was a Roman encampment, it was nearly square and consisted of a double vallum.

WAINGRIFF, in this parish, was given by Ralph Fitz-Stephen to the Knights Hospi­tallers of St. John of Jerusalem, for the erection of a house of that Order at this place.

RIPLEY, a township, chapelry, and improving market town, 10 miles N. from Derby, and 4 miles E. from Ambergate station, contains 2,161A. 1R. 6½P. of good land, of which 43A. 2R. 8P. are in roads; and in 1851 had 656 houses and 3,071 inhabitants, of whom 1,564 were males and 1,507 females; rateable value £6,989 9s. 0d. The principa1 owners are the Butterley Company, Wm. Drury Lowe, Esq., Rev. Wm. Peach, Thos. Peach, Esq., Jno. Sant, Esq., Jno. Topham, Esq., Fras. Wright, Esq., Jonathan Woolley, Esq., Rev. Jno. Wood, and Robert Wood, Esq., with several smaller owners. At Domesday survey it was the property of Ralph Fitz-Hubert, and afterwards given by him to the abbot and convent of Darley. The church, dedicated to All-Saints, is a neat commodious structure, erected in 1820, and consecrated in 1821. Cost, £1,600, raised by voluntary subscription, towards which the patron gave £210, and the Rev. Jno. Wood, £100, aided with £375 from the Incorporated Society, for which 400 seats remain free and unappropriated for ever, besides which, there are 200 reserved seats. The living is a perpetual curacy of the value of £100, and was augmented in 1822 with £2,200 parliamentary grant. The Duke of Devonshire is the patron, Rev. James Clark, B.A., incumbent. New National schools for boys and girls were erected in 1856, at a cost of about £2,400, raised partly by subscrip­tions and partly by grants, as under: viz,, the National Society £100; the Committee of Council on Education, £800; and the Butterley Company the principal part of the remainder. The schools are substantial brick buildings with residences for the teachers, and will accommodate 300 pupils, the average attendance of boys is 140, and girls 75. The old National School, it is purposed to use as an Infant school. The Wesleyan Chapel, in Chapel street, was built in 1847, at a cost of £2,000. It is a hand­some brick building of the mixed order, capable of seating 800 persons, with large sunday schools and minister’s house attached. The Wesleyan Reformers Chapel, Wood street, formerly a lecture hall, but was purchased by them in 1854, and converted into a Chapel st a cost of £800. it is a neat brick building with gallery at the north end, and will

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seat about 400 persons, there are school rooms attached in which an Infant’s school is held; about 50 attend. General Baptist Chapel, Church street, erected in 1846, at a cost of £900, is a handsome brick building, with stone dressings in the Grecian style, with a small burying ground attached; will seat about 250 persons, and the same number of sunday school children can be accommodated in a portion of the building fitted up expressly for that pur­pose. Rev. William Gray, pastor. Primitive Methodist Chapel, Grosvenor place, erected in 1850, is about to be enlarged and schools added at an outlay of £200. Unitarian Chapel, Butterley Hill, a large handsome stone building capable of seating 400 hearers. The Rev. E. O. Jones, of Duffield, is the minister. The market, formerly on Wednesday, was chartered about the reign of Henry III, is now held by consent on a Saturday, and is well attended. Fairs are held on the Wednesday in Easter Week, and October 23rd, also a Statute for hiring servants November 5th. This is a very busy district, the Cromford canal passing its northern verge near Harthsay, where there are several large collieries, and where many of the inhabitants find employment; and also at the extensive works of the Butterley Company, for the manufacture of bar and sheet iron, steam engines, &c. Ripley is supplied with gas from the works of Mr. James Crossley, of the Derby road, who has here an extensive establishment for the manufacture of silk and cotton, and also for the patent candle wicks which require no snuffing, at which about 120 persons are employed. A branch of the Midland railway has been made from this town to Derby, joining the main line at Little Eaton; it was opened to the public for passenger traffic on the 1st September, 1856. The terminus is at the Green Hillocks, where there is a neat station with suitable offices. There are three trains each way, daily.

BUTTERLEY, a hamlet at the N.E. extremity of the township on the Alfreton and Derby road, 3 miles S. by W. from Alfreton. The extensive iron works of the Butterley Company were established about 1793. They consist of three blast furnaces, foundry, and steam engine manufactory, and give employment to a great number of persons. They have also extensive works at Codnor Park, and large collieries in the neighbourhood. The Cromford canal is conducted underneath these works through a tunnel of 2,966 yards in length, and in the neighbourhood is a reservoir covering 70 acres for supplying the Nottingham canal. The Erewash valley railway has a branch from Codnor Park to these works. Butterley Hall, a handsome mansion three quarters of a mile S.E. from Ripley, is the seat of Major John Jessop.

HARTHSAY, or HARTHAY, is a tithe-free lordship, where Messrs. J. & C. Mold have an extensive colliery, and wharf on the Cromford canal, one mile N.W. from Ripley; also the zinc and spelter works of Mr. E. A. Attwood.

GREENWICH, a small village half a mile E. by N. from Ripley, on the Nottingham road, and 10 miles N. from Derby, where is Greenwich House, a large handsome mansion, the residence of W. H. Fletcher, Esq.

MAREHAY, a small village on the Derby road, 1 mile S.W. from Ripley, 8 miles N.N.E. from Derby. The Marehay and Whiteley Colliery Company have collieries here, and a wharf on the Little Eaton canal. Waingroves Hall, 1 mile S. E. of Ripley, is the property of Thomas Peach, Esq., M.D.

