ALFRETON is an extensive
parish, 14 miles N.N.E. from Derby, 9½ miles E. by N. from Wirksworth, and 140
miles N.N.W. from London by road, and 138 by railway. It contains the township
of Alfreton, with the hamlets of Greenhill Lane, Somercotes, Pyebridge,
Swanwick, Riddings, and lronville, but
the two latter have been recently made into separate Ecclesiastical districts;
consists of 4,510 acres of land, and in 1851 had 1638 house; and 8326
inhabitants, of whom 4,292 were males, and 4,034 females; rateable va1ue,
£12,761.
ALFRETON, a township and
market town, pleasantly situated on the brow of a hill, consists of two good
streets, intersecting each other at right angles in the Market place, and is
well paved and lighted with gas. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the
collieries and iron works of the neighbourhood, or in stocking weaving; besides
which, here are a few malting establishments in the town, which was anciently
noted for its ale. The Market is held on Friday; and Fairs, July 31st, (which
is very large for cattle and horses,) and a hiring statute, on November 24th;
with smaller fairs on January 26th,
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Easter-Tuesday, Whit-Tuesday, and October
6th. Wm. Palmer Morewood, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal owner. Rev.
John Wood, Chas. Seely, Esq., Jas Oakes, Esq., Wm. Jessop, Esq., G. C. Hall,
Esq., Geo. Wooding, Esq., John Holmes, Esq., and Richard and Thomas Elnor,
Esqrs. are also owners. The Church, dedicated to St. Martin, is an ancient
building of various styles, apparently built at different periods, consists of
nave, chancel, and side aisles, with a handsome tower, and five bells. The living is a vicarage, valued in the
King’s book at £17 8s. 9d., now £153, with
surplice fees about £200; it has been augmented with £200 benefactions, and
£200 Queen Anne’s bounty. Wm. Palmer Morewood, Esq., is the patron, and the
Rev. John Chas. Hall Deacon, M.A., the incumbent, who has 12A. of glebe. The
Vicarage is a good residence, near the east side of the church. On the north
wall of the chancel is a stone slab, into which brass figures of two persons,
in a kneeling position, have been inlaid, which, according to a brass tablet
are the effigies of John Armond and Joan his wife, who died, the former in
1503, and the latter in 1507. In the north aisle, are beautiful monuments to
the Morewood family. The tithes were commuted for £642 9s. 11d.
The National Schools, with residence for the master, are situated on
Sheldon road, and were erected in 1846, at a cost of £1,200, raised by
subscriptions, aided by a grant of £350 from the Committee of Council on
Education. It is a handsome brick building in the Elizabethan style of
architecture, capable of accommodating 250 children. It is a mixed school, and
the average attendance is about 100.
The Independents have a
handsome chapel in Church street, erected in 1850, at a cost of £1000; will
seat about 300 persons; the Rev. Alfred Crisp is the pastor. The Wesleyan
Methodists chapel, Chapel street, was built in 1809, and with the galleries,
will seat about 600 persons. The General Baptists had a chapel here, but which
for the last six years has been occupied by the Primitive Methodists, it is
situated on the Nesbit road. The Wesleyan Reformers occupy a room in the Red
Lion yard.
The Town Hall, a handsome brick building, erected in 1850, by W. P. Morewood, Esq.,
has a noble room on the floor, 48 feet long by 30 feet wide, and 30 feet high,
which is appropriated for public meetings, concerts, balls, &c., underneath
which, on the basement story, are the various offices connected with the county
court, magistracy, and petty sessions. It is a great ornament to the town, and
reflects much credit on the architect, Mr. Benjamin Wilson, of Alfreton.
Petty Session, are held at the Town hall on the 2nd and 4th Friday in the month, and
the presiding magistrates are, W. P. Morewood, Esq., G. Turbutt, Esq., William
Milnes, Esq., and Alfred Jas. Oakes, Esq.; Mr. Benj. S. Rickards is their
clerk.
The Mechanics’ Instituton, established in 1856 is held in a room in the Red
Lion yard, in connection with which is a small library of about l00 volumes of
books. Rev. A. Crisp is the president, and Mr. W. C. Briggs, librarian.
The Savings’ Bank, established May, 1845, is at Mr. Samuel Rowbottom’s, the actuary, and
is open on the first and third Fridays in every month, from half-past one to
half-past two o’clock. On the 20th Nov., 1855, the balance due to 466
depositors was £12,724 17s. 0d.
The Lock-up, a substaitial brick building, erected in 1844, cost upwards of £800,
and consists of four cells, with a residence for the superintendent constable.
The Stamp Office is at Mr. Brudenell Sharp’s, Market place.
Gas Works were erected here in 1848, by a company of shareholders. The annual
consumption of gas is about 674,000 cubic feet.
County Court.—The New Small Debts’ Act, or County Courts. This
important act which superseded the Court of Requests, came into operation on
the 15th March, 1847. Alfreton County Court is held at the Town hall, monthly,
and comprises the following district:—Alfreton, Annesley, Ashover, Bagthorpe,
Birchwood, Blackwall, Brackenfield, Butterley, Codnor, Codnor Park, Crich,
Felley, Fritchley, Greenhill Lane, Higham,
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Ironville, Kirkby, Kirkby
Woodhouse, Morton, Newton, Normanton (South), Okerthorpe, Pentrich, Hartshay,
Pilsley, Pinxton, Riddings, Ripley, Selston, Shirland, Somercoates, Stretton,
Swanwick, Tibshelf, Underwood, Wessington, Wheatcroft, Wingfield (South), Wood
Linkin, Woolley Moor. J. T. Cantrell, Esq., Judge;
Philip Hubbersty, Esq., of Wirksworth, and Michael Jessop, Esq., Alfreton,
are Registrars; and Mr. Wm. Marsh,
Wirksworth, High Bailiff.
The Pinxton Canal passes through
the parish, and the Midland Railway on its western verge, having a station 1¾
miles west of the town. This town, anciently called Alfredingtune, is supposed to have been built by, and derived its
name from King Alfred, the site of whose palace is still pointed out. Robert,
the son of Ranulph, lord of Alfreton, was one of the four knights who murdered
Thomas à-Beckett, Archbishop of Canterbury. In expiation of his guilt, he
founded the monastery of Beauchief, to which he gave this church. Alfreton, by
marriage, afterwards came into the possession of the family of Chaworth, one of
whom was a considerable benefactor to this religious house. The rectory of
Alfreton, with the advowson of the vicarage, was granted by Henry VIII. to
Francis Leake, Esq., whose descendant, Nicholas, Earl of Scarsdale, sold them,
in 1673, to John Turner, of Swanwick, gent. The rectorial tithes were sold by
auction, about the year 1779, chiefly to the several landowners. The advowson
of the vicarage was purchased by Geo. Morewood, Esq. The land is all freehold,
and abounds in coal and ironstone.
The manor of Alfreton was given by Wulfric, a noble Saxon, and confirmed by Ethelred II., to Burton Abbey. At the Domesday survey, it was held by Ingham, under Roger de Busli. This Ingram was the immediate ancestor of Robert Fitz-Ranulph, or Fitz-Ralph, lord of Alfreton, who founded Beauchief Abbey. His descendants were denominated De Alfreton. On the death of his great grandson, in 1296, this manor descended to Thomas de Chaworth, his nephew, and Robert de Latham, who had married one of his sisters and coheiresses, to whom a market was granted in 1251. Chaworth purchased Latham’s moiety, and was summoned to parliament as a baron in 1296. William Chaworth, Esq., the last of this branch of the family, left an only daughter and heir in the reign of Henry VII., married to John Ormond, Esq., whose heiress brought it to Sir Anthony Babington, of Dethick. Henry Babington. Esq., the grandson, sold it, about the 1565, to John Zouch, Esq., of Codnor. His son sold it, in 1618, to Robert Sutton, Esq., of Aram, in Nottinghamshire, by whom it was sold, in 1629, to Robert Morewood, Esq., in whose family it continued, and was their residence, till the death of Geo. Morewood, Esq., the last heir male in 1792. His widow, who enjoyed the estate under his bequest, married the Rev. Henry Case, who in 1793, previous to his marriage, took the name of Morewood, by the King’s sign manual.
Alfreton Park, on the west side of the town has been the seat of the Morewood family
for upwards of a century. It contains a large handsome stone mansion,
beautifully situated on a good elevation, which is seen to great advantage from
the Derby road, In 1855-6, great alterations were made to the mansion from the
designs, and under the superintendence of Mr. Benj. Wilson, architect, by its
present possessor, Wm. Palmer Morewood, Esq.
Greenhill Lane, is a large, improving, but scattered district, 2½ miles S.E. from
Alfreton, and half a mile N. from Riddings. The Wesleyan Reformers have a neat
chapel here, built in 1854, at a cost of £450, will seat about 300 hearers. In
1749 a labourer found an urn containing about 700 Roman coins here.
