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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Mellor, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.262-4 |
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MELLOR is a township, chapelry and parish formed out of Glossop
in 1838, 2 miles east from Marple station on the Ambergate and Manchester
section of the Midland railway, 8 miles south-south-west from Glossop,
7 north-east from Stockport, 9 west from Chapel-en-le-Frith and 173
from London by road and 177 by Midland railway, in the High Peak division
of the county and hundred, Glossop petty sessional division, Hayfield
union, rural deanery of Glossop, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese
of Southwell, divided from Cheshire by the rivers Goyt and Etherow.
The church of St. Thomas is a building of stone in the Perpendicular
style, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch and a western embattled
tower with pinnacles containing 3 bells and a clock, the first and
third of which are dated respectively 1639 and 1615: there is a stone
font of very early date and an oak pulpit, both curiously carved :
a stained
window was presented by Mr. Cooper, of Marple, in 1874, and another
was given in 1879 by Mrs. Pearson of Stockport, in memory of her husband:
there are 600 sittings : in the churchyard is a gravestone recording
the deaths of a man and his five wives. The register or baptisms dates
from the year 1629, of marriages from 1678 and of burials from 1624.
The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £140, including 41
acres of glebe, in the gift of and held since 1859 by the Rev. Thomas
Matthew Freeman, Lic. Theol. of Durham University, and surrogate.
A charity of £7 5s. yearly, left, in 1818 by the Rev. Francis
Gisborne, formerly rector or Stavely, and Stafford's charity of 30s.
yearly. are for clothing. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel built
in 1827, and a Free Methodist chapel built in 1850. Cotton spinning
and bleaching are carried on in the neighbourhood, but the collieries
are not now worked. The principal landowners are Frederic Charles
Arkwright esq. of Willersley Castle, Matlock, and Jonas Craven Esq.
of Mellor Hall, who is lord of the manor, Jonathan Jowett esq. and
Ralph Wood esq. The soil is various ; subsoil, gritstone. The chief
crops are hay and the land is in pasture. The township contains 2,331
acres ; rateable value, £6,366 ; the population in 1881 was
1,242 in the township and 2,977 in the ecclesiastical district. POST OFFICE.-James Marsland receiver. Letters arrive at 7.30 a.m. from Stockport; dispatched at 6.25 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Marple Bridge & telegraph office at Marple. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid Endowed School (mixed), founded in 1639, by Thomas Walklate & others, with an endowment of £20 yearly, paid to the School fund & rebuilt 1881, for 200 children ; average attendance, 150; William Henry Smith, master CARRIER.-John Seville, to Stockport, tues. & fri Ludworth is a township in Mellor parish, Glossop union, 6 miles south-west from Glossop, adjoining the Marple junction on the Sheffield and Midland railway. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel built in 1875. There are quarries producing wall stones and paving setts. The area is 1,390 acres; rateable value, £4,456; the population in 1881 was 1,735. WALL LETTER Box, Mill Brow, cleared at 6.45 p.m Compstall Road is a place in this township, consisting of one long street, on rising ground, 1 mile east from Marple station. