SCARCLIFFE parish is of considerable extent and contains the three hamlets of
Scarcliffe, Palterton, and the Lanes, which keep their poor conjointly, and
their roads separate and comprise 3772A. of land including (the park,) a wood of
392A. and in 1851 had 121 houses and 572 inhabitants, of whom 310 were males,
and 262 females; rateable value £3348 2s. Earl Bathurst is lord of the manor
and principal owner; Thomas Hallowes, Esq., Mr. Thos. Lowndes, Mr. William
Scorer, and Mrs. Elizabeth Scorer, are also owners.
SCARCLIFFE is a small straggling village,
dependent on agriculture, situated 8 miles S.E. of Chesterfield, 6 N.W. from
Mansfield, and 2 S.E. from Bolsover. The Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is a
large ancient edifice, and has nave, chancel, and side aisles,
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with a handsome tower erected in 1842, in
which are four bells; it formerly had a spire, which was taken down when the
tower was re-built. The living is a
vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £5, now £68, has been augmented with
£1000 Queen Anne’s bounty and £200 parliamentary grant, is in the presentation
of Earl Bathurst, and incumbency of the Rev. J. H. Gray, M.A., of Bolsover. In
the Church is a monument representing the figure of a lady in a long gown, and
manted with plaited hair, and a rich coronet on her head, which is pillowed
upon a lion, while some other animal is placed at her foot; she holds a child
on her left arm, whose feet rest upon a foliated crocket; on a long scroll held
by the child is an inscription in Leonine verse, engraved in Lombardic
capitals. It is most probable that this lady was one of the baronial family of
Frecheville, which possessed the manor of Scarcliffe for several generations, till
it was forfeited to the crown, in 1275. Concerning this lady, says Lyson, there
are some idle traditions, one of which is that the lady and child whose
effigies here repose, were wandering in the neighbouring woods on a winter’s
evening, and were saved from perishing there by the sound of the curfew bell
which guided them to Scarcliffe. The vicarage, a small house east of the
church, was rebuilt in 1841, and has 15A. of glebe. The church was given to
Darley Abbey, by Herbert Fitz-Ralph, and appropriated to that monastery. The
rectory, manor, and advowson were granted in 1544, to Sir Francis Leake; they
are now the property of the Earl of Bathurst. The parish was enclosed under an
act passed in 1726, when 4 acres of land which have since been increased to 5
acres, were charged with buying bell ropes for the use of the church. The large
tithes have been sold to the land owners, and the tithe of lamb and wool
belongs to Earl Bathurst, commuted for £12 2s. 6d., and vicarial for £50. The
Feast is on the 5th of November. At Domesday survey the manors of Scarcliffe
and Palterton, which had belonged to Lovenot, were held by Raynourd, under
Ralph Fitz-hubert, ancestor of the Frechevilles. Lands in Scarcliff were given
to the priory of Thurgarton, by Robert Fitz-Ralph. In the year 1275, the prior
of Newstead, in Nottinghamshire, and Robert de Grey, (who had been appointed
keeper of the estates forfeited by Anker de Frecheville, in consequence of his
having joined the rebellious barons) appear to have had each a manor in
Scarcliffe. The prior of Newstead had a park here in 1330. The manor and park
were granted to George Pierrepont, in 1544. This estate was purchased in 1690
by Sir Peter Apsley, from whom it has descended to the present possessor. The
manor of Palterton was given by Wulfric Spott, to Burton Abbey, in the reign of
King Ethelred. At Domesday survey it was held with Scarcliffe, by the ancestor
of the Frechevilles, and after the alienation of that manor, continued to be
held by a younger branch, who had a seat at Palterton. John Ulkerthorpe, who
married one of the co-heiresses of this branch, died seized of it 1445. John
Columbell died seized of it in 1556. It was afterwards in the Leakes, and has
since passed with Scarcliffe. Near Scarcliffe is a spring called Owlsditch,
which is remarkable for flowing the most rapidly during the summer months. The
river Poulter rises from the south side of this parish, and passes by Upper
Langwith, after which it is joined by a branch from the north, and enters
Nottinghamshire at Nether Langwith, where there is a large cotton mill, and a
mill for sawing stone, in a very romantic district, with finely wooded
acclivities; and joins the Wallen (which rises on the Derbyshire border, near
Cresswell) below Welbeck, after which they join the river Idle, near Elksley,
from whence it runs northward by Houghton Park, through Retford, after which it
turns north-west to Bawtry, where it takes an easterly course across Misson
Carr to the Trent, near Stockwith. The five streams which form this river all
rise from the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire border. The Lanes is a constable-wick of scattered dwellings, 1½ miles E. from
Scarcliffe.
PALTERTON is a small well
built village, pleasantly situated on an eminence, 1 mile S.W. from Scarcliffe;
formerly there was a chapel at Palterton. The feast is on the 20th October.
CHARITIES.—John Ludlam.—(See Alfreton.)—The yearly sum of £2 10s. received
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by the churchwardens, from a farm at Newton,
is laid out in the purchase of flannel and linen, which is distributed to the
poor.
Samuel Lawrence, by will, 1697, gave to the poor of Scarcliffe 20s. a year, to be paid
out of certain lands yearly.