Newlands, forming a part of Greenhill Lane, and near to Riddings, consists of
several cottages and a farm, the property of James Oakes, Esq., also a good
Inn, occupied by Mr. Richard Elnor. The Primitive Methodists have a small
chapel here.
RIDDINGS is a considerable
village, situated on a new line of road from Nottingham to Manchester, 3 miles
S.W. by S. from Alfreton, was anciently a chapelry, but the chapel
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has long since been demolished. It is now an
Ecclesiastical district, which consists of Riddings, Greenhill Lane, south-east
part of Swanwick, Birchwood, nearly all Somercotes and Pye Bridge, with a
population in 1851 of 3800 souls; for whom a Church, dedicated to St. James,
was erected in 1845, at Riddings, at a cost of £4000; it will accommodate 1000
persons; upwards of 600 sittings are free. It is a handsome stone edifice, in
the early English style, with nave, chancel, and lofty spire, with one bell.
The commissioners under the late act for promoting the building of additional
churches and chapels, furnished £2000 towards the expense, £1000 was raised by
subscription, and the remainder from other societies. The living is a perpetual curacy of the value of £150. The vicar of
Alfreton is patron, and the Rev. Arthur Chas. Pittar, B.A., incumbent.
Handsome National Schools, with a residence for
the master, were built in 1845, at a cost of £2000, raised by subscriptions,
aided by a Parliamentary Grant of £245; about 64 boys, 45 girls, and 100
infants attend. The Wesleyan Methodists’ chapel, rebuilt in 1838, is a large
brick building, capable of seating 400 persons. The Independent chapel, erected
1821, was enlarged 1839, and will now seat 400 persons. The Rev. Thos. Colledge
is the pastor. The Baptist chapel, enlarged about 1833, is now a good brick
edifice which will seat 300 persons.
The Alfreton Iron Works in this liberty, are carried on by Messrs. James
Oakes and Company. A Branch of the Cromford Canal, connected with Mansfield by
a railway, which passes through it. A market has been established, and is held
on Saturday. Riddings House is the seat and property of James Oakes, Esq. The
manor of Rydinge was held by the Chaworth family, with Alfreton. In 1817 it was
the property of Launcelot Rolleston, Esq., of Watnall; but is now held by Jas.
Oakes, Esq.
Ironville, a part of the Riddings manor, together with Codnor Park, a rapidly
improving and important district, was made into a new Ecclesiastical District
parish, in June, 1850, with a population in 1851 of 2276 souls. It forms the
south-east extremity of the parish, and also of the Hundred of Scarsdale, 3½
miles S. E. from Alfreton, having the Cromford Canal, which here enters the
Erewash Canal, on the south. The Pinxton Canal also commences here. This forms
part of a very busy and populous district, employed in the Iron Works and
Furnaces for smelting iron ore. Immense quantities of ironstone are obtained in
the immediate neighbourhood, and of Codnor Park, which adjoins Ironville on the
south. These establishments formed about 1801, have greatly increased the
population, which was, prior to that period, but small, though in early ages
Riddings was a place of great consequence. The Church, dedicated to Christ, was
built in 1852, at a cost of £6000, by the Butterley Iron Company; it is a
handsome stone structure, with nave, transepts, chancel, and tower, with one
bell; and contains about 540 sittings, of which 300 are free. An organ was put
up at the same time, at a cost of £200 by subscription. In the chancel are
three beautiful stained glass windows, in memory of the late Wm. Jessop, Esq.
The living is a perpetual curacy, valued
at £150, in the patronage of Fras. Wright, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev.
John Casson, B.A. New National Schools for
boys, girls, and infants, were also erected here in 1850, by the Butterley Iron
Company, aided by a Parliamentary Grant of £490. It is a substantial brick
building, capable of accommodating 100 boys, 80 girls, and 250 infants, the
average attendance is about 200. In August, 1843, an artizans’ and mechanics’
library was opened here; it has 61 members, and a library of 600 volumes; Mr.
Geo. Cotterell, librarian.
SOMERCOTES, is a large
village, on the Nottingham road, 2 miles S.E. from Alfreton, and 14 miles N.W.
from Nottingham. A Chapel of Ease to Riddings, dedicated to St. Thomas, was
formed here in 1854. It was formerly used as Methodist Chapel, but was
purchased by subscription for about £400, and after undergoing the necessary
alterations and improvements was dedicated as above, It is now a neat brick and
stone edifice, with turret and one bell, and will seat about 600 persons, there
is a burial ground attached of about one acre. The Wesleyan Reformers’ chapel,
situated in Birchwood lane was erected by John Smedley, Esq., of Lea Bridge. It
is a handsome building with tower
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and one bell. In connection with which is a
good school, eligible for all the children in the village. The school-room is
lighted with gas and heated with hot water, will accommodate about 200
children; average attendance 125. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel, built
in 1839, and enlarged in 1852; and in 1845 a corn mill, called the Alfreton
Steam Mill, was erected by Mr. John Chadborn; it is of 12 horses power, and
works three pairs of stones. About 1 mile N.W. is Cotes Park, a rapidly improving district, containing two extensive
collieries and a few farms. J. H. Barker, and Charles Seely, Esqrs. are the
owners. To the N.E. of the village is a small district called Nether Birchwood, and 3 miles S.E. from
Alfreton is Pye Bridge, a railway station
on the Erewash Branch of the Midland Railway, from whence there are trains to
Mansfield, Nottingham, and Derby, three times a day. A Sick Society is held
here at the Dog and Doublet Inn.
SWANWICK, a hamlet and
populous village on the Derby road, 1½ miles S.W. from Alfreton, 7 miles N.N.E.
from Belper. W. P. Morewood, Esq., and Haslam Brothers have collieries here,
and are considerable owners. The Wesleyan Methodists’ chapel, Sleet Moor, built
in 1824, was taken down and rebuilt in 1845, at a cost of £350, and will now
seat about 400 hearers. The Particular Baptist chapel, Sleet Moor, built in
1796, and enlarged in 1828, at a cost of £650, is a large brick edifice, with
accommodation for 600 persons; it has a small burial ground attached. The
Primitive Methodists have a small chapel built in 1849. A Church is intended to
be built here very shortly, subscriptions towards which have already been
commenced and for which a site has been given by the Rev. John Wood, who
resides at the Hall, a neat brick mansion
a little south-east from the village. The
Grange, 2½ miles S. from Alfreton, is a neat modem mansion, the property of
G. C. Hall, Esq., and the residence of Wm. Needham, Esq. At the Grove half a mile east of Swanwick, is a
good free school and residence for the master, founded in 1740 by Mrs. E.
Turner; 40 children are educated free.—(See charities). Sleet Moor, a district N.W. Somercotes. About 1 mile S.E. of
Alfreton lies the Swanwick Colliery, the
property of William Palmer Morewood, Esq. The superior quality of this coal has
induced a number of persons to vend a very inferior article in its name, in
places where it has never been introduced. The seam is about five feet in
thickness, and is raised to the surface by a small engine of eight horses’ power.
The works are kept dry by an engine of forty horses’ power, which is also
assisted in very wet weather by a smaller one. The coal is conveyed by railway
first to the summit of an inclined plane, by means of a small engine of eight
horses’ power, the waggons being attached to a wire rope, about 400 yards long.
On the summit is a wharf for the sale of coal, near to which is the Alfreton
Old Poorhouse, converted into cottages since the New Poor Law came into
operation. The situation of the wharf and poorhouse is called Sleet Moor, and about fifty years ago it
was a wide common which was used as a race course. The Cromford Canal, at the
Swanwick wharf, separates the parishes of Alfreton and Pentrich. The South
Wingfield station, on the Midland Railway is distant about two miles.
CHARITIES. Margaret
Reynolde in 1621, gave a rent charge of 20s. yearly, out of the Leader
Close, to be distributed at the feast of St. Thomas, and on Good Friday to the
poor.
George Turner in 1641, gave to the vicar of Alfreton 10s. yearly, for preaching a
sermon on the 5th of November, and an annual sum of 20s. to the poor on the
same day. 15s. is paid from some closes near Sleet Moor, and 15s. from some
land, the property of the Rev. John Wood. 10s. is paid to the vicar, (though no
sermon is preached), and 20s. is distributed, in sums from 1s. to 2s. amongst
the poor.
