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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Ashover, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 30-31 |
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| ASHOVER is a township
and extensive parish, on the river Amber, 7 miles south-west from
Chesterfield, 3½ north-west from Stretton station on the
Ambergate, Chesterfield and Sheffield section of the Midland railway,
and 153 from London by railway through Stretton, in the Chesterfield
division of the county, Scarsdale hundred, Chesterfield union,
Alfreton petty sessional division and county court district, rural
deanery of Chesterfield, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of All Saints, built about 1419, is a large and beautiful
edifice of stone, in the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel,
nave, aisles, south porch and a square embattled tower at the west
end, with a spire 69 feet in height and containing a clock and
6 bells, two of which are dated 1625, and the others 1630, 1751,
1814 and 1890, the latest being the gift of F. J. Fenton esq. :
the monuments include a tomb to the Babington family, with life-size
recumbent figures of a man and his wife, and around the sides,
in small panels, figures of their numerous children : on the floor,
within the altar rail, is large brass, with figures to the Rollestone
family and one to Robert Eyre, a former rector : the stained east
window was inserted by the late rector and his wife about 1857;
there are memorial windows to the Nodder family, erected in 1845
; the Colmore family (1870) and that of Moon (1867) ; one, erected
in 1867, by John Thompson esq. in memory of his late wife; and
another in 1877, by J. B. Gregory esq. of Raven's Nest., to his
parents : the brass eagle lectern was presented by Mr. and Mrs.
Jessop, of Overton Hall, in memory of their eldest daughter : the
font is of lead, ornamented with figures : in 1886 the interior
of the church underwent various alterations and improvements, at
a cost of upwards of £600. When an organ chamber was added
and the north doorway and tower arch opened, and a hagioscope and
part of the rood loft stairs disclosed : the church plate includes
pieces dating from 1581 to 1725: there are 600 sittings. The parish
register of baptisms dates from 1622 with a gap from 1623 to 1653,
of burials and marriages from 1653, and these records are in good
condition. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £442,
net yearly value £430, including 155 acres of glebe, with
residence, in the gift of and held since 1878 by the Rev. John
Bourne Nodder M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. There
are Primitive and Wesleyan Methodist chapels. There is a cemetery
of 1½ acres,
with one mortuary chapel, under the control of a Burial Board of
9 members. Fairs of cattle and sheep are held on April 25th and
October 15th, and a statute fair the Monday before Martinmas day
(in November). The charities amount to about £40 yearly :
arising from various benefactions, and are all distributed at Christmas,
in prizes to the Sunday school children, in flannel, money and
beef. Stubben edge, the seat of John Peter Jackson esq. Jr. has
been rebuilt on the site of a more
ancient mansion. Overton Hall, the seat of William de Burgh Jessop
esq. J.P. is an extensive building, situated in a pleasant valley.
The Rev. John Bourne Nodder M.A. rector, and others are lords of
the manor. The principal landowners are John Jackson esq. J.P. and
William de Burgh Jessop esq. J.P. ; there are numerous smaller owners.
The soil in the valley is very good, on the hills more barren ;
subsoil, grit and limestone. The land is chiefly used as pasturage.
The acreage of the township is 9,180: of the parish 11,290 ; rateable
value, £11,082 ; the population of the township in 1881 was
2,276. ALTON, one mile north-east : KELSTEDGE, one mile north-north-west; UPPER TOWN, 2½ miles north-west ; MILLTOWN, one mile south and LITTLE MOOR, one mile east, are hamlets. There are Church and Nonconformist mission rooms at Alton, where services are conducted on sunday afternoon and evening. EASTWOOD HALL, destroyed in 1642, and now in ruins, is half a mile east. Deputy Parish Clerk, Thomas Joseph Beardow. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Jn. Taylor, postmaster. Letters arrive from Chesterfield at 7.15 a.m.; dispatched thereto at 5.55 p.m. week days only WALL BOXES :-Ambervale, cleared at 5.45 p.m. ; Littlemoor, at 6.10 p.m. ; Milltown. at 6.5 p.m. ; Stonedge, at 12 noon, mon. wed. & friday only Police Station, George Wild, Constable in charge SCHOOLS:- A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1875 ; Thomas Joseph Beardow, clerk to the board ; Joseph Holmes, attendance officer Endowed (Upper Town), built in 1881 & endowed with the proceeds of the sale of the Free School buildings, was first erected by George Hodgkinson & completed by his son, William Hodgkinson; in 1703; it is under the control of Charity Trustees & has an annual income of about £30 : the school will hold 60 children ; average attendance, 55 ; Miss Mary Beswick, mistress Board, erected in 1877, for 285 children ; average attendance, 90 boys, 74 girls & 60 infants; John Gibbons, master; Miss Sarah Hitchman, infants' mistress CONVEYANCE.-Omnibus, to & from Stretton station CARRIERS TO CHESTERFIELD.-John Featherstone, tues. thurs. & sat. ; Frank Thompson, tues. thurs. & sat Ashover. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Barber His Honor Judge William Q.C., M.A., J.P. Marsh green Bassett Mrs. Ashover Hill Blackwall Thomas C.E. The Hollies Boar John Burley Mrs. Hill house Chesterman William, Eastwood grange Fenton Frederick Jarvis, Amber villa Goodwin Miss, West Bank Hunter Thomas C. Rose cottage Jackson John Peter J.P. Stubben edge Jessop Wm. de Burgh J.P. Overton hall Macnally Rev. C. Ryder B.A. curate Mardon Miss, Hillside cottage Nodder Rev. John Bourne M..A. [rector], Rectory Nodder Mrs. Bourne house Ruth George A. The Butts Thompson Mrs. Dovecote house Twigg John Henry. Amber house Wheatcroft Mrs. Moor grange [letter through Tansley, Matlock) COMMERCIAL. Allen Joseph, apartments, Hill side Allen William, farmer, Bleaklow [letters through Tansley, Matlock] Allsop Matthew, farmer, Dale bank Ashover Hydropathic Co. Limited (Joseph James Shipman, sec. : Miss Mary Piggin, manageress) Ashover Lime Works (Kemp & Wilbraham), MiIltown road Ashover Water Co. Lim. (J.S. EIlse, sec.) Barker Joseph, wheelwright, Peglant Bass George, farmer, Span carr Bassett William, stationer & fancy repository & registrar of births, deaths & marriages for the Ashover district Beardow Brothers, builders, contractors & wheelwrights Beardow Saml. farmer, Appletree knoll Beardow Thos. farmer, Hard Meadow Beardow Thomas Joseph, clerk to School Board & Burial Board, & dept parish clerk Bennett William, butcher Beresford John, boot maker, Milltown Birks John, farmer, Andrew lane Birks John, farmer, Raven's house Blackwall Thomas, architect, civil engineer, The Hollies Bower Geo. lodging & boarding house Bown Adam, farmer, Peasenhurst Down George, farmer, Alice road Bown James, farmer, Span carr Bown Samuel, farmer, Slate house Bown Thomas, farmer, Upper town Bowring Arundel, farmer, Milltown Bradley John, Red Lion P.H. & blacksmith, Kelstedge Bradley Joseph, farmer Brough William, farmer, Upper town Bunting Benjamin, tailor Burdekin Geo. farmer, Sheep Leys farm Burrows George, farmer, Rushley lodge Byard John, Three Horseshoes P.H Cemetery (Thomas Joseph Beardow, clerk to the Burial Board) Chawner Alfred L.R.C.P. Lond. surgeon Critchlow Hannah & Sarah (Misses) farmers, Dewey lane [letters through Brackenfield, Alfreton] Crossland S. & Co. family grocer, provision dealer, baker & refreshment rooms, Standard Supply Stores Cundy Brothers, saw & turning mills, Kelstedge Davenport Alice & Annie (Misses), hydropathic establishment, Ambervle Davis Phœbe (Mrs.), farmer, Brockhurst Eaton Joseph, saddler & harness maker Edge Joseph, farmer, Birkin lane ElIse Joseph Stevenson, Red Lion P.H. & baker Else John M. miller, Fall mill Else Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Edges Else Thomas, farmer, Littlemoor Else Walter, farmer Featherstone John, carrier Fidler Elizh. (Mrs.), farmer, Raven's nest Fisher John, ironmonger & quarry owner Fletcher George, farmer, Eastwood hall Fox John, farmer Fox William, farmer, Butterley Francis Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmr. Milltwn Fretwell Thomas, farmer, Shootersley Furniss Wm. stone merchnt. Grouse cot Goodall George, farmer, Hay Gregory Hy. Miners' Arms P.H. Milltwn Gregory John Bassett, farmer, Raven's Nest farm Handley Francis, farmer, Dewey lane [letters through Brackenfield, Alfretn] Hardwick Robert, farmer, Hay Hardwick William, farmer, Dale bank Hardy Alfred, farmer, Green house Haynes William, farmer, Roach house Hill Joseph (Mrs.), farmer, Upper end Hill William, farmer, Upper town Hill William, shopkeeper, Mill town Hitchman Daniel, farmer, Demon's dale Hole John, farmer, Amber hill Hollingsworth Henry, farmer, Stonedge Holmes Elzh. (Miss), shopkpr, Kelstedge Holmes George (Mrs.), farmer, Upper end HOLMES JOSEPH, Crispin inn, & fly propr. & good stabling accommodation Holmes Richard, farmer, Shooters lees Holmes SI. butcher, & White Horse P.H Hopkinson Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Gorse hall Hopkinson Reed, mason & buildr Milltwn