LANGWITH, commonly called Upper Langwith, is a parish and
scattered village on the border of Nottingamshire, 6 miles S. by W. from
Mansfield, and 3 miles S.E. from Bolsover, contains 1,444 acres of land,
including 261 acres of wood, and in 1851 had 40 houses, and 198 inhabitants, of
whom 100. were males, and 98 females; estimated rental £1328. Duke of
Devonshire is principal owner and lord of the manor. Earl Bathurst and Mr.
Joseph Nicholson are also small owners. The Church, St. Helen’s, is a rectory,
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valued in the King’s book at £4 0s. 2½d., now £204; Duke of Devonshire,
patron. Rev. Immanuel Halton, incumbent. The church is a small ancient stone
structure with a low tower, which contains 2 bells. The advowson of the rectory
belonged to Thurgarton priory, having been given to it by Ralph Deincourt, the
founder. The rectory is a small house east of the church, with 40 acres of
glebe; the tithe has been commuted for £202. In 1825 His Grace erected a
school, to which he gives £15 per annum for the education of the poor children
of the parish. The manor acquired the name of Langwith Bassett from the family
of Bassett, to whom it belonged as early as the reign of Edward III., and who
had two parks here in 1330. This manor, together with Houghton Filley and
Houghton Bassett, partly in this parish and partly in the pariah of Pleasley,
were conveyed by Lord Grey to the Vavasours in 1493; from the Vavasours they
passed to the Hardwicks, before the reign of Queen Elizabeth; the heiress of
Hardwick brought them to Sir William Cavendish. Here is a lodge of Odd Fellows.
Vickers House, a farm, ½ mile N. and Roseland, a farm, ¾ mile S.W. from the
village.
CHARITIES.—Countess and Earl of Devonshire’s Charities.—(See Edensor.)
Kithe Vaughan gave £3 a year, to be paid
out of her freehold estates, to the parish of Langwith, for clothing for the
poor, to be distributed on the 21st September.
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Burton Sarah, vict.,
Devonshire Arms Burton Thomas, blacksmith Charlesworth Edward, baker Jarvis Joseph, besom maker |
Rawlins Rev. Jas., curate
of Mansfield Revill John, wheelwright Revill John, schoolmaster |
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Farmers. Brown Joseph Bunting John, (& corn miller) Charlesworth John |
Haslam Thomas Ludlow Thomas Revill George Tallents Francis Turner John |
Turner Wm. Vickers John Wood Wm. Shopkeepers. Ashley George |
Timons Charles Carrier. To Mansfield—Chas. Timons, Thurs. |
MORTON a parish and pleasant village, on the
Matlock and Mansfield road, 3¼ miles N. from Alfreton, 7 miles S. by E. from
Chesterfield, 17 miles N.N.E. from Derby, and 1¼ mile S.E. from Stretton
railway station, contains 1233A. 0R. 31P. of land, of which 115A. 23P. are
detached within the township of North Wingfield, and 15A. 2R. 25P. in that of
Woodthorpe, and in 1851 had 52 houses, and 257 inhabitants, of whom 129 were
males, and 128 females; rateable value £1486 17s. 6d. Edward Degge Sitwell,
Esq., is lord of the manor and principal owner; Mrs. Elizabeth Radford Oldham,
and the executors of the late Thomas Oldham have also estates here. The Church,
dedicated to the Holy Cross, was, with the exception of the tower, thoroughly
restored in 1850, at a cost of £700 raised by subscriptions. It is a neat stone
edifice in the decorated style, containing nave, chancel, aisles, and embattled
tower, with three bells. In the chancel is a beautiful memorial window to Mrs.
Anne Turbutt, filled with stained glass, the subjects are “Christ. bearing the
Cross,” “The Crucifixion,” and “The Resurrection.” In the church are handsome
monuments to the memory of William Turbutt, Esq., of Ogston hall, who died
December 25th, 1836; to Miss E. Turbutt, who died March 29th, 1834; to the Rev.
Richard Burrow Turbutt, M.A., late rector, who died January 30th, 1841; and a
neat marble tablet to Anne, wife of the late Wm. Turbutt, Esq., who died
September 7th, 1855, aged 76 years. The living
is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £11 10s., now £460; in the
alternate patronage of St. John’s College, Cambridge, and Gladwin Turbutt, Esq.
The Rev. Thos. Lund, B.D., incumbent. The tithes have been commuted for £203
12s. 6d. for Morton, those in North Wingfield, £20 13s., and in Woodthorpe for
£2 2s. 6d. Camomile is extensively grown in this parish. The chapelry of
Brackenfield has been made distinct parish. The manors of Morton and Ogston,
which had been given by Wulfric Spott to Burton Abbey, at the Domesday survey,
belonged to Walter Deincourt; and Roger
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Deincourt, in 1330, claimed a park, and the right of having a gallows
for the execution of criminals; this manor (Morton) passed with other estates
to the Leakes, and on the death of Nicholas Leake, Earl of Scarsdale, in 1736,
the Earl’s trustees sold it to Henry Thornhill, of Chesterfield, gent., and
others, of whom it was purchased, in 1749, by Francis Sitwell, Esq., of
Renishaw; under the will of his sister and heir, Mrs. Elizabeth Sitwell, it
passed to Richard Staunton Wilmot, who took the name of Sitwell, and after his
death to his next brother, Edward Sacheverel Wilmot, who took the name of
Sitwell in addition to that of Wilmot.
CHARITIES.—William Bacon is stated in the Parliamentary Returns of 1786, to have given an annual
sum of £2. That sum, designated Easter money, is now received by the overseer
from two estates at Alfreton. 20s. is distributed at Morton, and 20s. by the
overseer of Brackenfield.
Rev. Francis
Gisborne’s Charity.—(See Bradley.)—The
annual sum of £5 10s. is received by the incumbent,
and laid out in coarse woollen cloth and flannel, which is given amongst the
poor.
Elenora
Turbutt, who
died in 1826, by will, directed her executors to distribute yearly, out of her
personal property, the sum of £20 to the poor of Shirland and Morton.