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel built 1867. Names of residents at Compstall Bridge are given in the Cheshire Directory. Marple Bridge is a place in this township, built on the east bank of the river Goyt, and has a junction station on the Sheffield and Midland railway. The surrounding scenery is very picturesque, and many villa residences, chiefly of merchants and manufacturers from the neighbouring towns, have been built on the adjacent hill sides. The Catholic church of St. Mary was erected in 1859 at the expense of the late Lord Howard of Glossop : there is also a Congregational chapel. POST & M. O. O., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.- Robert Wheeldon, receiver. Letters arrive via Stockport at 5.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 8 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Marple Catholic School (mixed), for 100 children; average attendance, 60 ; Miss Mary Cossum, mistress Names of residents at Marple & Lower Marple are given in the Cheshire Directory Mellor. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. [Names marked thus * receive their letters through New Mills.] Allen Miss, Mellor lodge Ashworth H. M Cowen James, Torr top Craven Jonas, Mellor hall Duckworth Cepbas, Church villa Evans Richard, Mellor cottage Freeman Rev. Thomas Matthew L. Th. Vicarage Jowett Jonathan, Lower hall McKellen -, Brook Lea Mainprice Charles Edward, Knowl villa Popplewall -, Capstones Pridham Mrs Ratclitfe John G. Holly vale Singleton William, Ivy cottage *Tucker Rev. William Henry Browse M.A. [curate of Strines], Higher cliffe Talbot -, Capstones Walkden James, Brook house Wild John, Lark hill Wild Miss COMMERCIAL. Allen Louisa (Miss), ladies' school. Mellor lodge Ashworth Thomas, farmer Barnes Robt. Arnfield, farmr. Pistol frm Beard Geo. (Mrs.), farmer, Chatterton la Beard Samuel, farmer, Hill top Booth Alfred, farmer, Gun farm Booth lsaac, farmer, Sharpfields Bowden Benjamin, farmer, Drakecarr Bradbury James (Mrs.), butcher & furniture dealer Bradbury Samuel, farmr. Linnett clough Bradbury William, farmer, Birchenough Bradley John, farmer, Linnett clough Brown Martin (Mrs.), farmr. Capstones Bullock Samuel, farmer, Heathy bank Chadwick Matthew, farmr. Spring bank Chorlton John Wm. farmer, Snapehey Clayton John & Co. Limited, cotton Spinners, Mellor cotton mills Collier Charles, farmer, Crossgates Collier Elizh. (Mrs.), farmr. Windy bottm Cook Ambrose, farmer, Knowl Cooper George, farmer, Shiloh Critchlow George, farmer, Nortonslee Downs Robert, shopkeeper *Earlam Isaac, farmer, Higher cliffe Furrniss Edwin, manager to John Clayton & Co. Mellor cotton mill Hadfield John, farmer, Cobden edge Hadfield Thomas, farmer, Cobden edge Hambleton Charlotte (Mrs.), farmer Harrop John, farmer, Cannon hill Harrop Wm. band ma. shopkpr. & farmer Hartle Wm. & Arthur, farmers, Bradshaw Hibbert John, Sportsman's Arms P.H. & farmer Hinchliffe Benj. farmer, Bradshaw trees Howard Benj. farmer, Cheetham hill Hudson Ralph, farmer, Chatterton lane Johnson James, shopkeeper, Holly vale Jowett William, wadding manufacturer, Dove Bank mills Lindley William, farmer, Cheetham hl Marshington Philip, farmer, Bradshaw Marsland Jsph. farmer, Longshaw clough Marsland Joseph, assistant overseer & inspector of nuisances to Hayfield rural sanitary authority *Moult John, surveyor & estate agent, Lower cliffe Nadin Aaron, farmer, Birchenough Nadin John, farmer, Higher bangs Neild John, farmer, Hollyend Nield Robert, shopkeeper Oldfield Joseph, farmer, Worthington Oldfield William, farmer, Townscliffe Pike William, shopkeeper Potts Alfred, grocer Ratcliffe John G. cotton spinner & bleacher, Hollyvale mills Redford James, farmer, Cheetham hill Richardson John, farmer, Greenclough Richardson John, farmer, Holly vale Rowbotham John, blacksmith Saint -, farmer, Tarden Seville John, farmer & carrier Sigley Sam, Royal Oak P.H. & farmer Sigley Thomas, farmer, Whitehouse Southern Samuel, farmer, Meadows Stafford Charles, farmer, Capstones Stafford James, shopkeeper Stafford Lettice (Mrs.), farmer & Apple Tree P.H Stafford William, Devonshire