AULT, or HAULT HUCKNALL
parish includes Ault Hucknall, with the manor of Hardwick, the hamlets and
villages of Astwith, Harstoft, the manor and village of Rowthorne, the manor
and village of Stainsby, which keep their poor conjointly, and contain 4221A. 3R. 26P. of land, and in 1851 had
136 houses and 690 inhabitants, of whom 375 were miles and 315 females;
rateable value £3262 8s. 3d. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor, and
owns nearly all the parish, but here are a few small freeholders. The soil is
principally a good strong clay with a portion of limestone and hazle soil.
AULT HUCKNALL is a small
scattered village, situate a little S. of the Chesterfield and Mansfield road,
7 miles S.E. by S. from the former and 3½ miles S.W. from the latter. The
Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, situate at the north-east extremity
of the
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village, is an ancient edifice with low
tower, the interior being neatly fitted up. In 1828 it was repewed at a cost of
£334, towards which the Duke of Devonshire subscribed £100 and the late vicar
£5, the remainder being raised by a rate. It again underwent considerable
repairs in 1850, when the interior was neatly painted and varnished, the cost
being defrayed by subscription. In the chancel is a handsome monument, with a
Latin inscription, to the memory of Anne, first Countess of Devonshire; she was
the daughter and coheiress of Henry Kighley, Esq., and died in 1598; she had
three sons, Gilbert, William, and James, and the same number of daughters,
Mary, Elizabeth, and Francis; James, the youngest son, lies buried near his
mother. William, Earl of Devonshire and Baron Hardwick, and sole survivor of
his mother, desirous of preserving the memory of his brothers and sisters, has
caused this monument to be erected, dated 1627. Near the above is a plain
stone, with a Latin inscription, to the memory of Thos. Hobbes of Malmsbury,
the celebrated philosopher and free-thinker, who died at Hardwick, on the 4th
December, 1679, in the 92nd year of his age. This well known writer had been
tutor to the second and third Earls of Devonshire, and continued to reside in this
family till his death. Among his numerous publications was a Latin descriptive
poem on the wonders of the Peak, De
Merabilibus Pecci. A few weeks before his death, the Earl of Devonshire
removing with his family from Chatsworth to Hardwick, he insisted on being
removed also, and in so doing it was necessary to carry him on a feather bed.
The living is a vicarage, valued in
the King’s book, at £6 0s. 5d., now, £113, has been augmented with £200
benefactions, and £800 parliamentary grant. The Duke of Devonshire is patron
and impropriator, the Rev. G. H. Arkwright, incumbent, and the Rev. Thos.
Stevens, curate. The Church was appropriated to the priory of Beauchief. In
1544, the impropriate rectory was granted to Francis Leake, Esq., but has long
been possessed by the present noble family. Here are about 23 acres of glebe
land.
The manor of Hardwick forms the south side of the
parish, and is on the border of Nottinghsmshire, from which it is separated by
the river Meden or Mayden, which rises at Skegby. On the south, the Erewash has
its source near this point in the parish of Kirby-in-Ashfield, here forming a
deep indentation on the Derbyshire border. The former stream flowing through a
deep romantic glen, bounds the county for some distance to the north; the
latter, running south, bounds the county till it falls into the Trent, near
Long Eaton. The manor of Hardwick was granted by King John, in 1203, to Andrew
de Beauchamp In the year 1288, Wm. de Stenesby held it of John le Savage, by
the annual render of three pounds of cinnamon, and one of pepper. John
Stenesby, his grandson, was seized of it in 1330. The Hardwicks afterwards
possessed it for six generations. Elizabeth, third daughter, and (after her
brother’s death) coheiress of John Hardwick, Esq., brought this to her second
husband, Sir William Cavendish, from whom it has descended to its present noble
possessor. When the hall of the Hardwicks was erected is uncertain, but John
Hardwick died here in the nineteenth year of the reign of Henry VIII, and it is
said that Cardinal Wolsey lodged one night in the house, on his way from York
to Leicester Abbey, where he died, November, 1536. The present house was built
in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by the countess of Shrewsbury. She had been
married twice before she became the wife of the Earl of Shrewsbury, namely to
Robert Barley, Esq., and Sir William Cavendish.
The situation of Hardwick Hall is exceedingly picturesque
and beautiful. It stands in a fine park, richly wooded with venerable oaks of
the most gigantic proportions. A high ridge commands some extensive and
interesting views to the west. The hall, a noble mansion, exhibits a complete
specimen of the style of architecture which prevailed during the reign of Queen
Elizabeth; it has undergone no alteration since its erection, and appears to
have been finished about the year 1597. It is built of stone, and round the top
is a parapet of open work, in which the Countess’s initials E. S. frequently
occur. At each extremity is a lofty tower. The state apartments are specious
and lofty, with numerous windows, admitting a profusion of light. The hall is
hung with tapestry of
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exquisite workmanship, and has long been
celebrated for its antique furniture. In the chapel, which is on the first
floor, is a very rich and curious altar cloth, 30 feet long, hung round the
rails of the altar, with figures of saints under canopies wrought in
needlework. The great dining-room is on the same floor, over the chimney piece
of which is the date of 1597. The most remarkable apartments in this
interesting edifice, are the state room or room of audience, and the gallery;
the former 64 ft. 9 in. by 33 ft., and 26 4 in. high; at one end of it is a
canopy of state, and in another part a bed, the hangings of which are very
ancient. This room is hung with tapestry, on which is represented the story of
Ulysses; over this are figures rudely executed in plaster, in has relief, among
which is a representation of Diana and her nymphs. The gallery is about 170
feet long and 26 wide, extending the whole length of the eastern side of the
house, and hung with tapestry, on a part of which is a date of 1478. It is
probable that this as well as many other articles of the furniture of this
mansion was removed from the old Hall at Hardwick, or from Chatsworth, when
that splendid mansion was rebuilt. Among other interesting portraits at
Hardwick, are those of Queen Elizabeth, Lady Jane Grey, Sir Thomas More,
Cardinal Pole, Bishop Gardener, the Countess of Shrewsbury, Sir William
Cavendish, the first Earl of Devonshire, Colonel Charles Cavendish, and Thomas
Hobbes. There are also many good paintings in various parts of the house. The
delapidated shell of the ancient hall, which remains near the mansion, appears
to have been a very magnificent edifice, and from the style of its architecture
could not have been built any great length of time before the erection of the
present mansion. it is now in a ruinous state; but one of the rooms remains
entire, which is 55 ft. 6 inches by 30 ft. 6 inches, and 24 ft. 6 inches high.