Richard Johnson, (See Bolsover.)—The annual sum of 10s. is now
received by the churchwardens, from Uffin’s croft, in Bolsover, and distributed
to the poor.
Elizabeth Sexton, by will, 1815, gave to the overseers of Scarcliffe £10 on trust; the
interest to be paid to a schoolmaster, for instructing one poor boy and one
poor girl.
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 to the poor about
Christmas.
Kithe Vaughan, in 1813, gave out of her freehold estate, £20 a year, to the parish of
Scarclffe; £14, part thereof, to be laid out in clothing for the poor, and £6
towards the education of poor children. The annual sum of £20 is received by
the churchwardens, from the tenant of a farm at Pleasley Hill; £6 is paid for
teaching 9 poor children to read, and £14 is distributed in clothing.
Dame Frances Pierrepont, in 1620, left a small annual payment to the poor, of
which the prebendaries of the collegiate church of Southwell are the trustees,
and as such is precluded from our inquiry.
Bell Rope Land, called Bagshaw piece, Henry Croft, Stand Hills, and Cocksty close
amounting to 5 acres let for £4 10s. per annum. The amount is paid to the
churchwardens and carried to their general account, from which £1 is paid for
cleaning the church, and all expenses relating to the bells are defrayed.
Those marked * reside at
Palterton, and † at The Lanes.
* Harrison
Wm., thrashing machine propr. Heath John,
woodman Heath Joseph,
parish clerk Heath Samuel,
woodman Redish Job,
schoolmaster Scorer Mrs.
Elizabeth * Whitworth
Fras., blacksmith |
Inns and Taverns. †
Gate, Harriet Johnson * Hare and
Hounds, Mary Cree Horse and
Groom, Joseph Coupe * Nag’s Head,
Wm. Turner, (& butcher) |
Farmers. * Armstrong
John † Armstrong
Jph. Bagshaw Robt. Baker James, The Grange Beeley Edmund,
Carr Birkett — Cooper Robert,
Guildwells Coupe Joseph Cox Robt., Riley |
* Drewery
Robert Eyre George * Farmery Ann Goucher John Heathcote Wm. Jackson John † Jarvis
John, (and miller) Jeffery Geo. * Jowett Chpr. Johnson
Samuel, Stockley * Kirk Geo. |
Maxfield John Mellors Thomas Mellors Thomas † Naylor Joseph * Rolling Thos., The Hall Roome — Scorer Matthew Scorer Wm. * Waller
Samuel Wardley John * Warner Saml.
* Wilson
Hannah |
† Yates
Francis Shopkeepers. *Cree Mary Mellors Thos. Wheelwrights. Asky Thomas Eadson John Micklin James * Spray John * Spray Wm. |
SHIRLAND, a township and extensive
parish, contains, with the hamlets of Higham and Hallfield Gate, 2,942A. 3R.
22P. of land; and in 1851 had 272 houses and 1,268 inhabitants, of whom 654
were males, and 614 females. Rateable value, £5,342 14s. 0d.
SHIRLAND, a pleasant
village, on the Chesterfield road, 2 miles N. by W. from Alfreton, 2 miles S.E.
from Stretton station, and 15 miles N.E. from Derby, had, in 1851, 188 houses,
and 851 inhabitants, of whom 437 were males, and 414 females. The principal
land owners are Gladwin Turbutt, Esq. (who also owns a third and a sixth of the
manor), Henry Hardstaff, Esq., Mrs. Charlotte Page, Robert Millward, Esq., Mr.
William
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Hardy, Mr. Richard Hopkinson, Mr. John Clay,
Mr. William Clay, and William Palmer Morewood, Esq. The land is partly freehold
and partly copyhold; and the freeholders claim their own manorial rights. The
soil is various, and coal is found in great plenty; camomile is cultivated to a
considerable extent, and many of the inhabitants are employed in frame-work
knitting. The Church, dedicated to St. Leonard, is an ancient structure,
erected about the 14th century, has nave, chancel, side aisles, and handsome
pinnacled tower, with a peal of five bells. In 1848 it underwent a thorough
restoration, being new roofed and repewed, &c., at a cost of about £1,000,
raised by subscriptions and rate; at the same time a beautiful font was placed
near the south entrance; and in 1854 an organ was placed in the west gallery,
at a cost of £80, by subscription. The living
is a rectory, valued in the King’s book, £7 15s. 5d., now £256, is in the
alternate patronage of Sir R. Tufton, Bart., Rev. William E. Nightingale, and
John Charge, Esq. The Rev. Thomas Grinfield, M.A., is the rector, and the Rev.