CHARITIES.—Francis Gisborne’s Charity.—The annual sum of £5 10s. received by the vicar, is applied in the purchase of flannel, and bestowed in moieties to the poor of the townships of Pentrich and Ripley—(See Bradley.)

Christiana Countess of Devonshire, and William Earl of Devonshire, (See Derby) £6 is paid by the agent of the Duke of Devonshire, which is applied in apprenticing poor children of Pentrich.

James Lupton gave to the poor widows of Ripley, land vested in Joseph Dannah, producing 10s. a year. The sum is distribnted at Christmas, amongst poor widows.

Thomas Hunter left £2 10s. yearly to the poor of this township—(See Horsley.)

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Bowne Anthony, agent, Hammersmith Booth Joseph, blacksmith Bowler George, coal agent Fletcher James, vict., Dog Inn Fletcher Jesse, blacksmith Fletcher Jonathan, corn miller Fletcher Mr. Sampson Haslam Brothers, colliery owners; George   Bowler, manager Hepworth Herbert, vict., Devonshire Arms,   Pentrich Lane End Johnson Mr. Benjamin Marsden Mrs. Elizabeth, Hammersmith Moore John, bricklayer Pocock Rev. Geotge, vicar, Vicarage

Power Charles, cowkeeper Power John, butcher Shipman Elizabeth, gardener Strafford John, agent to Butterley Co. Stanley Thomas, shoemaker, Hammersmith Sutton Robert, cowkeeper Topham Edwin, schoolmaster, National   school Turner John, blacksmith Turner Jonathan, blacksmith Turton Edwin, parish clerk, assistant over- seer, surveyor of the highways, and col-   lector of property and income tax. Walters Mr. James Woore Joseph, tailor

 

Farmers. Beighton John Booth Ferdinand,   Lane End Booth George Booth Job Booth Samuel, Broad   Oaks Booth Wm., Coney-   gree Bowler John, Butter-   ley Park

Eley Edward, Wains­-   grove Fletcher Jonathan Fletcher James,   Asherfields Godber Anthony Hicking James,   Wainsgrove Lowe James, Wains-   grove House Machin Mary, Cod-   nergate

Moore James, (and   bricklayer) Smedley Richard,      Hamberley Steeple Thomas, But-   terley Park Storer John Topham Mary Ann Wright Edward   Shopkeepers. Burton John.

Slater George, Ham­-   mersmith Topham Edwin Walters Joel Watkinson Eliza   Carrier. John Burton to Wirks-   worth, Tuesday; &   Derby, Friday

 

RIPLEY TOWNSHIP.

 

Post Office, at Mr. James Warriners, High street; letters arrive from Alfreton at 9 a.m., and are despatched at 6 30 p.m. Money Orders issued and paid from 9 to 6 o’clock.

 

Alleyne John Gay Newton, Esq., Carr   Wood Arthur Alfred, berlin wool depôt, Notting-   ham road Attwood Edward Anthony, zinc rnanufr.,   Harthsay Bembridgs Wm. Bell, grocer, h. Market pl. Berrey Edmund, maltster, Cromford road Biss Thomas, chain maker, Cromford place Blackwell Rev. John, (Wesleyan,) Chapel   terrace Blythen Joseph, assist, draper, Market place Bowen David, watch and clock maker,   Church street Boden Joseph, smallware dealer, Lose Hill Butterley Co., iron and coal masters, But- terley Iron Work, Buxton & Cobbett, stone & marble masons,   Harthsay Capon John Thos., cashier, High street Clark Rev. James, B.A., incumbent, The   Parsonage Cooper Samuel, cooper, and horse and gig   letter, High street Cowley Mrs. Ann, Grosvenor place

Crossley James, silk & cotton manufacturer,   and manufacturer of the patent candle   wicks, which require no snuffing, High   street, and at 43, Noble street, London Cutts Wm., cowkeepcr, Harthsay Day George, clerk, Butterley Hill Daykin Peter, glass & china dealer, High st Fletcher Wm. H., general agent, Harthsay Fletcher William Henry, brewer, Green-   wich House Goodwin Mrs. Eliz., Butterley Hills Gray Rev. Wm., (Baptist) Oxford street Haigh Rev. John, (P.M .) Grosvenor place Harrison John, overlooker, Butterley Hill Heald John, smallware and hosiery dealer,   Church street Jessop Major John, Butterley Hall Jessop William, Esq., Butterley Hall Marehay & Whiteley Colliery Co., Mr.   John Thomas Capon, manager Middleton Rev. Henry, M.A., incumbent of   Codnor, The Elm, Mold John and Charles, colliery owners,   Harthsay Osborn Wm., dyer, Grosvenor place

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Outram Mrs. Mary, Lose Hill Palmer Charles, currier and leather cutter,   High street Pattison Miss Eleanor, Harthsay Rangdale John, accountant, Butterley Robinson Saml., greengr., Green Hillocks Roberts Thomas, rope and twine maker,   Green Hiilocks Rose Everson, lace, &c. dealer, Church st. Sharples Joseph, bookbinder, Butterley Hill Slater Charles, wheelwright. Market place Smith Mr. Isaac, Grosvenor place Stacey Edward, moulder, Butterley Hill Staley Samuel, clerk, Butterley Hill Stocks George, agent, Oxford street

Swift Francis, foreman, Butterley Hill Ward Thomas, grocer, h. Grosvenor place Webster Ralph, saddle and harness maker,   Oxford Street Whitehouse John, manager, Nottingham rd Whitehouse Wm., boiler maker, &c., Not-   tingham road Whysall Wm., cowkeeper, Cromford road Wigley Wm., clerk, Butterley Hill Wood Robert, gent., Cromford road Woolley John, sen., over ground bailiff,   Green Hillocks Woolley John, jun., colliery own., Marehay Woolley Mr. Jonathan, Church street

