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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Bolsover, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.277-280 |
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BOLSOVER is an extensive village, township and parish, with
a station on the Mansfield, Bolsover and Chesterfield branch of the
Midland railway, opened in 1890 and forming a direct route from Mansfield
to Chesterfield, 6 miles east from Chesterfield, 8 north-west from
Mansfield and 4 west from Langwith, in the North Eastern division
of the county, Chesterfield petty sessional division, union and county
court district, hundred of Scarsdale, rural deanery of Chesterfield,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The village is lighted
with gas by a limited company. This place in 1880 gave the title of
baroness to Augusta Mary, wife of the late Lieut.-Gen. Arthur Cavendish-Bentinck.
The church of St. Mary, a building of stone, consists of chancel,
nave, south porch, aisles and a western tower with low broach spire,
containing 6 bells, re-cast in 1878 ; the early Norman edifice, erected
about 1020, was partly re-built about 1200 : the piers of the chancel
arch and a doorway and window in the south chancel wall are the principal
remnants of the old Norman building : over the small south chancel
door is a representation of the "Crucifixion," probably
of the same date : the tower was built during the Early English period:
the east window is Decorated and filled with stained glass as a memorial
to several members of the Charlesworth family; the whole of the north
aisle and porch are also in this style and in the north aisle are
two Perpendicular windows; on the south side of the chancel is a large
slab roughly incised with the figures of a man and woman with five
children kneeling below them, and a defaced inscription to William
Woodhouse, 1310 : in the south aisle is 3 recess, inclosing a stone
slab, discovered in 1704 outside the north door, placed face downwards
and used as a doorstep; it is rudely carved in high relief, with a
representation of the "Adoration of the Magi," once richly
coloured and probably originally stood above the altar in the Norman
church of Wiliam Peveril : at the east end of this aisle is another
recess, and a door opening into the Cavendish chapel, which is filled
with monuments to members of this family, fourteen of whom are here
buried; these memorials include one to Sir Charles Cavendish kt. of
Welbeck Abbey, erected by his wife Catherine, Baroness Ogle, in 1617,
with an epitaph by Ben Jonson, and another of larger size in the Italian
style, erected in 1691 by Henrietta (Cavendish-Holles) Countess of
Oxford, to her grandfather, Henry Cavendish, 2nd Duke of Newcastle,
ob. 1691, and his daughters : there is an ancient piscina and
modern sedilia : the font is remarkable for its admixtures of styles
: the roofs were lowered and various alterations made in Queen Anne's
reign ; in 1834 other changes took place, but the church was fully
restored in 1877, under the direction of Mr. William Mitchell Withers,
architect, when the galleries were removed, the interior reseated,
an organ chamber erected and a north aisle added ; extensive improvements
were made in 1887, a rood screen of old carved oak was erected and
the reredos extended across the chancel : there are 850 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1604. The living is a vicarage, gross
yearly value £120, including 56 acres of glebe, with residence,
in the gift of the Duke of Portland, and held since 1867 by the Rev.
Thomas Charles Hills, of St. Bees. The Congregational chapel, erected
1662, will seat 250 persons : the Primitive Methodist chapel, erected
in 1865, has 250 sittings; and there is a Wesleyan chapel, built in
1865, with 300 sittings. Mrs. Isabella Smithson, in the year 1765,
left the sum of £2,955, the interest or which, amounting to
£99 yearly, is applied in sums of from 10s. to 60s. per year
to aged poor who are not in receipt of parochial relief : the Rev.
F. Gisborne, sometime rector of Staveley, left a sum of money in 1818,
the interest of which, amounting to £6 13s. is expended yearly
in flannel for the poor, which is distributed at the discretion of
the vicar : there are other, smaller charities, amounting to about
£4 10s. which sum is
distributed in bread. Bolsover Castle, built in the 11th century,
by William Peveril, natural son of the Conqueror, was restored in
1613 by Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury and Sir Charles Cavendish
kt. and in the reign of Charles II ; William (Cavendish) Marquess
of Newcastle erected a range of buildings, detached from the castle,
which is now mostly in ruins : but the more ancient portion is still
in perfect repair and stands on a high ridge of limestone rock, surrounded
by an embankment, and at some former time by a fortified enceinte,
several of the watch-towers being still extant : the castle is now
unoccupied. The Duke of Portland, who is lord of the manor, the Duke
of Devonshire K.G. and Earl Bathurst are the principal landowners.