Rowland Morewood, Esq., in 1647, left a rent charge of £5 per annum, issuing out of land
called the Drunken Closes, for the benefit of the poor. By indentures, 1736, Samuel
Dalton, Esq. conveyed to trustees lands called the Wheat Fields, Over
Housteads, in Birchwood, and the Drunken Closes, in Alfreton, on trust for the
poor. In 1771, an information was filed by the Attorney-General against George
Morewood, Esq., in order to establish the charity by a decree of the court. The
defendant, George Morewood, set
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forth by his answer, 1772, that the mention
of the Drunken Closes in the deed of 1736 was a mistake, that in the year 1659,
the sum of £100 had been laid out by his ancestors for the £5 payable out of
those closes. In 1774, however, it was decreed that the Drunken Closes were
part of the charity estate, which now consists of 27A. 0R. 11P., with a cottage
and a barn; the rents, amounting to £39, are distributed in sums varying from
5s. to 15s. There is a bed of coal on the estate, and timber to the amount of
£54 has been sold.
John Ludlam in 1684, charged his lands at Newton with the payment of 50s. per annum
to the most necessitous poor of Scarliff, 10s. to the poor of Bakewell, and
10s. to poor persons in Alfreton Riddings.
Thomas Hunter in 1735, gave his cottage and lands, near Windmill Hill, on trust for
the use of the poor of Alfreton, Kilburn, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse, Ripley,
and Wessington, and 10s. yearly to the vicar for preaching a sermon on the day
on which he was buried. The rent of the estate is £12 per annum, of which the
share of Alfreton is £3 15s. This is given in sums varying from 1s. 6d. to 2s.
Jane Boot in 1795, bequeathed 20s. per annum out of premises in Alfreton to 20
poor widows, to be distributed at the tombstone of her late husband in Alfreton
churchyard.
Adam Parker in 1800, devised his estate at Shirland, on trust, to pay five guineas
to 20 poor widows; he also left the churchwardens and overseers 5s. yearly for
their trouble. The Shadwell Plots and Park Closes are subject to the payment.
Rev. Francis Gisborne’s Charity.—(See Bradley.)—The
annual sum of
£5 10s., received by the vicar, is expended in warm clothing, and given to the
poor.
Swanwick School.—George Turner conveyed a piece of land, to the intent that a
charity school should be erected theron. Elizabeth Turner, widow, in 1740,
conveyed the sum of £457 17s. new South Sea annuities, on trust, to sell the
same, and purchase lands out of the rents thereof, to pay £15 for the
instruction of 12 children, Swanwick and Greenhill Lane always to have the
preference—the surplus to be laid out in such charitable uses as the trustees
shall think fit. In 1741, a sum of £500 arising from the sale of the stock, was
invested in 43A. 2R. of land in Swanwick, and in 1816 an allotment was made to
the trustees of 2A. 2R. 18P. The schoolmaster occupies the estate, and
instructs 40 poor children in reading, writing, and arithmetic. About 4A. of
the land has been much injured by coal being got under it. Under an ancient
grant from Sir John Zouch, in 1618, to the Morewood family, they are considered
to be entitled to work the coals in various lands in Alfreton without making
any compensation to the owner.
Post Office, at Thomas T. Cutler’s; letters arrive from all parts at 2 a.m., and are
despatched at 11 p.m. Letters from the north arrive at 6 a.m., and are
despatched at 6.54 p.m. Money Orders issued
and paid from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m., and on Saturdays to 8 p.m.
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Morewood
William Palmer, Esq., The Park, and Ladbroke hall, Warwickskire Bacon
Samuel, licensed to let horses for hire, and mourning coach and hearse proprietor Barlow
James Charles, carver, gilder, look- ing glass and picture frame maker Birkin
James, sinker maker Bland
Samuel, vet. Surgeon Bullivont
Charles, surveyor & builder Burnham
John, board & lodging house Case
Robert, tobacconist Clark
Wm., clerk, Cotes Park Colliery Crisp
Rev. Alfred, (Ind.) Cutler
Thomas Tomlinson, postmaster |
Deacon
Rev. John Charles Hall, M.A., vicar Vicarage Eaton
Joseph, basket maker Elliott
Wm. Rowland, clog maker Everingham
Wm., cooper Green
Thos. & Geo., curriers & leather cutrs Haskins
Arthur, inland rev, officer Heffield
Edward, farm bailiff, Cotes Park Hill
Wm., wheelwright Holmes
John, gent, Houghton
William, colliery manager, Swan- wick Colliery Jones
Rev. John, Edward, curate Langham
Thomas, manager, Cotes Park Colliery; h. Pinxton |
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Lees John, mining engineer and manager at the Highfield and Oakerthorpe Collieries Marsden Saml., butler, The Park Parker Sarah,
herbalist Radford
Joseph, bailiff, Cotes Park Colliery Radford Mrs. Mary Rolling Euphemia, wine & spirit merchant, and
brewer Rowbottom Samuel, bookseller, printer,
stationer, &c. Rickards Benj., solicitor Rickards Benj. Samuel, solicitor and clerk to
magistrates Rolley John, parish clerk Seeley Charles & Co., fire brick makers & colliery
owners, Cotes Park Colliery Shelton Mrs. Hannah Sheppard John, clothes dealer & needle mk. Smedley John, corn miller Ward Richard, whitesmith, locksmith, and
bellhanger Wass
Math., cutlery dealer |
Wilson Miss
Ann Wilson Benjamin, architect & surveyor, land and
timber agent & valuer Wilson John, timber agent and valuer, Sycamore Cottage Wilson Miss
Sarah Wilson Wm. Esq., banker Hotels, Inns, and Taverns. Angel, Wm. Rolling Blue Bell, George Radford Castle Commercial Hotel, Danl. Townsend George &
Dragon Commercial & Posting Hotel, Samuel Jepson, and licensed to let post horses King’s Head,
S. Webster Plough, Wm. Fletcher Queen’s Head, John Peach Red Lion, Thomas Shacklock Royal Oak, Eliz. Smithurst Three Horse Shoes, James Kemp Waggon & Horses, Wm. Sampson |
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Academies. Mkd. * are Boarding. Carey Sarah * Crisp Emily National,Wm. and Mary Ann Balfry * Slater Eliz.
& Sarah Taylor Eliza Attornies. Hall Gervase
Cressy, (& commissioner for taking acknowledg- ments of deeds of married women, and clerk to the Alfreton Derby, &c. turnpike roads) Jessop Michael
Rickards and
Son Wood John Auctioneers and Appraisers. Bacon Samuel Denham Charles Bakers & Flour Dealers. Mkd* are Confection- ers also. Clark Samuel Dawes Thomas * Hill Charles * Simpson John
Hy. |
Bankers. Nottingham & Nott-
inghamshire Bank- ing Co.,
High st., (draw on London & Westminster Bank) Jas. Carter, agent Wilson &
Son, (draw on Sir J. W. Lubb- ock, & Co. Savings’ Bank, (open on the first & third Fridays in every month, from half past 1, to half-past 2 o’clock,) Samuel Rowbottom, actuary Beerhouses. Dunn George Goodwin Thomas Hodgkinson
Edward Sleet Moor
Moore Wm. Radford Edmund Taylor Jane Webster Samuel Wragg William Blacksmith. Godber Henry Wragg John Boot & Shoe Mkrs. Cockayne
Thomas |
Farnsworth
George Goodall Samuel Moore William Pearson George Winterbottom
James Braziers and Tinners. Gibson (Wm.)
and Rawson (Fras.) Gibson William Johnson Jph.,
(& tin, zinc and iron plate worker) Pickburn
Willoughby Wilbourn
Joseph Bricklayers. Peach John Sutcliff
Stephen Butchers. Abbott Samuel Barratt Samuel Cupit Henry Elnor John Kemp James Redford Samuel Taylor Fanny Webster John Webster Samuel Wragg Wm. Chemists & DrgstsCoates Samuel Walters Henry
& Son |
Farmers. Abbott Samuel Annable Mary, Common Barratt Samuel Clark Samuel Elnor John Evans Luke, Outseats Holmes John Jepson Samuel Nix Thomas, Outseats Oldfield Wm., Sleet Moor Peach John Radford
Griffin Sampson
William Smith Hannah Stanley Thomas
Webster Samuel White Jph., Outseats Fire & Life Offices. European
(Life) Saml. Coates Medical
Invalid and General (Life); Jas. Haynes Norwich Union;
S. Rowbottom Phœnix (Fire);
Benj. Rickards Wesleyan &
General; J. H. Simpson Framesmiths. Gant Peter |
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Parsons Thos.,
(and gasfitter) China, Glass, and Earthenware Dlrs Gibson William Wheatcroft Wm. Grocers and Tea Dealers. Blackshaw
James Clark Samuel Evans Henry Pym Benjamin Schofield
Alfred Swindell
Samuel., High street Hairdressers. Cox John Parsons
William Hosiery Mnfrs. Brettle Geo.