It is floored with terras, and the sides are fitted up to a considerable height
with oak wainscoting, ornamented with Ionic pilasters, over which are ornaments
in plaster, consisting of two rows of arches. Over the large stone chimney
piece are colossal figures, one on each side, in Roman armour, reaching to the
cornice; from which this room has obtained the appellation of “The Giant’s
Chamber.” The present hall has acquired an interest from the supposition that
it was one of the prisons of Mary Queen of Scots, but it was built after the
death of that unfortunate princess. The second floor of this mansion is said to
have been allotted for the residence of the royal prisoner, and the rooms are
shown as retaining their furniture in the same state as when she inhabited
them. Over the door of a bed room said to have been appropriated to her use,
are the arms of the Queen of Scots, with her cypher. There is a portrait of
Queen Mary in one of the apartments, said to have been painted in the tenth
year of her captivity. A bed, a set of chairs, and a suit of hangings, are
shown as having been the work of the royal captive; it is very probable that
they were; she was very fond of needle-work, and employed many hours of the day
during her captivity in that occupation. The furniture was probably used by
her, and brought from Chatsworth before the old hall of that place was taken
down. It is certain, if the unfortunate Mary ever was at Hardwiek, it was only
during a short and occasional visit of the Earl of Shrewsbury to that place.
The Countess being at Hardwick in 1577, several years before the present hall
was built, wrote to the Earl, intimating her wish that he would come to
Hardwick, if the Queen would give him permission. In the postcript she says,
“Lette me here how you, your charge, and love doth, and commend me, I pray you.
Yt were well, you sente fore or fyve pieces of the great hangings, that they
might be put oup, and some carpets; I wyshe you wollde have thynges yn that
redynes that you myght come wh in 3 or fore dayes after you here
from courte.” The carriage road to the hall from the Chesterfield and Mansfield
road, is about a quarter of a mile east from the village of Heath. Near the
hall is a school, built by the second Duke of Devonshire, in 1724, where about
20 children attend. (See Charities.)
ASTWITH, is a hamlet and
small village, two miles S.W. from the parish Church.
HARSTOFT, a hamlet and small
village, on the Chesterfield and Tibshelf road, 2 miles S.W. from the Church.
The river Dawley rises a little S.E. of this village, and runs directly north
to the Rother, on the north of Staveley. The Wesleyan Methodists have a
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small chapel here, built in 1835; it is a
plain stone building, and is also used as a Sunday school.
ROWTHORNE a small village
one mile E. from the Church, and 7½ S.E, from Chesterfield. The manor of Rugetorn, at Domesday survey, was the
property of Roger de Bush. It afterwards belonged to the family of Tilly, whose
heiress married Savage. Robt. de Lexington, to whom it had been conveyed by the
last mentioned family, gave it to the abbot and convent of Newstead, in
Nottinghamshire. In the year 1563, this manor was vested in the coheiress of
Roger Greenhalgh. In 1583, Lord Chancellor Bromley, acting it is supposed as
trustee, conveyed it to Sir Wm. Cavendish, ancestor of the present noble owner.
The last four deaths in this village up to the first of June, 1856, are as
follows: Wm. Bromley, aged 88, Rd. Marriott, 92, Richard Shaw, 77, and Wm.
Fisher, 95, the four making a total of 352 years.
STAINSBY, a small village 1
mile W. from the church, and 6 miles S.S.E. from Chesterfield. The manor of
Stanesby was held at Domesday survey by Roger de Poiton. In the reign of King John
it was in the family of Savage, and in the year 1235, William, son of Walkelin
de Savage, held it by the annual render of a sore hawk (a hawk of the first year). In 1580 or 1581, John Savage
conveyed this manor to Lord Chancellor Bromley, by whom it is probable it was
again conveyed, about the same time as Rowthorne, to Sir William Cavendish. A
feast is held first Sunday in July.
CHARITIES.—Hardwick School.—Thomas Whitehead, in 1720, gave his
dwelling at Moor Heigh, with 20A. of land, then valued at £8 per annum, on
trust, and directed 10s. a year to be expended in books, and the remainder to
be given to the schoolmaster. The property consists of a good farm house, and
21A. 1R. 9P. of land, let for £23 15s 2d. per annum, the whole of which is paid
to the schoolmaster. The master also receives £2 10s. from Phillips’ charity,
and an annual gratuity from the Duke of Devonshire. In respect of these sums,
all the poor children of the parish are instructed on payment of two-pence per
week. The school is kept in a house rented by the Duke of Devonshire, which has
lately been adapted for the residence of the master, out of the funds of the
charity founded by the Countess and Earl of Devonshire. (See Edensor.)
William Derry, 1794, directed his personal property to be converted into money for the
use of the poor. In 1797, the sum of £59 8s, 10d. which was laid out in the
purchase of £105 18s. 2d. three per cent. console. The dividends, amounting to
£3 3s. 6d. are distributed to the poor.
Rev. Francis Gisborne’s Charity.—(See Bradley.) The annual sum of £5 10s.
received by the vicar, is laid out in warm clothing, and distributed among the
poor.
Marked 1 are at Astwith, 2 Hardwick, 3 Harstoft, 4 Rowthorne, and 5 Stainsby.
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Bramley George, wheelwright 5 Broadhead Edward, joiner Brown
Jonth., stone mason 3
Cope Joseph, engineer and machinist 2
Cottingham John Gregory, agent, and Chesterfield Davenport
John, framework knitter 2
Fisher Ephraim farm bailiff 5 Fretwell Wm., sen., stone
mason 2
Hallam Henry, schoolmaster 5 Haynes Wm., woodman 2
Hibbert George, gamekeeper 2
Holmes George, gardener |
5
Hutchinson Joseph, stone mason 4
Pearson George, farm bailiff Pickard
William, foreman brickmaker 4
Stevens Rev. Thomas, curate Swallow
Thomas, butcher 5 Thornally Joshua, colliery
owner, Holmwood Colliery Inns
and Taverns. 2
Hardwick Inn, Joseph Overton Shoulder of Mutton, Mary Clay |
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Farmers. 1 Aivey John 1 Bacon John 5 Bacon Joseph 4 Bramley Elizabeth, (cowkeeper) Brook Humphrey 1 Brough George Brown Sarah 1 Brunt William 1 Cartwright Robt. Clay James Clay Mary Clay Sampson Davenport Sarah 3 Davenport Wm. 1 Fisher Ephraim 4 Fisher William |
Fox Joseph Fretwell — 5 Fretwell Septimns 5 Fretwell William 5 Goodwin Chas. Jno. 1 Gregory Joseph 5 Gregory Thomas Haslam Wm., (and whitesmith) 2 Hodgkinson John, (& regr. of births, & deaths for Pleasley district 4 Hodgkinson Joseph 1 Hollingworth Mtha. 1 Jepson John, Holm- wood 1 Johnson John |
4 Johnson Richard 4 King Thomas Limb Samuel 1 Marriott Frederick 4 Metcalf Joseph Oldfield Lydia 2 Overton Joseph 4 Rowley John J. 1 Saunders Thos., sen. 5 Saunders Thos., (& corn miller) Swallow Elizabeth 5 Swift John Taylor Edw., Hagg 5 Thornally Joshua 1 Turner Thomas, Bramley Lane 1 Wass John |
1 Wilbourn Wm., (& beerhouse) Wilson William Shoemakers. 1 Bowler George Fox Joseph 5 Goodwin Henry 5 Goodwin Thomas 5 Hardwick Thomas Shopkeepers. 1 Heath Thomas 5 Pemberton Thos. Tailors. 4 Bower William 1 Heath Thomas 3 Pemberton Thos. |
BARLBOROUGH, is a
considerable village and parish, 8 miles N.E. from Chesterfield, 10 miles S.E.