Charles Henry Ramsden, M.A., the officiating curate. The tithe has been
commuted for £175, and here are 60 acres of glebe. In the chancel of the
church, under a richly-ornamented crocketed arch, with a pinnacle at each side,
lies the mutilated figure of a knight in plate armour, ornamented with scrolls
of foliage; the front of the tomb is covered with shields of arms, amongst
which are several of the family of Grey, of Shirland, ancestors of the Lords
Grey-de-Wilton, who possessed this manor for several generations. There is also
a memorial of John Revil, Esq., who died in 1537. National schools, with a residence for the master, were erected in
1851, at a cost of £870, raised by subscriptions, aided by a Parliamentary
grant of £133 10s. 0d. It is a handsome stone building, near the Rectory, with
accommodation for about 150 children. Here is a Wesleyan Methodist Chapel,
erected by William Oakes, Esq. In the first year of Edward II., Reginald de
Grey was possessed of the manor and advowson of the church, which afterwards
came to the Talbots, and, in 1628, the co-heiresses of Gilbert, Earl of
Shrewsbury, carried them to different families. The rectory is a good
residence, a little north of the church. Shirland Park, 1 mile S.E. from the
village, is a district of scattered farms. Mrs. Elizabeth Marshall, a resident
here, is in the 94th year of her age.
HIGHAM is a hamlet and
pleasant village, ¾ mile NW. of Shirland, and 2¾ N. by W. from Alfreton,
situated at the Alfreton turn on the Chesterfield road, on a fine eminence,
above the Derwent vale, commanding a fine view of the Midland railway, and in
1851, it had 84 houses, and 417 inhabitants, of whom 217 were males and 200
females. Gladwin Turbutt, Esq. is the principal owner. This is an ancient
place, and formerly had a market, which was discontinued about the year 1785.
The ancient Market Cross, approached by a flight of seven steps, which stands
about the centre of the village, was restored during the year 1856. A fair for
cattle, which is numerously attended, is held on the Wednesday after New Year’s
day, and a show fair in February, the day before Chesterfield fair. Feast,
nearest Sunday to St. James’. In 1852, John Smedley, Esq. erected a chapel
here, for the Wesleysn Reformers; it is a neat stone building, and will seat
about 200 hearers, adjoining which is an infant school, built about the same
time, and by the same gentleman, who likewise supports it; about 70 children
attend.
HALLFIELD GATE, a small
hamlet, ½ mile W. from Shirland, pleasantly situated commands a fine prospect
over the open country; here is an endowed school, which was rebuilt by
subscription about 1830; the master has a house and garden, and receives £24
15s. a year, for which 24 children are educated.
Stretton Hill Side, a small village, partly in Stretton and Shirland
parishes, on the Chesterfield road, ½ mile N. from Higham.
Toad Hole, 1 mile S. of Higham, near the Midland railway, consists of three farms
and Amber Mills, the extensive
mustard manufactory of Mr. Francis Thompson. Here is a small ancient stone
building used as a meeting-house by the Society of Friends.
CHARITIES.—Thomas Fidler, in 1724, left 40s. per annum, to instruct four poor children, and 2s.
6d. each to six poor old couples, out of the rents of Thwaite’s Park, the
overplus to be given in bread. The close contains about 5 acres, let for £7
10s. per annum, besides an allotment let for 15s. a year, which is given
according to the donor’s intention.
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James Laverack, in 1744, left £2 yearly to the poor, £2 to a schoolmaster, for teaching
three poor children, and 20s. a year to be laid out in books for them; by a
codicil to his will, he also gave £10 towards building a house at the Hallfield
Gate school. The charges are paid from Stone Broom farm.
Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity (see Bradley). The annual sum of £5 10s.,
received by the incumbent, is laid out in flannel, and given to the poor about
Christmas.
Eleanora Turbutt, who died in 1826, left £20 for the poor of Shirland and Morton. (See Morton.)
HALLFIELD GATE SCHOOL
consists of a school-room which was rebuilt about 1830, at the expense of the
parishioners, on the site of an old school granted by Edward Revell. A sum of
£10 was given by James Laverack, and £20 by Mrs. Fidler, about 1822, towards
building a house for the master. William Stockes, in 1696, gave a tenement and
two crofts near Ripley, for the instruction of six of the poorest children. Lydia Boot, 1726, gave £6 yearly
out of lands in Greenhill lane, Alfreton, 40s. thereof given to the schoolmaster,
£3 to the said children for their encouragement, and 20s. the residue, to be
laid out in pious books and also given to the children. £3 is paid to a
schoolmaster, but we found no trace of the residue of the £6 having ever been
paid, and we are not aware of any mode by which the land can have been
discharged from full payment. Joseph
Oldham, in 1787, gave a sum of money to purchase £100 stock in the four per
cent. consolidated annuities, and directed the interest to be paid to the
schoolmaster at Hallfield Gate. The income of the schoolmaster is £24 15s.,
exclusive of £1 for books, and the number of free scholars 24. In 1853, the
school underwent considerable repairs and was well ventilated; the number of
children attending the school is about 70.
Those marked 1 reside at Ain Moor, 2 Delves,
3 Higham, 4 Hallfield Gate, 5 Park, 6
Stone Broom, 7 Stretton Hill Side, 8
Toad Hall, and the rest at Shirland.
Post Office at Richard Breffitt’s.
Letters arrive from Alfreton at 8.20 a.m., and are despatched at 6.30 p.m.
Bray Rev.
Isaac H., curate 3 Clarke John,
land agent and surveyor, Higham
Cliff, near Alfreton Harvey John
Henry, gent. 3 Haslam
Eliz., tanner 3 Holmes John,
stone mason 3 Holmes John,
supr. constable for Alfreton division Hopkinson
Daniel, gent. 8 Hopkinson
John, coal master Marshall
Samuel, stone mason Openshaw Rev.
