White's 1857 Directory of Derbyshire

391

WIRKSWORTH HUNDRED.

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This Hundred is bounded on the north and north-east by the High Peak Hundred, on the east by the Scarsdale Hundred, on the south and south-east, by the Appletree Hundred, and on the west by the river Dove, which separates it from Staffordshire, where at the north-west extremity, the Middle and Upper quarters of the parish of Hartington bound the south-west portion of the High Peak Hundred for ten miles, to the source of the rivers Dove and Goyt. This portion was, by order of Quarter Sessions of 28th June, 1831, annexed to the Bakewell division of Petty Sessions, and is now comprised in the north division of the county, the remainder of the Hundred being in the south division, with the Appletree, Morleston and Litchurch, and Repton and Gresley Hundreds, for which the polling places are Derby, Heanor, Ashbourn, Wirksworth, Melbourn, Belper, and Swadlincote; and those for the north division, Buxton, Alfreton, Bakewell, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Chesterfield, Glossop, Tideswell, and Eckington. This Hundred contains 77,659 statute acres of land. The northern side of this Hundred partakes of the same features as the High Peak, though not quite so mountainous, and is often designated the Low Peak. It is noted as being almost the first seat of the cotton manufacture, (See Cromford,) for its warm baths at Matlock, its numerous caverns and picturesque dales—particularly Dovedale,—and the rich mineral field at its northern extremity. The southern side is more an agricultural district of fertile land with a variety of soils, principally a red loam on various substrata, and chiefly occupied in dairy farms, many of which are large. Cheese is made to a very considerable extent, and is in great repute for its excellent quality. The houses have been much improved during the last thirty years, and it contains many handsome mansions and neat villa residencies. The old thatched farm houses have in many instances been replaced by handsome modern structures, with convenient and well arranged farm yards. The cottages are also principally built of stone, and roofed with slate.

The following table is an enumeration of its 15 parishes, shewing 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.
Ashbourn p. . . . .	57	5000	2006	2112	2188	2246	2158	500	951	1203	2154
Alsop-le-dale and
Eaton c. . . . . . .	1467	1551	70	61	61	60	67	12	47	33	80
Clifton and Comp-
ton * c. . . . . .	1025	2966	627	663	768	839	839	203	421	466	887
Hulland c. . . . . .	898	985	146	214	221	234	204	51	113	106	219
Hulland Ward t.	1400	1750	176	248	289	286	355	84	202	167	369
Hulland Ward
Intakes t. . . . .	454	700	37	35	39	46	57	8	23	21	44
Newton Grange t.	744	1091	9	15	38	41	39	6	23	19	42
Offcote Under-
wood t. . . . . . .	1748	4895	220	257	341	328	344	77	198	231	429
Sturston t. . . . . . .	916	2539	360	387	561	578	662	145	330	334	664
Yeldersley t. . . . .	1455	1805	187	210	202	226	211	35	101	98	199
Bentley Fenny p.	976	1745	180	192	242	308	343	62	144	146	290
Bonsall p. . . . . . . .	2289	3040	1204	1278	1396	1315	1496	337	670	779	1449
Bradbourn p. . . . .	1433	1320	157	190	210	195	175	35	78	85	163

392 WIRKSWORTH HUNDRED.

		Rate-	POPULATION.					1851.
Parishes.	Acres	able	POPULATION.					1851.
		value	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	Hses.	Males.	Fmles.	Total.
Lea Hall Hamlet	425	395	20	24	23	26	22	3	14	9	23
Aldwark t. . . . . . .	930	817	68	74	92	97	82	17	37	42	79
Atlow c. . . . . . . .	1219	1551	137	157	197	157	156	27	78	59	137
Ballidon c. . . . . . .	1310	2155	80	92	102	108	92	17	53	46	99
Brassington c. . . .	4021	4726	560	650	689	714	776	173	369	360	729
Carsington p. . . .	1116	1337	190	242	270	286	235	50	124	111	235
GriffeGrnge,ex par	677	359	—	—	—	—	24	5	10	8	18
Hartington Town
Quarter, c. . . . .	3515	2393	369	477	518	481	486	103	219	234	453
Hartington Mid-
dle Quarter, t.	4506	2960	376	396	417	354	362	66	157	150	307
Hartington Neth-
Er Quarter, t. . .	3733	2307	318	421	435	453	475	87	222	214	436
Hartington Upper
Quarter, t. . . . .	9550	4280	665	682	848	815	874	192	481	412	893
Hognaston, p. . . .	1350	2044	262	288	292	271	272	70	146	153	299
Kirk Ireton p. . . .	1415	2230	512	544	661	606	714	130	285	284	569
Ireton Wood, t. . .	813	1141	126	165	165	138	151	36	80	86	166
Kniveton p. . . . . .	1962	3160	285	301	394	342	326	74	173	158	331
Mapleton, p. . . . .	795	1857	162	178	201	180	204	46	80	120	200
Matlock, p. . . . . .	4513	9126	2354	2490	2920	3262	3782	903	1911	2099	4010
Parwick, p. . . . . .	3081	3537	450	485	551	544	533	107	247	246	493
Thorpe, p. . . . . .	1710	2363	152	151	203	189	196	40	93	95	188
Tissington, p. . . . .	2258	3820	455	484	496	459	427	76	169	175	344
Wirksworth, p. . . .	2960	8977	2978	3474	3787	4082	4122	1019	1911	2012	3923
Alderwasley, c. . .	3045	3076	347	365	454	424	398	82	201	199	400
Ashley Hay, t. . . .	1437	1686	198	214	223	241	272	54	140	131	271
Biggin, t. . . . . . . .	577	813	123	148	160	161	149	30	73	60	133
Callow, t. . . . . . .	1000	1128	95	105	100	101	112	16	46	48	94
Cromford, c. . . . .	815	2100	1115	1259	1242	1291	1407	255	569	621	1190
Hopton, t. . . . . . .	644	975	99	113	116	118	83	15	55	45	100
Ible, t. . . . . . . . . .	412	352	80	116	135	113	93	23	48	43	91
Idridge Hay and
Alton t. . . . . .	987	1502	134	159	160	182	194	46	108	114	222
Ironbrook Grng. T.	416	460	—	42	34	27	30	5	25	19	44
Middleton, c. . . . .	1005	980	693	888	904	1014	1031	228	501	511	1012
Total . . . .	77659	103994	18782	21046	33345	23938	25030	5547	11926	12552	24478