from Sheffield, and 2 miles E. from Eckington station; contains 3,268 acres of
land and in 1851 had 177 houses and 933 inhabitants, of whom 495 were males and
438 females; rateable value £7,580. W. H. de Rodes, and E. S. C. Pole, Esqrs.,
are the principal owners and joint lords of the manor, which is freehold. Here
are also several small freeholders. The northern part of the parish is divided
from Yorkshire by a small rivulet, that runs into Pebley Ponds, which covers an
area of 52 acres, mostly in this county. The turnpike roads from Chesterfield
to Worksop, and from Sheffield to Mansfield, cross here at right angles. The
Church, St. James’, which stands on an eminence in the centre of the village is
a large ancient edifice, with nave, chancel, north aisle, square embattled
tower and five bells. The living is a
rectory, valued in the King’s book at £10 1s. 5½d., now £750, in the patronage
of W. H. de Rodes, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Martin Stapylton, M.A., who
resides at the Rectory, a; large handsome modern mansion, opposite the church.
The tithes are paid by a rent charge. Here are 73A. 2R. of glebe land. In 1795,
an act was obtained for enclosing the commons, and the award was made in 1798.
The land has a bold undulating surface, with a variety of soils, and wheat and
oats are extensively grown. There are several extensive collieries and
ironstone mines in the vicinity, and lime burning is carried on to a
considerable extent. Mr. Charles Brown, has extensive saw mills here for the
manufacture of wood hoops, edge-tool handles, spade, shovel, tool, fork, and
other shafts. Axe, adze, &c., and all other kinds of plain or fancy
handles, ornamental turning, &c. The Mechanics’
Library, (at Thos. Lenthall’s), established in 1856, by Mr. Charles Brown,
contains about 300 volumes of carefully selected books in various branches of
literature, which afford the means for social, intellectual, and moral
elevation. It is open to all classes, the subscriptions being 4s. per annum, a
reading room is about being added, which will be supplied with both daily,
weekly, and monthly papers, periodicals, &c. The late Mr. George Boaler
left by will, the sum of £50 towards the erection of a Wesleyan Chapel here,
but it has not yet been applied for that purpose. There are two schools in the
village, both of which are well attended. The village is about to be lighted
with gas. Here is an Hospital for six poor persons, founded by Margaret and
Mary Pole, in 1752, and endowed with an estate now producing £72 per
annum.—(See Charities.) Feast, first
Sunday in July.
Barlborough Hall, 1 mile N. of the village, and near the verge of the county, is a
spacious Elizabethan structure, with a semi-octagonal projection at each corner
and in the centre, which being carried to a considerable height, gives it an
imposing appearance. A
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beautiful avenue of lofty limes stands in front of the hall, and the
noble trees, profusely scattered in the adjoining grounds, add greatly to the
picturesque beauties of the surrounding scenery. It is the seat and property of
William Hatfield de Rodes, Esq. The family of Rodes is of great antiquity and
has flourished upwards of 600 years in the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham,
York, and Derby. They are lineally descended from Gerard de Rodes, a baron who
lived in the reigns of Kings Henry II., Richard I., John, and Henry III., and
received great favours from each of them, and by King John was sent an
ambassador into foreign parts. Balbro’ Hall was erected, and became the family
seat, from the time of Sir John Rodes, son of Judge Rodes. Sir Francis, his
son, who was the thirteenth generation from the above Gerard de Rodes, was, on
the 9th of August, 1641, knighted, and five days afterwards was created a
baronet. Sir Francis Rodes, the second baronet married the daughter of Grevase
Clifton, of Clifton, in the county of Nottingham, and died in the year 1651.
Sir Francis Rodes, his son, married the daughter of William Thornton, of
Grantham; he was succeeded by Sir John Rodes, his son, at whose decease in
1743, the title became extinct; his sister, Frances, married Gilbert Heathcote,
M.D., whose grandson inherited this estate, and took the name of Rodes, and
died in 1768, when his nephew, Cornelius Heathcote, Esq., who took the name of
Rodes in 1776, succeeded to the estate, at whose demise, the estate again
passed to a nephew, the late Rev. Cornelius Heathcote Reaston, who took the
name of Rodes, from whom it again passed to a nephew, William Hatfield Gossip,
who has taken the name of De Rodes, and attained his majority in 1785.
Park Hall, is an ancient mansion 2
miles N.N.W. of the village, the residance of Mrs. Middleton. Knitacre Hill, a farm, 1 mile N.E. Pebley Inn, 1¼ miles N., a noted Inn, on
the ancient Sheffield and London road, near which is Pebley dam. Whitebrick Moor, 1 mile E.N.E., consists
of a few scattered farms.