CHURCH REPAIRS.—An annual sum of 6s. 8d.,
supposed to have been given for this purpose, is charged upon a farm in Morton,
and is carried to the Churchwardens’ general account.
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Cooper Wm., gent. Hill Robert, wheelwright Johnson James, farm bailiff |
Knifton Francis, vict.,
(& butcher,) Sitwell Arms. Lund Rev. Thos., B.A.,
rector Parsons Wm., blacksmith & brick maker |
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Farmers. Greatorex Edmund |
Greatorex Joseph, Hagg House Knifton Francis |
Ludlam Thomas, Padley wood Oldham Emily |
Siddall George Waine James |
NORMANTON, SOUTH, a parish, and considerable
village, near the eastern verge of the county, 2½ miles E.N.E. from Alfreton,
and 18 miles N. by E. from Derby, contains 1879A. 2R. 31P. of land, exclusive
of 36A. 37P. of roads; and in 1851, had 266 houses, and 1340 inhabitants, of
whom 664 were males, and 676 females; rateable value, £3,722. The principal
owners are, Thos. Radford, Esq., Rev. C. Evans, John Wilkinson, Esq., and Mrs.
Langhorn; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, dedicated to St.
Michael, is a plain ancient structure of the 13th or 14th century, with a
square embattled tower, containing a good peal of five bells. The living is a rectory, valued in the
King’s book at £9 15s. 6d., now £333. Thos. Radford, Esq. is the patron, and
the Rev. Fredk. Doveton, M.A., the incumbent; the Rev. Rich. Howard Frizell,
B.A., is the resident officiating curate. The Rectory is a good house, with
spacious grounds, and has 37 acres of glebe; the tithe was commuted under the
new act for £345. A National
School for boys and girls was erected in 1849; it is a plain brick building,
where about 70 children are instructed. The Wesleyans, Wesleysn Reformers, and
Primitive Methodists, have each places of worship here. The late Jedediah
Strutt, Esq., the ingenious inventor of the frame for manufacturing ribbed
stockings, was a native of this village. The soil is mostly clay, in some parts
a fertile loam, and abounds in coal and minerals.
Carnfield
Hall, 1
mile E. from Alfreton, a beautiful mansion, is the seat and property of Thomas
Radford, Esq. Carter Lane, half mile
S.E. of Normanton, a few scattered farms. Normanton
Woodhouse ¾ mile S.W. of Normanton, a small village. The coal trade has for
some time been declining in this parish, and there are now upwards of 50
cottages unoccupied, though there are seven beds of coal of which only the top
bed has been got. Feast nearest Sunday to Michaelmas day. A foot-post to
Alfreton, daily.
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CHARITIES.--Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity.—(See Bradley.) The annual sum of £5 10s., is received by the
incumbent, and laid out in woollen cloth and flannel, which is distributed to
the poor about Christmas.
Post Office, at A. Rowe’s; letters arrive from Alfreton at 9.0 a.m., and are despatched
at 10 a.m.
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Dernerley Thos.,
bricklayer Frizell Rev. Robt. Howard,
B.A., curate, Rectory Kirk Jph. & Ann,
National school Radford Thos., Esq., Carnfield Hall Rowe Adrain, parish clerk Sampson Mr. Stephen,
Prospect cottage Smedley George, joiner and
cabinet maker |
Wilson Wm., land agent
& surveyor Woodward Wm., farm bailiff Inns and Taverns. Devonshire Arms, Timothy
Ball Miners’ Arms, George Riley Shoulder of Mutton,
Matthew Eyre Swan, James Swain White Hart, John Gent |
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Beerhouses. Alvey Wm. Green John Hepherson Hy. Lomas Geo. Butchers. Bacon Wm. Bailey Wm. Brown Matt. Eyre Matt. Dawes Wm. Hepherson Henry Lomas Geo. Coal Masters. Coke & Co. Mellors Nathan Corn Millers. Gelsthorpe John |
Gill Samuel Wass Ralph Farmers. Allcock Robt. Alvey Thos. Barratt John Chadwick Samuel, Fullwood Daykin Geo. Freeman John Gelsthorpe John, (and malster) Carter lane House Gent George Gent Thos. Gill Samuel Gregory Charles Herrod Robt. Lees Hannah |
Lomas John Lomas Thomas Machin Richd. Machin Sarah & Wm. Marriott Wm. Mart John Rowe John, (& brick maker) Sampson Edmund, Woodhouse Farm Swain Benjamin Wass Mary Woodward Richd. Wright Ann, Hill Top Shoemakers. Bacon John Cantrell Geo. Daykin Geo. Wilson Peter |
Shopkeepers. Alvey Thomas, (and blacksmith) Alvey Wm. Bacon Wm. Brown Matthew Dannah Jane Gent Joseph Mart John Page John Rowe John Carrier. Saml. Bingham, from Birchwood lane, To Chesterfield, Sat.; Nottingham, Wed.; and Mansfield, Th. |
NORTON is an extensive and widely-scattered
parish, containing the six hamlets of Norton, Norton Lees, Norton Woodseats,
Hemsworth, Greenhill, and Bradway, the whole of which keep their poor
conjointly, and are in the Ecclesall Bierlow Union, parish of Sheffield, which,
together, comprise 4,630A. of land; and in 1851 had 384 houses, and 1,856
inhabitants, of whom 957 were males, and 899 females; rateable value, £7,500.
The parish is bounded on the north by the parish of Sheffield, in Yorkshire,
from which it is separated by the river Sheaf, which rises on the western side
of the parish. On the east it is bounded by Ridgway and Troway; on the north
east by a small stream, the Mearsbrook, which unites with the river Sheaf at
Heeley; and on the south by the parish of Dronfield. It occupies an undulating
and well-wooded surface; and the land, which is very fertile, is mostly a
strong cold clay, with small intermixtures of gravel. It is well drained, and
here are many large dairies of milch cows, the produce of which finds a ready
market at Sheffield. The manufacture of scythes, sickles, files, and cutlery is
extensively carried on, in connection with, and forming a part, of the
corporation of the cutlers of Hallamshire, of which Sheffield is the centre.