 

Academies. Chester Samuel, Wood st National, Butterley hill;   Wm. Righton and Sarah   Harrop Reform, Wood st., Margaret   Evans Bower   Agents. Bates Ralph, Butterley Fairburn Wm., Butterley Staley George, Butterley Stocks Geo., Oxford st Willmot Thomas, (coal)   Harthsay   Bakers. Daykin Samuel, High st Millington John, South place Pimlott Geo., Butterley hill   Blacksmiths. Illsley Thos., Market place Salmon Jph., Green Hillocks   Booksellers & Stationers. Rowland Geo., Market place Warriner James, (and fancy   net ball manufacturer,)   High street Weightman James H., Ox-   ford street   Boot and Shoemakers. Anthony Paul, Church st Atkin Whittington, Chapel st Booth Jethro, High st Briggs Thos, Green Hillocks Buckland George, Market pl George William, Market pl Marriott Saml: W. Alma st Parkin Wm., Butterley hill Redfern William, Church st Stanley James, South pl Thompson Charles, High st Trueman Joseph, Wood st

Brick and Tile Makers. Roe George, Cromford road Shelton Charles, Greenwich Slack Thos., Green Hillocks Whysall Robert, Malt-house   yard   Bricklayers and Builders. Roe George, Cromford rd Shaw Wm., Butterley hill   Butchers. Clark William, Harthsay Haynes Henry, Derby road Illsley Henry, Market place Lomas John, Chapel st Moss George, High st   Chemists and Druggists. Kiddy Samuel, Market place Wain William, High st Ward Thomas & Co. Mar-   ket place   Corn Millers. Burton Edwin Marriott John, Steam Mill,   Green Hillocks Stanley Samuel Whysall Robert, Steam Mill,   Malt-house yard   Engineers. Bates George, Cromford rd Housley Wm., Pentrich rd   Farmers. Alton James, High st Barlow John, Harthsay Ball William, Harthsay Berrey Edmund, Cromford rd Dannah James, Market pl Dannah Samuel, Cromford rd Evans George Whiteley Fletcher William Henry,   Marehay

Lomas John, Chapel st Norman Daniel, Whiteley Stocks Geo., Nottingham rd Walker Saml., Green Hillocks Whysall Robert, Malt-house   yard Wildsmith Thomas Woolley George, Coppice Young Isaac   Grocers, &c. Bower Sarah, Butterley hill Co - Operative Provision   Stores, Market place;   Swift & Co.,  managers. Daykin Francis, High st Goodwin John, (and agent to   Butterley Co.) Church st Henry Edwin, Market place Millington John; South pl Moss Joseph, Chapel street,   and Butterley Pimlott Geo., ButterIey hill Turton Ann & Son, Market pl Ward Thomas and Co., (and   tallow chandlers) Market   place Weightman James Horsley,   (and seedsman) Oxford st.   Inns & Taverns. Cock, Hannah Ashton, Not-   tingham road George Inn, Ann Booth,   Harthsay Red Lion, James Dannah,   Market place Royal Oak, William Stables,   Marehay Thorn Tree, Commercial and   Posting Hotel, Dorothy   Burton, Market place White Lion, Robert Whysall,   Market place   Beerhouses. Birks Samuel, Butterley hill

 

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Bonsall Ann, Harthsay Coupe John, Green Hillocks Fennell John, Butterley hill Fletcher George, Cromford rd Illsley Wm., Market place Massy William, High st Shelton Sarah, Harthsay Whysall David, Lose hill Whysall Thomas, Green   Hillock, Wragg Roger, Harthsay Wright Jno., Green Hillocks   Ironmongers. Frost William, High st Wain William, High st Ward Thos. & Co., Market pl   Joiners & Cabinetmakrs. Mkd. * are Builders also. * Elliott Jph., Nottingham rd Fletcher John, Greenwich * Maltby Wm., Grovenor pl Norman John, High st Slater Thomas, Chapel st Worley William, Pentrich rd * Wyld Isaiah, New st   Linen & Woollen Draprs. Nuttall Jph. Wm., Market pl Smyth Henry, Market place Turton, Ann and Son, Mar-   ket place   Milliners & Dressmakers. Aston Ann, Nottingham rd

Balmforth Betsy, Church st Birks Lucy Ann, Chapel ter Chester & Guyley, Chapel st Danks Ellen, Chapel st Elliott Rebecca, High st Fentem Joyce & Ann, High st Page Ann, Chapel st Parker Hanh., Butterley hill Rawson Sarah, Church st Rose Emma, Church st Swift Mary, Lose hill   Plumbers, Glaziers, and Painters. Corbett Robert, High st Rawson William, Church st Rawson Wm., jun., Wood st Walters William, High st Webster Geo., Butterley hill     Shopkeepers. Bailey Saml., Green Hilocks Blount Geo., Nottingham rd Buxton Emnl., Church st Cresswell Geo. Green Hillocks Doleman Thomas, Oxford st Gumby Thos., Harthsay Hogg Robt., Green Hillocks Hogg Thomas, Pentrich rd Rodgers Joseph, Harthsay Stirland My., Green Hillocks Watson Saml., Nottingham rd Wood John, Wood st Wright John, Green Hillocks

Surgeons. Eastwood Joseph William.,   Church st Fleteher William Henry,   Greenwich House   Tailors. Mkd. * are Clothiers also. Abbott John, Church st Baker Edw. Thos., High st Beastall John, High st Beastall Samuel, Market pl * Newbold Isaac, High st Shardlow Fdk., (& hairdrssr.)   Market place * Rowland George, Market pl   Railway Conveyance. The Midland Railway Co’s.   (Ripley Branch) Station,   Green Hillocks, Trains to   and from Derby, 3 each way   daily. Passenger Trains,   leave Butterley Iron Works,   for Codnor Park, daily, at   10 a.m., and returns at 12   noon. An extra train on   Wednes. & Sat, at 7 pm.,   returning at 8 p.m.   Carriers. To Derby; Saml. Robinson,   on Friday. To Nottingham; Jno. Hick­-   ton, Wednes. & Sat.