The manor of Barleburgh was given to Burton Abbey by Wulfric Spott; at the
Domesday survey it was included in the same manor as Whitwell, and there were a
priest, a church, and one servant; it belonged to Ralph Fitzhubert; under whom
it was held by Robert, most probably ancestor of Robert de Meinell, one of
whose coheiresses brought Barlborough to Sir Matthew de Hathersage; the
cobeiresses of Hathersage brought it in moieties to Goushill and Longford about
the latter end of the reign of Henry III., and was held by those families for
several generations. Anthony Wingfield, who had married a coheiress of Sir
Robert Goushill, suffered a recovery in 1513. Thomas, Earl of Derby died seized
of a manor in Barlborough, which appears to have been this moiety, in 1521, and
was held by Edward Stanley, Lord Monteagle, his uncle, in 1523. Sir William
Holles, some time Lord Mayor of London, died seized of a manor, which seems to
have been this moiety. Queen Mary, in 1554, granted to Dame Ann Stanhope the
manor of Barlborough, which had belonged to the Earl of Derby; Sir Thomas
Stanhope sold this manor in 1571, to Sir Richard Pype, who died seized of it,
with the advowson of the rectory, in 1387. Francis Rodes, Esq., one of the
Justices of the Common Pleas, in 1585, purchased of the family of Selioke an
estate, described as the manor of Barlborough, which had belonged to the
Constables. Sir John Rodes, son of the judge, had a Chancery suit with Humphrey
Pype, Esq., son of Sir Richard, who claimed to be lord of the. manor, and
asserted the estate of the Seliokes was freehold, but not manorial, and it is
probable they afterwards purchased Pype’s moiety. The other moiety passed with
a coheiress of Nicholas Longford, Esq., who died in 1610, to a younger son of
the Poles of Wakebridg, Park Hall, in Barlborough, which continued to be the
property and seat of this branch of the Pole family till the death of the last
survivor of two maiden ladies, in 1755. It then passed by will to a younger son
of the Radborne family, and has since devolved to the elder branch. A survey,
of the year 1630, describes three parks in Barlborough, containing about 400
acres.
CHARITIES.—Godfrey Godley, who died in 1629, left £30, the interest to be given to tho poor. Since
1757, the yearly turn of £1 10s. has been paid by the Rodes family.
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Christopher
Slater, who
died in March, 1649, left £1, to
be paid yearly on St. Thomas’s day. In respect of this charity, 5s. is paid by Mr. Rodes, and 6s. 8d. from another estate.
William Cooke,
who died in
1640, heft £20, the interest to be given to the poor. There are also various
other benefactors, mentioned on a tablet in the church, of which the whole
amount is £102, which appears to have been vested in two dwellings, and the
Poor’s Close, 3A. 2R. 23P., for
which, till the enclosure in 1797, the annual rent of £6 7s. was paid. By the award, 15th September, 1798, an
allotment was made of 7A. 2R. 3P. on Hollingworth Common, and set to the
overseers of the poor, for the above premises; also an allotment was made to
the overseers, in lieu of all their interest in the lands, of 3A. 5P. This land
is now let for £10 per annum, and given in sums varying from 1s. to 7s.
George Sloter,
in 1640, left £1 per annum. The owner of an estate here
pays the above sum, which is distributed amongst eight poor widows.
Margaret and
Mary Pole’s Hospital—By indenture, dated 11th October, 1752, the said ladies
conveyed to Francis Bower and six others, a messuage and a piece of ground, to
be forever used as an hospital for six poor persons, with various other
tenements and lands, amounting to 46 acres, on trust. Out of the estate at Froggatt
to pay to each inmate, weekly, the sum of 2s., and provide for each two stack
loads of coals, and out of the residue keep the hospital in repair. The
Hospital, situate in the village of Barlborough, consists of six dwellings of
two rooms each, and a small garden to each. The property now consists of 88A.
1R. 26P. of hand, of which 33A. 3R. 23P. was an allotment to the Froggatt
estate, made under the Baslow inclosure act, in 1824, let for some time rent
free on condition of the tenant fencing it, but it will make a valuable
addition to the charity. The alms people now receive 3s. 6d. a week, and twice
in the year a load of coals. Mr. Rodes, in respect of a sum of £25, either given or left by will, by
Mr. Heathcote, his half brother, pays 25s. annually to the alms people.
Rev. Francis Gisborne’s
charities.—(See Bradley.) The annual suns of £5 10s., is received by the vicar, and laid out in
coarse woollen cloth and flannel, which he distributes to the poor about
Christmas.
Woodthorpe Hospital.—Poor persons of this parish
are eligible to this hospital as well as those of Staveley.
Post Office, at James Brown’s; letters
arrive by gig mail from Chesterfield at 8 a.m., and are despatched at 5.45 p.m.
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De Rodes Wm. Hatfield,
Esq., The Hall Alderson Miss Mary Arthur Robert, saddler Barber Miles, contractor and builder, fire brick and tile maker, and
colliery owner Bowdon Mrs. Mary, Beighton
Fields Bradley John, agent to Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Insurance Co. Bradley Wm., linen & woollen draper Brown Charles & Co., timber, and general merchants, and manufacturers
of wood hoops, edge tool handles,
spade, shovel, tool and fork shafts, Barlbro’ Saw Mills Chester Mrs. Mary, Ash Cottage Froggatt John, gardener, The Hall |
Goodwin Jph., painter,
plumber & glazier Hague Samuel, ground
bailiff, Hazlewell House Mennell John, gardener Middleton Mrs.—, Park Hall Smith Ellis, engineer, and
Ann, dressmaker Stapylton Rev. Martin,
M.A., Rectory Inns and Taverns. Apollo, George Hallet Pattinson Clock Wheel, William Whitworth Dusty Miller, George Walker Pebley Inn, Ann Roberts Rodes Arms, John Gosling Rose and Crown, George
Hodgkinson |
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Academies. De Rodes’s, William Bates Endowed, Jno. Parker (& agt. to North of England Insurance Company) Goodwin Ann Beerhouses. Camm William Haigh Hannah Blacksmiths. Godfrey Christopher Whitworth William Brick & Tile Mkr. Barber Miles, (fire brick) Gosling John Woodhead Samuel Butchers. Arthur John Hibbard George Hibbard Thomas Hodgkinson Samuel |
Coal Masters. Appleby Fras. & Co., Cottam Colliery Barber Miles Gosling John Wells Rich. Geo, and Jph., Park Colliery Farmers. Ancliff Septimus, Knitacre Hill Arthur John Barber Miles Boaler Robert Brown James Camm William Carr Benjamin Clark John Dawes Gervase, Pebley Grove Eccles Richard, Hol- linwood Ellis Henry Goacher John, Thros- tle Hall Gosling John Gould James |
Haynes Thomas Heane Harrison Hibbard George Hibbard Stephen Hibbard Thomas Hodgkinson George Hodgkinson Samuel Kay Godfrey Mallindar Luke Morley Joseph, Park Hall Pattinson George H. Roberts Ann, Pebley Inn Rudiforth John Shaw Robert Taylor William Vickers Chas. Gibson Vickers William Walker George Widdowson John, Common Willoughby John Wilson George, Field House Grocers. Barber Miles |
Bark William Goodwin Joseph Lenthall Thomas Stevenson William Story Rebecca Turner George Turner Samuel Joiners, &c. Cumming William Hibbard Stephen Lime Burners. Barber Miles Gosling John Hodgkinson George Shoemakers. Barber Henry, Spink Hill Clark William Oxley George Turner William Tailors. Bark William Milner John Unwin Samuel |
BARLOW (GREAT) is a large village and parish,
situated on a bold eminence, and commanding a most extensive view of the finely
cultivated country, 4 miles N. W. by W. from Chesterfield, and 10 miles S. from