Edward Bury, Esq., is lord of the manor, and the principal owners are, F. W.
Bagshawe, Esq., Charles Cammell, Esq., E. V. P. Burnell, Esq., Miss Shore, Mrs.
Newton Shore, and Mr. William Lister, besides several smaller owners.
NORTON is a small, well-built village,
pleasantly situated on an eminence, 7½ miles N. by W. from Chesterfield, and 4 miles south from Sheffield. In the
centre of its extensive, picturesque, and fertile parish, is the Church,
dedicated to St. James, a spacious and
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handsome structure, with a square tower, in which are six bells. In the
latter part of the twelfth century, Robert, son of Ralph, Lord of Alfreton,
Norton, and Marnham, and founder of Beauchief Abbey, gave it to that religious
house. The living is a vicarage, valued
in the King’s book at £6 13s. 4d., now £228, has been augmented with £200 Queen
Anne’s bounty, and £200 benefactions. The Rev. Henry Pearson, LL.D., patron;
the Rev. H. H. Pearson, M.A., incumbent; and the Rev. T. T. Sale, M.A., curate.
The presentation of the living was bought by the present patron of Cavendish
Neville, Esq., about 60 years ago, who at the same time sold the rectoral
tithes to S. Shore, Esq., and other landowners. Jeffery Blythe, Bishop of
Lichfield and Coventry, and a native of this parish, who died in 1534, built a
chapel at Norton, and erected an alabaster tomb over the remains of his
parents, and appointed a chantry for them. John Blythe, Bishop of Salisbury,
was also a native of this parish. The tomb, now considerably defaced, has been
richly sculptured, having a recumbent male figure, in full canonicals, with a
female in the dress of the time of Queen Anne. On the north side of the
communion table is a marble slab with a medallion likeness of Sir Francis
Leggitt Chantrey, with the following inscription:—“Sir Francis Chantrey, R.A.,
H.D.C.L., F.R.S., M.A. Born 7th April, 1781. Died 25th November, 1841.” He lies
in the churchyard, interred in an oblong vault, having a neat flat stone, with
inscriptions to his grandfather, his father and mother, with one to himself. it
is a plain stone, surrounded by iron pallisades. His father died in 1793, aged
45; his mother in 1826, aged 81 years. His father was a carpenter, and
cultivated a few acres of land. The farm cottage in which this “British
Phidias” was born was rebuilt some years ago; the village school, in which he
received his education, still exists.
It appears Chantrey was engaged, at a very
early period of his life, in carrying milk from Norton to Sheffield, in
barrels, on an ass; when it was his frequent practice to linger on the road to
form grotesque figures of the yellow clay—his genius found its sufficient
materials and instruments in the very commonest of articles, affording a
striking exemplification of the adage, that “necessity is the parent of
invention.” He was, for a short time, placed with Mr. Birks, of Sheffield, with
the intention of his becoming a grocer, but was afterwards put to a carver and
gilder, named Ramsay; here he improved himself in drawing, and made his first
experiments in that branch of the fine arts, in the cultivation of which he
afterwards stood pre-eminent amongst his countrymen. In April, 1802, the
individual destined to become so eminent as a sculptor, and then only 20 years
of age, advertised, in Sheffield, to take portraits in crayons. In October,
1804, he announced he had commenced taking models from life. In reference to
painting, he modestly expressed himself, saying that he “trusts in being happy
to produce good and satisfactory likenesses, and no exertions on his part shall
be wanting, to render his humble efforts deserving some small share of public
patronage.” Several of his productions, in chalk and oil, are still to be seen,
which are mere prized for the celebrity of the artist, than as striking
likenesses. Chantrey after this went to London, and improved himself by
attendance at the Royal Academy; when he returned to Sheffield, and modelled
four busts of well-known characters, as large as life, viz., Rev. J. Wilkinson,
Dr. Younge, Mr. Wheat, and Mr. Hunt. These were such masterly performances
that, when it was resolved to erect a monument to the Rev. James Wilkinson,
Chantrey had the courage to become a candidate for the commission (though he
had not yet lifted a chisel to marble), when it was readily entrusted to him.
Having employed a marble mason to rough-hew, he commenced the task with a hand
trembling yet determined, and an eye keenly looking after the effect of every
stroke, till the form slowly developed; at length the countenance came out of
the stone, and stared its parent in the face. The throes and anguish of that
first birth of his genius in marble, enabled him ever after, with comparative
ease, to give being and body to the mightiest conceptions. This plain but
admirable monument adorns the, parish church of Sheffield, and transcends every
other that has come from the same hand; since the experienced and renowned
proficient can never again be placed on a trial so severe, with an issue so
momentous, as the youthful aspirant, unknown and unpractised, had to endure in
this first essay of
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his skill. In 1807, Chantrey went to London, and soon after commenced
his career as a sculptor; he visited Dublin and Edinburgh, but in the former of
which he received little patronage, and the latter was blind to his genius. In
the years 1808-9, accordingly he still found himself comparatively a friendless
artist in London. About this time he sent a bust to the exhibition of the Royal
Academy, which attracted the attention of Nollekins, who instantly said,
“remove one of my busts and put that in its place, for it well deserves it;”
the bust was universally admired, and Nollekins immediately took the young
artist under his protection, and to the last declared, “if you want a bust,
Chantrey’s the man,” whenever he was applied to on this subject. The
opportunity once secured, Chantrey’s genius did the rest. The busts of Walter
Scott, Sir John Banks, Lord St. Vincent, the Duke of Sussex, George III.,
George IV., William IV., and a host of others, evince his excellence. One of
the most celebrated works, though perhaps less known than many others, owing to
its remote situation, is the group at Ilam, representing Mr. Watts giving his
dying benediction to his daughter, the late Mrs. Russell, and her two children.