 

QUARNDON, a parish and scattered village, about 1 mile in length, in which are some neat and good houses, 3 miles N.N.W. from Derby, contains 962 acres of fertile land, a sandy peat, 121 houses and 529 inhabitants, of whom 251 were males and 278 females; rateable value, £2220. The Bishop of Lichfield is lord of the manor, which is a member of Little Chester, and a small owner; the Duke of Devonshire and Lord Scarsdale are principal owners. Miss Sitwell in 1845 erected a handsome mansion here, at a cost of about £3000. The Church is a small structure, with a turret, tower, and 2 bells; living, a perpetual curacy of the value of £63; Lord Scarsdale patron, Rev. Wm. Henry Barber, incumbent. The Church was erected in 1790, and was endowed with £3 per annum by Mr. Francis Radford. Lord Scarsdale gave the land and £100 towards the building. The late Joseph Humpstone, Esq., of Derby, gave £1,000 3 per cent. consols for the support of a resident minister, on condition that the Church Building Society would erect a parsonage house, in consequence of which the society, in 1844, erected a neat house, with suitable offices, near the Church, at a cost of about £850. This was formerly in the parish of St Alkmund, Derby. Here is a free school for 20 poor children of Kedleston, Quarndon Weston, and Ravensdale park, (See Charities). Upwards of 30 years ago, the late William Evans, Esq., of Allestree, established 2 schools here, of which one is for infants; about 60 attend the two schools, which are supported by Mr. T. W. Evans, except the weekly pence. Kedleston Inn, on the Wirksworth road, 1 mile west of, and in Quarndon parish, is a large respectable posting establishment, commercial and family hotel, Mr. Wm. Gallimore, proprietor. The open lands were enclosed in 1808. Near the village, are sulphur baths, which are in great celebrity, and are now considered the most efficacious in the county.

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CHARITIES.—Sir John Curzon, of Kedleston, in 1725, gave £20 per annum for instructing 20 poor children of Kedleston, Quarndon, Weston, and Ravensdale park—the master to have £16 per annum, and £4 to buy books, &c.—and he gave £10 per annum to the master to read prayers and to preach in Quarndon chapel, and further stated that he would have a rent charge of £30 per annum, issuing out of sum lands in Quarndon, settled for ever for the uses above named. It does not appear that a rent charge was ever settled upon the trusts in pursuance of the directions of the testator, so that the estates he devised to Nathaniel Curzon, the father of the first Lord Scarsdale, still remain subject to such charge. The premises appropriated to the use of the schoolmaster, consist of a good house and garden, with a croft and play-ground, altogether more than an acre of land. The master takes 20 poor children, who are appointed by Lord Scarsdale, but he is not in orders, and therefore has no claim to the £10 for reading prayers in the chapel.

Adrian Mundy’s Charity.—The sum of £5 2s.; £3 thereof for the minister of Quarndon, £1 for the clerk, £1 for the poor, and 2s. for the person who distributes the same, are noticed with Radbourn.

Post Office, at John Walston’s; letters arrive by foot post at 8.30 a.m., and are despatched to Derby at 6 p.m.

 

Barber Rev. Wm. Henry, perpetual curate Brassington John, artist Draycott Mrs. Martha Dryden Thomas, gardener Ford Samuel, baker Gallimore William, vict. Kedleston Com­-   mercial and family Hotel, Wirksworth   road Goodwin Mr. William Hampshire Charles, beerhouse Hampshire & Smith, builders & whlwrghts Harper Mr. William Jackson William, tailor James Henry, post office surveyor Madeley Alfred, clerk Massey Thomas, coachman

Matthews Charles, cabinet maker Neale Thomas, beerhouse Sadler Joseph, joiner Sadler Samuel, parish clerk Simpson James, Esq. Sims Mr. John Sims Joseph, gardener Sitwell Miss Dorothy Skevington Thomas, gent. Slack Mr. William Smith Benjamin, shopkeeper Stanhope H. and L., scholmistresses Thorpe William, Free School Ward John, shopkeeper Watson Isaac, blacksmith Wilson Misses S. F. and H. boarding school

 

Butchers. Cockaine William Keeling John Slack Charles Stevens William Woollat Samuel   Farmers. Allock Joseph

Ault Wm., Common Ault William Clifford Joseph Cockaine William Ford William Fowke Joseph Gallimore William,   Wirksworth road

Gamble William Nor-   man, Park Nook Keeling William Smith Sarah, Cottage Sowter William, Jun.,   Park Nook Sowter William Tempest John

Shoemakers. Clarke Phillip Fowke John Maddocks Richard   Carriers to Derby. (Daily) Hall Samuel Hubbard George Slack Joseph

 

