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| Ashborne, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.23 - 28? |
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ASHBORNE (mentioned in Domesday Book as "Esseborn" and in Queen Elizabeth's time styled "Ashburne" on the slope
of a hill, is a market and union town, parish, township, head of a petty sessional division and county court district and is the terminus
of the branch of the North Staffordshire railway from Rocester, 147¼ miles from London by railway and 139 by road, 23¾ from
Burton, 32½ From Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 30¾ from Derby, 56¼ from Glossop, 11 from Uttoxeter and 9 south-west from Wirksworth,
in the Western division of the county, Wirksworth hundred, diocese of Southwell, archdeaconry of Derby and rural deanery of Ashborne. Compton,
which lies on the opposite side of the Henmore stream, forms and is regarded as part of the town, although situated in the parish of
Clifton-with-Compton. A new line of railway has been projected by the London and North Western railway company from Ashborne to Parsley Hay
on the Cromford and High Peak line, which will be improved and rendered available for passenger traffic; the Bill for the construction of the
new line, which will be about 13 miles in length, received the royal assent 4 Aug. 1890. The town has one main street running east and west,
and a square open space to the north-east, forming the Marketplace: the houses are nearly all built of red brick and the streets paved and
lighted with gas from works situated in Mayfield road, the property of the Ashborne Gas Company; the water supply is derived from wells in
the neighbourhood. The town is governed by a local board of fifteen members, formed in 1868. The church of St. Oswald, King and Martyr, so dedicated, as appears from an ancient brass affixed to one of the columns in the south transept, by Hugh de Pateshul, Bishop of Coventry A.D. 1241, is a cruciform building, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, south aisle, transept, north and south porches and a central tower, with lofty octagonal spire, 212 feet in height, ribbed with ball flower ornaments and pierced with twenty dormer lights in five tiers of four each; this spire, a work of great beauty and remarkable lightness, is called the "Pride of the Peak," and was restored in 1873 : the tower contains & fine peal of 8 bells, all cast in 1815, and an ancient sanctus bell hung above the bell chamber: the south aisle is divided from the nave by an arcade of four Decorated arches supported on handsome columns : the church is 176 feet 1 inch in length and 98 feet 6 inches from north to south across the transepts: the chancel is mostly Early English, but the east window is Perpendicular; on each side are six lancets, six of which have been filled : with stained glass by the Errington family: on the 25th February, 1884, a statue of St. Oswald, carved in hard red sandstone, by Mr. Bridgeman, of Lichfield, was placed in an ancient niche (the base and canopy of which have been restored) in the great central buttress of the west end: the carved oak screen, executed by the same artist, was erected 2 April, 1884 as a memorial to the late Rev. J. R. Errington, for many years vicar of Ashborne: the design of the screen corresponds with that of the choir stalls, and is surmounted by the figures of four kneeling angels, executed in oak, and intended to represent: Prayer, Praise, Baptism and Holy Communion: in the south wall are three sedilia with pointed arches, side is a richly-ornamented and canopied tomb, with crocketed pinnacles, said to be that of Robert Kniveton, of Underwood Grange (1471); and there are monuments to Christopher and Mary Harland (1810), the Rev. John Saunders, late rector of Leigh, the Rev. Thomas Goodread, vicar of Ashborne (1702), George Errington esq. (1769), and his son George (1795), to Lieut.-Col, Bainbrigge, killed at the battle of Egmont-Op-Zee in 1799, and Rachel his wife, and to Lieut. Edward Bainbrigge, killed in the trenches before Sebastopol in 1855: in 1871-8 the chancel was thoroughly restored at a considerable cost, under the direction of the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott R.A; the Cokayne chapel, adjoining the chancel on the north side, is also chiefly in the Early English style, and contains the tombs of the Cokayne, Boothby and Bradburne families; an arcade of two bays divides it from the chancel, a handsome parclose of Decorated design inclosing the whole; on the east side are two stained lancet windows, one to Thomas Hartshorne esq. (1860) and the other to Capt. Holland R.N. (1860), erected as a mark of respect by the inhabitants of Ashborne ; on an altar tomb of excellent character, in freestone, are the recumbent alabaster figures on John Cokayne, in the costume of the 14th century (1372), and Edmund his son, clad in knightly dress of that period, who was slain at the battle of Shrewsbury in 1404; the next is an altar tomb entirely of alabaster, enriched with plain shields, and bearing the recumbent figures of Sir John