Another of his productions is the inimitable group in Lichfield cathedral. It
is said Chantrey was requested to see the monument in Ashbourn church, to
Penelope, only daughter of Sir Brooke Boothby (an exquisite monument, by
Banks), before he executed the Lichfield monument. He accordingly visited
Ashbourn for that purpose, and after inspecting it visited Dove Dale, and
returned to Ashbourn in the evening; having to wait several hours of the coach,
he took out his sketch-book and made the drawing before the coach arrived; the
design thus made for the Lichfield monument was, with scarcely any variation,
executed in marble, in a very short period, and submitted to public inspection
in the Royal Academy. The sensation which this produced has had no parallel in
the annals of modern art. Sir F. L. Chantrey, Knt., R.A., D.C.L., Oxon, M.A.,
Cantab, F.R.S., was elected Associate to the Royal Academy in 1816, and chosen
a Royal Academacian in 1818; he was also a member of the academies of Rome and
Florence. He received the title of baronet from George III.
About the year 1666 the manor of Norton was
purchased by Cornelius Clarke, Esq., of Ashgate, who dying in 1696 bequeathed
it to his nephew, Mr. Robert Offley, of Norwich. In the year 1751 Stephen
Offley, Esq., of Norton, died, and left issue, a son and two daughters. The son
dying without issue, the manor of Norton became the property of Samuel Shore,
Esq., who married one of his sisters; by her he had two sons. Samuel, the elder
son, married Miss Harriet Foye, of Castle Hill, in the county of Dorset, whose
son, Offley Shore, Esq., succeeded to the manor, but whose misfortunes, from
the family having been bankers at Sheffield, placed the manor in the hands of
assignees for the term of his life. Near the east end of the village a small
Unitarian chapel was erected by the late S. Shore, Esq., previous to which a
room in Norton Hall was used for that purpose; but the building is now closed.
The Wesleysn Reformers have a neat stone chapel here, erected by T. B. Holy,
Esq., in 1854. It will hold about 100. In 1855, Miss Lydia Shore erected a
school at Bole Hill, for boys and girls, with a residence for the teacher. It
is neatly fitted up with every convenience, and will hold about 70, the average
attendance being about thirty. Norton HaIl is a large handsome stone mansion,
in the village of Norton, the seat of Charles Cammell, Esq. Norton House is a
large and ancient mansion, the seat of Thomas Beard Holy, Esq. At Maugerhay is
a free school, situated a little to the S.E. of Norton, where about 60 children
are now educated. Here is a bowling green, much frequented by pleasure parties
from Sheffield. Near this to the S.E. is The Oaks, a handsome mansion situated
in a fine park, the seat and property of F. W. Bagshawe, Esq. Norton Lees and
Woodseats division forms the north side of the parish, and includes Bole Hill,
Heeley Mill, Little London, Norton Hammer, and Smithy Wood. Meersbrook, 1½ mile
S. of Sheffield, a handsome modern brick mansion, delightfully situated on a
bold eminence above the Meersbrook, commanding a fine view of the Sheaf vale,
is the seat and property of the Misses Shore.
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NORTON LEES is a scattered though pleasant
village, two miles S. by E. from Sheffield, having several neat villa
residences, which command a fine view of the town of Sheffield. It was formerly
the property of the De Gotham family, whose heiress, Elizabeth, daughter of
Thomas de Gotham, carried the estate to the Parkers, a good family, of Bulwell,
in Nottinghamshire, who built Lees Hall, in the reign of Richard II., and
continued to reside there till the reign of Henry VIII. From this family the
present Earl of Macclesfield is descended. There is an ancient, half-timbered
house, in which are several rare oak carvings, on one of which is a date, “W.
B. 1627,” in good preservation.
NORTON WOODSEATS, a small village, three
miles S. by W. from Sheffield, situated on the Chesterfield Road, which from
Heeley takes a circuitous course on a terrace above the vale of the Sheaf
crossing a wood on a rapid declivity, where is Woody Vale, Norton Hammer, and
Smithy Wood Bottom, having Woodside on the road, from which a most extensive
view over the Sheaf to Ecclesall, extending to the distant moors, is obtained.
HEMSWORTH is a small pleasant village, 1 mile
E. from Norton, where the magistrates hold a petty session for the
north-western part of the hundred, at the Bagshawe Arms, on the second
Wednesday in every month.
GREENHILL is an ancient village, 1½ miles S.
of Norton. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel here; where, also, is a
National school, It is built on land set out under the Norton enclosure act,
which passed in 1803, for the use of the village. It was originally built as an infant school, and was enlarged in
1843, aided by a grant from the National School Society, and £40 from the
Educational Society.
Bradway is a small hamlet and
village, forming the S.W. boundary of the parish, on the Calver turnpike road,
5½ miles S. by W. from Sheffield.
CHARITIES.—NORTON SCHOOL.—Edward Gill, in observance of the will of his father, Leonard
Gill, granted a messuage, garden, and piece of ground, in Norton, to the use of
a schoolmaster. The said Edward Gill granted a dwelling-house with gardens, two
scythe wheels, and three acres of land, in Ecclesall, upon trust, for the
maintenance of the schoolmaster; and he also granted a yearly rent-charge of
five marks, issuing out of a piece of ground called the Birks, in Brimington,
to pay for the education of five poor children, to be nominated by his heirs.
John Gill, the heir, by deed, 1748, sold the premises and the right of
appointment of master and scholars, to Richard Bagshawe, and his heirs. The
property now consists of the school room (rebuilt by subsciption about 1788,);
a house and land at Moss Car, and two grinding wheels, let for £48 per annum;
an allotment of five perches on Sheffield moor, set out in 1792 to Norton
school, let for £1 1s.; and a rent charge of £3 6s. 8d.; making a total of £52
7s. 8d. In addition to the above, are—Stone’s rent-charge of £5. Scriven’s
legacy of £60 (producing £2 8s.,) Wingfield’s rent-charge of £5, Bagshaw’s
interest £1, Newton’s interest £5 5s., and Shepperd’s interest £4.—amounting
together to £22 13s. In consideration of these sums the master instructs 59
children.
Nicholas
Stone, by
will, 1676, devised certain lands to trustees, out of the rents thereof to pay
the vicar of Norton £5 yearly,
to the schoolmaster £5, and the residue to be applied in apprenticing a poor
boy to some manual trade. The property is situated at Bretton, in Eyam parish,
and consists of a house and 36A. 37P. of land, including an allotment of 5A.