SANDIACRE, a parish, township, and large improving village, having several neat villa residences, is 9½ miles E. from Derby, with part of the township and chapelry of Risley, contains 1,191A. 1R. 6P. of fertile strong clay land, except 1 acre, the site of the Church, which is sand, from which arises the name. In 1851 it had 219 houses and 1,065 inhabi­tants, of whose 548 were males and 517 females; rateable value £3,050. The principal owners are John Streets, John Stevens, and L. Hall, Esqrs., Larges Hospital, Derby, and several smaller owners. The Church, dedicated to St. Giles’, is a         perpetual curacy, of the value of £120. Prebendary of Sandiacre, patron, and appropriator, Rev. Joseph L. Longmire, M.A., incumbent. The living has been augmented with £400 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £1,000 parliamentary grant. The Church is a handsome structure, with a nave and chancel, a neat spire, and 3 bells. In 1855 it was repewed with open seats, the porch rebuilt, and repaired throughout, at an expense of about £500, when 56 additional sittings were obtained. It is a mixture of various, styles, from the Norman downwards, though

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the decorated predominates, with some little remains of stained glass in the windows, and 3 elegant stone stalls. It is at the north extremity of the village, on a commanding emi­nence. There are 20A. 3R. 15P. of glebe, and Mrs. Foxcroft, the lessee of the prebendal land, (247A.) pays the resident clergyman £25 per annum A parochial school was built in 1848, by subscription, at which about 60 children attend. Methodist chapel, erected 1826, a neat brick building, cost £580, will seat 700 persons; Primitive Methodist chapel, erected 1833, will seat 200; the Wesleyan Reformers chapel, a small brick building, erected in 1851. The Erewash canal and the Erewash Branch of the Midland Railway runs close to the south end of the village, and has a small station here; and the Derby and Nottingham road also passes at that end, a little to the south of which the Derby canal forms its junction with the Erewash. Here is an extensive starch manufactory. Sandiacre clouds are some white rocks, which at a distance have the appearance of clouds. Here are two Odd Fellows’ lodges, and one benefit society. Feast, Sunday after September 12. Springfield House, 9 miles E. from Derby, a handsome brick mansion, pleasantly situated on a gentle eminence, commanding some delightful views, is the seat and property of John Streets, Esq. This manor was held at Domesday survey by Toli and Osmund; in Henry III’s reign, it was the property of William de Grey, and in 1268 had the grant of a market and fair. Is was carried by co-heiresses to the Leakes, but was sold after the death of Nicholas Leake, Earl of Scarsdale.

RISLEY, partly in this parish. (See Risley, in Wilne parish).

CHARITIES.—Catharine Charlton, in 1720, gave to the poor £60, vested in 1786, in 4 trustees, and producing £2 8s.

Elizabeth Grey, in 1721, gave £10 to be distributed to the poor. It appears that till 1802, 10s. a-year was paid by the overseers as the interest of Mrs. Grey’s legacy, but there is no account of any further payment. It is considered that, probably, the principal sum formed part of the consideration, £36 4s., paid for the purchase of 5 cottages, which were conveyed by indenture, 20th April 1803; if so, it appears the interest ought to have been continued by the overseers, who have the use of the cottages for parish paupers.

Risley School, (See Risley, Wilne parish).—This parish is entied to the benefits of this school.

Post Office, at Samuel Lakins’; letters arrive from Derby at 7.30 a.m.; and from Nottingham at 6.0 p.m.; are despatched to Derby at 6.0 p.m.; and to Nottingham at 7.30 a.m.

 

Ball William, rope maker Bland Edward, surgeon Gill, Bedells, & Tucker, patent starch mnfrs. Grundy Charles, station master Grundy Joseph, coal dealer Kiddy Mrs. Sarah Longmire Rev. Jph. L., M.A., incumbent Macconnel Hannah, school Nash Sarah, schoolmistress

Perkins William, parish clerk Rickard William, canal agent Rossell George, veterinary surgeon Smedley Thomas, commission agent Smith George, collar and harness maker Stanley Fras., quarry owner Streets John, Esq., Springfield House Towle William, blacksmith Winrow Stephen, grocer

 

Beer Houses. Goodwin John Radford John, (& corn   miller) Smith George   Bricklayers. Bailey Samuel Oldershaw Thomas Oldershaw William   Butchers. Reason Benj., jun.

Robinson Daniel Townsend Richard   Farmers. Marked * are Cot- tagers. * Carter Joseph * Doar John Doar William * Foster Noah * Grundy William * Hallam John

Hancock Thomas,   Springfield Jackson David, Moor Moorley William Robinson William Salt Rd., (& brickmkr) Smith Edward Stevens John Stevens Mary Taylor Roby (& mlstr) Taylor Sml., (& mlstr) Thraves Robert

Thraves Thomas Winrow Ann, Lodge   Inns and Taverns. Plough, Sml. Twelves Red Lion, Charles   Young, (& cattle dlr.) White Lion Benj.,   Reason   Lace Makers. Rigley Joseph

 

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Smedley John Smedley William   Nail Makers. Crooks Fras. Crooks Isaac   Shoemakers. Cook John Coxon James Doar William, jun. Foster Samuel Newton William Oldershaw Walter   Shopkeepers. Bailey Samuel

Cook John Coxon James Lakin Sml., (& baker) Richards Joseph Sheldon Mary Smith Mary Taylor Charles Towle William   Stone Masons. Kiddy Thomas, (and   canal surveyor) Plumb John

Tailors. Dumelow Thomas Staniforth Samuel   Wheelwrights and Joiners. Marked * are Joiners only. * Atkin Charles Lakin James * Squires Robert * Squires Thomas * Walters Reuben

Railway Convey- ance. Midland Railway Co.   Station, (Erewash   Valley Branch) ¼   mile S. of the vil­-   lage; trains to Der-­   by, Nottingham and   Mansfield, 3 each   way daily; on Sun­-   days 2 each way;   Chs. Grundy, Sta­-   tion master.

