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| Cromford, Derbyshire: Kelly's Directory, 1899 |
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From: Kelly's Directory of Derbyshire, Nottinghamshire, Leicestershire and Rutland pub. London (1899), pp.119-120 Price to Subscribers, Twenty-Five Shillings ; Non-Subscribers, Thirty Shillings. |
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CROMFORD is a town and township, and was formed into a parish 19 March, 1869, from the parishes of Wirksworth and Middleton, with a station on the Manchester line of the Midland railway, half a mile south from Matlock Bath, 2 miles north from Wirksworth and 147½ from London, in the Western division, of the county, in the hundred, petty sessional division and county court district of Wirksworth, Bakewell union, rural deanery of Wirksworth, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The High Peak railway to Stockport, now the property of the London and North Western Company, terminates in this parish by a junction on the main line of the Midland railway to Manchester. This line together with the Cromford canal (communicating with the Erewash canal near Langley Bridge) and the Midland railway afford facility for the conveyance of coal, minerals and limestone to various parts of the kingdom. The church of St. Mary, erected and endowed by Sir Richard Arkwright kt. about 1792, is a small edifice in the Gothic style, consisting of chancel, nave and a square tower containing one bell: it was restored and considerably improved, both internally and externally, in the year 1858, by the late patron, Peter Arkwright esq. : there are 450 sittings. The register dates from the year 1797. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £330, including 26 acres of glebe with residence, in the gift of F. C. Arkwright esq. and held since 1899 by the Rev. George Herbert Sing M.A. of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, hon. canon and chancellor of Southwell, and surrogate. St. Mark's chapel of ease, erected in 1877 at a cost of £3,000, consists of chancel and nave only, and has 200 sittings: it is served by the parochial clergy, and has an attached cemetery. In 1662 Lady Armyne left a sum of money for six poor widows who now reside in almshouses and J. C. Arkwright esq. further endowed this charity with a sum£2,500, which enables each inmate to receive 5s. per week. In 1771 Sir Richard Arkwright kt. established a cotton factory here, the first in the kingdom, and in 1789 purchased the manor and erected spacious mills, a portion of which was destroyed by fire 7 Nov. 1890. Masson mills, the property of Sir Richard Arkwright & Co. are used in the manufacture of thread and afford employment to a great number of persons. The "Greyhound Hotel" is pleasantly situated in the centre of the town. Near Cromford Bridge is Willersley, the seat of Frederic Charles Arkwright esq. D.L., J.P. lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is sandy; subsoil, gritstone and limestone. The area is 1,306 acres of land and 18 of water; rateable value, £5,575; the population in 1891, was 1,052. Town Sub-Post, M. & T. O., T. M. O., Express Delivery, Parcel Post, S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.-Mrs. Mary Newton, sub-postmistress. Letters are received through Matlock Bath at 7 & 11.45 a.m. & 3.20 &. 6.50p.m. ; dispatched at 10.10 a.m. & 2.35, 6.5 & 7.35 p.m. ; Sundays, at 7.10, p.m. Telegraph office on sunday from 8 to 10 a.m. Post Office, High Peak Junction, Derby road. Henry Roper, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Matlock Bath at 6 a.m. ; dispatched at 7.20 p.m. ; sundays, dispatched at6.50 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Lea Bridge, 1 mile distant Wall Letter Box, Cromford Station, cleared at 10.0 a.m.& 7 p.m. week days only. Cromford hill, 7.30 & 3.45 & 8.10 p.m.; sunday, 7.30 p.m Church of England School erected about 1830, & enlarged in 1894, for 400 boys & girls & 140 infants. The school is partly supported by F. C. Arkwright esq. Henry Daniel, master; Miss Kate Bestwick, infants' mistress Railway Station, Hedley V. Weston, station master A 'bus meets the trains at Cromford Station, fare between Market place & Station (without luggage), 3d Carrier to Derby. Thomas Holmes (of Matlock Town), every monday & thursday, returning tuesday & friday (The residents of Scarthin & Chapel Hill are in the parish of Matlock Bath. Willersley, & those names marked thus * are in the parish of Matlock, but all receive