White's 1857 Directory of Derbyshire

658

SCARSDALE HUNDRED.

Is bounded on the north by Yorkshire, where the north-east point considerably protrudes, and the Shire Oak stands where the counties of Derby, York, and Nottingham converge. A fine thriving young oak occupies the site of the original tree, which is not remembered by any person now living. From this point it has Nottingham on the east. This boundary is very irregular, but very romantic, partly on sandstone and partly on lime, and the south side of this hundred very narrow, where it is bounded by the Morleston and Litchurch hundred, and on the west by the High Peak and the Wirksworth hundreds. It is very extensive, and the most populous hundred in the county, and forms a deeply undulating district, mostly a strong soil, in a high state of cultivation, of which a full proportion is arable. It abounds in coal and ironstone, and has extensive blast furnaces for smelting the ironstone, with foundries and forges for manufacturing bar iron. The northern boundary is partly included in the Sheffield corporation of Cutlers, (which extends six miles around that town,) and is the great seat of the manufacture of scythes, sickles, reaping-hooks, &c. It contains 144,614 statute acres of land. The houses are mostly built with stone and roofed with slate, though some yet remain thatched; and the north-east angle of the hundred is noted for the number of ancient yew trees growing there.

The following table is an enumeration of its 35 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.	Acreg	able	POPULATION.					1851.
		Value	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	Hses.	Males.	Fmles.	Total.
Alfreton, p. . . . . .	4570	12761	2301	3396	4689	5691	7577	1638	4292	4034	8326
Ashover, p. . . . . .	9099	8379	2119	2377	2506	2504	2603	577	1220	1225	2445
Dethick and Lea, (a) c. . . . .	1403	3105	509	487	492	675	879	185	414	452	866
Ault or Hault Hucknall, p. . . .	4221	3262	492	511	605	618	678	136	375	315	690
Barlborough, p. . .	3268	7580	677	609	675	713	804	177	495	438	933
Barlow Great, p. .	3335	2511	552	5667	652	639	627	128	342	294	636
Beauchief Abbey, (ex par.) . . . . .	780	850	102	98	97	88	74	24	62	71	153
Beighton, p. . . . .	2999	6124	634	717	856	980	1121	241	559	564	1123
Blackwell, p. . . .	1668	1609	420	429	457	432	477	98	217	250	467
Bolsover, p. . . . .	4702	4665	1091	1043	1245	1330	1421	357	792	720	1512
Glapwell, t. . . . . .	739	662	109	103	110	99	91	21	54	45	99
Brackenfield and Woolley, p. . . .	1495	1795	300	322	353	363	459	82	192	207	399
Brampton, p. . . .	7920	10288	2047	2260	2632	3594	3937	971	2202	2207	4409
Brimington, p. . .	1522	4014	503	526	629	759	780	243	560	543	1103
Chesterfield, p. .	212	18379	4267	4476	5077	5775	6212	1525	3473	3628	7101
Calow, t. . . . .	1275	1632	269	327	395	569	536	123	279	292	571
Hasland, t. . . .	1981	7466	560	697	770	889	926	280	595	581	1176
Newbold & Dnn- stan, t. . . . . ..	2915	6112	781	841	962	1140	1527	452	1031	1004	2035
Tapton, t . . . .	652	2171	148	127	149	171	178	37	99	115	214
Temple or North Normanton, t.	498	614	141	151	141	146	132	27	58	49	107
Walton, t. . . . .	2326	4170	661	720	783	935	940	227	555	559	1114
Clown, p. . . . . .	1919	2344	485	515	616	637	677	156	330	330	660

SCARSDALE HUNDRED. 659

		Rate-	POPULATION.					1851.
Parishes.	Acreg	able	POPULATION.					1851.
		Value	1801	1811	1821	1831	1841	Hses.	Males.	Fmles.	Total.
Dore, p. . . .. . .	3271	2828	375	398	476	527	575	124	317	257	574
Totley t. . . . .	1811	1328	206	238	305	351	408	83	228	175	403
Dronfield, p. . . .	2414	6340	1182	1343	1522	1653	1986	515	1336	1133	2469
Barlow Little, t.	486	412	44	51	56	58	59	12	41	27	68
Coal Aston, t. .	1153	2439	244	260	304	300	352	85	231	190	421
Holmesfield, c.	4552	2887	338	386	499	499	515	112	264	256	520
Unstone, t. . .	1965	2531	352	439	574	586	688	142	424	352	776
Eckington, p. . .	6934	18591	2694	2889	3598	3948	4401	1046	2639	2319	4958
Elmton, p. with Creswell hamlet	2772	2256	261	282	352	340	433	80	244	191	435
Heath, p. . . . . .	1608	1850	378	362	411	382	402	83	201	177	378
Killamarsh, p. .	1601	3838	576	632	779	774	906	210	543	527	1070
Langwith, p. . .	1444	1328	156	140	153	165	194	40	100	98	198
Morton, p. . . . .	1233	1486	109	136	149	138	187	52	129	128	257
Normanton South p	1879	3722	719	848	1056	1254	1288	266	664	676	1340
Norton, p. . . . .	4630	7500	1446	1527	1697	1747	1908	384	957	899	1856
Pinxton, p. . . .. .	1223	2179	463	548	681	868	889	175	504	439	943
Pleasley, p (b) . .	3193	2877	473	527	529	611	679	126	314	340	654
Scarcliffe, p. . . .	3772	3348	452	454	494	524	582	121	310	262	572
Shirland, p. (c).. .	2493	5342	1008	1197	1205	1212	1381	272	654	614	1268
Staveley, p. . . .. .	6546	18231	1653	1793	2051	2345	2688	759	2193	1805	3998
Sutton-cum-duck- manton,p. . . . .	4302	5435	515	619	685	700	628	110	311	276	587
Tibshelf, p. . . . .	2400	2415	661	705	711	759	791	166	406	400	806
Whittington, p. .	1491	4185	663	627	680	740	751	196	456	418	874
Whitwell, p. . . .	5079	3327	782	707	873	1007	1157	280	700	655	1355
Wingerworth, p.	2907	4310	500	479	459	471	484	95	244	219	463
Wingfield North, p	1451	2952	240	254	290	256	260	139	371	297	668
Clay lane or Clay Cross, t. . . . .	4381	3352	353	422	465	564	1478	487	1234	1044	2278
Pilsley, t. . . . .	1554	1474	263	254	284	304	325	77	216	18	403
Stretton, t. . . .	1562	2450	440	390	489	439	482	98	239	226	465
Tupton, t. . . . .	719	2209	218	216	202	201	317	58	155	115	270
Woodthorpe, t.	1020	2210	201	207	211	231	292	53	140	127	267
Wingfield South, p	3269	6646	898	987	1051	1091	1188	245	530	562	1092

Total . . . .	144614	241771	38031	41616	48282	53792	61330	14396	35491	33334	68825

(a) The returns for Dethick and Lea, includes the hamlet of Holloway.

(b) The townships of Shirebrook and Stoney Houghton are included in the returns for Pleasley.