Thos., B.A., incumbent of Bracken Field 3 Purday Jas.,
saddler and harness maker |
Ramsden Rev.
C. Hy., M.A., curate, Rectory 4 Siddall Thos.
Mortimer, solicitor Thompson
Fras., mustard manufr., Amber Mills,
near Alfreton Inns and Taverns. 3 Barley Mow,
Miles Webster 3 Black Bull,
Ann Cheetham Duke of
Wellington, Wm. Simpkin 3 Greyhound,
John Herrod 3 Horns, Henry
Umbers Red Lion, John
Hadfield 4 Shoulder of
Mutton, Wm. Batty 7 White Bear,
Edward Holbrooke |
Academies. 4 Stanley Wm, and Sarah National, Charles M. Wright Beerhouses. 7 Cubit Thomas Hadfield Daniel Blacksmiths. 3 Askew James 3 Hill William |
Mycroft George Butchers. Hardy William 3 Marriott Samuel 3 Tagg Eliz. Tagg John Corn Millers. 5 Bird Richard J. D. 3 Hill John, Higham Mill Farmers. Allen Joseph |
3 Allsop John (and maltster) 5 Askew James 5 Bansall William 5 Barker John 8 Beastall William 1 Bingham William 5 Bird Richard, J. D. 5 Bryon Eliz., Lodge 2 Caldwell William 3 Cheetham Ann 3 Cheetham Samuel Clay John |
5 Clay William Cotes George 4 Deavile John 3 Fritchley George 1 Fritchley Joseph 3 Fritchley Joseph Hadfield Daniel 6 Hadfield George Hadfield John Hardy William 6 Haslam William 3 Henstock George 3 Herrod John 3 Hill John |
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7 Hodgson James 3 Holmes George 5 Hopkinson George 2 Hopkinson John Hopkinson Joseph Lodge Hopkinson Richard 8 Hopkinson William 3 Lathe John 7 Marshall John 7 Milner Arthur 5 Parkes James 5 Radford Jane 5 Rhodes John Stevens John B. 8 Swain John |
5 Tagg John 5 Tagg William 7 Thorpe Richard Wallis Samuel 6 Walters David Webster John 6 Wetton Thomas 3 White Robert 3 Wilson Jonathan 4 Wragg George 3 Wragg Joseph Grocers. 3 Breffitt Richard 8 Smith John (& flour dealer) |
Shoemakers. 3 Breffitt Richard Buxton Joseph 3 Haslam Wm. (and currier) 3 Naylor George 3 Tomlinson Robert 4 Wragg William Shopkeepers. 3 Banks John 7 Bingham Ann 3 Bryon Ann 8 Frost John Greaves Thomas |
Hadfield Daniel 3 Henstock George 3 Marriott Samuel Parkes Henry 3 Rawson Thos. Tailors. Hadfield Daniel 3 Hadfield Henry 3 Hadfield Samuel 7 Hadfield Samuel Wheelwrights. Lamb Robert Simpkin William |
STAVELEY, an extensive parish,
including the hamlets of Middle, Nether, and West Handley, Netherthorpe, and
Woodthorpe, with various scattered farms, and the hamlet of Staveley Works. It contains
6546 acres of rich agricultural soil, forming a pleasant district of bold
undulating country, abounding in superior coal and ironstone. The coal has
thirteen distinct beds, the lowest being 1,125 feet below the surface, the
ironstone lying between the beds of coal. In 1851 the parish had 759 houses,
and 3998 inhabitants, of whom 2193 were males, and 1805 females; rateable value
£18,231 6s. Formerly Great Barlow, now a distinct parish, was considered a
parochial chapelry in Staveley pariah. The Duke of Devonshire is the principal
owner, and lord of the manor, but Richard Barrow, Esq., is also an owner.
STAVELEY is a township and
large village, pleasantly situated on an eminence overlooking the river
Rother, 4½ miles N. from Chesterfield, and 10 miles S.E. from Sheffield. The
Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient structure, with a nave
and chancel of considerable length and square embattled tower, with 8 bells,
situated on a bold eminence north of the village. A window in the chancel was
ornamented with stained glass, in 1676, by Lord Frecheville. It contains many
antique monuments, particularly a fine brass figure, in plate armour, over
which is worn a surcoat emblazoned with heraldric bearings; the offensive arms
are a sword and dagger, and the figure stands upon a greyhound. From the
mutilated inscription which encircles the slab, it appears to be to the memory
of Petri Frecheville, who died in the year 1400. Another monument is enriched
with brass figures of Piers Frecheville and Maude Wortley his wife, who are
kneeling on cushions, facing each other. The male figure is cased in plate
armour, has long hair, and wears his spurs; behind him are seven sons also
kneeling. The lady is clothed in a long gown, confined at the waist by an
embroidered sash; she wears the pointed head dress, and is provided with a
lectern, upon which lies an open book. She is followed by seven daughters all
kneeling. Also one to John Frechville, son of Piers, who died in 1509. The living is a rectory, valued in the
King’s book £12 7s. 6d., now £706. The Duke of Devonshire, patron. Rev. James
D. McFarlane, M.A., incumbent, and resides at the rectory, an old mansion,
erected in 1725, near the church, mad has 92A. 2R. 31P. of glebe land. The
tithes have been commuted for £619 9s. 7d. A moiety of the church was given by
Ascoit Musard to the Hospitallers. There was formerly a chantry chapel of St.