Sheffield. It includes part of the township of Little Barlow, in Dronfield
parish. The parish forms a romantic district of lofty hills and deep ravines,
having some extensive and thriving plantations; the soil is of an indifferent
quality, and mostly arable. It contains 3335A. 1R. 11P. of land, and in 1851
had 128 houses, and 636 inhabitants, of whom 342 were males, and 294 females;
rateable value £2511 1s. The Duke of Rutland is lord of thc manor and principal
owner, here are also several small freeholder. The Church, a perpetual curacy,
valued in the King’s book at £6 now £98, has been augmented with £400 and £10
per annum benefactions, £400 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £1,300 parliamentary
grant. The rector of Staveley is the patron, it having been formerly considered
a chapelry in that parish, from which it is separated by the intervention of
the parish of Whittington. The Rev. George Shipton, is the incumbent. The
Church, situated on an eminence on the S.E. side of the parish, is a
small ancient edifice, with a square wooden turret, mantled with ivy, a little
west of which is the parsonage, a good substantial stone building, situated
within the township of Little Barlow, besides which, several other houses are
similarly situated. In the church are monuments and other memorials to the
Barlow family, but they are much defaced; one represents a Knight in armour,
and is the tomb of Robert Barlow, who died in 1467. The manor of Barlow was
held, with Staveley, by the Musards; it was afterwards in the ancient family of
Abitot, a branch of which, on settling here, is supposed to have taken their
name from the place. The family of Barlow, or Barley, possessed it for several
generations. James Barley, Esq., sold it in 1593, to George Earl of Shrewsbury;
the Earl of Newcastle purchased it of the Shrewsbury family in the reign of
James or Charles I.; having passed by descent to his Grace the Duke of
Portland, it was in 1813, exchanged with the Duke of Rutland for the manor of
Whitwell. Feast, second Sunday in August.
Bole Hill, ½ mile south of the
village, contains a few cottages and a boarding and day school erected in 1677,
and situated on a commanding eminence having a beautiful prospect
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of the ccuntty around. In 1831 a good substantial stone house for the
master was erected by the Duke of Rutland for the accommodation of boarders,
which has since been enlarged at the sole expense of the present master, Mr.
Edward Straw, who has occupied it for the last 36 years; the average attendance
of boarding and day scholars is 55. In connection with the school is a library,
established in 1830, which contains about 600 volumes. Mr. Edward Straw, is
librarian. It was at Bole Hill that Montgomery wrote his poem “Bole Hill
Trees.” Barlow Woodseats Hall, 2
miles N.W. from the church, is an ancient and commodious farm residence, the
property of Charles Thorold, Esq., and occupied by Mr. Robert Bradbury. The
parish contains many other scattered hamlets and farms which are given in the
directory.
CHARITIES.—Robert Mower, in 1775, gave a yearly sum of 20s.,
which is distributed about Christmas. The poor have also the interest of £5
given by John Mellor in 1735.
The interest of £50 given by Thomas Stephenson, in 1743, is
distributed on St. Thomas’s day amongst poor housekeepers.
Susannah
Stephenson, in
1752, left 40s. yearly for the instruction of five poor boys. By indenture,
1781, a close in Newbold was conveyed to trustees for the school and the poor,
supposed to be in satisfaction of the above donation. The land, about 3 acres,
is let for £6 per annum, £2 14s. of which, is paid to a schoolmaster, and the
residue is given to the poor. A school was erected many years ago, and in 1817,
a house for the residence of the master was built by subscription.
John Crashaw, in 1816, left the interest
of £20 to be distributed to the poor.
Thc poor also have bread to the amount of
10s. per annum from the bequest of John
Bargh.
Rev. Francis
Gisborne’s Charity.—(See Bradley)—The annual sum of £5 10s.
received by the incumbent, is laid out in warm clothing, and distributed to the
poor about Christmas.
Marked 1 are at
Little Barlow, 2, Barlow Grange, 3
Grange Wood, 4 Joney Gate, 5 Moorhall, 6 Newgate, 7 Oxstone Rake, 8 Rumbling St., and 9 Willdey Green.
Post Office at Owen Featherstone’s.
Letters arrive from Chesterfield at 9 am., and are despatched at 5.30 p.m.
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Cowley Dennis, gent., Newgate Haigae George, wood turner Harlow Joseph, engineer, Woodseats Hall Hollely Mr. John, Lees 8 Lings Levi, timber
valuer 8 Lings Thomas, timber
valuer Mart Wm., vict., Peacock |
Owen John, miller,
maltster, & coal owner Crow Hall Millington John, cattle
dealer Shipton Rev. George,
incumbent Stevenson John, gardener Straw Edward,
schoolmaster, Bole Hill |
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Basket Makers. Drabble Edward Goodlad John, (and parish clerk) Blacksmiths. Platts Henry, Crow Hall Turner Wm. |
Farmers. 5
Anthony
Edward 6 Bargh Joshua, Newgate Bland Henry Bradbury Robert, Woodseats Hall Brown John, Grange Candwell James Up- per Woodseats Dale George |
Drabble Edward Drabble Joseph 6 Ellis Stephen Featherstone Owen Goodlad George, Lees Common 4 Goodlad Wm. Gosling George Grattton Joseph Brent- wood Gate 7 Hallatt Sampson 3 Hancock Wm. |
Hill Joseph & John, Lees Hollely John, jun., Lees Holmes George Holmes John 3 Hopkinson David Howard William, Crow Hall 9 Hyworth, John Hukin John, Bole Hill |
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7 Littlewood John Lomas John, Brook Lane Margerrison Joseph Margerrison Wm., Grange Mart Wm. 5
Marples Isaac
and John Needham John, (& butcher) Needham Thomas, (& timber surveyor,) Oaks lane Owen John, Crow Hall |
8 Pinder Anthony Rainforth Benj., Far Lane Rainforth William, Broddley lane Shaw George, Grange House Simpson Mary 1 Simpson Walter Stevenson George, High Lightly 5
Slack Martin 1 Swift Edward Taylor Thomas, Grange Turner James |
l Turner Joshua, High Ashes 5 Woollen Robert, Moor Hall Shoemakers. 9 Dale George Stevenson George, Shopkeepers. 1 Bargh Ann Simpson Mary Stevenson John |
Stonemasons. Margerrison Joseph Wright George Tailors. Haslam Mark Hodkin Wm., Grange Wheelwrights. Holmes Wm Margerrison Gervase, (and builder & con- tractor) Stevenson Jas., Crow Hall |
BEAUCHIEF ABBEY, an extra parochial liberty,
bounded by the parish of Norton, on the W., 4 miles S.W. of Sheffield, and 3½
miles N.W. by N. from Dronfield, contains 780A. of land, and in 1851 had 24
houses, and 133 inhabitants, of whom 62 were males, and 71 females; rateable
value, £850. The Church is a small neat edifice, erected about 1660, with
reeded windows, double buttresses at the angles, and an ancient tower, which
belonged to the abbey that formerly existed here. The living, a donative in the presentation of E. V. P. Burnell, Esq.,
and incumbency of the Rev. J. Cokerton, M.A., of Dronfield. In the church is a
monument to Elizabeth, wife of Benjamin Broughton Steade, who afterwards
assumed the name of Pegge Burnell, on coming to this estate. On the monument is
the figure of an old woman, craving charity at the door of a large mansion,
from the steps of which is descending a lady with a dish in her hand, as if in
the act to serve her. The poor beggar’s stick lies on the steps besides her,
seemingly to have been thrown there on the approach of her benefactress. The
monument is of marble, and on the head are the arms of the Burnell family.
