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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Hartshorne, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.221 - 222 |
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HARTSHORNE is a village and parish, on the road from Derby
to Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 4 miles north-east from Gresley station on the
Ashby-de-la-Zouch and Burton branch of the Midland railway, 6 east-by-south
from Burton-upon-Trent and 4 north-west from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, in
the Southern division of the county, Repton and Gresley hundred, Swadlincote
petty sessional division, Ashby-de-la-Zouch union and county court
district, rural deanery of Repton, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese
of Southwell. The church of St. Peter is a building of grey sandstone,
consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle, west porch and an embattled
Perpendicular tower at the west end of the aisle,
containing 5 bells, the 4th and 5th being or pre-Reformation date
and finely lettered, the rest were cast in 1792: the nave was entirely
rebuilt in 1835, and other alterations made at a cost of £1,400,
when cast iron windows were inserted in imitation of Perpendicular
tracery: the tower bears externally some interesting heraldic and
other carvings, and some of the carved benches are Elizabethan: under
a round arch in the north wall or the chancel is a fine altar tomb
with alabaster figures to Humphrey Dethick, founder of the school,
and his wife, with an inscription and the dates 1599 and 1611: there
are other alabaster slabs with worn effigies on the floor, but the
inscriptions are almost illegible; one is dated 1627: the vestry contains
a fine old parish chest, 7 feet long, and the church plate includes
a silver cup and paten dated 1612: there are 400 sittings, 300 being
free. The register of marriages dates from the year 1624 and of baptisms
and burials from 1666, but there are earlier parchments from 1594,
and still in good condition. The living is a rectory, gross yearly
value £540, derived from 392 acres of glebe with residence,
in the gift of the trustees of the late Earl of Carnarvon, and held
since 1833 by the Rev. Henry William Buckley of Merton College,
Oxford. There are Baptist and Wesleyan chapels ; and an earthenware
pottery. Charities of money and bread are given weekly to widows and
other poor persons. The trustees of the late Earl of Carnarvon are
lords of the manor and principal landowners. The soil is gravel; subsoil,
clay and gravel. The chief crops are wheat, oats and turnips. The
acreage is 2,900 ; rateable value, £7,306 ; the population in
1881 was 1,728. Sexton, Robert Jaques. POST OFFICE.-Miss Rosa Fletcher, receiver. Letters through Burton-upon-Trent received at 6.25 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.25 p.m. The nearest telegraph & money order office is at Woodville Police Station, James Oldfield, supt. & 3 constables CARRIER.-George Betteridge, to Derby, tuesday & friday; to Burton-upon-Trent, thursday; to Ashby, saturday SCHOOLS:- Endowed, founded c. 1575 by Humphrey Dethick, & endowed with £100 yearly, for 80 boys; average attendance, 50 boys ; Albert Roulston, master Parochial (girls & infants), for 170 children; average attendance. 145 : Miss Elizabeth Jane Potter, mistress Buckley Rev. Henry Wm. M.A. Rectory Murray Rev. Alexander William Oliphant M.A. [curate] Green Thomas Goodwin COMMERCIAL. Alsibrook William, farmer Betteridge Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Betteridge. George, carrier Carver George, farmer Dakin Arthur, butcher & farmer Dawson William, Bull's Head P.H Field Michael, farmer Fish Samuel Thos. carpenter & builder Fletcher Jas. gardener & beer retailer Fletcher William, farmer Gotheridge William, farmer Harrison David, farmer Harvey Samuel, shopkeeper Holmes John, farmer Hudson William, miller (water) King John, farmer Lowe Henry, farmer, Buildings farm Mansfield Mary (Mrs.), Chesterfield Arms P.H Mansfield Thomas, maltster Mansfield William, tailor MelIor John, farmer, Coppice cottage Shaw Arthur, farmer Orme Jas. grocer & draper, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants Stacey Hy. Masons' Arms P.H. Midway Staley Brothers & Co. earthenware manufacturers, Midway Staley John, farmer, Midway Startin James, farmer Villiers William, baker & grocer Wallis John, shoe maker Warren James, beer retailer Warren Thomas, grocer & butcher Wilson Ellen (Mrs.), Admiral Rodney P.H Worstell Thomas, farmer, Stonehouse farm [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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