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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Newton Solney, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.274 |
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| NEWTON SOLNEY is a small parish and village,
on the east bank of the river Trent at its junction with the Dove,
both of which separate this county from Staffordshire, 3 miles north-east
from Burton-upon-Trent, 9 south-west from Derby and 135½ from
London, in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Repton
and Gresley, Repton petty sessional division, Burton-on-Trent union
and county court district. The church of St. Mary the Virgin, founded
in the 12th century and several times restored, is a picturesque building
of stone, consisting of chancel, clerestoreyed nave, aisles, south
porch and an embattled western tower, with octagonal spire, containing
3 bells, the first and third cast respectively in 1615 and 1638, the
second being a 15th century bell : a blocked-up doorway in the north
aisle and some fragments of the original chancel arch are of Norman
date : the Early English period is illustrated by several lancet windows
in the same aisle, but the greater part of the church belongs to the
Decorated period, including the arcades of the nave, the east window
and the tower and spire : during the Perpendicular period, the walls
of the nave were raised and a clerestory constructed, the roof being
flattened; there is a small piscina niche in the south wall of the
chancel, and an octagonal font of the 14th century : placed in an
erect position against the wall of the south aisle is the mutilated
stone effigy of a knight in armour, probably of the 13th century ;
another knightly effigy, headless, and now placed on a substructure
or brick, dates from about 1375; in the chancel is the recumbent alabaster
effigy, in good preservation, of a knight in armour, on an altar tomb
of the same material and dating from the last quarter or the 14th
century ; these three monuments are supposed to represent members
of the Solney family who
resided here in the 13th and 14th centuries : in the chancel is a
large marble monument to Sir Henry Every bart. in 1709 : the church
was restored in 1884, when a 13th century baptistry was opened out
and the monuments removed thereto : there are 400 sittings : in the
churchyard is an inscribed stone to Thomas Gayfere (1837), a skilful
master mason employed by the celebrated architect James Wyatt, who
restored Henry VIl.'s chapel and the Hall at Westminster. The register
dates from the year 1589. The living is a peculiar donative, average
tithe rent-charge £19, yearly value £250, in the gift
of Robert Ratcliff esq. There are 4 almshouses for old servants erected
by John Higgott esq. in 1866. Newton Park is the residence of Robert
Ratcliff esq. who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The
soil is clay; subsoil, clay and sandy loam. Bricks are made here.
The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats and grazing. The area is 1,280
acres ; rateable value, £3,871 ; the population in 1881 was
471. Parish Clerk, John Dicken. POST OFFICE.-Thomas Taylor, receiver. Letters are from Burton-upon-Trent by mail cart at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.50 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Repton. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. National School (mixed), for 100 children; average attendance, 71 ; Miss Jane Ann Jones, mistress CARRlERS TO :- BURTON -Jn. Hanson, thurs. & sat. ; & Twells, mon. & Thursday DERBY-Twels, sat Cash Mrs Goodger Henry, The Mount Holbrooke Francis Geo. Bladon castle Perks Miss, Newton villa Ratcliff Miss, Cliff house Ratcliff Robert, Newton park Salt Edward Dawson, Rock house Smedley William, The Cottage COMMERCIAL. Barratt Robert, farmer Brooks Jas. farm bailiff to R. Ratcliff esq Docksey Thomas, farmer Eaton Anne (Mrs.), farmer Eyre John, joiner Garratt Thomas, wheelwright Lakin David Ebenezer, farmer Langford James, grazier Leedam James, blacksmith Mason Charles, shoe maker Marbrow William Hopkin farm & brick maker Pearsall James, Unicorn P.H Shorthouse Henry, shopkeeper Smedley Ann (Mrs.), Brickmakers' Arms P.H Spooner William, farmer Taylor Thomas, grocer, Post office Wardle Samuel, bricklayer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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