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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Elton, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p. 203 |
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| ELTON is a parish,
3½ miles from Darley Dale station on the Ambergate and Manchester
section of the Midland railway, 1 mile north-west from Winster, 6
miles south from Bakewell and 6 west from Matlock, in the Western
division of the county, Wirksworth hundred and county court district,
Bakewell union, petty sessional division and rural deanery, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. Elton was one of the chapelries
of Youlgreave, given, with that church, to the abbey of Leicester,
in the reign of Henry II. by Robert Colle, and the chapel is described,
after the Reformation, as a building with three aisles, 3 bells, and
having a right to bury and administer the sacraments, at which time
the chapel wardens and others obtained leave to delve in the chapel-yard
for ore, pledging themselves under a bond of £400 to apply the
proceeds to the chapel : in 1805, 1808 and 1816, applications were
made for briefs for its re-building, the spire having fallen in 1800
and the remainder of the structure being insecure ; the work, begun
in 1812, was completed for the sum of £1,227 14s. 5½d.
when the present church of All Saints, formerly dedicated to St. Margaret,
was erected on the site of the ancient church ; it is a plain oblong
structure, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a low western
tower, containing 3 bells, the 1st and 2nd dated 1603 and 1637 respectively;
the 3rd, a much older bell, has the letters H.O. in ornate characters
and is inscribed "Jesus be our spede : " there is a memorial
window, to Mary, wife of the Rev. John F. Garratt B.A. erected by
the inhabitants : the font is a facsimile of the Norman original,
removed hence to Youlgreave, and was executed by the direction of
Mr. Thornhill, then lord of this manor, the authorities of Youlgreave
having refused to restore the ancient font : in 1879 the internal
fittings, together with the floors, were renewed, a new window added,
a south porch built and the chancel refloored : there are 250 sittings.
In the rectory grounds are portions of the ancient structure, including
an Early English capital, a fragment of a Decorated shaft and the
fine base of a large cross. The register dates from the year 1690.
The living is a rectory, net yearly value £129, including 66
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the inhabitants, and
held since 1882 by the Rev. Timothy Johnson M.A. of Queens' College,
Cambridge. Here are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels. The
charities amount to about £7 10s. yearly for bread and clothing.
The mineral principally found here is lead, and of late years iron
has been found. The trustees of the late William Pole Thornhill esq.
are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are Mrs. Brittlebank,
of Winster, and Major Michael Mcreagh-Thornhill J.P. of Stanton-in-the
Peak. There is a village reading room. The soil is limestone and grit;
subsoil, shale or stone beds. The land is chiefly in pasture. The
acreage is 1,464 ; rateable value, £1,680; the population in
1881 was 516. GRATTON, 1 mile north-west, is a township, in Youlgreave parish. The area is 844 acres; rateable value £749; the population in 1881 was 38. Parish Clerk, George Smith WALL Box cleared at 4.45 p.m. Letters from Derby through Winster, which is the nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive about 9 a.m National School (mixed), erected in 1862 & enlarged in 1875 & in 1888 for 150 children; average attendance, 72 Cotes Thomas Henry Johnson Rev. Timothy M.A. Rectory COMMERCIAL. Hardy George An Alsop Robert, farmer, Gratton Bateman John, farmer Boam William, farmer Bunting James, Duke of York P.H Charlesworth James, farmer Dale Francis H. farmer Dale Stephen & Joseph, farmers, Gratton Fentem Matthew, farmer, Cliff Gilbert Henry Ernest, farmer Grindey Isaac, farmer Hall Hesketh, farmer Hardy George Anthony, butcher Heathcote George, farmer Heathcote William, farmer Jebbs James, farmer Knowles Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Marsden Charles, farmer Mountney Emily (Miss), farmer Rolley Josiah & Son, blacksmiths & farmers Sellors George Baynes, Nelson's Arms P.H. & slater Smith Martha & Son, farmers & joiners Smith George, farmer & wheelwright Smith Thomas, farmer & carpenter Staley Stephen, farmer Stone Eliza (Mrs.), Red Lion P.H Stone Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Walton George, grocer & fishmonger Witham Charles, farmer, Dudwood Wright John, farmer Yates Benjamin, shoe maker [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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