The Bolsover Colliery Co. Limited have a colliery here. The soil is
light: subsoil, limestone and clay. There are limestone quarries.
The chief crops are wheat, barley and oats. The acreage of the township
is 4,799 ; of the parish, 5,519 ; rateable value, £10,068; the
population in 1871, township, 1,721; parish, 1,819; in 1881 township,
2,281; parish, 2,375. WHALEY THORNS is a large mining hamlet, 8 miles east. St. Luke's church at Whaley Thorns, erected in 1878, is a building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave and a western turret containing one bell ; and has 320 sittings. Here is a Hall, built in 1889, and used for parochial purposes. SHUTTLEWOOD hamlet is 2 miles north-west : OXCROFT hamlet, 2 north : STANFREE is a hamlet, 2¼ north, with a Mission church, built in 1884, and seating 150 persons ; John Mettam, lay reader : WHALEY hamlet, 2½ east, had anciently a chapel, and a record still exists of a petition from the Abbot of Darley to unite Whaley to the vicarage of the parish church; there is now a Mission room here : WOODHOUSE hamlet is half a mile north. Glapwell is a township, 3½ miles south of Bolsover, 7 south-east of Chesterfield and 9 north-west of Mansfield, in the union and county court district of Mansfield. Glapwell Hall is the seat of the Rev. Brabazon Hallowes M.A. The Duke of Portland is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The area is 757 acres; rateable value, £l,504 ; the population in 1881 was 94. Letters through Chesterfield. The nearest money order and telegraph office is at Bolsover. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Joseph Revill, receiver. Letters arrive by mail cart from Chesterfield at 7-4Sa.m. ; dispatched at 5.30 p.m. week days only. Telegraph from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. ; sundays, 8 to 10 a.m. only. Parcels dispatched at 5.30 p.m POST & M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Whaley Thorns. -Horatio Ault, sub-postmaster. Letters through Mansfield, via Langwith, arrive at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 4 & 7 p.m. week days only SCHOOLS :- A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1881, J. R. Johnson, Unston, Sheffield, clerk to the board ; G. Cutts, attendance officer Board, Whaley Thorns, built in 1881 at a cost of £3,000, for 350 children; average attendance, 300 ; William T. Harrison, master; Mrs. E. Stead, infants' mistress National, erected in 1868 & enlarged in 1886, for 360 children: average attendance, 230 ; John Hunter, master ; Mrs. Annie Newton, infants' mistress RAILWAY STATION, James Fisher, station master CARRIERS TO & FROM :- CHESTERFIELD-George Hunt, tues. & sat. ; Charles Hill, mon. fri. & sat. ; Edgar Cross, sat. ; John Twidle, sat MANSFIELD-George Hunt, Edgar Cross & Charles Hill, thurs. ; Thomas King, thurs. & sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Atkins Rev. Alan Garway B.A. [curate] Bennetts Rev. James [Congregational] Cole Thomas Willoughby M.B Cousin William, Dane Bank house Dean Mrs Hills Rev. Thomas Charles, Vicarage Marples Miss Mettam John, Stanfree Mitchell Joseph H Parkes Rev. Albert William B.A.[curate] Rayner Miss Smith William, Castle villa Stilwell Mrs Sykes Abel Charlesworth Sykes George COMMERCIAL. Adin John, farmer, Stanfree Adsetts Frederick, correspondent to the "Sheffield Daily Telegraph" & agent to the Queen Insurance Co Adsetts Hannah (Mrs.), Angel P.H. & frmr Alletson Charles, Blue Bell P.H Antcliff Charles, grocer Armstrong James, shopkeeper Armstrong William, painter Atkinson Henry, farmer Bagshaw Thomas, farmer & miller (wind & steam) Bathurst Firestone & Firebrick Co (Samuel Moore, manager) Biggin Joseph, farmer, Woodhouse Blanksby Herbert, plumber Bolsover Colliery Co. Limo (Jno Plowright Hufton, colliery mangr. & sec) Bolsover Gas Light & Coke Co. Limited (John Hunter, sec) Bond Adam, saddler & seedsmn. Market pl Bond Frederick, seed merchant Bower David, farmer, Woodside Bower Thomas White, farmer, Oxcroft Brooks Humphrey, col. of Queen's taxes Carline Joseph, hair dresser Carter Charlotte (Mrs.), Cross Keys P.H Chapman Frederick, higgler Charlesworth Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Charlesworth E. & A. (Misses),dress mas Charlesworth George, mason Charlesworth George, Black Bull P.H Chawner Robert, farmer, Shuttlewood Cherry Walter, baker Coakill William, farmer Cole Thomas Willoughby M. B. surgeon Coupe Emma (Mrs.), shopkpr. Cotton st Cousin Edwin, farmer Cousin Frdk. grocr. tobacconist & beer dlr Cricket Club (Rev. A. W. Parkes B.A. honn. sec) Crosby John, carpenter & wheelwright Cross Henry, higgler Cuthbert Thomas Wilkinson, coal dlr Cuttell & Hughes, builders, High street Cuttell William, mason, High street Cutts Godfrey, shoe maker & school attendance officer Darnley Charles, shoe maker Dickinson John, farmer, Shuttlewood Dibboe Matthew, farmer, Woodhouse Drabble George, basket maker Eadson John, wood steward to Earl Bathurst, Whaley Football Club (Rev. A. W. Parkes B.A. hon. sec) Frost Henry, shopkeeper Furniss Whitehead, tailor &c Godfrey Joseph, chimney sweeper Gregory & Calow, drapers, Hill top Gregory William, butcher, Cotton st Hallam Benjamin Hughes, mason Handby John, wheelwright Hardwick Charles, confectioner Haynes George, carpenter Haywood Edward, beer retailer Haywood Joseph, linen draper Hill Charles, carrier, High street Hill Henry, baker Hinchcliff Sarah (Mrs), statnr. High st Hinde Christr. cabinet ma. & registrar of births &deaths for Bolsover sub-dist Hinde Edward, baker & grocer Hughes John, chimney sweeper Hunt George, carrier, High street Hunt John William, farmer, Whaley Hunt Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Whaley Hunter John, organist at St. Mary's ; music teacher; sec. to Gas Co. & agent for the Imperial Fire Insur. Co Hunter Mary Lilian (Miss), ladies' school, & teacher of music Hurst William Henry, hair dresser Jackson James, farmer Jenkinson Hy. farmer & carrier, Stanfree Johnson John, blacksmith & machinist Johnson John, farmer, Oxcroft Kemp Frances Mary (Mrs.), school Langley Richard, builder, contractor & limestone merchant Leverett Harriet (Mrs.), toy & smallware dealer Limb Ann (Mrs.), Swan hotel & bait stables Marsh Henry, coal dealer Martin Samuel, butcher Maxfield Thomas, grocer & provision & tea dealer & news agent, Cotton st Millott Samuel, blacksmith Moore Samuel, beer retailer Naylor Thomas, outfitter Newton Daniel, farmer, Shuttlewood Newton Joseph, farmer, Coppice Newton William, hair dresser Nicholson Wm. Jn. farmer, Woodhouse Norman William, shopkeeper, Hill top Parkin Thomas, chemist & druggist Parsons Peter, farmer Pearce John, farmer Pearson Thomas, plumber & gas fitter Pickering Wade Westren, grocer & provision dealer & patent medicine vendor, Hockley Powell Thomas, Nag's Head P.H Presley Charles, sheep dipper Revill George, boot dealer Reading Room & Institute (Rev. A. W. Parkes B.A. hon. sec) Revill Joseph, draper, & post office Revill Reuben, Anchor P.H Rhodes Herbert Thos. com. traveller Ross James, market gardener Rynott George, pump repairer Sanders Richard, farmer Shacklock Abraham, butcher Shacklock Joshua, coal dealer & farmer Shacklock Joshua, farmer, Stanfree Shepherd William, farmer Somercotes Land Society (Rev. T. C. Hills, hon. sec) Spencer Edmund, Cavendish hotel Street John, haberdasher Taylor William, farmer, Stanfree Thompson Richard Henry, butcher Tinsley Fredk. & Hy. market gardeners Tinsley George, market gardener Tinsley George Thomas, beer retailer Watkins George, shopkeeper West Henry Millard, draper Wild William, shoe maker Woodhead Solomon, greengrocer Yorkshire Penny Bank (branch) (Rev. T. C. Hills, actuary) Glapwell. Hallowes Rev. Brabazon M.A. Glapwel hall Hallowes Rev. Brabazon Chambre M.A. [curate of Ault Hucknall], Glapwll. hall Bausor Mary (Mrs.), farmer Fretwell George, farmer Hall Eliza (Mrs.), Young Vanish P.H Jennings William, blacksmith Potter Frank, farmer Wardley William, farmer Whaley Thorns. Ryder John [lay reader] Ault Horatio, grocer, Post office White William, news agent [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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