& Co., (and Belper) Ward and Co.,
(and Belper) Hosiers. Roberts Joshua Simpson John,
(and hatter) Ironmongers. Gibson (Wm.),
and Rawson (Fras.) Haynes James,
(and dealer in agricultral implements, and oil and grease mer- chant) Pickburn
Willoughby (& ironfounder) |
Joiners & Cabinet Makers. Bacon Samuel Lesson Anthony Linen and Woolln. Drapers. Jackson
William Roberts Joshua Sharp
Brudenell, (and stamp office) Topham John
& Wm., (& silk mercers) Maltsters. Jepson John Radford George Stanley Thomas Towndrow Wm.,
(and flour dlr.) Williamson
Robert Milliner & Dress Makers. Farnsworth Ann
Spencer Phœbe Painters, &c. Garratt James Garratt
Rowland Plumbers and Glaziers. Burnham
Septimus & Henry, (& painters) Clee Samuel Lauer Francis Saddlers and Har- ness Mkrs. Dawes Henry,
(late J. England) |
Thirkill
Emanuel Seeds Mchts. Pym Benjamin Sampson
William Walters Henry
& Son, (and ale and porter agents) Shopkeepers. Dawes Thomas Fell Marshall,
(and rope maker) Goodall Samuel Milward Mary Smedley Ann Wragg James,
(and fellmonger) Smallware Dlrs. Handbury
George Roberts Joshua Simpson John Straw Hat Makrs. Simpson John Steer Mary Ann Wrigglesworth
Eliza Surgeons. Rickards Henry Spencer
Griffin Turner John,
sen. Willis Charles Tailors & Drapers. Marked *
are Tailors only. * Blackshaw
James * Buxton
Charles Inchbold
Emanuel James John |
* Wheatcroft
William Wray William * Wragg Thomas Tallow Chandlrs. Evans Henry Topham George,
(and dealer in blasting powder) Watch and Clock Makers. Bowen David Evans John Wine, and Spirit Merchant. Rolling
Euphemia, (& brewer) Omnibus. To Wingfield
Station, from the George and Dragon Commercial Hotel, to meet the arrival and depar- ture of trains; Samuel Jepson, pro- Prietor Carriers from the Inns. Belper, Hanh.
Smith, Mon. & Sat. Chesterfield,
Henry Handbury, Tu. Th. and Sat. Codnor Park,
G. Rad- ford, daily Derby, Samuel
Bacon, Mon. & Fri. Mansfield, H.
Smith, Thurs. |
GREEN HILL LANE HAMLET.
Marked * are at Newlands.
Post Office at Henry Neale’s; letters arrive from Alfreton at 8.15 a.m., and are
despatched at 7 30 p.m.
|
Belcher,
Henry, surgeon * Chamberlain
Henry, farm bailiff Colledge Rev.
Thos., (Ind.) * Elnor
Thomas, gent. Evans Henry,
jun., builder, &c. Evans Joseph,
builder, contractor, and brickmaker Evans Henry,
gent. Fretwell Wm.,
stonemason & builder Kirk Francis,
gent Mather
Francis, registrar of births, deaths, and marriages for Alfreton district; wholesale ale and porter merchant, and agent to the Nottinghamshire & Derby- shire Fire & Life Office |
Neal Mr.
Francis Neale Henry,
chemist & druagist, and oil and hop merchant, & agent to the
English Widows’ Fund. Nuttall J. W.,
draper, and Ripley Oakes Thomas,
corn miller Pogmore —,
colliery agent Shaw Wm.,
plumber & glazier Slater James,
earthenware dealer Walker Joseph,
moulder Inns and Taverns. New Inn,
Joseph Evans Newlands Inn,
Richard Elnor Red Lion, John
Briddon |
ALFRETON PARISH. 667
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Beerhouses. Langton George Smith Joseph * Winson Thos. Blacksmiths. Cartledge
James * Hunt Wm. Butchers. * Elnor
Richard Evans Luke Gill Herbert |
Farmers. Briddon
John Briddon
John *
Elnor Richard Evans
Henry, jun. Neale
Henry Tomlinson Miss Grocers. Evans Luke,
(& tallow chandler) * Elnor
Richard |
Maltsters. Briddon John Evans Luke Shoemakers. Askew Geo.,
(dealer) Bakewell Levi Bryan John Corbett Wm. Hickton James Holden Samuel Shopkeepers. Bridgett Wm. |
Cartledge
Joseph Gill Hannah Milward Griffin Parkin Deborah Tagg James Tailors. Greatorex John Hollingworth Geo. Carrier. Wm. Booth, to Not- tingham, Wed. & Sat., and Derby, Friday |
IRONVILLE
TOWNSHIP.
Post Office, at Abraham Greaves’; letters
arrive from Alfreton at 8.30 a.m., and are despatched at 7 p.m.
Money Orders are issued and paid from
9 a.m., to 6 p.m.
|
Beresforde John, surgeon, Albert Terrace Bollington
Ann, vict., William IV. Casson Rev. John, incumbent Clarke George, pork butcher Cooke George, butcher Farnesworth John, grocer, baker, & flour &
british wine dealer Fawcett Mary,
infant school |
Greaves
Abraham, druggist, & agent to the North British Insurance Co. Hill Edward
S., constable Miller
Sybella, National school Rhodes Benj.,
bookseller & news agent Smithyman
Edward, National school Winson Thomas,
shoemaker |
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Drapers. Bowne Dorothy Walters James |
Shopkeepers. Brown Thomas Elliott Mary |
Gill Wm. Harrison
Richard Taylor Charles Waplington
Nathl. |
Tailors. Hole James Webster Joseph |
RIDDINGS
TOWNSHIP.
Post Office at William Thornley’s;
letters arrive from Alfreton, at 8.30 am., and are despatched at 8 p.m.
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Alsop George, joiner Allsopp
Walter, chemist & druggist Bryan Mr. John Cowan James,
National school Elson Henry,
saddler & harness maker Fletcher
Edward, colliery agent Fletcher Wm., gent. Fretwell Ellen, infant school Godbehere
Robert, blacksmith Haden Miss Eiiza Holes James,
tailor Oakes Chas.,
ironmaster; h. Hollyhurst Oakes Jas.,
ironmaster; h. Riddings House Oakes James
& Co., iron & coal masters |
Oakes Thomas,
ironmaater; h. Riddings House Pittar Rev.
Arthur Charles, B.A., incumbt., Parsonage Platts George, linen & woollen draper Shaw William, plumber, glazier, gas fitter, painter
& paper hanger Stimson
Thomas, slater, near Codnor Park Swindell
Samuel, locksmith Withers Eliz. Ashley, National school Inns and Taverns. Boot & Slipper, Thomas Wagstaff Seven Stars,
William Hunt |
2 U 2
668 SCARSDALE HUNDRED.
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Beerhouses. Kitchen Wm. Lygo Joseph Maltby Joseph, New
Inn, and furniture
dealer Butchers. Beecroft George |
Parsons Richard Grocers. Cartledge Joseph Maltby Samuel, (&
draper) Thornley Wm., (&
tallow chandler) |
Shoemakers. Bradley Stephen Holden Peter Langton John Lygo Joseph Parker Frank Read Wm. Taylor Thos. |
Shopkeepers. Brentnall George, (& bricklayer Hunt Wm. Scott Robert Taylor Ann, (and farmer) |
SOMERCOTES
HAMLET.
Marked * are at Birchwood, 1 are at Penny Town, and 2 Pye Bridge.