John in this parish, founded by the Frecheville family for the use of the
manor; the revenues in the reign of Edward VI. were estimated at £2 13s. 4d.
per annum. The site is now occupied by the library of the Mechanic’s
Institution. The Rev. Francis Gisborne, whose name so often occurs in this work
for his munificent charities, was many years rector of Staveley. The Methodists
have a neat brick chapel, erected in 1826. In 1844, a. school was established.
principally through the munificence of the lord of the
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manor. It is a handsome stone building situated
near the church, and forms two sides of a square, with an octagonal residence
for the master and mistress at the angle. The Hall, an ancient mansion near the church, embosomed with lofty
trees, after suffering many modifications and alterations under the hands of
its proprietors, is now a genteel residence, but unoccupied. It was formerly
the seat of the Frechevilles, afterwards of Lord James Cavendish. It then
became the residence of Mr. Foxlow, afterwards of Dr. Dixon, and lastly of the
Rev. F. Foxlowe. The Feast is the Sunday before Midsummer day.
The manor of Staveley, at
Domesday survey, belonged to Ascoit Musard, ancestor of the baronial family who
gave name to Musarden in Gloucestershire. Two sisters of Baron Musard, brought
their shares of Staveley to Cromwell and Frecheville, in the reign of Edward
II. Cromwell’s share passed to the Clifford family, by whom it was forfeited to
the crown. King Edward IV. granted it to Sir John Pilkington, who died seized
of it in 1479. Henry VIII., in 1544, granted it to Francis Leake, who the year
following conveyed to to Sir Peter Frecheville, already possessed of
two-thirds of it. Staveley was for many generations the chief seat of the
Frecheville family. Sir Peter Frecheville was knighted for his services at the
battle of Musselborough. Colonel Frecheville, a most active royalist,
garrisoned his house at Staveley in the civil wars, and distinguished himself
on various occasions. In a skirmish with Captain Revel’s and two other troops,
he drove them for shelter into Mr. Eyre’s house at Hassop, where he took them
all prisoners. In August, 1644, Staveley house was taken by Major-General
Crawford and a party of the Earl of Manchester’s army, by capitulation. It is
said to have been strongly garrisoned; 12 pieces of ordnance, 230 muskets, and
150 pikes were taken in the house. After the Restoration, Colonel Frecheville
was created a peer, in 1644, by the title of Lord Frecheville of Staveley. In
1681 he sold the manor and estate of Staveley to the first Duke of Devonshire,
from whom it has descended to its present noble possessor. There was formerly a
park at Staveley. The barony was held by the service of finding two soldiers
for the King’s army in Wales.
Staveley Works, 1 mile E. from Staveley, is an ancient iron smelting establishment;
there are documents in existence proving it to have been a place of
considerable importance two centuries ago, but its early history will not bear
any comparison with the vastness of its operations in the present day. Here are
the collieries and extensive ironworks of Richard Barrow, Esq., with blast
furnaces, producing 200 tons of metal weekly. Castings and foundry work of all
kinds are executed at this extensive establishment. Neat residences for the
clerks and overlookers have been built in the vicinity, besides a great number
of cottages. The Hollingwood, Springwell, and Victoria collieries produce
superior coals, which are sent by railway to all parts of England, besides
supplying the iron works. The Chesterfield canal passes the furnaces, and the
Midland railway passes on the east side of the works, where there is a station,
with lines of rail running to the works. The
Hagg, a handsome Elizabethan stone mansion, 1 mile N.N.W. from Staveley,
erected about 1680, for a Hunting seat, is
the property of the Duke of Devonshire, and residence of Mrs. Elizabeth
Crawshaw. Inkersal, 1 mile S., Mastin Moor, 1½ mile; and Norbriggs, a small well-built village, 1
mile S.E. from Staveley. Here is the spade and shovel manufactory of Messrs.
Dudley & Son. Ringwood Hall, a
beautiful modern mansion, situated on an eminence, with tasteful pleasure
grounds, ornamented with shrubs and evergreens, is the seat and property of
Richard Barrow, Esq. The Three Handleys form
the north west side of the parish, and contains the villages of Middle, Nether,
and West Handley.
Handley, (including perhaps what is now known as Middle Handley, and West Handley,) for the most part belonged
anciently to Beauchief Abbey, as such they were seized on by Henry VIII., and
granted to Wm. West, Esq. In 1577 they were sold by Edmund West, Esq., to
Francis Rodes, Esq., whose name is more familiar hereabouts, (for he was a
native of this parish,) as Judge Rodes. Nearly the whole of the sites of the
Three Handleys is now the property of His Grace the Duke of Devonshire, and the
manor which was formerly separate from, is now merged in that of Staveley.