2R. producing a rental of £25 per annum. It is intended to increase the sum of
£2, usually given for apprentice fees, a considerable balance being in hand.
William
Scriven, in
1724, left £60, the interest to be paid to the schoolmaster to teach six
children. He also gave £80, the produce thereof to be given in apprentice fees;
and, by a codocil to his will, he directed his executors to clothe one poor man
and one poor woman out of a further sum of £60 left for that purpose. Some
dispute arose at the death of John Bagshawe, Esq., in 1801, respecting this
charity, but by a subsequent arrangement the late W. J. Bagshawe, Esq., took
the whole responsibility upon himself.
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John Storie, in 1674, bequeathed £100 to
be invested in land for the poor. This legacy, it is supposed, was laid out in
purchase of Chausett Wood Fields at Beauchief, containing nine or ten acres,
let for £15 per annum. A sum of £8 a year is received from a farm at Woodend in
Beauchief, purchased with £440, £400 thereof having been a legacy left by the
said John Storie, to be laid out in land, to be settled on the vicarage of
Norton, the sum of £40 having been money belonging to the poor. In 1804, timber
was sold, and the sum of £150 three per cent. consols, purchased. The income,
£27 10s., is distributed amongst poor persons of the parish.
John
Wingfield, in
1731, gave £200 to be laid out in land, the produce to be given one year in
clothing, and the next in money, on Michaelmas day. The amount was invested in
land at Litton, which now consists of 18A. 0R. 23P. including an allotment of
9A. 2R. 3P. The rent, amounting to £20 per annum, is distributed according to
the donor’s intention.
Richard Rose, in 1744, gave £100, and
directed the interest to be given to six poor widows. In 1806, the money was
put into the hands of Mr. Shore, at five per cent. interest.
Robert Newton,
Esq., 1784,
in addition to £105 given towards the support of the school, also bequeathed
£200 for the benefit of the poor of Norton. In 1806, the amount was paid into
the hands of Mr. Shore at five per cent, interest.
Rev. Francis
Gisborne’s charity.—(See Bradley.)—The
annual sum of £5 10s. received by the vicar, is
laid out in woollen and flannel and given to the poor.
Bocking Fields—In 1658, a sum of £45,
belonging to the poor of the parish, was laid out in the Johnset Wood Field,
containing six acres, in Beauchief. The rent, £9 per annum, appears always to
have been carried to the account of the poors’ rate.
Poors’ Land—About half an acre of land,
at Hemsworth, was received in exchange, in 1803, for a cottage and. croft,
devised in 1691. The land is let in small gardens, and the rent, £3, is applied
in aid of the poors’ rate.
Isaac
Shepherd, by
will, 1811, left £100 to be invested in land, the profits thereof to be laid
out in bread, and distributed to the poor of Greenhill and Bradway. This legacy
was not laid out in land, but placed in the hands of William Law, one of the
executors, upon whose death a suit in Chancery was instituted. Interest,
however, appears to have been paid by Mr. Charles Brookfield, solicitor, of
Sheffield, who was concerned in the cause. By a codicil to his will, £80 was
left to Norton school, which was also in the hands of Mr. Law.
NORTON DIRECTORY.
Post Office, at Herbert Rhodes’, Norton;
letters arrive from Sheffield, by mail coach at 8.45 a.m., and are despatched
at 6 p.m.
Those marked 1 reside at Bolehill, 2 Bradway, 3 Four-lane Ends, 4 Greenhill, 6
Hemsworth, 7 Lightwood, 8 Maugherhay, 9
Norton, 10 Norton Back moor, 11 Norton (Little), 12 Norton Lees, 13 Norton
Woodseats, and the rest where specified.
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4 Atkin Matth., master,
National school Bagshawe Fras. Westby,
Esq., The Oaks 3 Barnes Sophia Lousia,
schoolmistress Bingham Jph., gent., Woodseats Birtles Hannah Shallcross,
school Birtles Sarah, school 8 Booker Geo., surgeon 12 Bowen Rev. Percival,
M.A.,, head master. of the Sheffield Grammar school 8 Bunting Jph., propr. of
Bowling green |
Cammell Charles, Eaq.,
mercht. Norton Hall Chester Andrew, gardener,
at The Oaks 12 Cockayne Mr. Wm. Dyson Mr. John, Bradway 8 Fox Chas. Jas., master,
Free school Fox John Jacob, managing
cutler, Norton Hammer 8 Gascoigne Wm., painter
& plumber 12 Gillatt Robt., pen
knife mfr. 4 Goodwin Job, higgler 13 Greaves Mrs. Hannah |
NORTON PARISH. 765
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Greaves John, land valuer,
Bradway House 7 Guest Geo., gamekeeper Hall Mrs. Lillah, Mearsbrook Cottage Holy Thos. Beard, Esq., Norton House Jenkins Mr. James, Maugherhay 4 Johnson Chpr., merchant
& cutlery mfr. Johnson Henry Stephenson, Esq., colliery owner, Norton Grange Linley Arthur, railway lamp, &c. mnfr., Jordanthorpe House 11 Mather Geo., cowkeeper Moore John, scythe, &c. mfr., Woodyvale Cottage Moore Joseph, scythe, &c. mnfr., Norton Hammer Moore Wm., jun., scythe, &c. mfr., Norton Hammer Parker Mrs. Sarah, West
view 3 Parkin Mr. John |
9 Pearson Rev. Henry
Hollingworth, M.A., vicar, Vicarage Rodgers Mrs. Ellen, Cliffe Field 8 Rogers Broomhead
Greaves, printer, &c. 9 Sale Rev. Thos.