Hopkinson Thomas, farmer, Upper town Hopkinson Thomas, mason & builder Hunt Elizh, (Mrs.), lodging ho Hill rd Jeffery William, shopkeeper, Little moor Johnson Edmund, farmer, High Ashes Kay Thos. Valentine L.R.C.P. Edin. surgn Kemp & Wilbraham, stone merchants & lime burners, Ashover lime works Kirby Samuel, Greyhound P.H. Milltown Lee Joseph, farmer, Bunting field Lee William, farmer, Wilkin house Lees William, farmer, Ardwick Limb Samuel, Lord Nelson P.H. & farmer, Amber lane Linley William, farmer, Stonedge Ludlam William, farmer, Vernon lane Marriott Edward, farmer, Stonedge Marriott Joseph, boot & shoe maker Marriott Samuel, farmer, Henstone cot Marriott William, farmer, Whitfield Marsden Elizh. (Mrs), farmer, Lant lodge Marson William, farmer, Stonedge Martin Samuel, farmer, Ardwick Maskery Mary Ann (Miss), shopkeeper, Milltown Mather Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Lattercotes Mellor Henry, carpenter, Little moor Mowbray James, farmer, Clark barn Mowbray John, farmer Mowbray Joseph, farmer, Hazelhurst Nightingale Jane (Mrs.), lodging house, Sunnyside Pollard Joseph, farmer, Dryhurst Raines Thomas, farmer, Yew field Reed Peter, farmer, Milltown Revell Dolly (Mrs.), White Lion P.H Revell Henry, wheelwright Revell Thomas, grocer, tea dealer & provision mer. & refreshment rooms Rhodes George (Mrs.), farmer, The Moor Robinson J.& Co. drapers &c, Bamford ho Robinson James, farmer, Brockhurst Robinson Jas. Albert, miller, Brockhurst Robinson Joseph, farmer, Kelstedge Robinson Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Slack Saunderson Robert, hair dresser Shaw Geo. farmer & cattle dlr. Hodge lane Shaw William, farmer, Eddlestow hall Sheppard Joseph, shopkeeper Shipman Abraham, farmer, Far hill Shipman Joseph James, chemist & seedsman & aerated water manufacturer Simpson Robert, farmer & stone mercht Sims German, farmer, Kelstedge Smith Booth James, carpenter & wheelwright, Kelstedge Smith Samuel, farmer, Prestedge Stanley John, farmer, Milltown Swift Thomas, farmer, Upper town Swift William, farmer, Span car Tagg Wm. & Joseph, farmers, Hatches Taylor George, farmer, Dryhurst Taylor John, grocer & provision merchant & draper, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mers. Post office Taylor William, greengrocer Thompson Francis, carrier Tomlinson Edward, farmer, Brockhurst Tomlinson Henry, farmer, Brockhurst Tomlinson Henry, farmer, Jockey house Tomlinson John: farmer, Hill top Tomlinson Joseph (Mrs.), baker Tomlinson Robert, farmer, Hill top TOMLINSON WILLIAM, Black Swan P.H. & fly proprietor Towndrow Charles, farmer, Highore dish Towndrow Joseph, farmer, Moor grange, Letters through Tansley, Matlock Towndrow Joseph jun. frmr. Rough close Turner George, farmer, Oulston moor Turner John, Red Lion P.H. Stonedge Twigg John, farmer, Robridding Twigg, Samuel, farmer, North Britain Vernon Joseph, farmer, Slack Waddington Booth, Ashover quarries Walker Job, farmer, Upper town Ward Joseph, farmer, Brockhurst Watson Richd. Kirk, frmr. Gladwin Mark Watts George, shopkeeper, Kelstedge Wheeldon John, farmer, Bassett barn White James, millwright & machinist & general smith White Joseph (Mrs.),farmr. Spitewinter White Sarah (Miss), dress maker White Thomas, assistant overseer & surveyor of roads White William, farmer, Stonedge Whittaker William, farmer, Butterley Willert Margaret (Mrs.), frmr. Milltown Wilmot Geo. frmr & blacksmth, Milltown Wilmot George, farmer, Amber lane Wilmot Joseph, farmer, Slack Wilmot William, farmer, Brockhurst Wilson William. lodging ho, Bath villa Working Men's Club & Institute(William Buxton, hon. sec ) Wragg Benjamin, farmer, Spitewinter Alton &c. [Letters are received through Chesterfield. Names marked † should be addressed Tupton, Chesterfield.] Gothard James, Hill Ride house Allen Benj. Malt Shovel P.H. & farmer Allen Joseph, farmer Bradley Henry, farmer Bunting Walter, farmer Dakin John, farmer †Elliott William, farmer, Press Fisher William, farmer Fretwell John, farmer †Green Thomas, farmer, Northedge †Hague John, farmer, Northedge Jepson Robert, farmer Jepson Henry Young, farmer †Lowe Thomas, farmer, Press †Morris Samuel, farmer, Press 1'Mycroft Matthew, farmer, Press Renshaw Joseph, shopkeeper †Smedley Jsph, stone mercht. Northedge Smedley William, stone merchant Snaith Charles, Manor inn, Northedge Spencer George, farmer, Alton lane Spencer John, farmer †Stone William, farmer, Northedge Towndrow John, farmer, Ashover hill †Walker William, farmer, Northedge Wharton Charles, farmer, Alton lane Wilson William, blacksmith Young Henry, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
 An Ann Andrews historical directory transcript |
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