letters through Matlock Bath.) PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Arkwright Frederic Charles D.L.. J.P. Willersley Arkwright Mrs. Jas. Charles, Oak hill Furniss Mrs. Greenhill terrace *Livesey James, Woodend *Middleditch Hy. Howard, Bridge ho Sing Rev. Canon George Herbert M.A. (vicar & surrogate), The Vicarage Walker Capt. Edwyn J.P. Rock house Willn John. Chapel hill COMMERCIAL. Adkin Geo. shopkeeper, Market place Arkwright Sir Richard & Co. Limited, thread manfrs. (Richard Webster, manager) ; & at Matlock Bath Ballard Fredk. Boulton, grocr. Scarthin Barker William, sub-agent to F. C. Arkwright esq Biddulph Elizabeth (Mrs.), general dealer, Scarthin Biddulph John, miller (water), & corn dealer Bird Thomas, beer retailer, Scarthin Boden Abel, boot & shoe dealer. Victoria row Boden Henry, farmer, Lime tree Boden Thos. boot & shoe maker; & at Matlock Bath Britland John, shoe maker Brown Aaron, farmer, Meerbrook Brown Geo. H. news agent & stationer Brown Jas. farmer, High Peak junction, Derby road Brown Samuel, butcher Brown Wm. farmer, Longway bank, High Peak junction Bunting Thos. (Mrs.), apartments Bunting Thos. wheelwright, Water la Bunting William, blacksmith Chapman Fdk. Mark, clothier, Scarthin Clay Wm. M.R.C.V.S.E. vet. surgeon Cooper Seth Charles, Greyhound commercial & family hotel & posting house, situated close to waters of the Matlock & Cromford Angling Association; 'bus meets all trains ; headquarters C.T.C Cromford Mineral Paint Co. barytes ; manufactrs. also of ambers & ochres Dale Hannah (Mrs.), draper *Dale Isaac, farmer, Bow wood Dawes Wm. & Son, coal merchants Doxey George, shopkpr. Scarthin Duckmanton Jn. plumber, Market pI Evans William, insurance agent Fryer Annie (Mrs.), draper, tailor, hatter, outfitter & funeral furnisher, Scarthin Gould Geo. Clement, shopkpr. The Hill High Peak Junction Wharf (Joseph Gardom, sub-manager) Higton Frank, joiner, builder & under-taker, Scarthin HiII's Cromford Brewery Co. Limited, brewers & wine & spirit merchants ; proprietors of Hill's Chain ale & stout in cask & bottle Hodgkinson John, shopkeeper Holland Geo. general dealer, Scarthin Holmes Jn. aprtmnts. Rose cot. Derby rd Holmes John, jun. farmer Holmes Joseph, farmer, Woodseats, Willersley Holmes Thomas (Mrs.), apartments Jackson George, farmer, Meadow wd Kidd Mary & Elizbth. (Misses), milliners & haberdashers Kidd David, grocer & ironmonger Kidd John, tinman & brazier King Jn. spar & marble worker, Water la Lean William, farmer, The Ashes Marples Henry, farmer, Moorside Marples James, farmer, Dean farm Matlock Bath (Troy) Laundry Co Mee William, Bell P .H. & farmer Midland Railway Company's Wharf (John Bestwick, wharfinger), Cromford canal wharf Mitchell John, tailor, Scarthin Moore & Robinson's (Notts) Banking Co. Lim. (branch of Wirksworth) (Hy Beesley, manager), open mon. wed. & fri. from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. ; draw on Smith, Payne & Smiths. Lund. EC Newton John, painter Newton Mary (Mrs.), stationer & sub-postmistress Nicklinson Thos. chemist, Market pI Outram John, currier & leather merchant, Market place Pearson Joseph, ins. agent, Chapel hill Redfern & Chapman, painters Reeds Jas. & Son, grocers &c. North st Reeds William, farmer, Cromford hill Robinson Robert, baker Roper George, whitesmith Salt Joseph, saddler, Market place Sherlock John, farmer & greengrocer *Slater Joseph J. farmer, High Lees Smedley Jas. coal mer. Cromford whrf Smith Saml. & Son, general drprs. Smith Walter Edwin, general printer, Scarthin Smith William John, hair dresser Smithurst Wm. boot maker, Scarthin Statham Maria (Mrs.), refrshmnt. rms *Steeples James, farmer, Low Lees Stone Joseph, grocer, Market place Swift Benjamin, farmer Swift John Joseph, baker confectioner, & pork butcher Swift Joshua, tobacconist *Taylor Henry, farmer, Castle top Taylor James, grocer Taylor John, farmer Taylor Silvester, shopkeeper, North st Via Gellia Paint & Colour Co. (The) (Henry Wheatcroft, proprietor), paint & colour manufacturers Wain Joseph, assistant overseer Wheatcroft N. & Son, coal mers. Wharf Wheatcroft Hy farmer, Willersley frm Wright Wm. Jn. tailor, Market place Young William, farmer Young Wm. jun. earthenware dealer |
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An Ann Andrews transcript. With my grateful thanks to Martin Rowley for sending copies of the directory for transcription. Note: spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory |
Matlock & District
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