About two years ago, a handsome stained glass window was put up in the church,
representing the Resurrection of our Saviour, under which is the family vault
of the Burnells.
The ABBEY OF BEAUCHIEF, or De Bello Capite,
was situated at this place, in a little valley near the northern boundary of
the county. It was founded by Robert Fitz Ranulph, between 1172 and 1176, and
opened for the reception of an abbot and canons of Premonstratensian order,
about 1183. They were also called white canons, from their habit, which was a
white cossack, with rochet over it, a long white cloak and white caps. It was
dedicated to Thomas a Becket and the Virgin Mary, and, from the former patron,
has been supposed to have been erected in expiation of his murder, by its
founder, who has been represented as one of the excecutioners of the proud
Archbishop of Canterbury. Dugdale states, “That Robert Fitz Ranulph, lord of
Alfreton, Norton, and Marnham, was one of the four kights who martyred the
blessed Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury.” Bishop Tanner, also says,
“Beauchief, an Abbey of Premonstratensian, or White Canons, founded by Robert
Fitz Ranulph, one of the executioners of Thomas a Becket.’ The late Dr. Pegge,
the learned antiquarian of Whittington, discountenances this tradition,—his arguments, however, being
chiefly founded on the circumstances of the founder’s brother being afterwards
in great favour with Henry II., does not appear conclusive,—particularly when
opposed to Dugdale, Fuller, Bishop Tanner, and others, who have written on the
subject. The founder, besides granting land for building of the Abbey, endowed
it with the Churches of Norton, Alfreton, Wymondeswold, and Edwaldeston,
(Elvaston,) and the mill at Norton, with all the tolls of the business. He also
granted lands in various other places. William, the son, and Robert, the
grandson of the said Robert, were also considerable benefactors to the Abbey.
The advowson of the Church of Dronfield, land in Brampton, and various
tenements in Chesterfield, Brampton, New-
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bold, Boxthorp, Hasland, and Heath, also formed part of the endowment
of Beauchief Abbey.
In 1487, tho convent consisted of an abbot
and twelve brothers. John Sheffield, the last abbot, surrendered the house into
the King’s hands, Feb. 4, 1536; at which time the clear, spiritual, and
temporal estate of the abbey amounted to £126 3s. 4d. “At its dissolution it
was valued, according to Leland, at
£15 10s. 2d.” On the 10th of April, 1537, Henry VIII. granted the site of the
Abbey with the estate belonging to it, to Sir Nicholas Strelley, of Strelley,
Nottinghamshire, for the sum of £223. The son and grandson of the founder were
both interred at Beauchief, and it is most probable that the founder himself
was buried here. Strelley Pegge, Esq., of Beauchief, in 1742, married Miss Mary
Boughty, and was succeeded in his estate, by his son, Peter Pegge, Esq., who
afterwards took the name of Burnell ; he married one of the daughters of Wm.
Milnes, Esq., of Cromford, but had no issue. He was succeeded by Broughton
Benjamin Pegge Burnell, Esq., at whose death the estate passed into the hands
of its present possessor, Edward Valentine Pegge Burnell, Esq., who
occasionally resides at The Hall.
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Biggin Miss Eliz..
housekeeper, The Hall Crapper Joseph, shoemaker
and farmer Hall William, gamekeeper Hibbert Robert, shoemaker Lomas Joseph, gardener, The Hall |
Moakes Samuel, farm
bailiff Sampson Geo., fire brick
mnfr., and steward to E. V. P. Burnell, Esq. Smith Mrs. Mary, The Hall Smith Wm. Broughton, Esq.,
The Hall |
BEIGHTON, is a parish of considerable extent,
being situated at the north-east extremity of the Scarsdale Hundred, and of the
county, bounded on the east and north by Yorkshire, having the river Rother on
the east, and a small stream on the north, which falls into the Rother at the
north-east extremity. It is a rich agricultural district, in a high state of
cultivation, and contains 2,999A. 1R. 21P. of land, and in 1851 had 241 houses,
and 1,123 inhabitants, of whom 559 were males and 564 females; rateable value
£6,124 11s. 2½. The parish comprises the township of Beighton and the hamlets
of Hackenthorpe, Birley, and Sothal. Earl Manvers is lord of the manor, and
owns about two-thirds of the parish; here are also several smaller owners. The
parish is intersected by the Midland, and the Manchester, Sheffield and
Lincolnshire railways, both of which pass Beighton on the east, the latter has
a neat station here. The Chesterfield canal also crosses the parish at its north-east extremity.