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* Adams Rev. Benj., curate
of Riddings & Somercotes *
Bakewell John & Co., brickmakers, Birchwood Beecroft Henry,
wheelwright Bennett Isaac, nail
maker Bradley Alfred, blacksmith * Clark Wm., clerk at
Coates Park Colliery Cutler Mrs. Eliz., Somercotes House Gee John, contractor 2 Hollingworth Joseph, currier and leather cutter 2 Horsley Erasmus Thomas, manager 2 Horsley Wm., corn miller 3 Millington Francis, station master *
Langham Thomas, manager Cotes Park Colliery; h. Birchwood House, Pinxton Peat Wm. & Brown
Joseph, plumbers, &c. Radford Joseph, bailiff,
Cotes Park Colliery Redgate Joseph, builder |
Rhodes Alfred, builder,
contractor, and brickmaker Riley
John, machinist, & manfr. of stocks, dies, and caps Storer
Mr. Jonathan *Seely
Charles & Co., fire brick, and chim- ney pot makers, and coal masters, New Birchwood & Cotes Park Collieries Towndrow
& Pendleton, drapers & clothiers Wheeldon
John & Emma, Reform school Wilbraham
Henry, chemist 2
Wood Stephen, bookkeeper Inns and Taverns. Black Horse, John Hardstaff 2 Dog & Doublet, John Peck Rose & Crown, Edward
Andrews (& brick- layer) Royal Tiger, George Rhodes |
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Beerhouses. Baguley John, (and baker) Burgin Thomas Caslin John Clark Martha Clark Wm., (and joiner) * Fearn John, Birch- wood Parks Edward Robinson Nathaniel 2 Smith Wm. Sterland Samuel 2 Taylor Peter Butchers. Clark Samuel Lee Joseph Sterland Samuel Stevens John Farmers. Baguley John |
1 Banks George * Brown Chas., Birch- wood Bramley John Cooper John 2 Cutts James Hardstaff John Herrod John Langton Edward Marple Jas., Outseats Moss Joseph * Naylor Charles, Birchwood 2 Rhodes George Richardson Hannah 1 Smedley Joseph 1 Wilbraham George 1 Wilbraham Matthew Grocers. Dupe John Richardson Hannah Riley John Rogers Thomas |
Shoemakers. Orme Richard Wass Joseph Shopkeepers. Brough John Burgin Thomas Lee Joseph Morley James Parkes Edward Roe Joseph Robinson Thomas Robinson Nathaniel Slack Rebecca Taylor Elizabeth Tailors. Bingham Jeremiah Cordon James, (and agent to the Em- peror Fire Insur- ance Society, The London & Provin- cial Provident So- |
ciety, and the National Guardian Assurance Society. Carriers. (To Nottingham.) Askew Ball, Wed. & Sat. Railway Convey- ance. The Erewash Valley Branch of the Mid- land Railway Sta- tion, Pye Bridge. —There are three passenger trains to Mansfield & Not- tingham, each way daily, (Sundays ex- cepted, when there are only two.)— Francis Millington, station master. |
ALFRETON PARISH. 669
SWANWICK HAMLET.
Post
Office at William Blounts’. Letters arrive from Alfreton at
8 a.m., and are despatched at 7 30 p.m.
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Booth Wm., framesmith Bowler George, colliery manager Bradley Francis, assistant overseer & agent to the
Clerical & Medical Life, and to the United
Kingdom Life Assurance Co. Elliott
Anthony, framework knitter Fidler John, news agent Gregory
Mrs. Hannah |
Needham
Wm. Esq., The Grange Poundall
John, farm bailiff Walters
Joseph, auctioneer & draper Wood Rev. John, The Hall Inns and Taverns. Cross
Keys, George Pidcock Miner’s
Arms, Sarah Challoner |
|
Academies. Machin
Joseph Stevenson
Eliz. Beerhouses. Bradley Francis, (& butcher) Cartledge
James Hodgkinson
Edward Renshaw Thomas White
John Willgoose
James Blacksmiths. Furniss
John Handbury Thos. Brick Makers. Redford John, Sleet Moor Walters
Joseph |
Coal Masters. Haslam
Brothers Morewood
William Palmer Corn Millers. Haslam
Brothers Taylor Geo. Stanley, Sleet Moor Mill Farmers. Bullock
Henry Bullock
Mary Cartledge Hannah Dawes Samuel Daykin Kendel England Samuel Evans Joseph, Old Hall Fletcher
Thomas Fletcher
Vincent |
Hall
Fredk., Hill Top Haslam
Brothers Hunt
Joseph Limb
George Machin
Joseph Pidcock
George Swain
James Swain
John, Hill Top Taylor
Thos. Woodward
Thomas, Grange Grocers. Blount
William, (and agent to the English Widows’ Fund Life Assurance Co.) Lomas
John, (& watch maker) |
Shoemakers. Beresford
Wm. Fryer
Joseph Gee
Wm. Heath
Thos. Robinson
James Topham
Benj. Topham
Wm. Wildgoose
James Shopkeepers. Elliott
Elizabeth Pidcock
Charles Robinson
Mary Taylor
Edwin, (and boilermaker) Tailors. Highfield
Thomas Wheat
Thomas |
ASHOVER
is a large scattered parish, which contains the township of Ashover, in Scarsdale Hundred, and the
township and chapelry of Dethic and Lea, with the hamlet of Holloway, in Wirksworth Hundred, and
together have 10,501A. 3R. 8P. of land, and in 1851 had 762 houses, and 3311
inhabitants, of whom 1634 were males and 1677 females; rateable value, £11,484
17s.
ASHOVER
is a romantic and picturesque village and township, situated in a deep narrow
valley, watered by a branch of the small river Amber, which rises in the
parish, and crosses its whole
extent. On the lofty hills in some places barren rocks protrude through the
soil, in others they crest the summit, and houses are scattered amongst the
projecting crags and verdant slopes. Few villages are better situated for
excellent water. The river Amber rises in this parish, and bears that name for
ten miles. Ashover is 19 miles N.W. by W. from Derby, 7 N.N.W. from Alfreton, 7
miles S.S.W.. from Chesterfield, and 4
miles N.E. from Matlock, and contains 9098A. 3R. 13P. of land, of which
8,615 are rateable, and has 55 miles
of roads, 577 houses, and 2,445 inhabitants, of whom 1,220 were males, and
1,225 females; rateable value, £8,379 14s. 0d. Wm. Milnes, Esq., of Stubbin
Edge Hall, is a considerable owner and one of the lords of the manor, the
rights of which are divided amongst various persons. John Bright, M.D., Thos.
Lee, Robt. Milward, John Hopkinson, John B. Gregory, and Thos. Coleman, Esqrs.,
Rev. Joseph Nodder, the Trustees of the late Sir Henry Hunloke, Exors. of the
late Charles Gladwin, and Chesterfield Corporation, besides several others, are
also owners. The Church, All
670 SCARSDALE
HUNDRED.
Saints, a rectory, valued in the King’s book
£12 3s. 1½d., now £481; the Rev. Joseph Nodder, M.A., is the patron and
incumbent. The church is a large ancient structure, in the Gothic style, and is
supposed to havc been built in 1419. It has a square embattled tower in which
are 5 bells, from the centre of
which rises a handsome spire, 69 feet
high. It was repewed in 1844, at a cost of £500; it contains 600 sittings, of
which one-fifth are free. It has two monuments inlaid with brasses, and an
altar-tomb with recumbent figures, to the memory of Thos. Babington and Edith
his second wife. There are also memorials to the Milnes, Bournes, and Dakeyne
families, also a magnificent Gothic obituary window of stained glass, to the
Nodder family, placed in the chancel, in 1845. Here is also a very remarkable
and ancient font, the base is of stone, the lower part is of an hexagonal form,
the basin of the font is cylindrical, and is surrounded by twenty leaden
figures, loosely draped, standing in ornamental niches. The Rectory is a
pleasant mansion, a little S.E. of the church, near which the rector, in 1846,
built a handsome school, of gritstone, for girls, at a cost of £400. The boys’
school at Ashover Hill, half a mile N.W. from the church, was erected in 1703;
the endowment and subscriptions amount to £22 9s. per annum,—(see charities).
Here is 84A. 2R. 14P. of glebe. The great and small tithes were commuted in
1850, for £540 3s. 11d. The Wesleyans and Primitive Methodists have each a
chapel in the township, besides which the Primitive Methodists have one erected
the present year (1856) at Alton. This manor, Essoure, at the Domesday survey, belonged to Ralph Fitzhubert,
under whom it was held by Serlo. The posterity of Serlo were called de Plealey,
from Plesley, the place where they resided. Serlo de Plesley, his descendant,
who died about the year 1203, left two daughters, co-heiresses, married to
Willoughby of Lincolnshire, and Deincourt, who possessed the manor in moieties.
The co-heiresses of Deincourt married Reresby, of Lincolnshire, and Musters, of
Nottinghamshire. Sir Robert Willoughby exchanged his share of Ashover with the
Reresby family, for their interest in the Plesley estate. The share of Musters
family was subdivided between two sons, from one of whom, Geffry, a portion of
the manor passed to Robert Pierepont.
From this time Ashover
appears to have been divided into four manors, known by the names of Newhall,
Oldhall, Musters’, and Pierepont’s manors. The Newhall manor, with the advowson
of the church, was given, in 1302, by Margaret Reresby, widow, to Adam Roresby,
her youngest son, and continued to belong to his descendants, who resided at
New Hall, afterwards Eastwood Hall, till the reign of James I., when Sir Thos.
Reresby made it over to trustees, and it was sold, in 1623, to the Rev.