Arms P.H Taylor John, farmer, Higher banks Tether John, farmer, Horsepool Thomas Ernill, farmer, Brookbottom Turner William Thomas, butcher Tymm Joseph, farmer Walkden James, Oddfellows' Arms P.H Wardle John, farmer, Strawberry hill Wild Peter, farmer, Podnor Wild Samuel, farmer, Lane head Wood Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Hollywood Wood Josiah, shopkeeper Wood Ralph, cotton bleacher, Hollyhead works Wood Reginald, reporter, Lower ball Ludworth. Ardern James Brown George William, Bleak house MacMillan Jas. Hemsfield cot. Millbrow Thompson John Cheeseborough, Newport villas Waechter Charles Wainwright Joel, Finchwood COMMERCIAL. Allsop William, farmer, Cowhey Beard Saml. Hare & Hounds P.H. Millbrow Bennett James, beer retailer, Millbrow Bennett John, quarry owner, Millbrow Bowden Samuel, farmer, Heys Fearnaley George, farmer, Lane ends Fearnaley Thomas, farmer, Greengate Green James, farmer, Millbrow Hague Thomas, beer retailer, Lane ends Hall John, farmer, Woodheys Hambleton William, farmer, Hollins Hammersley Mary (Miss), farmer, The Benches Harrison Benjamin, farmer, Earnicroft Harrison John, farmer, Sun hill Hartle William, farmer, Smithey lane Hepworth James, boot & shoe maker, Lane ends Higginbottom Jesse, frmr. & assist. oversr Higginbottom Wright, farmer, Loads Hinchcliffe Chas. frmr. Ludworth house Howell Lawrence, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Lane ends Hudson George, farmer & quarry owner, Clough end Hudson John, farmer Hyde & Harrop, bleachers & wadding manufacturers, Clough mill Jackson Joseph, farmer, Stirrup Lingard Wright, farmer, Lane ends Longson Robert, farmer, Stirrup Potts Harriett (Mrs.), farmer, Cote green Ratcliffe John, candlewick manufacturer; warehouse, Millbrow Rowbottam Joe, farmer, Smithy lane Salt John, farmer, Stirrup Wild John (Mrs.), farmer, Sun hill Wood Wm. & John, farmers, Broodstone Wood James (Mrs.), farmer, Millbrow Wood Joseph, farmer, Earnicroft Wood Ralph, farmer, & Rock tavern, Brookbottom Wood Samuel, farmer, Broadstone Wormold John, farmer, Twitches Marple Bridge. Adams Samuel Burbage Miss, Woodbarn cottage Burton Harry Giles John Owen, The Oaks Holmes James Colley, Ludworth house Humphreys James Maxwell McSweeney Rev. Cornelius [Catholic], St. Mary's Toothill Rev. Alfred [Congregational] Wood Ralph, The Poplars COMMERCIAL. Ardern Jas. Samuel, farmer, Pear Tree P.H Buck William, iron & tinplate worker Bullock Jn. Norfolk Arms hotl. & pstng. ho Burton Harry L.K.Q.C.P. Irel. physician Hibbert Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Hibbert Thomas, builder Hyde Frederick, shopkeeper Ingham Charles, blacksmith Lydiate George, clogger & confectioner Mallalieu Mary (Mrs.), Horse Shoe P.H Marple Bridge Loan Discount Co. Limited (George Fernley, sec) Marple Gas Co. Lim. (Wm. Johnson, sec) Mayall Robert, Railway inn Platt James, shopkeeper Webb Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wheeldon Rt. grocer, builder & post office Yarwood John, spade & shovel maker Compstall Road. Hill George Henry C.E. Ernocroft Shaw John, Poplar grove Sherwin Thomas COMMERCIAL. Artingstall John, Compstall Gardens P.H Bann Samuel, shopkeeper Boote Charles, beer retailer Booth James, house decorator Compstall Co-operative & Industrial Society Lim. (James Ardern, manger) Compstall & Ludworth Liberal Club (Joseph Sidebottom, sec) Hadfield James, shopkeeper Haywood Henry, beer retailer Hinchcliffe Francis, farmer Hinchcliffe Wm. shopkeeper & tailor Lee Robert, tinplate worker Lomas Joe, butcher Lupton Septimus, Windsor Castle P.H Mycock William, George hotel Ratcliffe William, shopkeeper Shaw William, shoe maker Smith Thomas, shopkeeper Swan James, shopkeeper Wild John, shopkeeper Woolley Mary Alice (Miss), shopkeeper [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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