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.

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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


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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 & Shoemkrs

8 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 moor

Mullins 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