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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Hognaston, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.320 |
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HOGNASTON is a parish and village, 5 miles north-east from
Ashborne station on the Churnet Valley section of the North Staffordshire
railway, 10 north-west from Belper and 5 south-west from Wirksworth,
in the Western division of the county, Wirksworth hundred, petty sessional
division and county court district, Ashborne union, rural deanery
of Wirksworth, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The
church of St. Bartholomew, erected here a very short time after the
Norman irruption, was thoroughly restored in 1880-1, and consists
of chancel, nave, north aisle, added in 1880, south porch, vestry
and a low embattled tower at the west end containing 2 bells, one
of which is probably the bell mentioned in the inventory of Edward
VI. the other being dated 1670 : inside the porch is the original
Norman doorway, still in tolerable preservation, the tympanum being
rudely incised with quaint figures : the bowl of the Norman font,
a circular block of gritstone, ornamented on the exterior with an
arcading, is set on a modern base : the lower part of the tower is
undoubtedly 13th century work of the Early English type, and has a
Pointed arch opening to the nave; the walls are massive for its size,
being fully 5 feet thick: the upper stage, pierced with two-light
square-headed windows, is Late Perpendicular: the chancel arch is
in the Decorated style of the 14th century, and the east window is
of the same period : the church has 250 sittings. The register dates
from 1661 and is in good condition. The living is a vicarage, yearly
value £58, almost entirely derived
from Queen Anne's Bounty, with 28 acres of glebe and residence, in
the gift of the Bishop of Southwell, and held since 1889 by the Rev.
George Wilkes Russell, of London University. The impropriate tithes
amount to about £200 yearly. A good vicarage house, the gift
of Mrs. Thornhill, was erected near the church in 1855-56. Here is
a Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in 1827, and a Congregational
chapel, built in 1882. Gisborne's charity of £5 10s. yearly,
left in 1818 by the Rev. Francis Gisborne, sometime rector of Staveley,
provides woollen clothing for the poor. The trustees of the late Philip
Gell esq. are lords of the manor. The trustees of the late W. Pole
Thornhill esq. are chief landowners, and there are several smaller
proprietors. The soil is heavy ; subsoil, limestone. The land is chiefly
kept in pasture for dairy produce. The acreage is 1,384 ; rateable
value, £2,376 ; in 1881 the population was 278. Sexton, Thomas Alsop. POST & M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Joseph Webster, sen. postmaster. Letters through Ashborne arrive at 9.10 a.m. & dispatched at 4 p.m. Ashborne is the nearest telegraph office Parochial School (mixed), erected in 1871, for 60 children ; average attendance, 42; Miss Alice Rowland, mistress CARRIERS:- Joseph Webster, sen. to Derby, tues. & fri. ; to Ashborne, sat. Noah Lamb, to Wirksworth, tues. & Ashborne sat Harvey John Henry Russell Rev. George Wilkes, Vicarage Swindell Mrs COMMERCIAL. Alsop Thomas, shoe maker Alsop William, farmer Alton Thomas, shoe maker Badnell John, butter dealer Bambridge John, farmer Beard John, farmer, Overtown Beeson Thomas, farmer Bown Samuel, farmer Bown Samuel, jun. farmer Bunting Hannah (Mrr.), farmer & landowner Cooper Richard, farmer Cooper William, farmer & pig dealer Copestake George, farmer, Overtown Coxon John, farmer Frost Ralph, landowner & farmer Frost Thomas, farmer Hardy Samuel, stone & monumental mason & farmer Harvey John Henry, farmer Hawkins Francis, farmer Jones John, farmer, Overtown Knowles Adam, farmer Knowles George, farmer Lamb Francis, wheelwright Lamb Noah, farmer & carrier Lamb Thomas, farmer Leason Joseph, farmer & butter dealer Lee John, wheelwright Litchfield James, farmer, Overtown Lomas Samuel, farmer, Overtown Longden William, shoe maker & farmer Lovegrove Joanna (Mrs.), grocer & dress maker Mellor Charles, Red Lion P.H Redfern Samuel, blacksmith Riley John, farmer Sims William, farmer Stafford William, tailor & outfitter Stafford Wm. Webster, grocer, stationer, boot dealer & patent medicine vendor Steeples Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Swinscoe William, farmer Unwin Robert, farmer Webster Joseph, postmaster, corn & flour merchant & carrier Webster Joseph jun, baker & corn & flour merchant Wheeldon John, farmer & landowner [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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