Townsend, M.A., curate Shore Misses Lydia & Amelia, Mearsbrook House 12 Sorby Robt., jun., edge tool, &c. mnfr. Tyzack Thos. & Sons, saw, steel, busk, &c. mnfr., Walk mill, and
Sheffield 4 Yeardley Mr. Edwin Davis, The
Her- mitage Inns and Taverns. 6 Bagshawe Arms, Geo. Rogers 3 Cross Scythes, John Pearson 13 Masons’ Arms, Ann
Siddons 4 White Hart, Thos. Wilson 4 White Swan, Thos. Wilson,
jun. |
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Beerhouses. 10 Atkin Joseph Rhodes John, Bishop- thorpe 1 Rogers Reuben 4 Seston James 10 Skelton Robert 13 Widdowson Thos. Blacksmiths. 13 Awdas Jas., (and scale beam mnfr.,) & 123, Rockingham st., Sheffield 6 Goodlad Peter 4 Reaney John 13 Standish Joseph Brick & Tile Mkrs. 13 Benson Joseph, Meadow head 11 Camm John Hunt Hy., (fire brick) Wood end; h. Ma- chon bank Farmers. Marked * are also Butchers. 9 Allen John 7 Atkinson James, Wetlands 4 Biggin Martin 11 Biggin Thomas, Park house Bingham Jas., Jor- danthorpe 11 Binney Edward 10* Binney Joseph |
Booker Rd., Carr field Booker Richd jun., Hazlehurst Booker Robert, Lees Hall Bower Saml., Dyche Lane 11 Camm John Fawcett Geo., Cock- shutts Fox Geo., Batemoor Farm 4 Fox John 4 Fox John 2 Fox Samuel 7 Fox William 6 Fox Wm. 13 Gillatt Saml. 7 Gillott John 13 Goodlad Sally 2 Greaves Chas. 3 Greaves Joseph 7 Hall Joseph 2 Hall Samuel Hazard Thomas, Herdings 4 Herring John 2 Hewitt Sammel Hodgkinson George, Hazlebarrow 4 Horridge Hy., (and spring knife mfr.) 10 * Jenkinson Henry Keaton —, Jordan- thorpe Lister Wm., (& land surveyor), Green- hill Hall 3* Lowkes Sampson Moore Wm., Crabtree Bank |
2 Outram Isaac 4 Outwin Wm. 1 Revill Henry Rhodes John, Bishop- thorpe 6 Rogers Geo. 4 Seston Jas. 13 Siddons Ann Staniforth Thomas, Herdings 2 Street Wm. John 4 Thompson Wm., Nabb House 9 Twigg Benjn. 13 Veal Jas., (& surv. of highways) 4 Wainwright John, Nabb House 12 Walker Geo. Ward Thos., Mears- brook 12 White Jph. 6 Wood Benj., Grange Wragg Elijah, Cow- mouth 12 Wragg Joseph 6 Wreaks Wm.,) and shear mfr.) File Mfrs. (Saw). 4 Hibbert Eliz. 13 Kilner Edmund 2 Makinson Geo. Osborne Thomas, Woodside 11 Shaw Fras. 13 Shaw James 4 Shaw John |
Joiners and Wheelwrights. 13 Awdas James 4 Benson John 11 Cavill Thos. 10 Rose Geo. 6 Rose John 4 Siddall Thos. 13 Standish Jph. Scythe, &c. Mnfrs. 1 Butterley, Hobson, & Co. 1 Butterley Richd. 4 Camm Micah, (pa- tent scythe and hook) Jackson Sarah, Norton Hammer 10 Linneker John & James, (& horse nail manufctrs.) 13 Linneker Ravel, Cobnor Works Moore Wm., Little London Works 2 Moseley Benjn. Shoemakers. 10 Barton Math. 10 Bingham Thos. 13 Binney Thos. 4 Booker Joseph Gillatt Samuel, Woodside 13 Hardwick John 11 Hardwick Robt. 6 Lee James 8 Lee Thos., (and reg. of births & deaths) |
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3 Marsden Peter 8 Rogers Reuben 4 Seston James Shopkeepers. 13 Fanshaw Geo. 8 Fox Chas. Jas. 13 Garfitt Ann |
4 Gibson Wm. 13 Goodlad Sally 2 Hall Lettice 4 Handbury George 10 Lunn David 8 Milner Septimus 4 Richardson Mark 13 Widdowson Thos. |
Stone Masons. Mkd.* are Quarry owners. 11 Birtles John 11* Camm John Wilson Thos., sen. |
Tailors. 1 Goacher Robt. 4 Harrison Thos. 3 Hartley Henry Wood Turners. 10 Atkin Joseph 6 Atkin Wm. |
PINXTON, a township, parish, and scattered
village, near the western verge of the county, 3¼ miles E. by S. from Alfreton
and 6 miles S.W. from Mansfield, extends partly into Nottinghamshire, which is
rateable to the poor, but not titheable to the rector. It contains 1223A. of
strong land, and in 1851 had 175 houses and 943 inhabitants, of whom 504 were
males, and 439 females; rateable value £2179 5s. 9d. The principal owners are
Wm. S. Coke, Esq., Mr. John Coupe, Mr. John Coupe, jun., and Mr. Wm. Cutler,
the former is lord of the manor, and patron of the living. The Church,
dedicated to St. Helen, is a small edifice on an eminence in the centre of the
parish. It was rebuilt about a century ago, and has a nave, chancel, and tower,
with two bells. The tower, supposed to be 500 years old, is a distinct building
on the south side the chancel, in which are monuments to the Coke and Lillyman
families. The living is a rectory,
valued in the King’s book at £6 0s. 10d., now £280. The Rev. Ellis Williams is
the rector, who resides at the rectory, a good mansion near the east end of the
village. A school with residence for the master was erected here by the late
D’Ewes Coke, Esq. The tithe is commuted under the new act. The parish was
enclosed about 43 years ago. Here is a branch of the Erewash canal, with a
wharf, about half a mile S.W. of Pinxton, and a coal wharf for the collieries
of Messrs. Coke & Co. G. Wheatcroft & Son, carriers have also a warehouse.
This is now generally called New Town. The Methodists have a chapel here, and
one at Pinxton. The Erewaah Valley branch of the Midland railway runs through
the parish and has a station here, which, together with the canal, opens an
extensive market for the coals of this neighbourhood to all parts of the
kingdom. Brook Hill Hall, in a richly
wooded district, is the picturesque seat of Wm. S. Coke, Esq., 1 mile N.E. of
Pinxton Church; it is situated within the Nottinghamshire boundary, at the foot
of a gentle declivity, with a verdant lawn, and the pleasant valley of the
Erewash in front. Sleights House, 1
mile W. from Pinxton. Upper Birch Wood, 1
mile S.W., is a district of scattered farms. Feast, nearest Sunday to Old
Michaelmas day.