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New Schools were erected here in 1856, by Richard Barrow, Esq., at a cost of
£3,000, it is a handsome stone building, in the Elizabethan style of
architecture, situated on a good elevation, near the Works, and comprises a
large lecture room 40 feet by 30 feet in length, and 45 feet high, a boys and a
girls school room, each 56 feet by 20 feet 6 inches in length, and 25 feet
high, with a porch attached to each 3 feet by 3 feet square. The Lecture room
contains an excellent organ, and from the roof rises a square tower, containing
a bell. The whole of the building is heated with hot water. No master has yet been
appointed.
A Library was established here in 1852, which now contains 1600 volumes of books;
Mr. Wm. Hibbert, librarian.
Savings’ Bank was established in 1853, which is open every Monday afternoon, from 4
to 5 o’clock. The Rev. Blain
Mandale, actuary,
Gas Works are in course of erection on the banks of the canal, a little S.W. of
the village, at a cost of £1800, by a company of £10 shareholders.
MIDDLE HANDLEY is a pleasant
village on a bold elevation, 2½ miles NW. from Staveley. A Chapel of ease was
erected here in 1838, principally by the Duke of Devonshire. It is a neat
substantial edifice, in which Divine service is regularly performed by the
rector or his curate. His Grace also erected, about the same time, a commodious
School of stone, to which he allows £20 per annum towards the support of a
master, for which 16 children are educated free. Nether Handley is a very small hamlet, two miles N.W. from
Staveley. West Handley is an agricultural
village, three miles N.W. from Staveley. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel
here, erected of stone in 1796. Netherthorpe,
a hamlet and small village ½ mile E. from Staveley. A Grammar School was
founded here in 1537,—(see charity report). This school has fallen into disuse.
Woodthorpe is a considerable village,
l½ mile E.S.E. from Staveley. The Hall was the ancient seat of the Rodes family
before they removed to Barlborough: they acquired it in marriage with the
heiress of Cachehors, before the years 1290. It was purchased of Sir John
Bodes, about the year 1599, by the Countess of Shrewsbury, and passed
afterwards to the Earl of Newcastle, from whom it descended to the Duke of
Portland. It appears formerly to have formed a manor or barony with Bolsover;
but it is now the property of the Duke of Devonshire. The ancient seat of the
Rodes family was in part pulled down, and most of the materials used for the
building at Bolsover. Judge Rodes, who commenced Barlborough Hall, died at
Woodthorpe; his son John removed to Barlborough. Sir Peter Frechville, in 1632,
founded a chapel and hospital here. The chapel was pulled down in 1849, and a
new Chapel of ease, erected on its site at a cost of £1700, by the Duke of
Devonshire, in which Divine service is
performed once every Sunday, by the Rev. Blain Mandale, curate of
Stavely. It is a neat Gothic building, with nave, chancel, turret, and one
bell, and has sittings for 200 hearers, all of which are free.
CHARITIES.—Sir Peter Frechville, Knt., and John Goostrey
gave £40, afterwards certain sums were collected, which made the whole
£132. This amount was invested in land, the proceeds thereof to be applied in
apprenticing two poor children, and the residue to be given to the poor. In
addition, 2A. 2R. 11P., were set out at the inclosure in 1798. The whole
produces a rental of £10 10s. per annum, out of which a sum of £2 is allowed
for two boys or girls being placed out-apprentices; the residue is distributed
to the poor.
Rev. Ralph Heathcote gave £57 15s. 6d., Peter Brown £57 15s.
6d., Francis Glossop £44, and John Smith £20, and old stock to the
amount of £20 9s., making a total of £200. The amount was laid out on a rent
charge of £9 per annum, on land in Brimington. Of this sum £5 4s. is expended
in bread for the poor; £1 4s. is given to a schoolmaster, and the remainder is
distributed amongst poor persons.
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Anne Jackson, in 1749, gave the interest of £100 to instruct poor children, and
directed a Bible, Common Prayer Book, and Whole Duty of Man, to be given to
each scholar out of the interest. The Rev. Francis Gisborne augmented it to
£180, which was, with other sums, in the whole £400, laid out in £658 16s.
stock three per cent. consols. In 1804, like stock to the amount of £102 11s.
3d. was purchased with £30, left by Dorothy Foxlow, and an accumulation of
interest. A further sum of £5 was
left by Mr. Gisborne. £8 of the dividend is applied in educating poor children
of Staveley, Handley, and Woodthorpe.
Rev. Francis Gisborne, in 1759, gave the interest of £30 to one poor man or
woman. Anne Gisborne, in 1762, gave
the interest of £50 to 2 poor parishioners. John
Alcroft, in 1768, gave £10 to the poor. Thomas
Brailsford, 1770, gave the interest of £50 to two poor families. Paul Rodgers, 1784, left £10. Henry Smith, 1787, gave the interest of
£50 to two poor persons. James Hodkin left
£20 for a distribution of bread. Elizabeth
Brailsford 1794, left £30 for the benefit of two poor inhabitants. Catherine Dixon, 1796, left the interest
of £30 to one poor person. In the whole, £285 was laid out in 1796, as stated,
with Anne Jackson’s charity. Lieutenant-General
Wm. Murray, in 1820, bequeathed £100, with which stock was purchased,
making the whole £889 3s. 3d., three per cent. consols; the dividends amounting
to £26 13s. 4d., of which £1 17s. 4d., is distributed to the poor, and the
remainder as directed.
