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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Smalley, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.301 |
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SMALLEY is a pleasant village, township and parish, formed
in 1877 from the parish of Morley, with a terminal station at Heanor
Gate on the Ilkeston and Heanor branch of the Great Northern railway,
now (1890) in course of construction, 3 miles east from Coxbench station
on the Derby and Ripley branch of the Midland railway, 4 east from
Duffield station on the main line of the same railway and 6 north-east
from Derby, in the Ilkeston division of the county, hundred of Morleston
and Litchurch, Smalley petty sessional division, Belper union, Belper
and Ilkeston county court district, rural deanery of Ilkeston, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The church of St. John the Baptist,
formerly a chapel to Morley, is a plain building of stone, consisting
of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a western turret containing
one bell : the chancel was erected at the cost of Mrs. Radford, who
also presented a stained window and the church has been restored and
enlarged : there are sittings for 270 persons, all free. Half an acre
of land, presented by R. S. Wilmot Sitwell esq. of Stainsby House,
was added to the churchyard in 1878. The register of baptisms dates
from 1854, of marriages from 1838, and of burials from 1814, the early
registers and records being kept at Morley. The living is a rectory,
yearly value about £250, including 22 acres of glebe, in the
gift of R. S. Sitwell esq. of Morley Hall and held since 1890 by the
Rev. Ernest Murray Robinson M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. Here
is a Baptist chapel with an attached burying ground. There is a charity
arising from land left by Samuel Richardson in 1711, the rents of
which are paid to 15 poor colliers, each of whom receives £1
5s. per quarter; a sum of £6 10s, from the Gisborne charity,
left in 1817, is also distributed. R. S. Wilmot Sitwell esq. J.P.
of Stainsby House, is lord of the manor. The principal landowners
are Arthur Radford esq. B.A., J.P. of Hale End, Essex, R. S. W. Sitwell
esq. B.A., J.P. of Stainsby House, A. E. M. Mundy esq. J.P. of Shipley
Hall, William Drury Nathaniel Drury-Lowe esq. D.L., J.P. of Locko
Park, and Hugh A. S. Bateman esq. of Alveston. The soil is clayey.
The chief crops are wheat and grass. The acreage is 1,657; rateable
value, £3,972 ; the population in 1881 was 851. Parish Clerk, John Spencer. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.- Mrs. Martha Ida Marriott, postmistress. Letters arrive from Derby at 7 a.m.; dispatched at 6.30 p.m. WALL LETTER BOX, at 'Rose & Crown,' cleared at 5.30 p.m SCHOOLS:- Endowed, erected in 1721 & since enlarged, for 220 boys ; average attendance, 210 ; the school was endowed in 1721 with about £200 yearly, by Samuel & John Richardson, for the education of 36 poor boys-16 from Smalley, 12 from Heanor & 8 from Horsley Woodhouse ; Thomas Dix & Henry Dix, masters National (girls & infants), erected in 1848, for 70 girls & 50 infants ; average attendance, 75 ; Mrs. Mary Dix, mistress ; Mrs. Sarah Martin, infants' mistress CARRIER TO DERBY.-Henry Eaton, mon. wed. & fri Barber William Thomas B.A Farnsworth William Forshaw Thurstan Garnham George James Waters Hilton Rev. Edward [Baptist] Lyon Mrs. Hayes lodge Robinson Rev. Ernest Murray M.A. Rectry Whitaker Mrs. Smalley hall COMMERCIAL. Allen Thomas, farmer, Kidsley park Barber William Thomas, farmer Beardsley William, landowner & farmer Boam William, farmer Booth Martha (Mrs.), farmer Brown Thomas, beer retailer Carrington Joseph, shopkeeper Carrington Richard, farmer Clayton Ayres, joiner Collins Mary (Mrs.), Bell inn Cox Herbert, blacksmith Eaton Henry, farmer & carrier Else Robert, grocer & frmr. Smalley mill Finch Thomas, farmer, Smalley common Forshaw Thurstan L.R.C.P. Edin. physician Garnham George James Waters L.R.C.P. Edin. surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator for Smalley district, Belper union Hartley David, New inn, & farmer, Smalley common Hodgkinson Hugh, farm bailiff to R. S. W. Sitwell esq Kerry Anthony, Rose & Crown P.H King John, farmer, Smalley mill Kyte John Hubbard, timber merchant Kyte Robert, farmer Marriott Martha Ida (Mrs.), post office Morley Henry, farmer Parkin Thomas, farmer Peat Joseph, carpenter & collector of poor's rates, Smalley mill Richardson Henry, farmer Richardson William, farmer Shaw Christopher, painter & grocer Smith John, shoe maker Statham Morley, grocer Thompson William, shopkeeper Turton John, coal dealer Walker Joel, farmer, Heanor gate Wright John, blacksmith [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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