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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Cubley, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.104 |
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CUBLEY is a parish comprising the villages of GREAT and LITTLE
CUBLEY, the first situated to the north, and the latter on lofty ground
west from the church, 139 miles from London, 6 south from Ashborne,
5 north from Sudbury, 7 north-east from Uttoxeter, 13 west from Derby
and 4 west from Rocester, the nearest station, on the North Staffordshire
railway, in the western division of the county, Appletree hundred
and petty sessional division, Uttoxeter union and county court district,
rural deanery of Ashhorne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
There are two streams in the parish, called Bentley and Cubley, but
they unite near the church and it is then called Bentley Brook. The
church of St Andrew, a stone building standing on a gentle eminence
near the high road from Ashborne to Sudbury, consists of chancel, nave,
south aisle, north and west porches, and a lofty embattled tower at
the west end containing 4 bells, the second and third bear invocations
to SS. Barbara and Andrew, the treble is dated 1661 and the tenor
1688 : the large and massive circular font is Norman, as are three
semi-circular arches, on round piers, which divide the nave and aisle,
and the piers of the chancel arch with their capitals : the chancel
is Early English of the last half of the 12th century, and has a stained
east window to L. C. Humfrey esq, Q.C. and Emma, his wife, erected
in 1874 by their children: on the south side of the chancel are three
lancet windows; one, inserted in 1874, being a memorial to William
Yates ; two others are filled with ancient 14th century glass, taken
from the old east window: the tower, built in the reign of Henry VIII.,
is a fair example of Late Perpendicular, and terminates in an embattled
parapet with pinnacles at the angles, it was restored in 1874 : and
the exterior displays a series of coats of arms, illustrating the
various alliances of the family of Montgomery : on the north side
is a raised tomb of alabaster to Sir Nicholas Montgomery, the inscription
on which, dated 27 March, 1435, disappeared some time since ; on the
top lies the recumbent but much mutilated effigy of a knight in plate
armour, wearing a collar of roses, and his head resting on a helmet;
around the sides of the tomb are figures of angels holdings shields
in bas-relief ; on the south side of the church, within an arch, are
the remains of a marble tomb, projecting slightly from the wall, with
six of its eight original compartments filled with figures; this monument,
though much reduced and mutilated, has been identified as the tomb
of
Sir Nicholas Montgomery, the third of that name, ob. 3 August,
1494 and his wife Joan Haddon : in the south-east angle of the chancel
is a small alabaster effigy or a female in a recumbent position upon
a marble plinth: one other tomb against the south wall of the aisle,
formerly an altar tomb beneath an arch, has been almost destroyed
to make room for pews: the chancel retains a piscina, and on the walls
are memorials to John Lonsdale D. D. Bishop of Lichfield (1843), and
to John Davys esq. late patron of the church (1872) ; the chancel
was restored in 1845 and again in 1874. The church was re-seated in
1885, at a cost or £80, and has 200 sittings : in the churchyard
is an ancient yew tree, and a fine monument to Emma, widow of L. C.
Humfrey esq. Q.C. (1873). The register dates from the year 1566, but
is in several places illegible through damp and bad ink; the entries
between 1672 and 1676 are missing, and there is a gap between 1723
and 1726 : with these registers are included those of Marston Montgomery
up to 1660. The living is a rectory, with that of Marston Montgomery
annexed, average tithe rent-charge £310, joint yearly value
£523, including 5 acres of glebe, in the gift of the trustees
of the late John Davys esq. and held since 1868 by the Rev. Cave Humfrey,
of St. Bees. There is a Wesleyan chapel here, erected in 1874, with
sittings for 150. John Harpur in 1686 gave 8s. yearly, and Bull's
charity founded in 1708, produces 10s. yearly, both sums are to he
given in bread to the poor. In ancient times a market and fair were
held here, but both are now obsolete. Lord Vernon and S. W. Clowes
esq. J.P. are lords of the manor and owners of nearly all the land.
The soil is partly light and partly heavy ; subsoil, clay, marl and
gravel. The land is chiefly in pasture for dairy produce. The acreage
is 2,366 ; rateable value, £300 ; the population in 1881 was
300. Sexton, George Brady. POST OFFICE.-Mrs. Eliza Goodall, receiver. Letters through Derby arrive at 9.30. Box cleared at 3.55 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Longford & the telegraph office is at Sudbury National School (mixed), erected in 1871 for 72 children ; average attendance 50, & supported by S. W. Clowes esq. J.P. ; George Till, master CARRIER.-Thomas Wood, to Ashborne, saturday, 11 a.m.; to Derby, friday, 7 a.m. ; Uttoxeter, wednesday, 9 a.m Humfrey Rev, Cave [rector] COMMERCIAL. Ashton John, farmer, Little Cubley Atkins William, farmer, The Common Baker James, cowkeeper Barker Emma (Mrs.), farmer Barker John, farmer, Little Cubley Brown William, cowkeeper Bull Henry, cowkeeper Hull William, cowkeeper Chadfield Hy. Thos. farmer, The Lodge Coates William, cowkeeper Coxon Isaac, farmer, Cubley wood Gadsby John, cowkeeper Gerrard Mary (Mrs.), farmer Gillson William, blacksmith, Little Cubley Goodall Henry, farmer, Coppice Goodall Emily (Mrs.), farmer, Park hall Goodall Rt. & Son, Cubley inn, & farmer Goodall Walter Shirley, farmer Harrison William, farmer, The Common Harrison William, farmer, Manor house Harvey Thomas, farmer, The Cottage Hidderley Henry, farmer Leason Joseph, cowkeeper Milward William, wheelwright Minion Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Mosley Thomas, farmer, Brook Plant Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, The Firs Radcliffe William, farmer & tailor Roberts Mary (Mrs.), cowkeeper Smith John, shoe maker Smith Septimus, farmer Steele Jacob Hall, farmer, Rough ground Stone Frederick, farmer Stone John, farmer, Little Cubley Sturgess Nathaniel, bricklayer Whitehouse Emanuel, brick & tile ma Wilson William, wheelwright Wood Thomas, carrier [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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