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| Alvaston & Boulton, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.21-22 |
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| ALVASTON and BOULTON are townships near the
river Derwent and the Derby canal, 2 miles south-west from Borrowash
station, 123 from London, and 3 south-east-by-east from Derby, and
from 25 March, 1884, were amalgamated as a distinct civil parish,
the ecclesiastical parishes remaining separate as before, in the Southern
division of the county, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, Shardlow
union, Derby petty sessional division and county court district,
rural deanery of Melbourne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
A local board of health of 9 members has been formed for the united
places of Alvaston and Boulton. St. Michael, Alvaston, is an ecclesiastical
parish, formed in 1865 from the civil parish of St. Michael, Derby:
the church is a building of stone, supposed to represent an ancient
chapel existing here in Saxon times: the present church, rebuilt in
1855, in the Early English style, consists of chancel, nave, south
porch and an embattled western tower of Perpendicular date, with pinnacles,
containing 2 bells, one of which is dated 1662 : two remarkable sepulchral
slabs, now preserved in the porch, and apparently Early English, were
found under the foundations of the old tower: the monuments removed
from the old church include, in the chancel, a tablet with arms, crest
and motto to John Tempest Borrow esq. (1781), and another to Thomas
Allestree (1740) ; against the east wall of the south aisle is an
old and disfigured alabaster slab to Ralph Newham, dated 1617; there
is also a marble mural monument to the Rev. Samuel Hey, vicar of Ockbrook,
and 30 years curate-from 1809 to 1839-of this parish, d. 4
April, 1852: the piscina belonging to the old church has been replaced
in the present chancel; the church plate includes a paten dated 1736,
and a chalice 1662, both of silver: the font was erected in 1859,
as a thank offering for the taking of Sebastopol, 9 Sept. 1855: there
are 374 sittings. The register for both Alvaston and Boulton, includes
baptisms and burials, 1614-1809, and marriages 1614-1812; and there
is a separate register of baptisms and burials for Alvaston only,
1810-12. The living was declared a vicarage 3 April, 1866, gross yearly
value, £170, derived from 80 acres of glebe, in the gift of
the parishioners, and held since 1884 by the Rev. Tbomas Charles Hairs,
of
Queen's College, Birmingham. Boulton was formed into an ecclesiastical
parish in 1865 from the civil parish of St. Peter, Derby. The church
of the Blessed Virgin Mary, formerly a chantry chapel, is a small
building of local stone, originally Norman, with later additions in
the Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle,
south porch and a western turret containing 2 bells : various portions
of the old Norman church still remain, the south doorway being of
this date ; the porch is Decorated work of the 14th century: the pulpit
is constructed from slabs of alabaster taken up from the floor of
the chancel in 1871, and is inlaid with marble: some very curious
old encaustic tiles, found during the restoration in 1840, now form
part of the pavement around it: there is a plain circular font, supposed
to be original: an ancient stoup is preserved in the porch: the church
was restored In 1840 and the nave extended 12 feet, at a cost of £480,
and again restored in 1871 at a cost of £1,100 ; in 1887 the
work was continued in the chancel and an organ chamber added at a
further expenditure of £150, and a new arch was built in the
nave of the church at the same time at a cost of £50 : there
are 420 sittings. The registers date from 1614 to 1812, but are in
part incorporated with those of Alvaston. The living was declared
a vicarage 3 April, 1866, gross yearly value £150, arising from
79 acres of glebe, and house, in the gift of Mrs. Robotham (who purchased
it in 1890), and held since 1890 by the Rev. William Lilly. There
is a Wesleyan chapel at Alvaston, a Primitive Methodist chapel at
Boulton and a mission room at Allenton. Gilbert's charity, together
with others, amounts to £76 yearly (excluding £3 which
is paid to the vicar of St. Michael's, Derby, and 2 guineas to the
Derby Infirmary), and is given to the Church, National School and
the poor. Nunsfield House, Alvaston, the seat of Henry Freckleton
Gadsby esq. is a modern mansion, situated near the centre of the village
a lawn surrounded by trees and choice shrubs. The Earl of Harrington,
who is lord of the manor of Alvaston, claims the right of the Derwent
fishery in both townships. The principal landowners are Elizabeth,
Countess of Harrington, Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe bart. J.P. of Calke
Abbey, who is lord of the manor of Boulton, Mr.
Philip Hubbertsy, Mr. Nathaniel Curzon and Miss Burnside, of Radcliffe-on-Trent.