CHARITIES.—Rev. D’Ewes Coke, who died in 1811, directed his trustees and their heirs,
out of the profits of his collieries, to pay a yearly sum of £5, to be employed
in the purchase of books, to be distributed amongst poor children. The books
are usually given to children attending an unendowed school.
Rev. Francis
Gisborne’s charity.—(See
Bradley.)—The annual sum of £5
10s., received by the incumbent, and laid out in coarse woollen cloth
and flannel, which is distributed to the poor.
Post Office, (Receiving House) at Thomas
Evans’, letters are despatched to Alfreton at 6.15 p.m.
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Coke Wm. S., Esq., Brook Hill Hall Cavan Rev. Samuel, curate Chadborn B. T., colliery manager Coke & Co., coal
masters Fisher Thomas, blacksmith Fletcher Wm. Ivory,
schoolmaster Goodall John, stone mason Jones John, linen and
woollen draper Langham Thomas, colliery
manager, Birch- wood House Lee Benjamin, parish clerk Streets Robert nail maker |
Reynolds Thomas, bookkeeper Smith Benjamin, nail maker Walker Elizabeth, schoolmistress Wild Job, station master Wild Wm., carpenter and
builder Williams Rev. Ellis, Rectory Inns and Taverns. Boat Tavern, Wm. Eperson, Wharf New Inn, Joseph Riley, Wharf Sun, George Sharley Three Horse Shoes, Geo.
Wild, (& blksmth) |
PLEASLEY PARISH. 767
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Butchers. Cree William Eperson Wm., Wharf Straw William Farmers. Baguley Josiah Bingham John, Birchwood Bland George Booth John Branson Josiah, Storth lane Coupe John Hill top, |
Coupe John, jun., Brookhill lane Cree William Cutler William, Storth lane Eperson Wm., Wharf Evans Thomas Farnsworth Richard Hill John Lomas Ralph, Birch- wood Marriott Jas., Range Marriott Wm. Range Marshall John, Ful- wood |
Mycroft Ann White Ann Yeomans Samuel, Birchwood Shoemakers. Elliott Benjamin Hill Thomas Knowles Israel Shopkeepers. Clayton Henry Straw William, senr |
Stoppard William Wild Elizabeth Railway Convey- ance. The Erewash Branch of the Midland Railway, there are 3 passenger trains betwixt Nottingham and Mansfield, each way daily, except Sunday, when there are only 2; Job Wild, stationmaster |
PLEASLEY, is a considerable parish,
consisting of the townships of Pleasley, Shirebrook and Stoney Houghton, which
together contain 3193A. 2R. of land, principally of limestone, and in 1851 had
126 houses and 654 inhabitants, of whom 314 were males, and 340 females;
rateable value, £2,877 9s. 0d. It is situated on the Nottinghamshire border,
from which it is separated on the south and east by the river Meden or Mayden,
which rises near Skegby, 3 miles W. from Mansfield, running north to Hardwick,
it turns to the east, through a deep romantic valley, passes Pleasley, where it
again turns north, forming a very irregular boundary.
PLEASLEY, a small village, on a pleasant eminence, having a rapid declivity to the south, on the Mansfield and Chesterfield road, at its junction with the Rotherham and Clown road, 3¼ miles N.W. by W. from Mansfield, 8¾ miles S.E. from Chesterfield. This is a romantic district, a deep narrow ravine, through which the Meden runs, where, in many places, the limestone rock, broken into a thousand shapes, may be seen, separates it from Pleasley Hill, a hamlet, in Mansfield parish. The township contains 1,224 acres of land, including 224 acres of woods; rateable value, £1,138 1s. 0d. William E. Nightingale, Esq., is lord of the manor, and principal owner. The church, St. Michael, is a rectory, valued, in the King’s books, £11 4s. 7., now £493, in the patronage of William Pole Thornhill, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Courtenay Smith. The Church is an ancient structure, of great length, and very narrow, with a tower (in which are three bells) in which a chasm was made by the shock of an earthquake, which happened on Sunday, March 17th, 1816, and was felt over a great part of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Lincolnshire, &c. The rectory is a handsome stone mansion, in the village, and has 55 acres of glebe; the tithes of the whole parish have been commuted for £640. At 1¼ miles N.E. from the village, are the handsome cotton mills of Messrs. William Hollins and Co., for spinning and doubling yarn for hosiery. The original mills were built for the cotton hosiery trade, about 70 to 80 years ago, but were destroyed by fire nearly 20 years ago; since which two large and extensive new ones have been erected, which are worked by water and steam power of 120 horses, and give employment to upwards of 600 hands. Connected with the works is a day school for the children, to which others have access, and in which the Methodists hold religious services. Here is a day and Sunday school, the former of which is conducted on the National System, and was endowed by Wm. Pearsce, for which seven children are taught free, the remainder of the children pay threepence per week. At Pleasley Vale is a Mechanics’ Institution, with a library of 500 volumes; and at Pleasley Hill is a reading room, established November, 1852, and principally supported by William Hollins, Esq. Formerly a market was held here, now long disused. The ancient stone cross, with a flight of five steps, still remains. Fairs are held, May 6th and October 29th, for cattle, horses, and sheep. The manor of Pleasley belonged to Thomas Bec, bishop of St. Davids, lord treasurer to King Edward I., who, in 1284, had a grant of
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a market, on Mondays, and a fair for three days, at the festival of St.
