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| Cromford, Derbyshire: Bulmer's Directory, 1895 |
| A collection of historical 19th Century Directories - Commercial, Trades and Private Residents |
"History, Topography and Directory of Derbyshire"
by T. Bulmer and Co. |
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From p.343 This is a parish and township, containing 1,324 acres of land, lying on the west bank off the Derwent, which river divides it from Matlock Parish. It is in the hundred, electoral division, county court district, and petty sessional division of Wirksworth, and union of Bakewell. Under the Parish and District Councils Act two rural district councillors and guardians have been allotted to it, and seven parish councillors. The rateable value is £5,307, and the population in 1891 was 1,052. F. C. Arkwright, Esq., J.P., is the sole owner, with the exception of about a quarter of an acre. ...[the remainder has not been transcribed] Post, Parcels, Money Order, Telegraph Office, and Savings Bank ; Mrs. Mary Newton, post-mistress. Letters, via Matlock Bath, arrive at 6-50 a.m., 11-45 a.m., 3-20 p.m., and 7-0 p.m. and are despatched at 10-10 a.m., 2-35 p.m., 6-5 p.m. and 7-35 p.m. Parish Councillors - Frederick Charles Arkwright Esq., Matthew Hill, William Lee, William Arnfield, William Barker, George Clemence Gould, and Joseph Wain. Rural District Councillors - Matthew Hill Rev. Egbert Hacking. Arkwright James Charles Esq., Oak Hills Atkin George, shopkeeper Barker William, under steward Bestwick John, goods agent, Canal wharf Biddulph John and Frederick, corn millers Boden Abel, bootmaker Boden Thomas, bootmaker Britland John, bootmaker Brown George Henry, bookseller and stationer, fancy goods dealer, and newsagent Brown Samuel, butcher Bunting Thomas, wheelwright and joiner Bunting William, blacksmith Carter Frederick George, brewer (Hill's, Cromford brewery) Chapman & Redfern, painters and paper hangers Clay William M.R.C.V.S., veterinary surgeon Cromford Brewery, Matthew Hill, proprietor Cromford Canal wharf Midland Railway John Bestwick, agent Daniels Henry, schoolmaster Dawes James Alfred, Water lanes Dawes William & Son, coal and coke merchants, Midland Railway, Canal wharf Duckmanton, John plumber and glazier Gould George C., grocer Hacking Rev. Egbert, The Vicarage, Oak Hill Hall James Thomas, agent, Prudential Assurance Co. Higton Frank, joiner Hill Matthew, vict., brewer and wine and spirit merchant, Greyhound Hotel Hodgkinson John, grocer Hope Ralph, brewer's traveller Howsley Mrs. Dora, vict., Railway Inn I'Anson Harry, stationmaster Kidd David, grocer and ironmonger Kidd Mrs. Eliza, ironmonger Kidd Misses M. & E., milliners Kinder Mrs. Ann, Water lane Kirk William, butler (James Chas. Arkwright Esq.) Main Tom, saddler and harness maker, and insurance agent h Wirksworth Mee William vict., The Bell Inn Middleditch Henry Howard, Esq., Bridge house Newton John, painter and decorator Newton Mrs. Mary, postmistress and fancy repository Nicklinson Thomas, chemist Outram John, currier and leather merchant Parker Thomas, gentleman Reeds James & Sons, grocers and provision dealers Roper George, whitesmith Roper Henry foreman, High Peak Junction Goods wharf Sherlock John, greengrocer Smith & Son, drapers and outfitters Smith William John, hairdresser and tobacconist ; and at Matlock Bath Statham Mrs. Maria, refreshment room keeper Stone Joseph, grocer and provision dealer, and furniture warehouse Swift J. Joseph, baker and pork butcher Swift Joshua jun., tobacconist and yeast merchant Taylor Sylvester, shopkeeper Via Gellia Paint and Colour Co., Henry Wheatcroft, proprietor Walker Edwyn Esq., Rock house Ward & Pearson, Colour works Watson William, butler Wheatcroft Nathaniel & Son, coal, corn, coke, timber, slate, and Newcastle tiles, meals, cakes, salt, brick, and straw merchants ; offices. Canal wharf, and at all stations from Matlock to Buxton, and High Peak and Wirksworth lines Wright William John, tailor, outfitter and hatter Farmers. Boden Henry Brown Aaron Brown James Brown William Buckley John Holmes John Howsley Mrs. Dora Johnson Thomas Marples Arthur Marples Henry Reeds William Shepherd James Sherlock John Swift Benjamin Swift Wm. Bunting Taylor John Young William Carriers Cromford Canal Wharf (Midland Railway) ; John Bestwick Cromford and High Peak Junction (London and North-Western) |
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