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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Ticknall, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.316-317 |
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| TICKNALL (or TICKENHALL)
is a village and parish, 3 miles south-west from Melbourne station
on the Derby and Ash by branch or the Midland railway, 9 south from
Derby, 8 east from Burton-upon-Trent and 5 north-by-west from Ashby-de-Ia-Zouch,
in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Repton and Gresley,
Repton petty sessional division, Ashby-de-la-Zouch union and county
court district, rural deanery of Melbourne, archdeaconry of Derby
and diocese of Southwell. The village is upwards of a mile and a half
long. A portion of Southwood, together with detached portions of Repton,
known as "Scaddows," "Southwood" and "Sicknall"
village, have been annexed to Ticknall for union and rating purposes.
There was a chapel here in the early part of the 13th century, dedicated
to St. Thomas à Becket and confirmed to the priory of Repton
in 1271, and two fragments of the old fabric, consisting of a part
of the north aisle and south-west angle of the tower, both Early Decorated
work of the 13th century, remain in the churchyard. The present church
of St. George, standing some 50 yards north of the site of its predecessor
and rebuilt in 1842, at a cost of £4,000, principally due to
the munificence of the late Sir George Crewe bart. is an edifice of
stone, in the Perpendicular style, from designs by Mr. Stephens, of
Derby, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, north vestry, south porch
and an embattled western tower with spire, containing a clock and
6 bells, all cast in 1846 : against the north wall is a slab of white
marble, with the boldly incised effigy of a knight in plate armour
and a marginal but imperfect inscription to John Franceys, c. 1360
; inserted in the south chancel wall is a monument to Rachel, daughter
of Gilbert Ward and wife of John Hanson (1636) : in the south wall
beneath an arched recess is an effigy in stone of a civilian holding
a heart in his hands and probably intended for William Francis, regarded
as the refounder of the church in 1325: the spire was restored in
1886 and a new oak pulpit and reading desk introduced : there is a
memorial window, erected in 1886 to the Rev. Richardson Cox M.A. late
vicar, by the parishioners : the church affords 667 sittings, 397
being free. The register dates from the year 1626, but is somewhat
irregular from 1646 to 1657: the older register, now lost, began in
1589 : churchwardens' accounts exist from 1728 and those of the constables
from 1708. The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge commuted with
other fees at £50 yearly, subject to the septennial valuation,
and 83 acres of glebe, value £182, with a surcharge of £10
I0s. a year upon the Calke estate, net £243, with residence,
in the gift of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe bart. and held since 1885
by the Rev. Thomas James Jones B.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge.
There are Wesleyan and Baptist chapels here. There is a hospital for
seven decayed housekeepers, founded and endowed with £2,000
in 1771 by Charles Harpur esq. and several other charities, furnishing
13 stones of bread weekly for widows and orphans. Here are works and
kilns for burning lime. Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe bart. of Calke, is
lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is gravel ; subsoil,
clay. The chief
crops are wheat, barley, oats and turnips. The acreage is 2,590; rateable
value, £4,185; the population in 1881 was 935. Parish Clerk, Alfred J. L. Hickinbotham. POST OFFICE.-Mrs. Anne Hatton, receiver. Letters arrive from Derby by mail cart at 6.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.30 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Melbourne Endowed School (mixed), erected about 1844 ; average attendance, mixed 116 ; infants 50 ; with separate class room, built in 1887, for infants. The endowment of Lady Catherine Harpur (about 1780), now (1890) of £34 yearly value, has been secured to the present parochial schools ; Harry Harrison, master; Mrs. Emily Jane Harrison, sewing mistress ; Miss Mary Ann Lowe, infants' mistress CARRIERS TO & FROM :- ASHBY-DB-LA-ZOUCH-Mrs. Martha Cartlidge, every sat BURTON-UPON-TRENT-John Hanson. every thurs. & sat DERBY-Mrs. Martha Cartlidge, every mon. wed. & fri. ; John Hanson, every tues. & fri - Dick William Robertson Dumelow Mrs. Hall William Hayes Mrs Jones Rev. Thos. James M.A. [vicar], The Vicarage Millward Mrs. Orrell Rev. Thomas [vicar of Foremark & chaplain of Calke] COMMERCIAL. Armson John, farmer, Southwood Armson Robert, market gardener Atkin George, shopkeeper Betteridge George, Wheel inn Bosworth Reuben, farmer Brearley Henry, draper & grocer Bromley Frederick, farmer Brooks John, shoe maker Cartlidge Charles, tailor Cartlidge George, blacksmith Cartlidge Martha (Mrs.) carrier Cartlidge Rowland, shoe maker Cater George, tailor Charlesworth Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs.), Royal Oak P.H. & farmer Charville Thomas, farmer & deputy steward to Sir V. H. Crewe bart Cheatle Benjamin Patrick, farmer Cook John, earthenware dealer Cross Andrew, wheelwright Dexter Henry, farmer Dexter Richard, farmer Dick William, surveyor, & author of "Inscriptions & Devices in the Beauchamp Tower, Tower of London" Dumelow John, farmer, Southwood Dumelow Samuel, farmer Flint Richard, farmer Freeman William, shopkeeper Greenwood Wm. Jas. draper & clothier Hallifield Joseph, shopkeeper Hanson John, carrier Hatton Thomas, painter & glazier Heath John, farmer, Southwood Henson Arnold, farmer Hickinbotham Christopher, farmer Hulse Henry, blacksmith Hutchinson Fredk. farmer & pig dealer Insley Henry, farmer, Pistern hill Lawley John, Chequers P.H Marriott Peter, carpenter & builder Mason John, joiner Mason Thomas, butcher Minion George, blacksmith Peace George, shopkeeper Richardson In. Jas. beer ret. & shopkpr Soar Eliza (Mrs.), beer retailer & baker Soar William, farmer, Southwood Storer Benjamin, joiner Swann Herbert Hambrey, boot & shoe dealer & joiner Taylor Mary (Mrs.), market gardener Topliss George, carman & coal dealer Toplis Henry, farmer Wardle John, tailor Wilkinson Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, South wood Wood Charles, carpenter [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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