 

SAWLEY parish, with the hamlet of Wilsthorpe, and the township and chapelry of Long Eaton, contains 3,926A. 0R 13P. of land, mostly a light fertile sand and loam; and in 1851 had 469 houses, and 1,934 inhabitants, of whom 950 were males, and 984 females; rateable value, £5,290 15s. 6d.

SAWLEY, is a large village and township, on the Leicestershire border, 8½ miles S.S.E. from Derby, and 4 miles N. by W. from Kegworth, contains, with the hamlet of Wils­thorpe, 1,915A. 1R. of sandy land, and in 1851 had 249 houses, and 1001 inhabitants, of whom 472 were males, and 529 females; rateable value, £2,290 15s. 6d. The Earl of Harrington, and Wm. Bennett, Esq., are the principal owners: the former is the lord of the manor. The widow of the late Rev. Spencer Madin, is owner of the prebendal manor and appropriate rectory, with 245A. of land. The tithes at the expiration of 20 years from the death of Dr. Gardner, will lapse into the hands of the ecclesiastical commissioners. The Church, dedicated to All Saints, is a large venerable edifice, with nave, chancel, side aisles, embattled tower, surmounted by a lofty spire, and three bells. An ancient carved oak screen separates the nave and chancel. In 1838, a large gallery was erected, and an organ added at a cost of about £400. There are several ancient monuments of ecclesiastics, without inscriptions, one to Lawrence Bothe, Bishop of Durham, afterwards Archbishop of York, and of John Bothe, Bishop of Exeter, and that of Robert Bothe, Archdeacon of Durham, afterwards Bishop of Exeter, who died 1478, and Ralph Bothe, Archdeacon of York. In the south aisle is an altar tomb in memory of Richard Shylton, merchant of the staple at Calais, 1510, with various other neat tablets. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £266, has been augmented with £400, benefactions, and £2000 parliamentary grant, is in the peculiar jurisdiction of the prebendary of Lichfield. The Bishop of Lichfield is patron, and the Rev. Samuel Hey, M.A., incumbent. The Wesleyans, Primitive Metho­dists, and Baptists, have each places of worship here. The latter, a neat and handsome building, was rebuilt on the site of the old one in 1843. In connection with this chapel is a day school, endowed by Mr. Wm. Parkinson with £15 per annum, and partly sup­ported by subscription; average attendance, 70. A National school was erected in 1771, for boys and girls, will accommodate 100; about 80 attend. Bishop Longespee, in 1258, had a charter for a market on Tuesdays, and a fair for three days at Michaelmas, which have long been discontinued. Twenty warp lace machines, and 6 hosiery frames, are employed in the village. Here are three Sick societies. A Feast is held Sunday after St. Martin. The river Derwent unites its waters with the Trent, in this parish, and is crossed by the Erewash canal. Harrington Bridge, across the Trent, on the Nottingham and Ashby-de-la-Zouch road, was completed in 1790. The first stone was laid 1786. It consists of 6 arches of stone, which, with the approaches, is about 100 yards long, and it is 15 feet wide, with a toll house. The first bridge was washed down by the great flood before it was completed, previous to which here was a ford. The present bridge was

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erected by shareholders, at a cost of about £20,000. The Midland railway intersects the parish, and has a small station about one mile distant. Cliff Farm, containing 106A. 0R. 37P., the property of Mrs. Madin, in this township, is locally situated in the county of Leicester.

WILSTHORPE is a small village and hamlet, 8 miles E.S.E. from Derby 1½ miles N. from Sawley, near the Nottinghamshire border, contains 600A. 0R. 8P. of fertile land, of the rateable value of £561 10s. 6d. Earl of Harrington lord of the manor and principal owner. Mrs. Trowell is also a small owner. The Derby and Erewash canal passes through the hamlet. Mrs. Madin is lessee of the tithe, which amounts to £109 6s.

The prebendary of Sawley in Lichfield cathedral, contains the following places, viz.: Sawley, Breaston, Long Eaton, Risley, Wilne, Draycott, Hopwell, and Wilsthorpe, which contain together 8162A. 3R. 16P. of land, 850 houses, and 4,028 inhabitants, of the rateable value of £17222 1s. 5d. At Domesday survey, the manor of Sawley belonged to the Bishop of Chester. His successors, the Bishops of Lichfield and Coventry, have ever since possessed it. The Earl of Harnington is the present lessee of the manor of Sawley, including Little Wilne, Long Eaton, Wilsthorpe, and Draycott.

