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| Sudbury, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.309-310 |
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SUDBURY is a parish and village on the road from Derby to Uttoxeter,
with station on the North Staffordshire railway, about a mile from
the village, 131½ miles from London, 13 west from Derby, 5
west from Uttoxeter, 10 north-east from Burton, in the Western division
of the county, hundred of Appletree and petty sessional division of
Sudbury, union and county court district of Uttoxeter, rural deanery
of Longford, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. There
was a church here at the Domesday survey. The church of All Saints
is a building of stone in the Later Perpendicular style, incorporating
some Norman and Early English details; it consists of chancel, nave
of four bays, aisles, south porch, north chapel, and an embattled
western tower with pinnacles, containing 6 bells, dating from 1598
to 1886, when the last bell was added and the old bells rehung at
a cost of £250: there is a very fine monument to the builder
of the Hall, dated 1622 : in 1850 a memorial window was placed in
the chancel by Her Majesty the Queen and the Prince Consort to George
Edward Anson esq. C.B. many years keeper of the privy purse to her
Majesty, and a native of Sudbury, d. 8 Oct, 1849 : there is
another erected in 1878 to the Rev. Frederick Anson, canon of Windsor
and rector of Sudbury, d. 9 Sept. 1885 : the restoration of the church,
begun in 1873, was carried out chiefly at the expense of the late
Lord Vernon : a beautiful reredos of alabaster, with oak casing, and
a central panel of "The Crucifixion," in high relief and
three stained windows were erected in 1885, as a memorial to Augustus
Henry, 6th Baron Vernon, d. 1 May, 1883 : the oldest monuments
are the recumbent effigies of two females, probably of the 13th century,
their wimpled heads resting on diamond shaped pillows, and holding
hearts in their hands ; these presumably represent ladies of the Montgomery
family, held estates here and from whom by marriage they passed to
the Vernons : there are also numerous monuments to the Vernon family
including one of marble, to John Vernon and his Wife Mary, dated 1600
; the effigy of knight is in plate armour with a small ruff round
his neck, and lies beneath an arch ; below, on a projecting altar
tomb, rests the effigy of his wife, who by her prudence and care redeemed
the family estates, which had become involved : at the east end of
the north aisle is a chapel erected
by the late Lord Vernon, to which most of the monuments of his family
and the Montgomery effigies have been removed : there are 350 sittings.
The register of baptisms and burials dates from the year 1673, and
of marriages from 1674. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge
£485, with 134 acres of glebe, value £250, net income,
£487, with residence, in the gift of Lord Vernon, and held since
1877 by the Rev. Thomas Henry Freer M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge,
prebendary of Southwell, examining chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield,
and proctor in Convocation. There is a library of 300 volumes and
a reading room, chiefly supported by Lord Vernon. Adelaide, the late
Queen Dowager, resided here from August 1840 to 1843. The Independent
Order of Oddfellows has a lodge here ; meetings are held at the Vernon
Arms. The charities, amounting to £42 yearly, were founded by
G. Vernon and -Harstaffe, in or about 1642 and 1670 ; there are also
gifts bequeathed by the Most Rev. Edward Vernon Harcourt D.D. (a native
of Sudbury, archbishop of York and a former rector), Edward Johnson
and John Williams. Sudbury Hall, the seat of Lord Vernon J.P. lord
of the manor, is a fine mansion in the Elizabethan style, with a magnificent
gallery 145 feet long, containing a valuable library; the mansion
underwent extensive alterations and repairs in 1876 : the adjacent
park contains about 600 acres, and is well stocked with deer : from
the south-west terrace, overlooking a lake, a superb view is obtained
across the valley of the Dove to Needwood Forest. Here is the head
quarters of the Meynell Hunt; Hamar A. Bass esq. M.P. of Byrkley Lodge,
is the master : the kennels and stables, large and commodious buildings,
are situated about a mile from the Hall in the Ashbourne road: the
pack hunts four days a week, and Derby, Uttoxeter and Burton-on-Trent
are convenient quarters for visitors. Lord Vernon is the sole landowner.