Immanuel Bourn, then rector of Ashover, who died in 1797, and bequeathed the
manor and advowson to trustees, for the benefit of his niece Jemima, the wife
of Mr. John Nodder, in whose descendant it is now vested. Eastwood and the site
of the old manor was sold, in 1762, to the governors of Queen Anne’s bounty, to
augment the chapel of Brimington, near Chesterfield. The Oldhall manor was
purchased, in 1737, by Roger de Hynfield, of Edelstow Hall, who also purchased
the Muster’s manor. Edelstow Hall was considered the hall of this manor, and
after several changes became the seat of a branch of the Gladwin family, one of
whose co-heiresses brought it to Dr. Bourne, who then resided at the Spital,
near Chesterfield. It was sold, in 1808, by the widow of the Rev. John Bourne
and her daughters, to Mr. John Milnes, of Ashover. Pierepont’s manor is in
many shares. The Butts estate was purchased by James Milnes, of Ashover, in
1696. Marsh Green Hall, a picturesque mansion, is the residence of the Rev.
Jph. Nodder, M.A., and R.D. The township contains many scattered hamlets and
farms, and it is divided for parochial purposes into quarters, but keep their
poor conjointly. Ashover Quarter is
situated within one mile from the church, and contains Appletree Knowl on the
N., Butts House W., Eastwood Hall E., Hillside E., Marsh Green N.W., Meadow
Lane E., and Rattle W. Mill Town
Quarter, contaius Mill Town, a small village one mile S., and the quarter
extending S. and S.W. from Ashover, and contains the following villages and
hamlets: Butterley, 2½ miles S.S.E.; Gorse Hall, 1¼ mile W.; High Oredish, 2
miles S.; Littlemoor, 2 miles, S.E.
ASHOVER PARISH. 671
Overton Hall, ¾ mile S.W. The family of Hunt, or Le Hunt, were
possessed of considerable property in Overton. In the year 1556, Thos. Hunt
(son of Christopher), who had removed to Aston-upon-Trent, sold his estate at
Overton to Richard Hodgkinson, of Northedge Hall. The daughter and heiress of
Wm. Hodgkinson married Joseph Banks, Esq., of Revesby Abbey, Lincolnshire. His
son Robert, who took the name of Hodgkinson, died in 1792; on his death, this
estate devolved to the Right Hon. Sir Jph. Banks, Bart., and Knight Grand Cross
of the Order of the Bath, and President of the Royal Society, who usually spent
a few weeks in the autumn at Overton Hall. It is now the property and
occasional residence of John Bright, Esq., M.D., who purchased it in 1829. A
younger branch of the Hunts resided also at Overton, till 1596, when Wm. Hunt sold his mansion and estate to Robert Daken, of
Chelmorton, by whom it was conveyed, in 1600, to Mr. John Gregory. Wm. Milnes,
Esq., of Stubbin Edge Hall, in 1828, purchased part of Overton. The family of
Crich had for many generations been resident, and had large possessions in
Ashover. The last of the family died in very reduced circumstances, at the
great age of 101, in the year 1789, and lies buried in Ashover Church. Till
within a few months of his death he frequently attended Chesterfield market.
Stubbin Edge Hall, an ancient mansion, l½ miles S.E. from Ashover, formerly belonged to
the Crich family, but in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, passed to Richard
Daykeyne, who married the widow of William Crich; he had no issue by this marriage,
but by his marriage with Catherine Strange, daughter of the Earl of Rothes, he
had two sons, John and Arthur; she was the favourite maid of honour to Mary
Queen of Scots, and attended her unfortunate mistress to the scaffold; she was
largely remembered by her in her will, and was especially recommended to the
care of Queen Elizabeth. John, their first son, was born in 1587. He was
disinherited by his father, and his senior representative was the late John
Deakin, or Dakeyne, Esq., of Boythorpe House, and from a third son of the said
John, the Dakeynes of Darley Hall, are descended. The second son of Arthur
Dakeyne, enjoyed the Stubbin Edge Hall estate, until the year 1720, when it
passed away by a female to the Hopkinsons, of Bonsall, now extinct; there are
memorials in the Ashover Church, to the Dakeynes as early as 1537, and as late
an 1720. The estate, after passing through several hands, is now the property
and seat of Wm. Milnes, Esq., deputy lieutenant. The hall is seated on an
eminence, and was modernized and improved in 1821, and now forms a handsome
mansion. The farms and houses in the Mill Town Quarter extends from one to 2½
miles S. from Ashover. The Upper End Quarter includes the N.W. part of the
township, extending from 1¼ to four miles from Ashover. At Kelstedge, a small
hamlet, 1¼ miles N.W. is the lace-thread manufactory of Mr. William Cartledge,
of which Mrs. Cawood is the owner. The Alton Quarter includes the N. and N.E.
division.
ALTON or AULTON is a village
one mile N.E., and North Edge 1¼ mile N.N.E. from Ashover. The hamlets and
small villages in the parish present a singular appearance and want of
uniformity. The soil is very various; in the valley near the village it is very
fertile, bearing a rental of from 35s. to 50s. per acre; on the hills and
moorlands the value is from 3s. to 35s. per acre, and some good corn is grown.
The limestone got here is well adapted for agricultural purposes, and the beds
of gritstone for making grindstones. Here are a few framework knitters in
cotton, a lace thread doubling factory, a colliery and two lead mines. On the
declivity of a hill on Ashover common, is a “Rocking Stone,” called Robin
Hood’s mark, which measures about 26 feet in circumference, and from its
extraordinary position, evidently appears not only to have been the work of
art, but to have been placed with great ingenuity. About 200 yards to the North
of this, is a singularly shaped rock called the Turning Stone, 9 feet in
height, and supposed to have been a rock idol. Fairs are held at Ashover, April
25th, Oct. 15th, and Monday before Martinmas day, which is also a hiring
statute for servants. Feast is on first Sunday in July.
672 SCARSDALE
HUNDRED.
CHARITIES—Samuel Sleigh, by will, 1684, on condition that
the inhabitants of Ashover should build a free school, gave £4 per annum out of
his lands in Washington Hay for the use of such school, 20s. yearly towards a
schoolmaster’s wages, and 20s. to the poor out of King’s Lant. George Wollatt
pays the rent charge out of Washington Hay, and the annuity of 20s. is paid out
of the estate of the late Sir Windsor Hunloke. The schoolroom was built in
1703, by George Hodgkinson, and in 1728, it was conveyed to five trustees.
Anthony Storer, in 1705, gave 5s. yearly to the school master, out of George Marsh’s
cottage and croft upon the Hay.
Richard Hodgkinson left 20s. yearly for the use of the schoolmaster, the amount is
supposed to be paid out of a croft the property of Lady Banks.
Sarah Bower, previous to the year 1789, gave £40 to this school. In 1819, the Rev.
Francis Gisborne proposed to give certain closes for the better endowment of
the school, if the inhabitants would add £60 to the above sum. The amount was
accordingly raised, and the £100 was vested at four per cent, in the hands of
William Milnes, Esq.
Rev. Francis Gisborne, by indenture, 1819, granted four closes of land
containing 6A. 2R. 6P., called the Marsh Flat, and an allotment of 1R. 10P. on
trust, out of the rent thereof to pay all expenses in the reparation of the
school, and the residue of the clear rents for the benefit of a schoolmaster,
and for providing the children with books. The income arising from the above
gifts amounts to £21 9s., out of which the master receives £18 for teaching 20
poor children.
Elizabeth Hodgkinson in 1733, gave £60 to be invested in land, out of the
produce thereof eight penny loaves to be given every Sunday, and the residue in
bread on Chris-mas day, Good Friday, and Easter Sunday. In 1786, the amount is
mentioned as being vested in the Rev. Lawrence Bourne, and £2 2s. is paid by
Miss Jemima Nodder, who is in possession of an estate called Marsh Green, which
was formerly the property of the Rev. S. Bourne; £1 from Sleigh’s Charity, and
6s. is added to the above sum from the poor rates, making in the whole £3 8s.,
from which a distribution of bread is made to nine poor widows every Sunday.
John Bunting, in 1666, left 15s, per annum to the poor out of land at Peasenhurst.
George Bower, of Gorse Hall, left 10s. yearly, issuing out of Stanesley Fees, to be
given to 30 of the poorest housekeepers.
Thomas Calton, in 1705, gave 5s. per annum out of Lang Croft, for a distribution of
bread. The agent of Lady Banks distributes £1 5s. in money, and bread to the
amount of 10s. in respect of Bower, Calton, and Bunting’s charities, being 5s.
more than the annual amount.
Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity.—(See Bradley.) The annual sum of £5
10s. received by the incumbent is expended in flannel, and given to the
poor.
ASHOVER DIRECTORY.
Those Marked 1 are at
Ashover; 2, Mill Town Quarter; 3, Upper End Quarter; and 4, Alton
Quarter.
Post Office, at Henry Taylor’s, letters
arrive from Chesterfield, at 9, a.m., and are despatched at 4.30, p.m.
|
1 Bassett
John, letter-press printer 2 Bennett
George, nail maker 1 Biddle
Charles, draper 1 Brown Henry,
malster 2 Bright John,
Esq., M.D., Overton Hall Calladine
Joseph, auctioneer 2 Carline
James, basket maker 3 Cartledge
William, lace thread, manu- facturer, Kelstedge 3 Cawood Mrs.