BEIGHTON is a large village, pleasantly
situated on an eminence, 7 miles S.E. from Sheffield, and 11 miles N.E. by N.
from Chesterfield. The approach to the village from Eckington is through a
massive stone cutting. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a large ancient
structure, with nave, chancel, side aisles, and square tower, in which are six
bells. In the vestry room, adjoining the chancel, are two flagstones with
inscriptions in latin. In Bassano’s volume of “Church Notes” is mentioned a
monument to Edward Dowsette, who died in 1501. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £6 11s. 3½d.,
now £312, endowed by the patron in 1732, with £10 per annum, and in 1733 with
£200, Queen Anne’s bounty. Earl Manvers is patron and impropriator, and the
Hon. and Rev. Thomas Erskine, M.A., incumbent. The Vicarage is a large and good residence, situated close to the
church. The Reform Chapel is a small
handsome stone building, erected by the Wesleyans in 1849, at a cost of £200,
defrayed by subscription; it will seat about 130. The National Schools for Hackenthorpe and Beighton, situated about
midway betwixt the two villages, was erected in 1854, and opened March 1st,
1855; it is a neat stone building, with a house attached for the master, will
hold about 150, the average attendance being 60. The whole were erected at a
cost of £800; Earl Manvers gave the site, (one acre), and the government
granted £367 towards the cost, the remainder being raised by subscription. Here
is an Odd-Fellows Lodge and a Funeral society. At the inclosure in 1800, the
common land was exonerated from the tithe, and in 1840 the other was commuted
under the act, when £258 9s. 6d. was valued as impropriate corn rent, and £187
0s. 10d. the vicarial.
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Birley and Birley Vale form the western side of the parish, where, on the Mosborough
road, the Wesleyan Meshodists have a chapel; and here is an extensive colliery,
now under lease to the Sheffield Coal Company, from whence coals are forwarded
to all parts of the kingdom.
Birley Spa, 4½ miles S.E. from
Sheffield, has long been noted for its great efficacy. These baths were first
brought into repute by a lady now resident in the neighbourhood, who taking a
delight in bathing, often resorted here in her childhood for that purpose,
previous to the erection of the first bath, which took place several years ago.
The medicinal virtues of the waters becoming more generally known from numerous
well authenticated cures obtained here, Earl Manvers, the owner, empowered a
committee of four gentlemen to erect a respectable and commodious
establishment, with seven baths, of various dimensions, for the use and comfort
of the public generally, which was carried into effect in 1843. It is situated
in a sylvan and rural glen, entirely surrounded by romantic hills, tastefully
laid out and planted. Tea, coffee, and other refreshments are provided at the
Spa lodging house, by the resident manager. The water has been analysed by
Professor West, of Leeds, and found to possess properties of a very valuable
nature; and many cures have been made since the present baths were opened.
Hackenthorpe is a village 4½ miles S.E.
from Sheffield, noted as one of the ancient seats of the sickle manufacture,
which appears still to rank high in that trade, about 30,000 dozens being made
here yearly. Messrs. Thomas Staniforth and Co., are the most extensive
manufacturers in the kingdom, giving employment to the principal part of the
village, as well as many others in the neighbourhood, in the manufacture of
scythes, sickle, reaping-hooks, &c. The Reformers have a small neat stone
Chapel here, erected by the Wesleyans, several years ago, which will seat about
70. The Hall, 5 miles S.E. of
Sheffield, is a large ancient mansion, erected in 1653, the residence of James
Hounsfield, Esq.
Sothall, a hamlet consisting of a few
scattered farms, pleasantly situated on an acclivity, half-a-mile N.W. from
Beighton. Beighton Villa, a neat
residence commanding extensive views, is the property of the Rev. Thos.
Mountain, and residence of Mrs. F. A. Moad.
CHARITIES. —William Jessop, by will, 1666, left Thorn-Close
and a tenement in Sothall, on trust, to apply one moiety of the yearly rent in
apprentice fees, and the other for the benefit of poor housekeepers. The
property consists of 5A. 0R. 20P. About 1½A. were allotted at the enclosure in
1798. The whole produces a rental of £14 5s. per annum, which is given to the
poor.
John Newbold, in 1699, devised certain
lands at Handsworth, in Yorkshire, on trust, and directed 40s. yearly to be
paid towards the education of four boys, and the residue to be distributed
amongst the poor. The land produces an annual sum of £5 15s. 6d., of which £2
17s. 6d. is paid to the schoolmaster, and the remainder given to the poor on
St. Thomas’s day.
Godfrey Morton
bequeathed
£40, Richard Worrall, £20, and Seth Shipley, 6s. a year to the poor. The sum of
£60 was expended in land called Salter Frith close, and certain lands in the
Town Field, altogether containing about 6 acres, producing a rental of £9 per
annum, to be distributed to the poor, but which we are informed is not carried
out.
Robert Green, in 1712, after several
contingencies, gave an acre of land, in the Mean meadow, for the benefit of the
poor. By other documents it appears that a part of a close called Davy Gap, in
the possession of William Hewitt, was exchanged for the Mean meadow, in 1733.
The owner gives stuff for three gowns to poor widows, the expense of which is
about 30s. The trustees had no power to make the exchange, but the 1A. 1R. 20P.
in Davy Gap ought to be measured, and marked with boundary stones as belonging
to the charity.
Rev. Francis
Gisborne’s charity.—(See Bradley.)—The annual sum of £5 10s., sent
to the incumbent, is laid out in warm clothing and given to the poor.
George Jessop,
in 1768,
left 40s. per annum, out of Foulish croft, for teaching poor children to read.
The owner pays the amount.
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John Newbold left 6s. a year, for the
instruction of one boy, out of his messuage and land called Batesquare. Earl
Manvers rebuilt the school some years ago, which stood on his land. The master
altogether instructs 10 children free.
BEIGHTON TOWNSHIP.
Post Office at Mr. Richard Ashley’s. Letters arrive from Sheffield at 1 p.m., and
despatched at 4.15 p.m.
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Banks Harrison, saddler Dennis Charles, blacksmith Dickinson Olivia, boarding school Draper Thomas, station master Erskine Hon. & Rev. Thomas, M.A., Vicarage Firth Luke, spring knife, &c., manufacturer, The Manger and Sheffield Fewks John, bricklayer, Sothal Handley Mr. Benjamin, The Terrace Harrison George, gardener Hatfield Mr. Thomas, The
Terrace Hobson John, parish clerk Hutchinson George, shoemaker |
Mood Mrs. F. A., Beighton Villa Smith Daniel & Emma,
National school Stacey Mr. George, Sothal Trippett Samuel. gardener Webster Robert, Esq., Brighton Grange Whitworth Rev. Wm. Hy.,
M.A., curate Youle Mrs. Ann, Sothal Inns and Taverns. Cumberland Head, Thomas
Turton George & Dragon,
George Schofield, (& joiners’ tool maker) Oak Inn, John Crookes,
sen. Railway Inn, Thomas Murfin |
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Butchers. Rivington Joseph Rowbottom Charles Farmers. Bates George Cousins Geo., Sothal Dickinson George, Sothal Green Geo., Sothal Hunt John, Water- thorpe hall Johnson George Jubb John, Drake House Morton Charles Murfin Thomas |
Parker Francis Potter Harriet Potter Henry, Field Potter Thomas Radley Jarvis, Manor House Rowbottom Charles Rowbottom Thomas, Westfield Skelton Geo., Sothal Stables Wm. Tomlinson Wm. Turner Elizabeth Turner Thos., Sothal Turton Richard Tye Thomas Waller Mary |
Joiners. Crookes John, sen., (& builder) Kitchin Wm. Murfin George Swift Mark Shopkeepers. Ashley Richard Stacey Ann Tailors. Bates Charles Hobson Charles Wyatt Wm. |
Railway Convey. ance. Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire Branch—There
are 4 passenger trains to Sheffield and Derby, each way daily, (Sundays ex- cepted.) T. Draper, station master Carrier
to Sheffield
Lound Keziah, Tues. & Sat. |
HACKENTHORPE HAMLET.