LONG EATON, 10 miles E.S.E. from Derby, and 7½ miles S.W. from Nottingham, is an extensive and thriving village, township, and chapelry, in which many new houses have been erected within the last ten years. It is situated on the Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Nottingham road, where the river Erewash has its confluence with the Trent, at the north-east extremity of the township. It contains 2010A. 3R. 13P. of sandy land, and in 1851 had 220 houses, and 933 inhabitants, of whom 478 were males, and 455 females; rateable value, £3,000. The freeholders are lords of the manor, the Earl of Harrington having received an allotment of 8A. of land at the inclosure, in lieu of his manorial rights. The principal owners are, Wm. Hopkins, Esq., Miss Trowell, John Curzon, Esq., Henry Hewitt, Esq., the Rev. A. Williams, John Holbrooke, and Samuel Bennett. The Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a small neat edifice, with nave, chancel, and gallery at the west end, a tower with short spire, and three bells. It was repewed and repaired in 1831, at a cost of £300, and will seat 250 persons, of which 190 are free. In 1838, it was made a parochial chapelry, which only pays to the reparation of its own church. An organ was put up in 1841. In the church are two marble tablets, one to the Rev. P. W. Tallents, who was curate of this place several years and much respected by the inhabi­tants; the other to John C. Hopkins, Esq., of Kegworth. The living is a perpetual curacy, within the peculiar jurisdiction of Sawley, in the cathedral of Lichfield. The prebendary of Sawley having fallen into the hands of the ecclesiastical commissioners, they are now the patrons and impropriators. The Rev. S. Hey, M.A., incumbent, for whom the Rev. J. Parker, B.A., officiates. 249A. 3R. 33P. of glebe and common was allotted to the prebendary in lieu of tithe. In 1826, a neat National school for boys, girls, and infants, was erected of brick, at a cost of £250; it will accommodate 150; about 110 attend. In 1830, the Wesleyan Methodists erected a large brick chapel here, to seat about 500 persons, which has since passed into the hands of the Reformers, since which the Wes­leyans have built a new chapel, at a cost of £300, a plain building, will seat about 200 hearers. The Primitive Methodists have also a small chapel here which will hold 200, erected in 1854. This place has become a great railway station, as four lines meet here, those to London, Derby, Nottingham; and the main line, which is the principal line for the traffic in coal and other minerals, and is capable of extension to the north. The Mid­land railway have stores in Long Eaton Field, for the manufacture of railway sheets, &c. The chief trade is lace making, there being 50 lace machines employed here. The Feast is nearest Sunday to St. Bartholomew. Fairs, last Thursday in March, and first Thursday in November, established 1856. Gas Works were established in 1853, at the sole ex­pense of Mr. William Bush. Here are several Odd Fellows’ lodges and Friendly Societies.

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CHARITIES.—Thomas Hollingworth, in 1675, gave a close adjoining to Bramcote, to the poor of Sawley, Long Eaton, and Bramcote. 17s. per annum to each place was paid from Pilkington Close. This close was exchanged by the poor-law commissioners, in 1842, for a piece of land called the Clays, 6 acres, which is now let for £21 a year, which is equally divided between the above-named parishes.

Francis Hacker, in 1676, gave to the town of Sawley £200, to be lodged in trust with the Company of Salters of London, until they find a convenient purchase to lay out the same; for the first five years only 40s. to be distributed to the poorest women and men of the town, and that £50 be added to the stock. This sum was laid out in 19 acres of land and barn in Barrow-on Soar, Leicestershire, now let for £25 yearly, and an allotment of Charnwood Forest, about 1819, of rather less than half an acre, which the first occupant had for seven years rent free, but now pays £1 per annum, About 20 tons of coals are provided and distributed by half a ton to each person at Christmas. Four coats and six gowns of coarse cloth are provided every other year, and given to poor persons. 40s. is paid towards the salaries of a schoolmaster and mistress of the National school.

Joseph Towle, in 1721, left Lucy Butt close charged with the payment ef 20s. a year for ever to the poor of Sawley. It forms a part of a home close attached to a house the property of Mr. John Smith, purchased by his father of Richard Towle. The 20s. has not been paid for upwards of 30 years.

Bread Money.—One Fosbrooke gave for bread for the poor of Sawley, l0s. per annum. which was paid out of an estate of Mr. Parkinson’s till about 15 years ago. In consequence of the minister of Sawley then requiring the distribution to be made at the church, it was withdrawn. The late Mr. Parkinson on examining his title deeds, found no mention of the gift, nor have we any evidence to shew that his estate is liable to this charge. Mr. Wm. Bennett, successor to Mr. Parkinson, still continues this charity, and gives 20s. yearly to the poorest widows and widowers of Sawley.

Risley School—(See Risley, Wilne parish.)—The hamlet of Wilsthorpe, in Sawley township, is entitled to partake of the benefit of this school.

Township of Long Eaton Poor’s Close.—About two acres, in the parliamentary returns, 1786, is mentioned as given by some person unknown, and vested in the hands of the freeholders. It is now in the occupation of James Huss, who pays £5 to the poor, and 6s. 8d. to the perpetual curate of Sawley, for preaching a sermon on the first Sunday in lent in Long Eaton chapel. Many years ago some timber was sold from the estate for £21, which, together with £20 supposed to be Hewitt’s donation, is now vested in the hands of Mr. John Burton. It appears to us these sums ought not to remain on personal security, and that an account should be kept distinct from the poor’s rate. The whole should be given in coals about Christmas, but we understand it has not been paid for several years. John Howitt gave £20 to the poor of this township, in 1786, producing 20s. per annum.

 

SAWLEY AND WILSTHORPE TOWNSHIP.

 

Post Office, at Mr. William Wright’s; letters arrive from Derby, at 8 30 a.m, and are despatched at 6 30 p.m.