Luke. Anthony Bec, Bishop of Durham, and patriarch of Jerusalem, died in 1310,
or 1311, seized of this manor; it was inherited by his nieces, married into the
families of Harcourt and Willoughby, who possessed the manor in moieties for
several generations. The manor was afterwards in the Leakes, who appear to have
been posssessed of it in the reign of Henry VI. After the death of Nicholas
Leake, the last Earl of Scarsdale, it was purchased by Henry Thornhill, Esq. Pleasley Vale, near Pleasley works, a
handsome mansion, the residence of William Hollins, Esq. In Pleasley park,
adjoining the cotton mills, is a large enclosure with a double vallum and
entrenchment, two sides of which are secured by natural precipices; it is 250
feet in length, by 190 in breadth, and is evidently of Roman origin, but from
its retired situation has not attracted the notice of the antiquary.
SHIREBROOK, a small scattered village,
township, and chapelry, situated on the verge of the county, 3 miles N.N.E.
from Pleasley, and 3 miles N. from Mansfield, by the foot road; contains
l,429A. 0R. 30P. of freehold land; rateable value, £1,258 5s. 0d. The Duke of Devonshire, Capt.
Drawater, Mrs. Elizabeth Nicholson, Joseph Nicholson, Francis Hall, William
Fletcher, Charles Newbold, Joseph Paget, Alfred Strutt, Charles Bowmar, Edward
Fowler, and — Greaves, Esqs., with Ashbourne School, are the owners. The Church
is a neat stone building, with a turret and one bell, erected in 1843 (in place
of a venerable structure), at a cost of £500, the late rector taking the
pecuniary management, which has been defrayed by private subscription: it was
consecrated on the Wednesday in the feast week (the Sunday before Old
Michaelmas day in the same year). It will seat about 350 hearers. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £30,
in the patronage of the rector of Pleasley, and incumbency of the Rev. J.
Cargill, who resides at the Parsonage, a neat stone residence, about ¼ mile W.
from the church, erected by subscriptions, aided by grants, in 1855, at a cost
of £700. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel here, erected in 1849, at
a cost of £105, which will seat about 100. In 1852, a handsome National school
was erected for boys and girls, at a cost of £300, raised by subscription. It
is a good substantial stone building, with a house attached for the teacher.
About 40 attend. A Sunday school is held in the village. Littlewood, a farm, 1¼ miles E., is the property of Francis Hall,
Eaq. Stuffyng Wood, in the same
direction, belongs to Joseph Paget, Esq., Warsop
Park, formerly a park, held for several generations by the family of Roos,
under Pleasley, now a farm house, the property of — Greaves, Esq.
STONEY HOUGHTON, a small retired village and
township, situate near the junction of the Bolsover road, with the Clown and
Mansfield road, 1½ miles N.W. from Pleasley. It contains 540A. 1R. 10P, of
land, principally limestone; rateable value, £481 3s. 0d. The Duke of
Devonshire is lord of the manor, and owner of 415 acres. In 1827, a Sunday
school was erected by Mr. William Crookes, at a cost of £60. It is a plain
stone building, and is also used as a place of worship by the Primitive
Methodists. The north-east part of the Township is in Upper Langwith parish.
CHARITIES.—William Pearsce, by will, in 1818, bequeathed £200, upon trust; one moiety thereof
towards educating poor children of Pleasley, and the other moiety to the
support of a Sunday school. The sum of £180, which remained after the legacy
duty was paid, was laid out on mortgage, at five per cent., of which £4 10s. is
paid to a schoolmistress, for instructing seven children; who also has £4 10s.
for attending a Sunday school. This legacy is now (1845), incorporated with a
National school, which has been established in the village.
John Boler, by will, 1733, gave all the
rents that should arise out of the New Close Pingle, in Shirebrook, containing
3 roods, to the use of six poor people in Shirebrook. The land is let for £1
1s. per annum, and distributed as directed.
PLEASLEY PARISH. 769
PLEASLEY TOWNSHIP.
Those markad * are in Nottinghamshire.
Post Office, at Thomas Belfield’s.
Letters arrive from Mansfield at 8.45 a.m., and are despatched at 5.0 p.m.
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Armson Robert, bookkeeper * Bagshaw Mr. Richard Chipman H. J., manager, Works Cooke Wm., baker Cook Wm., road surveyor Cutler James, manager, Works Holehouse John, parish clerk Hollins William, Esq., Pleasley
Vale Hollins Wm. & Co., cotton spinners & merino and silk manufrs., Pleasley Works * Lucas Marcus,
wheelwright & beerhouse |
Merrill Samuel, tailor Northage Sarah,
schoolmistress Richards —, schoolmaster Smith Rev. Courtenay,
incumbent Vallance Chas., blacksmith Wright John, wood cutter Inns and Taverns. Nag’s Head, Thos. Belfield Swan Inn, John Naylor |
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Corn Millers. Fox John and Samuel * Reason Thomas Farmers. Belfield Thomas Dean Sarah * Duckmanton Wm., Radmanthwaite |
* Fletcher William Radmanthwaite Flint James Fox James Fox John Fox John, jun., Park * Fox Jph., (& timber dealer) |
Fox Samuel Hopkinson Jph., (and coal dealer) * Lindley Urban, Rad- manthwaite * Marsh Geo., Penni- mont House * Potter William |
Rogers Joseph Sadler John Sadler William Wilson Jno., (&
butchr) Shopkeepers. Dean Thomas Flint James * Oliver Henry |
SHIREBROOK TOWNSHIP.
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Booth Benjamin, wheelwright Cargill Rev. John, incumbent Charlesworth David, parish clerk Paget Joseph, Esq., Stuffyngwood Readman Eliz.,
schoolmistress |
Robinson Wm. and John, corn millers Smith Edward, beerhouse Theakstone Wm., blacksmith Ward Jas., vict., Gate Wragg Jno., steam
thrashing machine owner |
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Farmers. Baily William Bennett Wm. Bowmer Charles Bullivant Samuel Farnsworth Josiah Fowler Edward |
Hall
Francis Pool Joseph Robinson William and John |
Towle Wm. Ward James ShoemakersAdams Wm. Dean George |
Shopkeepers. Bennett Wm. Dean George Ward James Carrier to Mans- field. Geo. Dean; Thursday |
STONEY HOUGHTON TOWNSHIP.
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Beard John, shoemaker Handley Francis Haslam Mr. William Wass John, vict.,
Devonshire Arms |
Farmers.
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