The soil is sandy loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are wheat,
barley, grass and roots. The acreage is 2,056; rateable value, £10,000
; population, 2,600. ALLENTON, in the township of Alvaston, consists or about 150 houses, situated about 1 mile west-by-south from Alvaston. Parish Clerk of Alvaston and Boulton, William Sherwin. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Alvaston.-Charles Buckley, sub-postmaster. Letters are received from Derby at 4.45 a.m. ; dispatched at 8.30 p.m. ; sundays, 6.30 p.m. At Boulton there is a WALL LETTER BOX, cleared at 7.30 p.m. on week days & 5.30 p.m. on sundays. POST OFFICE, Allenton.-Charles Spencer, postmaster. Letters through Derby received at 5.15 a.m. ; dispatched, 7.30 p.m. Nearest money order & telegraph office is at Osmaston road, Derby. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid LOCAL BOARD. Board room, Alvaston. Board day, 1st monday in month, 7 p.m. Clerk, Edwin Wildsmith Treasurer, F. W. Greaves, Derby Medical Officer of Health, William Henry Wright, Derby Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, Charles Greatorex Collector, Edwin Wildsmith SCHOOLS:- A School Board consisting of 5 members was formed in 1884, for Alvaston& Boulton ; Edwin Wildsmith, Alvaston, clerk to the Board Board School (mixed), Allenton, purchased by the Board from Mr. Allen, by whom it was erected; it will hold 150 children ; average attendance, 140 ; Mrs. Lois Clark, mist Church of England School, erected together with a master's house, in 1859, at a cost of £1,000 ; for 121 boys & girls, & 27 infants ; average attendance, 140 boys, girls & infants ; Henry John Morris, master; Miss Martha Hanson, assistant mistress An omnibus runs hourly between the Midland station, Derby, & the 'Harrington Arms,' Alvaston Alvaston. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Aspden Mrs. Garfield house Baldwin Thomas Bobart Matt. Hodgkinson, The Yews Bostock Joseph, The Firs Burton Hugo, Gordon villa Croxall Alfred John, Victoria villas Dickenson Joseph Eden George Elliott William, Brookside Fletcher George, Alvaston field Frost John, Cavendish house Gadsby Hy. Freckleton, Nunsfield house Hairs Rev. Thomas Charles, Vicarage Hardy Henry Hardy Mrs. Woodthorpe lodge Hardy Richard Parker Henry William, Gordon villas Hewitt John Richardson, The Poplars Holmes Charles Henry Kiddy John, Victoria villas Lee Miss Marsh Mrs. The Grange Martin Arthur, Rose cottage Martin Richard Moore Misses, Stanhope cottage Morley Wm. Thomas, Victoria villas Mosedale Thomas Platts Mrs. Pollard Bruce, Victoria villas Poole Misses Robotham Wm. Blews, Alvaston house Sherwin Charles, Meadowside Smith George Webb, The Hall Smith Herbert Smith Mrs. Holmfield Stevenson Mrs. Cromwell house Soresby Mrs. Osborne cottage Underwood Thomas Wade George Frederick Hayward, The Lodge Walker Miss Whitehurst Squire, Trent villa Wildsmith Edwin, Victoria villa Winter Walter Wm. Parkfield house Woodward Edward, Allestree house Wright Mrs COMMERCIAL. Baker Chas. (Mrs.), farmer, Hardhurst Bates Hannah (Mrs.), shopkpr. Allenton Beck Elizb. (Mrs.), shopkpr. Allenton Bentley John, Shelton Lock inn Briggs Robert, farmer, The Grange Broad James, shopkeeper, Allenton Buckley Charles, saddler & post office Bull James, shopkeeper, Allenton Chapman William & Son, tailors Coxon John, farmer Dakin Thomas, boot maker Davies Sophia. (Mrs.), news agent Dean David, blacksmith Derby Co-operative Provident Society Limited (branch 13) Derby & County Steam Laundry Co. (George Eden, proprietor) Draper Isaac, market gardener, Allenton Draper Jane (Miss), shopkeeper Draper Robert, florist, Allenton Eden George, proprietor of Derby & County Steam Laundry Co England William James, coal merchant Fowkes William, tailor Greatorex Charles, surveyor & inspector of nuisances to local board Greatorex Henry, farmer, Brackens Hardy Henry, farmer & cattle dealer Hardy Isaac, farmer & cattle dealer, Manor farm Holmes James, farmer Jackson Mary Ann (Mrs.), dress maker Knight William, chimney sweeper Lane John, greengrocer Martin John Ralph, boot maker Noble Godfrey, shopkeeper Nutt John, Crown hotel, Allenton Peach James, dairyman Rathbone George, shopkeeper Robins Louisa (Mrs.), Alvaston hotel Sherwin John, shopkeeper, Allenton Smith George, farmer, Hall Smith Jas. Hardy, farmer, Burnside ho Smith Thomas, gardener Smith William, shopkeeper Stafford James, milk dealer Turpin Dvd. Wm. Mercier L.B.C. P.I. Surg Warren Thomas, farmer Wibberley William, dairyman Williams James, farmer Wildsmith Edwin, clerk & collector to local board & clerk to the school board Wildsmith Saml. Harrington Arms P.H. Woodward Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Woodward William, shopkeeper Wragg Isaac, shopkeeper, Allenton Boulton. Ashby Thomas Harry M.B Curzon William Dexter John Lilley Rev. William, Vicarage Mills George Brightmore COMMERCIAL. Aldridge Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Ashby Thomas Harry M.B. surgeon Boam James, market gardener Fearn John, farmer Gregory George, market gardener Hardy Isaac, farmer Potts Samuel, market gardener Riley Thomas, farmer Sherwin Wm. & Sons, Joiners &:0 builders Sherwin John Besson, farmer Sherwin Noah, farmer Smith Wm.& Son, builders & wheelwrghts Wade Joseph, baker Wallis John, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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