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| Cromford, Derbyshire: Kelly's Directory, 1864 |
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From: The Post Office Directory of the Counties of Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Rutlandshire ed. E.R. Kelly, M.A. pub. Kelly and Co., London (1864) pp. 210 ( 84 entries, excl. miscellaneous entries). |
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CROMFORD is a township, railway station, town and chapelry, in the parish, hundred and county court district of Wirksworth, Bakewell union, rural deanery of Ashover, archdeaconry of Derby, diocese of Lichfield, South Derbyshire, pleasantly situated on the Ambergate Railway and the river Derwent, half a mile south from Matlock Bath, 2 miles north from Wirksworth, 66 from Rugby, 32 from Nottingham, 5 north-east from Ambergate, 15½ north from Derby, and 147½ from London. In 1766 Sir Richard Arkwright established a cotton manufactory, and in 1789 purchased the manor and erected spacious mills, which afford employment to a large number of persons: after that period it greatly increased, but has lately declined, in consequence of a considerable portion of the supply of water being diverted to another locality. The Cromford and High Peak Railway, the Cromford Canal (communicating with the Erewash Canal near Langley Bridge), and the Midland Railway, afford every facility for the conveyance of coal, minerals and limestone to various parts of the kingdom. The chapel of St. Mary is a small neat structure, erected and endowed by the late Sir Richard Arkwright: it was restored and considerably improved, both internally and externally, in the year 1858, by the patron, Peter Arkwright, Esq. The living is a perpetual curacy, annual value £180, in the patronage of Peter Arkwright, Esq., of Willersley castle; who is also lord of the manor; the Rev. Robert Morgan Jones, M.A., of Pembroke College, Oxford, and rural dean of Ashover, is the incumbent. There are schools for the instruction of the children employed in the factory, comprising boys, girls and infants, containing about 220 children, all receive considerable support from Peter Arkwright, Esq. In 1654 Mrs. Mary Talbot founded almshouses for six poor widows. The population in 1861 was 1,140; the area is 1,100 acres. Parish Clerk, John Holmes. POST OFFICE.-John Parker, postmaster. Letters are received through Matlock Bath at 8 a.m; dispatched at 6 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Matlock Bath INSURANCE AGENT.-Globe, David Kidd Free School, Henry Davison Booth, master; Miss Alice Parker. mistress Infant School, Miss Emily Griffiths, mistress POSTING HOUSE.-Greyhound hotel, John Kinder. A fly meets every train CARRIER TO DERBY.-George Wildgoose, every friday Brocksopp Rev. Samuel [Wesleyan] Cantrill William, esq Jones Rev. Robert Morgan, M.A . Marsden Mrs. Scarthin row Webb William, esq COMMERCIAL. Abell John, coal merchnt. Cromford whf Adams Robert, saddler & harness makr Allen John, gingham weaver Arkwright & Co. cotton spinners; & Masson mill, Matlock Bath Badderley Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer Barker John, beer retailer Biddulph Isaac, miller Boden Abel, baker, Scarthin row Boden Ebenezer, coal dealer, Cromford wharf Boden Edward, butcher, Scarthin row Boden Jane (Mrs.), butcher, Scarthin row Boden John, mine agent Brocklehurst Richd. boot & shoe maker Brown Francis, Junction, & farmer Brown Samuel, farmer Bunting Thomas, wheelwright Bunting William, blacksmith Burton Henry, Superintendent of police Burton Mary Ann (Miss), baker &.shopkeeper Butland John, shoe maker Cantrill William, surgeon Cheetham Joseph, tailor Clay Richard, chemist &. Druggist Colledge George, tailor Conway, Joseph, farmer Eaton Charles, boot & shoe maker Eaton William, boot & shoe maker Francis William, carpenter Fryer Keziah (Miss), milliner & dress maker Fryer John, draper Gell Peter, Bell Goulding & Holmes, marble masons Gray Hugh, tailor Haslam Brothers, coal merchants, Cromford wharf; & at Swanwick Hodgkinson John, bar master Hodgkinson Samuel, draper Holmes Anthony, shopkeeper Holmes Peter, tailor Howsley Ann (Mrs.), Railway Hudson Thomas, tailor Kidd David, grocer & ironmonger Kidd John, tinman & brazier Kidd Samuel, coal merchant Kidd William, bookseller, stationer & printer, Scarthin row Kinder John, Greyhound commercial hotel, posting & family boarding ho Mart Lydia (Mrs.), Cock Meekin Edwin, spar turner Midland Railway Company's Wharf (John Bestwick, wharfinger), Cromford Canal wharf Parker John & Son, plumbers, glaziers & gas fitters Parker Thomas, rate collector Potter William, barytes manufacturer (John Fryer, agent) Robinson Richard, baker Roper George, whitesmith Setchell Joseph, boot & shoe maker, Scarthin row Sheldon Joseph, beer retailer Sheldon Solomon, cooper Smedley Job, grocer, baker & draper Smith James, boot & shoe maker Smith John, grocr.& baker, Scarthin row Smith William, engineer . Smithhurst William, boot & shoe maker, Scarthin row Spencer John, fruiterer & glass & earthenware dealer, Scarthin row Spencer Simeon, fruiterer, Scarthin row Stone John, grocer & confectioner Stone William, carpenter, Scarthin row Storer Joseph, ale & porter merchant & agent to London & North Western Railway Swift Anthony, baker & confectioner Tipington George, manager to Arkwright & Co Toplis John, grocer Toplis Sarah Ann (Miss), shopkeeper, Scarthin row Wain Thomas, tailor, Scarthin row Walker John, butcher & farmer Webb Willam, surgeon Weston Anthony. marble mason Wheatcroft Abraham, commission agent Wheatcroft Nathaniel, general merchant, Wharf White Robert, tailor & draper Wild George, boot & shoe maker Wildgoose George, china & staffordshire ware dealer, & carrier Winson George, boot & shoe maker, Scarthin row Wragg Saml. Bulls' Head, Scarthin row |
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Matlock & District
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