White's 1857 Directory of Derbyshire

White's 1857 Directory of Derbyshire - page 328

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REPTON AND GRESLEY HUNDRED.

This Hundred forms the south extremity of the county, and is bounded on the north and west by the river Trent, on the south and east by Leicestershire, having at the south-east extremity a considerable portion detached and completely surrounded by Leicestershire, where No Man’s Heath, in the chapelry of Chilcote, connects the four counties of Leicester, Derby, Stafford and Warwick. It consists 65,677 statue acres, generally a rich red loamy soil, considered the finest agricultural district in the county.

The following table is an enumeration of its 27 parishes, showing their territorial extent, the annual value, and their population from 1801 to 1851, as returned at the five decennial periods of the parliamentary census.

* The letters after the names signify P for Parish, C for Chapelry, and T for Township.

				Rate-	POPULATION.					1851.
	Parishes.		Acres	able	POPULATION.					1851.
				Value	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	Hses.	Males.	Fmles.	Total.
	Appleby, p. . . . .		2748	£2075	935	1123	1185	1150	1075	270	576	605	1181
	Bretby, p. . . . . .		1760	2400	265	341	302	325	298	66	188	181	369
	* Burton-on-Trent,		—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	Winshall, t. . .		1150	2313	309	317	357	342	377	88	196	209	405
	Calke, p. . . . . .		720	1200	96	67	63	58	55	11	32	47	79
	Chellaston, p. . . .		816	1250	205	261	338	352	461	113	257	242	499
	Chilcote, c. . . . .		1320	1920	168	194	192	191	162	33	85	75	160
	Church Gresley, p.		1075	2890	245	235	306	671	993	258	655	602	1257
	Castle Gresley, t		570	1034	114	119	129	126	164	36	102	88	190
Donisthorpe &		{	1112	1458	281	666	732	757	344	92	189	203	392
Oakthorpe, t.		{	1112	1458	281	666	732	757	607	149	288	303	591
	Swadlincote, t. . .		607	2833	216	296	459	645	858	179	514	493	1007
	Drakelow, t. . . .		1287	1033	94	77	84	77	62	12	47	39	86
	Linton, t. . . . .		859	1620	230	242	241	267	253	65	138	141	279
	Croxall, p. . . . . .		2154	4779	137	154	185	188	180	30	71	66	137
	Catton, t. . . . . .		1146	2290	65	58	89	75	47	11	40	37	77
	Oakley, (a) . . . .		—	—	27	27	31	29	21	6	9	11	20
	Derby Hills, ex par		310	351	57	63	76	80	67	10	24	18	42
	Foremark, p. . . . .		1135	1574	77	73	62	58	55	18	47	42	89
	Ingleby, t. . . . . .		855	1326	132	117	141	163	157	27	68	81	149
	Hartshorn, p with
	Woodville		3500	5465	580	695	870	1204	1389	294	679	671	1350
	Lullington, p. . . . .		1756	2824	245	259	301	284	299	67	153	150	303
	Cotton-in-the-
	Elms, t. . . . . . .		1163	2103	248	253	285	264	351	78	184	192	376
	Measham, p. . . . .		1578	4096	1136	1525	1404	1535	1541	352	804	803	1607
	Melbourne, (b) p. . .		3463	7606	1861	2003	2027	2031	2583	596	1288	1392	2680
	Newton Solney, p. .		1440	3090	181	259	261	338	311	80	188	178	366
	Normanton, p. . . .		1349	2978	214	230	294	295	309	75	186	199	385
	Osmaston, p. . . . .		930	1846	114	112	159	172	178	24	63	62	125
	Packington, (c) p. . .		502	2742	124	243	256	254	617	57	116	161	277
	Ravenstone, p. . . .		1086	1866	409	431	444	430	394	124	186	210	396
	Repton, (d) p. . . . .		4797	8091	1424	1648	1802	1758	1943	398	930	933	1863
	Rosliston, p. . . . .		1190	1904	255	274	359	360	327	86	189	190	379
	Smisby, p. . . . . .		972	1351	235	277	322	324	293	73	149	144	293
	Stanton by Bridge p		1273	1811	167	170	190	215	205	35	100	115	215
	Stapenhill, p. . . . .		1647	3749	457	447	535	572	577	153	319	316	635
	Caldwell, c. . . . .		1040	1783	170	137	751	172	153	30	83	74	157

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		Rate-	POPULATION.					1851.
Parishes.	Acres	able	POPULATION.					1851.
		Value	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	Hses.	Males.	Fmles.	Total.
Stanton & New	1700	5153	798	946	1099	1182	1531	382	925	887	1812
Hall, c. . . . . .	1700	5153	798	946	1099	1182	1531	382	925	887	1812
Stretton in - le -
Field, (c) p. . . .	1008	1977	212	138	116	109	110	19	53	52	105
Swarkeston, p. .	853	1113	256	265	243	308	321	59	145	144	289
Ticknall, p. . . . .	1767	3200	1124	1166	1274	1278	1271	284	582	659	1241
Walton-on-Trent, p	2253	4660	343	408	416	408	472	99	220	225	445
Willesley, p. . . . .	788	934	62	57	62	63	53	9	24	24	48

Total . . . .	55677	102688	15268	16373	17848	19110	21524	4848	11093	11264	22357

(a) The acreage and rateable value of the hamlet of Oakley is included in the returns for Croxall.

(b) The returns for Melbourne includes the hamlet of Kings Newton.

(d) The returns for Repton include the hamlet of Milton.

* Burton-on-Trent, with Burton Extra, is in Staffordshire; and contains 1495 acres, and in 1851 had 1381 houses, and 6374 inhabitants, of whom 3138 were males and 3236 females.