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| Ault Hucknall, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.33-34 |
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AULT HUCKNALL (or HAULT HAUCKNALL) is a widely scattered village
and parish with a station at Rowthorne, on the Doe Lea branch of
the Midland railway, 7 miles south-east from Chesterfield and 5½
north-west from Mansfield and 3½ from Clay Cross station on
main line of Midland railway. The parish includes HARDWICK, STAINSBY,
HARDSTOFT, ROWTHORNE and ASTWITH, and is in the Chesterfield division
of the county, union and county court district of Mansfield, petty
sessional division of Chesterfield, hundred of Scarsdale, rural
deanery of Chesterfield, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of St. John the Baptist, situated at the northern extremity
of the parish, is a building of stone in the Norman and Early English
styles, consisting of chancel with south or Hardwick chapel, nave,
aisles, vestry, and a low central battlemented tower, with pinnacles
at the angles, containing 5 bells, 4 dating from 1590 to 1664 and
the 5th 1887 : the nave is separated from the narrow north aisle
by two semicircular Norman arches, and at the east end of the nave,
opening to the crossing, is a fine Norman arch of considerable span;
the exterior of the church also affords many evidences of its Norman
origin, the most remarkable being the tympanum of the west doorway,
now built up, which is carved with rude mythological figures : the
west window and nave and chancel roofs are Decorated, and the remainder
of the church, including the tower, Perpendicular: in the Hardwick
chapel, beneath a plain slab of black marble, is the tomb of the
philosopher Thomas Hobbes, known as "Hobbes of Malmesbury," born
there in April, 1588, and subsequently tutor to the 2nd and 3rd
Earls of Devonshire and to the young Prince Charles ; his most famous
philosophical work was the celebrated "Leviathan," but
he is better known to Derbyshire readers as the author of a descriptive
Latin poem called
"De Mirabilibus Pecci ;" he died at Hardwick Hall, 4 Dec.
1679, aged 91 : at the east end of the chapel is the tomb of Anne
(Keighley), wife of William, first Earl of Devonshire, ob.
1628, and in the chancel a slab with inscription in brass to Richard
Pallison or Pauson, a former vicar of Hucknall dated 1536 : the
chapel retains a small almery; there is another in the north aisle,
and in the chancel an Early English piscina : in the vestry is a
fragment of an ancient screen, as well as the original font : in
the east window of the south chapel are remains or good ancient
stained glass, with precatory inscriptions, to John Savage, Richard
Pauson and John Hardwick (1528), father of Elizabeth, Countess of
Shrewsbury, and the emblazoned coats of Savage, Hardwick and others:
the church was restored and reseated in 1887 at the cost of the
Marquess of Hartington P.C., M.P. : there are 250 sittings. The
register dates from the year 1660 for all entries. The living is
a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £79,
with 46 acres of glebe value £53, net yearly value £131,
in the gift of the Duke or Devonshire K.G. and held since 1859 by
the Rev. Henry Cottingham M.A. of Magdalene College, Cambridge,
who is also vicar of Heath, where he resides. The sum of £3
3s. 6d. being the interest of £ 105 18s. 2d. left by Mr. W.
Derrey, is to be annually given at Easter to the poor of this parish.
Hardwick Hall, a seat of the Duke or Devonshire K.G., P.C. and at
present a residence of his eldest son, the Marquess of Hartington
P.C., M.P. erected in the reign of Queen Elizabeth by Elizabeth
(Hardwick), Countess or Shrewsbury, is a noble mansion
the number and size of the windows giving it a peculiarly elegant
and striking appearance: the great hall is a lofty wainscoted apartment,
hung as to its upper walls with fine Gobelins tapestry; it contains
a statue of Mary Queen of Scots, by Westmacott, a full length figure
of Henry VIII. and over the fire-place the arms of the countess
: on the first floor is the chapel, partly hung with tapestry, furnishing
examples of very early embroidery: the presence chamber, or state
room, is a splendid apartment, 65 feet long, 33 wide and 26 high
; the upper portions of the walls are covered with pargeting in
highly-coloured relief, and the lower hung with the finest tapestry:
Mary Queen of Scots' room is so called from its containing the bed
and other furniture used by that queen while a prisoner from 1568
to 1584, in charge of the Earl and Countess of Shrewsbury at Sheffield
and Tutbury castles, Wingfield manor and Chatsworth : the picture
gallery is a noble room 170 feet long, 40 feet wide and 26 in height,
lighted on one side by 18 windows, each 20 feet high ; on the opposite
side are two chimney-pieces of various marbles, reaching to the
cornice ; the ceiling is ornamented with a geometrical design in
raised plaster. and the walls are covered with fine tapestry, some
of it of very early date, but almost hidden by the pictures ; in
this gallery and the various other apartments are numerous historical
and family portraits. The old hall, which adjoins the present mansion
and is now in ruins, was the family seat of the Hardwicks, and here "Bess
of Hardwick" was born in
1519 ; this accomplished lady was married four times-to Robert Barley
esq. Sir William Cavendish, ancestor of the Dukes of Devonshire,
Newcastle and Portland, Sir William St. Loe and lastly (18 Nov.