The soil is a light loam; subsoil, gravel. It is chiefly rich dairy
pastoral land, with small crops of wheat, barley and turnips. The
number of acres is 3,546; rateable value, £6,675; the population
in 1881 was 522. ASTON, 1½ miles east, Hill Somersal, 2½ miles north-west, Oaks Green, 1 mile north-west, and Potter Somersal, 2½ miles north-north-west, are places here. Parish Clerk, Joseph Hitch. COUNTY MAGISTRATES for Sudbury Petty Sessional Division Waterpark Lord D.L. East lodge, Doveridge, Derby, chairman Vernon Lord, Sudbury hall, Derby Clowes Samuel William esq. D.L. Norbury hall, Ashbourne Cumming Henry Jack esq. Derby Kempson Thomas P. esq. Coton hall, Hanbury Lyon Walter John esq. The Mill, Tutbury, Burton-on-Trent Peach George William Esq. Langley hall, Derby Spurrier Henry Esq. Marston-on-Dove Clerk to the Magistrates, A. A. Flint, Uttoxeter Petty Sessions are held at the Vernon Arms the last monday in every month, at 11 a.m. The following places are included in the petty sessional division :-Alkmanton, Barton mount, Boyleston, Cubley, Church Broughton, Doveridge, Scropton, Foston, Hargate Manor, Hatton, Hilton, Hoon, Hungry Bentley, Marston-on-Dove, Somersal Herbert, Sudbury, Sutton-on-the-Hill, Norbury, Roston, Marston Montgomery POST, M.O.O. & T.O., S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. -Mrs. Sarah Brentnall, postmistress. Letters arrive from Derby 5.50 a.m. & 5 p.m. ; dispatched at 7.15 p.m. WALL Box, Derby road, cleared daily 7.15 p.m Lord Vernon's Church Schools, built in 1832, & enlarged in 1888, for 100 boys, 150 girls & infants; average attendance, 64 boys & 75 girls & infants ; Charles Howard, master ; Mrs. Sarah Ann Proverbs, mistress Railway Station, John Ford, station master. CARRIERS to & from Derby & Uttoxeter pass through every wed. & sat Vernon Lord J.P. Sudbury hall; & 38 Hill st. Berkeley sq. W & Travellers' club S W & Turf club W London Bott Francis William, Somersall house Bousfield Rev. Stephen M.A. (curate) Fawkes Algernon, Oak cottage Freer Rev. Canon Thos. Hy. M.A. Rectory Livesay William M.D Peacock Frederick William, Vernon's Oak COMMERCIAL. Allen Enoch, commission agent Allen Joseph, tailor Allen Wm. Hater, farmer, Hill Somersal BAKEWELL WILLIAM & SON, grocers, tea dealers & provision merchants & insurance agents, The Stores Bates Tom C. (Manager, Sudbury Dairy Co. Limited), Dairy factory Bott Francis Wm farmer, Somersal ho Bottrell John, gardener to Lord Vernon Brentnall Sarah (Mrs.), Post office Coxon Theodosius, clerk of the works to Lord Vernon Eyre Thomas, farmer, Dale Brook Fawkes Algernon, estate agt. to Ld. Vernon Faulkner Joseph, wheelwright, Potter Somersal Hall Thomas & Son, farmers, Harehill Hellaby George, farmer, Maskley Howard Charles, schoolmaster ; & sec. to Independent Order of Oddfellows Jackson Edward, farmer, Harehill Jackson Job, Boar's Head P.H Jeffrey William, farmer, Hill Somersal Lane John, shoe maker Lawley Frederick Hugo, farmer, Aston Lawley Hugo, farmer, Aston Lawley John farmer, Parkside Leedham Charles, huntsman to the Meynell Hunt Ling Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer Livesay William M.D., C.M. surgeon Loyal Lord Vernon Lodge Independent Order or Oddfellows (Chas. Howard, sec.), Vernon Arms inn Massey George, blacksmith Meakin Charles, farmer, surveyor of roads, registrar of births & deaths for Uttoxeter sub-dist. & oversr of the poor Myners Charles, farmer & butcher O'Neil William, tailor Peacock Frederick William, farmer Riley Edwin, joiner, Aston heath Sexton James, stud groom to the Meynell Hunt Sherwin Edward, Vernon Arms P.B. posting house & farmer Statham George Augustus M.R.C.V.S.L. farmer & veterinary surgeon Stretton Thomas, farmer, Leathersley Sudbury Institute & Reading Room (Rev. S. Bousfield B.A. sec) Sudbury Dairy Co. Limited (Tom C. Bates, manager), Dairy factory. See advertisement Townsend John, farmer, Windy bank Townsend Wm. farmer, Somersal heath Weston Thomas, farmer, Twelve acres [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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