Rev. Robt. Hitch, Rev. Anthony Marshall, Rev. John Heathcote John
Froggatt, and
others, gave sums of money amounting to £90, which, in 1676, was invested in
land at Unstone, which consists of two closes, and about an acre of wood, in
the whole 13A. In 1802, these lands, for a sum of £17 l3s. 6d. were exonerated
from tithe. In 1815, wood to the amount of £90, was sold, of which sum £86 11s.
was expended in draining and otherwise improving the land, now let for £10 per
annum, which is distributed to the poor.
Netherthorpe School.—Francis Rodes, by will, 29th of Elizabeth, left a yearly
rent charge of £20 per annum, to be taken forth of his manor of Elmton; £8
thereof to the Grammar school, at Staveley Netherthorpe, £8 for two
scholarships in St. John’s, Cambridge, and £4 for the relief of soldiers who
should be sent to the wars out of Staveley, Barlborough, and Elmton. Robert
Sitwell, by will, 41st Elizabeth, gave a messuage in Killmarsh, on trust, to
pay £6 yearly to the schoolmaster. Lord James Cavendish, 1742, left a rent
charge of £6, issuing out of closes at Hollingwood, for the maintenance of the
schoolmaster. In addition to these, the Rev. Francis Gisborne gave £10, to be
invested in stock. The income of the various benefactions amounts to £29 per
annum. All the sons of parishioners are considered as entitled to classical
instruction; but the master makes his own charge for other branches.
Woodthorpe Hospital.—Peter Frecheville, in 1632, erected a certain
dwelling house, to be for ever used as an hospital, for four poor women and
four poor men, all to be unmarried, and chosen from the parishes of Barlbrough
and Staveley; and he directed his heir to pay £4 a-piece towards their
maintenance, and a like sum of £4 to a Deacon for reading Morning and Evening
Prayers, and to have his lodgings in a chamber at the west end of the
Almshouse. Richard Robinson, 1777, gave a sum sufficient to purchase land of
the yearly value of £18, to advance the pay from £4 to £6 of the inmates.
Another rent charge of £18 a year has been appropriated to the inmates,
supposed to have been left by some of the Gisborne family. The yearly income,
£72 a year, is all paid out of different estates belonging to the Duke of
Devonshire. The hospital consists of four tenements, with chambers above, and
small gardens adjoining.
Judge Rodes, 1584, gave the interest of £40, in aid of the assessment of Woodthorpe and
Hage Quarters. Thomas Brailsford, 1711, gave £10 to the poor. The
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Rev. Mr. Heathcote, 1715, gave £50 for buying
six coats for poor people. Thomas Wade, 1715, gave £6 for the benefit of the poor.
Mrs. Yates, 1721, left £50 for teaching poor children to read. The poor have
also the benefit of £10 left by Thomas Hollingworth, 1728; £10 by John
Shipstone, 1722; £5 by Widow Hollingworth, 1728; £10 by Anne Croft, 1729; £10
by Roger Hewitt, 1731; £5 Robert Milnes, 1731; £15 by Mrs. Brailsford, 1733; £5
by Jph. Rodgers, 1735, £5 5s. found in the poor’s box, 1733; and £8 15s. raised
by subscription, 1736; Lady Cavendish, 1734, gave £100, to be applied in
teaching poor children to read. These sums, amounting to £360, were laid out in
1737, in a rent charge of £12 10s. issuing out of lands in Scarcliffe, which
are given agreeable to the donors’ intentions.
Post Office, at Wm. Hibberts’, letters arrive from Chesterfield at 7 a.m., and are
despatched at 6.30 p.m.; Money Orders granted and paid from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Post Office, Middle Handley,
at Thomas
Fox’s, letters arrive at 9.30 a.m., and are despatched at 4 p.m.
Those marked 1 are at Inkersall; 2 Inkersall
Green; 3 Middle Handley; 4 Nether Thorpe; 5 Staveley Works; 6 Staveley Woodthorpe; 7 Nether
Handley; and 8 West Handley.
Allwood Wm., beerhouse, Lowgate Barrow Richard, Esq., iron and coal master, and
London; h. Ringwood Hall Barton Jph.,
beerhouse, Mastin moor 3 Bates Mr. George 5 Bedow Edwin,
clerk Bingham Hy., overground viewer Bingham Mr.
Joseph Bingham Thos.,
cashier, Reinshaw works 5 Buxton Wm., underviewer Clarke John, station master 5 Cooper
Daniel, underviewer Cooper David,
colliery agent Cox John,
woodturner Crawshaw Mrs.
Elizabeth, The Hagg 5 Disney Charles C.,
accountant 4 Dudley Mrs.
Karren Dudley and
Son, spade mnfrs., Norbriggs Dyson Thomas,
beerhouse 3 Fentem Thos., scythe strickle manufactr. and oil and colour dealer Fletcher Paul & Sons, tauners, curriers, saddlers,
and harness makers 5 Gibson Thos., manager, iron department 5 Gillatt John, superintendent 3 Harrison George, builder and contractor 5 Hartley Thomas M., clerk 5 Heaton John, Esq., The Cottage Henderson Alex. F., farm steward Henstock Frederick, clerk Hibbert
William, clerk 5 Howard Wm.