Post Office at Paul Dawes’. Letters
arrive from Sheffield at 11.30 a.m., and are despatched at 5.15 p.m.
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Aldam Ann, school Bingham Wm., farm bailiff Budd Wm., gardener, Birley Spa Eyre Edwin, tailor Hounsfield James, Esq., The
Hall Inkersall Mrs. Mary Jenkin Mr. Joseph, Carter Lodge Linley Elizabeth, beerhouse Littlewood Edmund, reg, of births & deaths, Birley Lowe Mrs. Elizabeth Moorwood Wm., Esq. |
Plant John, agricultural implement maker, and agent for all kinds of
agricultural im- plements, Birlry Sheffield Coal Co., colliery owners, Birley Shepherd Mr. George Staniforth Thomas & Co., sickle hook and scythe manufrs. Staniforth Miss Mary Street James, blacksmith Woodhead James, gardener Inns and Taverns. New Inn, George Staniforth Sportsman, John Booth |
BLACKWELL PARISH. 689
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Butchers. Marsden Joseph Ward Wm. Farmers. Booth John Brammall Edwd., (& cattle dlr.,) Birley Cannall John |
Helliwell George, The Cottage Linley Peter Linley Thos., Birley Marsden Joseph Newton James Plant John. Birley South Thomas, Com- mon side |
Staniforth Henry, (& scythe manufr.) Joiners. Littlewood Joseph Woodhead Wm. Shoemakers. Brammall Thomas |
Rowbotham John Shopkeepers. Booth Thomas Clayton Sarah Dyson Elizabeth Hunt Charlotte Staniforth George |
BLACKWELL, a parish and pleasant healthy
village, 3½ miles N.E. from Alfreton, 7 miles S.S.W. from Mansfield, and 16½
miles from Derby, contains 1,668 acres of land, and in 1851 had 98 houses and
467 inhabitants, of whom 217 were males and 250 females; rateable value £1609.
The Duke of Devonshire and the Dowager Countess of Carnarvon hold the manor
jointly, and are considerable owners. John Slater Wilkinson, George Adlington,
Edward Sampson, Henry Rowland, and William Downing, Esqs., have also estates in
the parish. The Church, delicated to St. Werburgh, rebuilt in 1824, is a handsome
stone edifice, with nave, chancel, sides aisles, and tower, with three bells,
and contains some ancient monuments to the Adlington and Wilkinson families; it
formerly belonged to the priory at Thurgarton, Nottinghamshire. In the
churchyard is an ancient stone cross ornamented with braids and knotwork. The living is a vicarage, valued in the
King’s book at £5 4s. 2d., now
£101, has been endowed with £800 Queen Anne’s bounty. The Duke of Devonshire is
the patron, and the Rev. Thos. Leeson Carsham, D.C.L., incumbent, who has 1A.
2R. 3P. of glebe. The tithes have been commuted for £101. The lords of the
manor, in 1835, endowed a school with £20 per annum, for which 12 children are
taught free.
HILLCOTE, is a small village quarter of a
mile S. of Blackwell, with a few farm houses and the hall, an ancient mansion
half a mile S. of the Church, overgrown with ivy is the property of J.
Wilkinson, Esq., whose ancestors have long held the estate, and their seat
here, but which is at present unoccupied. The Primitive Methodists have a small
chapel here.
NEWTON is a small village, half a mile N. of
Blackwell. Scanderland, ¾ mile
W., and West House, 4½ miles W. of
Blackwell, are farm houses. The parish is noted for its collieries, which are
worked by John Chambers, Esq. The feast is at Midsummer. Gilbert Holles, Earl
of Clare, and Sir John Molineux, Bart. were lords of the manor in 1710. In
1742, the Duke of Newcastle’s trustees sold their part to the Duke of
Devonshire.
CHARITIES.—John Ludlam’s charity.—(See Alfreton).—The annual sum of 40s.. received
from his bequest, is distributed amongst the poor on Good Friday and
Michaelmas,
Samuel Boot, by will, 1736, gave to the
minister and churchwardens a close called the Rail, on trust, that they and
their successors should for ever, on the day of his death, and no other day,
distribute the rents thereof amongst the poor. The close contains lA. 1R. 13P.,
and the annual rent, £2 10s., is distributed at Midsummer.
Thomas Strutt,
who died
about 1790, left by will £25, the rent to be dealt to the poor on St. Thomas’s
day. This sum was in the hands of Wm. Butcher, a draper at Sutton, in Ashfield,
who failed about 1818, since which nothing has been paid.
Rev. Francis
Gisborne’s
charity.—(See Bradley.) The annual
sum of £5 10s., received by the incumbent, is laid out in coarse woollen cloth
and flannel, and distributed amongst the poor about Christmas.
Marked * are at Newton, and † at Hillcote.
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* Adlington George, Esq. Ball George Ward, vict.,
and framework knitter, Robin Hood and Little John Boot William, cowkeeper |
Boucher John M.,
wheelwright * Edge Edward, shopkeeper Dobb Geo., bcerhouse and
shopkeeper Dobb Matthew, shopkeeper |
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Dobb Saml., vict., George
& Dragon * Limb George, shoemaker Marriott Richard,
blacksmith and agricul- tural implement maker, engineer, and machinist Mellors Nathan, coal
master |
Mountany William, boarding
and day school and registrar of births and deaths, for Mansfield Union * Rawson John, blacksmith * Rowland Henry, maltster,
Newton Villa |
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Farmers. * Adlington Eliz. † Askey Thos. * Bettridge John Ball Geo. Ward † Ball John † Blythe Edw. |
Boucher John M. * Branson Neville † Brian John * Clarke William, (and maltster) Downing Samuel, West House |
Downing William Haslam John * Longmate Robt. Marple Henry, Pas- ture House Pipe George |
Sampson Edw. Sampson Stephen, Church Hill Swain Benjamin Wall Roger Wilson Samuel |