Sarah, Amber House |
2 Cundy Isaac,
cooper, timber merchant, and manufacturer of agricultural implements, and saw mills, Kelstedge 1 Eaton Mrs.
Ann 4 Fletcher
& Cheetham, coal masters and brick makers, Alton colliery 1 Ford
Matthew, plumber & glazier 2 Gregory Mrs.
Ann 1 Haslam
Rania, dress maker 1 Hodgkinson
Edmund, gent. |
ASHOVER DIRECTORY. 673
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4 Hopkinson John, gent. 1 Jerrison
William, slater 1 Key John,
horse dealer 2 Limb Samuel,
postman 1 Lowe J.,
schoolmaster 1 Marples
Thos., saddler 2 Milnes Wm.,
Esq., Stubbin Edge Hall Nodder Miss
J., Rose Cottaqe Nodder Jph.,
Esq., Marsh Green Hall Nodder Rev.
Joseph, M.A., March Green 2 Robinson
Joseph, mole catcher Smith Joseph,
nursery & seedsman, Tansley and Scotland nursery 2 Smith Sarah,
nursery, &c. 1 Smith Wm.,
gardener, Marsh green Taylor Mr.
Joseph, 1 Thompson Mr.
John B. Thrup Rev. F.,
curate, Rectory 1 Turner Job,
nail maker |
1 Twigg John,
rope and twine maker 1 Twilton Jane
E., National School Wheatcroft
Titus, gunsmith Inns and Taverns. 1 Black Swan,
Joseph Holmes 1 Crispin, Wm.
White 2 Greyhound,
Wm. Lofts 1 King
William, Geo. Bennett 4 Malt Shovel,
John Turner 2 Nelson,
Richard Bower 3 Pig of Lead,
Samuel Lindley 1 Red Lion,
Edmund Revell 3 Red Lion,
George Young 3 Red Lion,
Samuel Vanes 3 Three Horse
Shoes, Geo. Calladine 3 White Horse,
William Sims 1 White Lion,
Joseph Gregory 2 William IV,
George Bennett |
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Beerhouses. 2 Allen George, Regu- lator 1 Marsden Jph 4 Wilson Thomas Blacksmiths. 3 Barker John 2 Maskery Wm. 2 Mather George 3 Vanes Samuel 1 White Henry 1 White John, (and engineer & machine maker) 4 Young Thomas Boot & Shoemkrs. 3 Beresford James 3 Beresford Paul 1 Bower Richard 2 Buckley William 2 Buxton John 2 Gaunt John 1 Greaves Wm. 1 Haslam Wm. Hy. 1 Hole Henry 1 Holmes Joseph 1 Hopkinson John 1 Marriott George 3 Marsden Benjamin 4 Parkin John Butchers. 1 Askew Michael 1 Bennett William 1 Clayton Robert 3 Edge John 3 Hall William 3 Marriott Joseph 2 Stanley Thos. 1 Tagg John 1 Towndrow John |
2 Tagg John Corn Millers. 4 Elliott Francis 1 Else Stevenson 1 Goodlad Samuel 3 Robinson James 4 Young Thomas Farmers. 2 Allen George 2 Allen Rd., Yew Tree 3 Adams Jph. 2 Allen Wm. 2 Barker Jph 1 Battison Wm. 3 Beardow John 4 Beardow Thos 2 Beastall John 2 Bennett Geo 2 Birks William 2 Birks John 2 Bollington George, Wash-house 1 Bower Ann 2 Bower Samuel 3 Bower T. & F 3 Bown Susan 2 Bradley James 2 Bradley Job 3 Brailsford James 1 Brailsford John 2 Brocksop J. G. 3 Brough James 3 Brough Wm. 3 Brown John 2 Buckley Ann 4 Buxton Isaac 2 Butler Samuel Clayton John, Dry- hurst 2 Critchlow Thomas 2 Davis Thomas Drury John, Hill Side |
3 Eaton Joseph 3 Edge Wm. 4 Elliott Francis 1 Else George 1 Else James 1 Else Thomas 1 Evinson Hannah 2 Fidler Jasper, (and baker) 2 Fox John 2 Fox Luke 2 Fox Matthew 2 Fox Wm. 1 Francis Thos. 3 Fretwell Wm. 2 Garton John 3 Gill Wm. 2 Gladwin John 3 Gladwin Thomas 2 Goodall Chas. 2 Goodall Thomas Gregory John B. 2 Gregory Mrs. 3 Hague Ely 2 Hadfield John 2 Hall Elijah 3 Hall Wm. 2 Handbury John 4 Hole George 3 Hole Sarah 1 Haslam Geo. & Lot 3 Hill Joseph 4 Hill Wm. 2 Hill Wm. 4 Hodgkinson George 4 Hodgkinson Wm. 3 Hollingworth Jph. 3 Hollingworth Wm. 2 Holmes George 3 Holmes George 3 Holmes John 3 Holmes Samuel 3 Holmes Wm. |
Hopkinson Jph. Hopkinson Thomas, Gorse Hall 4 Keeton Rd. & Paul 3 Lee Joseph 3 Lee John 3 Lee Thomas 3 Lee William 3 Lindley Samuel 3 Ludlam William 3 Marriott Abraham 3 Marriott David 2 Marriott James 3 Marriott William 3 Marsden Benjamin 4 Marsden Jph 1 Marsden Jph 5 Mather Alice 2 Mather George 4 Mather Wm. 2 Mathew Wm., senr., Lattercotes & Knott Cross 3 Mellor George 4 Mellor Samuel 4 Mycroft George 3 Nall Robert 3 Nightingale George 2 Nuttall Jph. 4 Parkes Jph. 3 Parsons Wm. 3 Poyser John 3 Pendleton George 2 Rhodes George 2 Rhodes James 3 Robinson James 3 Shaw George 3 Sims Wm. 2 Smedley Adam 3 Smith Daniel 3 Smith George 3 Smith Thomas 2 Smithurst Mrs. |
674 SCARSDALE
HUNDRED.
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1 Stanley
Joseph 2 Swift George 4 Swift
William 2 Tagg William 3 Tomlinson
Alice 3 Tomlinson
George 4 Turner John 3 Turner John 2 Towndrow Joseph, Moor
Grange 2 Towndrow
Joseph 2 Towndrow
Thos. 2 Towndrow Wm. 3 Vernon
Benjamin 4 Walker Wm. 2 Walker Wm. 4 Wall Charles 3 Ward Wm. 2 Wheatcroft
Jabez 1 White Henry 1 White Joseph 4 White Wm. 2 Wilmott
Charles 3 Wilmott
George 2 Wilmott
George 3 Wilson Paul 4 Wilson
Thomas 4 Wilson
Thomas, Birkin Lane |
4 Wragg James 2
Wragg Thomas 4
Young Thos. Grocers. 1 Bamford
Hannah 1 Bowler
Thomas 1 Taylor Joseph, (and draper) Gunsmiths. 1 Wheatcroft
Samuel 1 Wheateroft
Titus Joiners & Builders 1 Revill Edw. 1 Robinson
Samuel 3 Smith Matthew Lime Burners. 2
Allen George |
Maltsters. 1 Brown Mrs. 4 Turner John Shopkeepers. 1 Bamford Hannah 1 Bowler Fras. 1 Bowler Jph. 3 Holmes
Anthony 3 Kirk George Taylor Hy,
(Exrs of.) Slaters. Marked * are Plstrs. *1 Jerrison
Joseph and William * 3 Smith John 2 Smith George Stonemasons. 1 Mowbray
George 3 Needham
Stephen 1 Watts Thos. 2 Wood George |
Stone Merchants. 2 Barker John 1 Lee Thos. Tomlinson
George & Henry Alleshead 4 Young George Surgeons. 2 Goodall
Richard 1 Skidmore J. Tailors. 1 Bunting John 2 Hind Anthony 2 Hind William 3 Marriott
James 1 Willows
Thos. Wheelwrights. 2 Mather John 1 Mellor John 1 Revell Ed. 3 Smith
Matthew Carrier to ChstrfldGeorge
Gregory, Tu., Th., & Sat. |
DETHIC & LEA form a
chapelry, and with Holloway a joint
township in the parish of Ashover, and the hundred of Wirksworth, containing
together 1,402A. 3R. 35P. of land, and in 1851 had 185 houses, and 866
inhabitants, of whom 414 were males, and 452 females; rateable value £3105 3s. Dethic or Dethwick, is a small hamlet,
3½ miles S.W. from Ashover, and 2½ S.E. by E. from Matlock, and consists of
four farm houses and a corn mill. Thomas Hallowes, Esq., of Glapwell, is lord
of the manor, principal owner, and patron of the living, a perpetual curacy, value £93, has bcen augmented with
£1000 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £400 benefactions. The Rev. Nathan Hubbersty,
incumbent. The tithe is paid by a small modus to the rector of Ashover. The
Chapel is a small neat stone edifice, with a handsome and lofty spire, and one
bell, and is dedicated to St. John. It was founded by Jeffery Dethic and
Thomas, prior of Felley monastery, in Nottinghamshire, in 1279, and is stated
to have been rebuilt by one of the Babington’s in 1530. In the reign of Henry
III., Dethic belonged to a family who took their name from this place, the
elder branch of whom became extinct by the death of Robert Dethic, whose
heiress brought this place to Thomas Babington, elder son of Sir John
Babington, and brother to Sir Wm. Babington, who was appointed Chief Justice of
the King’s Bench, in 1423. John Babington, son of Thomas, was killed at the
battle of Bosworth Field. Anthony Babington, the sixth in descent from Thomas,
was a principal actor in the conspiracy formed against the life of Queen
Elizabeth, in 1586, being zealously devoted to the Catholic religion; he had
secretly made a voyage to Paris some time before, where he formed an intimacy
with Thos. Morgan, a bigoted fugitive from England, and with the Bishop of
Glasgow, the Queen of Scots’ ambassador at the court of Paris. These parties
employed every means to get young Babington to join them in their conspiracy,
and having succeeded came to England bent upon the assassination of Elizabeth,
and the deliverance of the Queen of Scots. In the prosecution of these views he
employed himself in increasing the number of his associates aud secretly drew
into the conspiracy many catholic gentlemen discontented with the government,
but their desperate projects were soon discovered by the vigilance of
Elizabeth’s
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CHAPELRY. 675
council, and they obtaining intelligence of
it, disguised themselves and fled, and concealed themselves in woods or barns,
but were soon discovered and thrown into prison. They were afterwards tried,
condemned, and executed in September, 1586; John Balliard, a priest of the
English seminary at Rheines, and the instigator of the rebellion in England,
suffered first, and Babington undauntedly beheld his execution, whilst the rest
turned away their faces and fell on their knees. He ingenously confessed his
offence, and being taken from the gallows, and about to be cut up, be cried
aloud several times, parce me domine
Jesu, “Have mercy upon me, Lord Jesus.” He is said to have made over his
estate at Dethick, previously to his attainder, to a younger brother. It was
afterwards, sold to Wendesley Blackwall Esq., and having been divided into
severalties, the whole became eventually the property of Samuel Hallowes, Esq.,
from whom it passed to the present proprietor. The old mansion, which was of
considerable extent, has been much altered, and is now occupied as a farm
house.
