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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Elmton, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 202-3 |
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| ELMTON is a township
and small agricultural village, forming, with the hamlet of CRESSWELL,
a parish, 9 miles east from Chesterfield, 7 south-west from Worksop
and 9 north-west from Mansfield, on the borders of Nottinghamshire,
and 1¾ miles south-west from Creswell station on the Mansfield
and Worksop branch of the Midland railway, in the North Eastern division
of the county, eastern portion of the hundred of Scarsdale, Eckington
petty sessional division, Worksop union and county court district,
rural deanery of Staveley, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of St. Peter, rebuilt in 1771, is a small and plain building
of stone, consisting of chancel, nave and a low tower, reaching a
few feet only above the roof and containing 3 bells, recast in 1845
: there are 150 sittings. The, register dates from the year 1599 for
all entries. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £54,
with 4 acres of glebe, value £6, gross yearly value £98,
in the gift of the Duke of Portland, and held since 1891 by the Rev.
David Hepburn Brown M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford. The Rev. Francis
Gisborne, formerly rector of Staveley, left in 1811 a sum of £5
19s. 2d. which is distributed to the poor annually. Here are limestone
quarries. The common was inclosed in 1841. The Duke of Portland is
lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is limestone ;
subsoil, rock. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and roots.
The area is 2,830 acres; rateable value £3,637; the population
in 1881 was 518, of which CreswelI has 300. CRESWELL is 1¾
miles north-east, where there is a station on the Mansfield and Worksop
line of the Midland railway. Parish Clerk, Robert Rodgers. LETTER BOX, near the church, cleared at 3 p.m LETTER BOX, Creswell cleared at 4 p.m. Letters through Chesterfield. The nearest money order office is at Clown & telegraph office at Creswell station School, Creswell, built for 100 children ; average attendance, 89 : Mrs. H. M. Finch, mistress Railway Station, Cresswell, Ultimus Jackson, station master Aldam Mrs. Whaley hall Brown Rev. David Hepburn M.A. Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Archer William, Elm Tree P.H Binge Francis, grocer, Creswell Booth Sam, farmer, Creswell Breedon Jeremiah, farmer Cocking William, farmer Cox George, farmer Cropper James, farmer Eyre Robert, miller (steam) & farmer Fielding John, farmer, Elmton lodge Garfitt John, farmer, Elmton oaks Glossop Wm. Rose & Crown P.H. Creswell Jackson William, farmer Jackson Susannah (Mrs.), farmer Mellish Thomas, farmer Mellish Walter, carpenter, Creswell Milner Thomas, farmer, Creswell Milner William, farmer, Markland farm Norman William, wheelwright Richardson Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Palmer Tom, Portland hotel, & farmer, Creswell Shaw Frank, woodman Smith John, boot maker Stubbing James & George, farmers & threshing machine proprietrs. Creswll Willoughby Herbert, blacksmith Wilson Edward, farmer Wilson John, butcher, Creswell Woodhead Bryan, farmer Woodhead William, shopkeeper, Creswell [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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