1590) to George, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury, and died 13 Feb. 1607 :
the park extends over 620 acres, and contains some old oak and other
trees and is stocked with deer. The Duke of Devonshire K.G., P.C.
is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is a light
mixed ; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley.
The acreage is 4.300 ; rateable value, £10,332; the population
in 1881 was 747. Parish Clerk. William Snell. Letters are forwarded from Chesterfield. WALL LETTER BOX, Hardwick, cleared at 4.30 p.m. week days only ; Hardstoft, cleared at 3.50 p. m. week days only. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Heath SCHOOLS: Free, Stainsby, founded in 1729 by Mr. Thomas Whitehead, & endowed by Mr. John Phillips in 1734 with £40 10s. applied to the payment of the master & the purchase of books ; this endowment has been increased by a subsequent bequest of £6 10s. from the Rev. F. Gisborne, of Staveley ; the school holds 80 boys & girls ; average attendance, 70 ; William Snell, master Church of England, Hardstoft, built in 1854, for 80 children ; average attendance. 60 ; Miss Elizabeth Brunt, mistress Church of England, Rowthorne, erected by the Marquess of Hartington, for 45 children; average attendance, 30; Miss M. A. Hunt, mistress Doe Lea Colliery, erected in 1885, for 80 children ; average attendance, 35 ; Miss Lucy Perkes, mistress Railway Station, Rowthorne & Hardwick Hartington Marquess of P.C., M.P..LL.D., D.L., J.P. Hardwick hall; & 78 Piccadilly w ; Reform, Brooks' & Devonshire clubs s w & City Liberal club E c London Gascoigne Rev. Walter John B.A. Stainsby mill COMMERCIAL. Bee John, tobacconist, Hardstoft Blanksby John, farmer, Astwith Blanksby William G. Hardwick inn Broadbead Thomas, carpenter, Stainsby Brown Lewis, farmer, Astwith Brown John, farmer, Hardstoft Brunt James, farmer, Hardstoft Brunt James, jun. farmer, Locker lane Cartwright Joseph. farmer, Astwith Cartwright Samuel, farmer, Hardstoft Clay Edward, butcher, Hardstoft Clay Sampson, Shoulder of Mutton P.H. & farmer, Hardstoft Clay John, farmer, Hardstoft Clay William, farmer, Timber lane Clayton Robert, farmer, Timber lane Cox William Saniforth, farmr. Rowthorne Cutler Thomas, farmer Eaton Geo. carpenter to the Hardwick Hall estate Farnsworth Elizh. (Mrs.), farmer, Hagg Farnsworth William, farmer, Stainsby Fisher James, farm bailiff, Sheepbridge Coal Co Fisher Edward, farmer, Rowthorne Fretwell George, flour dealer, Stainsby Fretwell John, farmer, Stainsby Fretwell Louisa (Mrs), farmer, Stainsby Fretwell Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Stainsby Gill Thomas, farmer, Astwith Glapwell Colliery (Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co.) (Charles Snow, certificated manager) Goodwin Joseph, boot maker, Stainsby Hardwick Colliery Co. Holmwood colliery Haslam William, whitesmith, Hardstoft Hayne William, wheelwright, Stainsby Hitch William, farmer & miller (water), Stainsby mill Hodgson Richard, farmer, Stainsby Leslie Wm. stud groom, Hardwick hall Marriott George, farmer, Timber lane Marriott Samuel, farmer, Hardstoft Page Geo. head keeper, Hardwick hall Saunders Elizh. (Mrs.),farmer, Astwith Shepherd John, shopkeeper, Doe Lea Smith George, farmer, Hardstoft Spray Levi, wheel wright, Rowthorne Snell Wm. registrar of births & deaths for Pleasley sub-district, Stainsby Taylor Peter, shopkeeper, Stainsby Turner Srh. (Mrs.) & Abel, farmrs. Astwth Waters Eliza (Mrs.), farmer, Stainsby Whittaker William, farmer, Rowthorne Wilson Edm. head grdnr. Hardwick hall Wilson Nathnl. Jabez, farmer,Hardstoft [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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