LEA, or DETHIC LEA, is a
populous village, 16 miles S. from Dethic, and 2½ from Cromford station. W. E.
Nightingale, Esq., T. Hallowes, Esq., Mr. Wm. Walker, and Mr. Saml. Sims, are
the principal owners, the former is lord of the manor. Mrs. Ann Wass has
extensive lead works here, where about thirty tons of lead are produced weekly.
John Smedley, Esq., of Lea Mills, has also an extensive establishment for
merino spinning and the manufacturing of hosiery, and here is also a
considerable hat manufaetory worked by Mr. Wm. Walker. Lea Hall is now divided into two dwellings. The Wesleyan Reformers
chapel, situate betwixt Lea and Holloway, was erected by John Smedley, Esq., in
1853, and is a handsome stone building with turret and one bell. It is capable
of seating 350 persons, and has a burial ground attached. It is also licensed
for marriages, Mr. Smedley, (or some one appointed by him,) officiating in both
cases free of charge. In connection is a day school for boys and girls which is
supported by Mr. Smedley, about 60 attend. The Wesleyan chapel is a beautiful
structure, erected by the late Joseph Wass, Esq., at a cost of £1000. In 1856
it underwent considerable improvements at the sole expense of Mrs. Ann Wass.
The Unitarians have also a small chapel here. Lea School, built by subscription
in 1803, is supported by William Edward Nightingale, Esq., except a small
charge of 2d. per week from each of the children. This manor, in the reign of
King John, belonged to Robert de Alveley, who left two daughters, co-heiresses;
one moiety passed with the elder daughter to Ferrers, of Lockesley, in
Staffordshire, and was sold by her son to Geffrey Dethick; it afterwards
descended to the Babingtons, and has long been in severalties. The other moiety
was sold by a descendant of De la Lea, who married Alveley’s youngest daughter,
of the Frechevilles, of whom it was purchased in the fourteenth century by the
Rollestons. Francis Rolleston, Esq., of the Lea, and his son, were convicted in
1571, for conspiring to set at liberty Mary Queen of Scots, then in the custody
of the Earl of Shrewsbury. This manor having passed in marriage to the
Pershalls, was sold in 1648 by Sir John Pershall, Bart., to Hodgkinson and
Cowley, who conveyed it to Spateman. In 1707, it was purchased of the last
mentioned family by the late Peter Nightingale, Esq., and is now under his will
the property of William Edward Nightingale, Esq., whose, seat is Lea Hurst, a
handsome mansion in the Gothic style of architecture. There was formerly a
domestic chapel at Lea Hall, founded in the reign of King John, and a chantry
was founded in the chapel in the reign of Henry IV., by Roger de Wingerworth.
By an inscription on the side of a gothic window, it appears to have been
rebuilt in 1478, but there are no remains left of it now.
DETHIC CHAPELRY.—Francis Allyn, by will, 1663, gave the yearly
sum of 40s. out of his messuage in Lea, towards
maintaining a minister at Dethic chapel; lie also gave to the poor of Lea,
Over-howay and Nether-howay, a sum of
10s. yearly.
HOLLOWAY is a small
scattered village and hamlet, standing on a bold acclivity, partly situated in
the parish of Crich, and forming the S.E. extremity of the township, 3 mile.
676 SCARSDALE
HUNDRED.
SE. from Matlock, and 1½ miles N.W. from Whatstandwell
Bridge Station. W. E. Nightingale, Esq., is lord of the manor and principal
owner. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel here erected in 1854, it is
a neat stone building in the old English style of architecture, and will seat
about 120 hearers. A neat
house, the residence of Mrs. Smedley, was erected in 1844.
DETHIC, LEA, & HOLLOWAY DIRECTORY.
Marked 1 reside at Dethic, 2 Lea, and 3
Holloway.
Post Office at Mr. Luke Stones’, Lea Bridge. Letters
arrive from Matlock Bath at 8.30 a.m., and are despatched at 6.15 p.m.
Post Office at Alice Else’s Holloway. Letters arrive from Matlock
Bath at 9 30 a.m., and despatched at 5 30 p.m.
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2 Brocklehurst
Wm., slater 2 Buxton
Samuel, joiner 3 Clayton
Joseph, sen., wheelwright 3 Dixon Miss
Frances, The Poplars 3 Else Mr.
John 2 Farmer John,
tailor 3 Higdon John,
assistant overseer 3 Hill Edward,
lace manufr., Cottage 2 Martden
George, clerk, Lea Bridge Nightingale,
Wm. Edward, Esq., Lea Hurst 2 Orme Mr.
Edwin, missionary 3 Radford
John, blacksmith 3 Radford
Sarah, milliner 3 Sims
Alexander, wood leader 3 Sims Samuel,
stone merchant |
2
Smedley John, merino spinner & hosiery manufacturer, Lea Bridge 2 Travis Mrs. — 2 Walker Wm. & Son, hat & cap manufrs. 2 Wass Ann, lead smelter; h. Green 2 Wathey Mr. John, Lea Hall 2 Wildgoose Robt., clerk, Lea Bridge 2 Wildgoose John, wood steward Inns and Taverns. 2 Jug & Glass, Joseph Radford Three
Horse Shoes, Paul Radford (and blacksmith) 3 Yew Tree, Joseph Clayton |
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Beerhouses. 3 Buxton
George 3 Young Sarah Butchers. 2 Platts
Richard 2 Stoppard
Thos. Corn Millers. 1 Else Charles 2 White Robert Farmers. 3
Amat Thomas |
2 Bradley
James 3 Critchlow
Thos. 1 Dickenson
George 1 Else Charles 2 Flint George 1 Hole John 2 Lowe John 2 Platts
Richard 3 Smith Wm. 2 Stoppard
Thos. 2 Taylor Timothy, (& cattle dealer) 1 Wathey Wm. 2
White Robert |
Shoemakers. 3 Brownson
Thomas 2 Bunting Wm. 2 Harby Wm. 2 Littlewood
George Shopkeepers. 3 Boden
Anthony 3 Buxton
George 3 Else Alice 2 Flint Samuel 3 Radford John 3
Smith George |
2 Stone Luke
(and draper) Stonemasons. 2 Goodall John 3 Limb Charles 3 Peach George Carrier. Crichley, to Chester- field, Sat. |