Frdk., surveyor |
5 Ireland Charles P.,
manager, coal dpmt Lunn Richard,
gardener 5 Knighton
Wm., foreman, Foundry McFarlane Rev.
J. D., M.A., rector, Rectory 5 Nicholls
Edw., clerk Pickburn John,
brazier and tinner Ridgway James,
constable 8 Ridgway
John, filesmith 5 Robinson
Thomas, cashier 4 Rodgers Miss
Frances Rodgers
John, superintendent of the Duke’s works Ryder Allen,
gamekeepcr 5 Swarbrick
George, clerk 4 Swift
Richard, gent Thorpe
George Bower, surgeon 3
Turner Jph., joiner & cabinet maker 5 Watson W. A., architect Wilkinson
Wm., surveyor, Poplar Cottage Williamson
Edward, beerhouse, Canal row Inns and Taverns. Crown Inn,
Sarah Swift 3 Devonshire
Arms. Benjamin Rodgers Devonshire
Arms, John Crofts Gate, John
Belfitt, Mastin moor Jovial
Collier, Benj. Tomlinson, Mastin moor 5 Moulder’s
Arms, Mary Lee Nag’s Head,
Brown Heane 6 Nag’s Head,
Robert Watkin New Inn, William Garfitt, Netherthorpe |
STAVELEY DIRECTORY. 779
Academies. Fisher George 3 Free, Thos. Fox National, William Fisher Blacksmiths. Crofts Jno., Lowgate 3 Evans Samuel 6 Johnson George Plant Thomas Swift Godfrey Boot & Shoemkrs8 Cowley John 8 Cowley Thomas, jun Dronfield Wm. Frith Peter 4 Richardson Ralph 4 Rhodes Wm. 5 Smith Charles 8 Warrener James Brushmakers. Fletcher John & Son Butchers. Crofts Francis Fenton Robert Hoole Edward Marples Sarah Corn Millers. Crofts Brothers, (and seed & bone crushers) 6 Fidler James Farmers. 6 Anderson Thos. 2 Bennett William Abraham 6 Brightmore Mary 4 Brocksopp Harriet 8 Cowley Thos., Crawshaw Robt. Wil- kinson, The Hagg Crofts John Cutts Joseph |
6 Fidler James 4 Frith Wm. 4 Garfitt Wm. Glossop Wm., Wood- thorpe Old Hall 1 Goodwin Thos. Handbury Esther 2 Harrison Benj. 6 Haslam Benj. Haywood John Thos. Hazlehurst Joseph, Ringwood 4 Hitch Thomas Hollingworth Wm. 4 Hudson David 6 Jervis James 6 Johnson George 4 Johnson Wm. 4 Kirk John Kitchen Thomas, The Breck 6 Lee John 8 Lowe Henry Marples John Marples Sarah Marples Thomas 8 Meynell Wm. Middleton Ann, White Lion Milner William Nuttall John 6 Ollivant James 6 Pattison John Plant Charles, Mas- tin moor 6 Renshaw Jph. 6 Renshaw Saml Rodger B. Rodger John Rodger Robert Rodger William 1 Rodgers John 8 Rodgers Thomas 8 Siddall Samuel Slagg Thomas, Red Lodge Staniforth James, Mastin moor |
Steele George, (and coal master) Steele Thomas Hal- lingworth, Common 8 Swift Richard Taylor Ewd., Pond House 2 Taylor Wm. Turton Job 2 Turton Job, jun 7 Walker John, Nether Handley Widdowson George, Mastin moor Williamson Edward 7 Wisternoff Peter Grocers & Drapers. The Mkd. *
are Druggists Brookes Joseph * Cartwright James Dickens Hannah * Dutton Wm. Edwin Hall James 5 Lee Mary Longworth Thomas Smith & Fisher Painters & Glzrs. Cutts John Cutts Joseph Shopkeepers. 6 Anderson Thos. Bacon Thos. Mastin moor 6 Brightmore Wm. Broadhead John Dyson Thomas Gascoyne Christiana Guest Jane 3 Harrison Geo Holmes Thomas, Mastin moorMullins William, Lowgate |
Spirit Merchant. Cartwright James Stone Masons. 2 Harrison George Marriott Matthew Waterhouse John Tailors. Mkd. * are Drapers. Furniss Benj. Gunn John 5 Hawkins David * Longworth Thomas, (& tallow chandler) Nuttall Thomas Wheelwrights and Joiners. Mullins Alexander, Lowgate Mullins William, Lowgate Stone Samuel 3 Turner William Turton Joseph Railway Convey-ance. The Midland Rail- way Co.’s Station, Barrow Hill, from whence there are trains btwn. Derby, Sheffield, & Leeds; 3 each way daily; John Clarke, station master. Carriers. To Chesterfield, Jas. Siddall, Wed. & Sat To Sheffield, John Broadhead, Tu. Th. and Sat.; and Jas. Siddall, Sat |