 

Allen William, corn miller, The Field Bailey Vincent, fisherman Bates William, butcher Bradshaw Richard, cowkeeper Chatworthy William, foreman Capewell John, boat owner Clifford William, stay maker Clark Sarah, school Collington Benjamin, tailor Day Mrs. Elizabeth

Draper Henry, wheelwright Eaton James, surgeon and M. D. Fessant John, baker and flour dealer Hamson John, tailor Harriman Charlotte, schoolmistress Harriman Joseph, schoolmstr. & parish clk. Henshaw William, tailor Hey Rev. Samuel, M.A., incumbent Layland Miss Ann Pitchfork Thomas, cutler

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Poxon Thomas, bricklayer Sanday John, pig jobber Senhouse Mrs. Elizabeth Shelton Matthew, farm bailiff, Wilsthorpe Smedley Elizabeth, boat owner Smith Misses Hannah, Catharine & Eliz. Sowter Mr. Ralph

Stenson John, baptist schoolmaster Stenson Thomas, joiner and wheelwright Tingle James, boat builder Turner Thomas, station master White Thomas; basket maker Wilcox William, coal dealer Woodward John, boat owner

 

Inns & Taverns. Harrington Arms,   Lettuce Simpkin Nags Head, William   Ironmonger, (and   butcher) Trent Navigation Inn,   James Wall, Trent   Lock White Lion, James   Allen   Beerhouses. Harrison Hannah Hollingworth George Wilcox Jonathan Blacksmiths. Davis Benjamin,   Trent Lock Hall William Boot & Shoe Mkrs Bradshaw Edward Meads Zachariah

Smedley James Smedley Thomas Stenson John Turner John Turner William Wright William   Farmers. Marked * are at Wilsthorpe. Bennett William Fessant John * Hanbury Henry * Harriman Mary Harriman Thos., The   Grange * Parkinson Sarah * Salt Thomas Smith John, Back st. Smith John, Church   Farm Smith John, Ivy   House

* Smith John Bonsall * Smith Thomas Wright John   Grocers, &c. Mrkd * are Drapers also. Eaton John Hall William Manchester John Mellors Elizabeth * Priestman Chas. Hy. Spencer Mary Ann * Staples Samuel * Wright William   Warp Lace Mkrs. Clifford John Eaton John Hall Joseph Rice Thomas Smedley Joseph Thorpe John

Turner John   Railway Convey- ance. The Midland Rail­-   way Co. Station.   from whence there   are nine trains to   Derby, and nine to   Nottingham and   London daily. There   are also four trains   to Derby on Sunday   and four to Not- ­  tingham and Lon­-   don. Thos. Turner,   station master   Carrier. George Smith to Not­-   tingham, on Wed.   and Sat.

 

LONG EATON TOWNSHIP.

 

Austin Mr. John Bennett Samuel, vict., New Inn Bexon Elizabeth, cowkeeper Brooks Samuel, bricklayer Brown Mrs. Mary Browne William Edward, land surveyor Bryan John, joiner and wheelwright Burton John, vict., Old Bell Butler Thomas, lace maker Button Alfred Wm., station master, Toton   Station Charlton Samuel, National schoolmaster Clarke William, higler Claye Aked, coal and coke merchant Claye Samuel John, engineer & ironfounder,   and railway wheel and carriage maker,   Manor house works Clifford Thomas, gent. Cook Joseph, tailor Davis Benjamin, blacksmith, Trent Lock Eaton John, vict., Erewash Navigation Inn Fowkes Matthew, clerk Hickenbottom John, tailor and parish clerk Hill Robert, vict., Blue Bell Hurt John, lace maker

Moore Frederick, cooper Moore Jane, straw bonnet maker Moore John Henry, painter, &c. Musson Thomas, baker Morris Thomas, joiner and builder Oldham John. saddle and harness maker Parker Rev. John, B.A., curate Palmer William, station master, Long   Eaton Station Purdy William, blacksmith Randall John, beerhouse Sheldon John, joiner and builder Shepherd Edward, wheelwright & cowkpr. Stenson Louis Fredk., brazier and tinman Stevenson John, wheelwright and joiner Stoppard John. nail maker Tunnieliffe Alfred, machinist Tunnicliffe Emma, infant schoolmistress Turner Sarah, smallware dealer White Henry, hair cutter Winfield William, corn factor Wood Henry, corn and flour dealer, and   bacon factor Wood John, agent to the Erewash Navi- gation Company

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Boat Owner. Austin Joseph   Boot & Shoe Mkrs. Beresford John Fletcher John Smith Henry, (& beer-   house) Smith John   Butchers. Bramley Joseph England Wm. Hill Robert Smith Thomas Tebbutt John   Farmers. Bennett John, Field Bennett Samuel Bonsall Robert Brodhurst Elijah Bromley George Brown Henry Clay Edward Fletcher Samuel

Hallam Thomas Hooley Robert Kilby Joseph Lancashire John Lancashire Ths. Trent   Junction Farm Maltby Thomas Marshall John Musson Thomas Oldham James Smith John Smith John, Field Tebbutt John Wallis Thomas   Grocers & Drapers Armison Mary Bonsall Robert Burton Thos. Clifford,   (and auctioneer) Bradshaw Elizabeth Chappem John Parker John Summers Thomas Vickers Mary Wallis Edward Waterfield James

Lace Makers Austin John & Robert Bexon Samuel Bonsall Edward Bonsall Francis Bonsall John Bonsall Thomas Bush William Harriman E. Hooley Robert Kilby William Hurt and Butler Lowe William Maltby Thos., Joseph,   and Jabez Needham Wm. Orchard Joseph, sen. Orchard Wm. Parker William Smith Samuel Wallis Henry Wallis Samuel and   Enoch Winfield James

Railway Convey­- ance. Midland Railway Co.   (Nottingham and   Derby Branch.)   Long Eaton Station   from whence there   are daily 7 passen-   ger trains from   Nottingham to Der­-   by, 14 from Leices­-   ter, Mansfield, &c.,   to Nottingham. 3   from Nottingham to   Mansfield, & 6 from   Nottingham to Lei­-   cester and London;   W. Palmer, station   master   (Erewash Valley   Branch) Toton Sta­-   tion, from whence   there are 3 trains   each way, between   Nottingham & Mans­-   field; Alfred Wm.   Button, station mst.