Cokayne, eldest son of Edmund (1447) and his first wife, Joan, the figure of the knight affording a good example of the armour worn during the time of Henry V. and Henry VI.: an altar tomb of Purbeck marble bears an alabaster slab, incised with the figures of a knight clad in armour, and his lady, representing Sir Thomas Cokayne, knighted by Henry VIII at the siege of Tournay, and Dame Barbara his wife (1537): under the north window is an altar tomb of Purbeck marble, with brasse (renewed at the expense of a descendant of Lord Cullen) to Francis Cokayne esq. (1538) and Dorothy his wife ; there is also an alabaster s1ab of John Cokayne (1505), son of Sir John Cokayne, and an altar tomb of freestone, upon which are the recumbent figures in alabaster of Sir Humphrey Bradburne, knight, of Lea (1581), and Elizabeth his wife, the sides of the tomb bearing figures of their sons and daughters, with a shield of arms: here also are the effigies of John and Ana Bradburne, and a monument to Jane, daughter of Sir Henry Bradburne knt. and wife of Henry Sacheverell esq. of Morley: in this transept are many memorials of the family of Boothby, including one to Ann, wife of Brooke Boothby (1750), an alabaster monument to Sir Brooke Boothby bart. (1789) and Phœbe, his wife (1788), and the exquisitely pathetic and yet simple marble monument to Penelope, only child of Sir Brooke Boothby bart. who died in 1791, aged five years, by T. Banks B.A.: the figure of the child reclines on a pillowed mattress, her little hands gently resting on each other near her head; she is simply attired in a frock, below which her naked feet are carelessly placed over each other, the whole position suggesting that in the restlessness of pain she had just turned to seek a cooler or easier place of rest: there is also a mural monument to Sir William Boothby bart. (1706) and Dame Hill, his wife (1704): another to Hill Boothby (1756): a monument in freestone to Sir William Boothby bart. (1824), and Rafeld his wife, with others of his family from 1805 to 1846 : these tombs and monuments were restored in 1878 by George Edward Cokayne esq. M.A., F.S.A. : Norroy King of Arms in the Heralds' College: the organ, placed in the Bradburne chapel, was erected in 1840 as a memorial to Mr. Corded: this chapel has a large Perpendicular window of seven lights on its south side, probably inserted by the Bradburnes at the foundation of their chantry in 1483 : the transepts are Decorated, the north transept containing a fine stained window, erected in 1877 by the Misses Hartshorne in memory of their parents, and another to John Lister, who died in 1854: one lancet window has been filled with ancient glass taken from the south transept, which has a memorial window, erected in 1874 by the inhabitants of Ashborne, to the Rev. J. R. Errington M.A. for 22 years vicar of Ashborne ; here is also a similar memorial to John Robert Dalby (1870); and in the south aisle is a window to members of the Wise family: the font is Early English and there is a handsome brass lectern, presented in 1878 as a memorial of Lady Bent by her grandchildren: under the north transept window is a stately mural monument of marble, in the Renaissance style, to Sir Thomas Cokayne (1592) and Dorothy his wife (1595), representing the knight and his lady kneeling towards a reading desk, while underneath appear in bas-relief the figures of their ten children; there are also monuments to James Sherratt (1710), the Rev. William Rawlins (1783) and Hannah his wife (1786), with their son William (1817), as well as to the Rev. Samuel Shipley M.A. 44 years vicar of Ashborne, d. 1850; a handsome monument in freestone to Sir Matthew Blakiston bart, d. 1862, and a brass to Nicholas Spalden (1713): the church has been carefully restored during the years 1881-3, the west, end of the nave having been entirely rebuilt at a cost of about £4,000 : the plate includes a paten, presented by Sir William Boothby bart. in 1687: the churchyard is well kept and has a fine avenue of limes on the north side, and an ancient yew. The register dates from the year 1538, but its earlier portion is in a fragmentary condition, although a copy only of the original: original entries begin in 1604; some early entries of special interest have been stolen, among which was a record of King Charles I. having attended divine service in August, 1645: the Mapleton register, dating from 1704, is also kept here. The living is a discharged vicarage, with the consolidated rectory of Mapleton, average tithe rent-charge £79, gross yearly value £340, net £80, with 14 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Southwell, and held since 1878 by the Rev. Francis Jourdain K.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford, and chaplain of Ashborne union; the vicarage house, situated on an eminence, is a well-built edifice of atone in the Tudor style: the rectorial tithes, yearly value £1,425, are held by the trustees of George H. Errington esq. as trustees under the Ecclesiastical Commissioners. Ashborne had anciently attached to it the six chapelries of Kniveton, Mapleton, Thorpe, Bentley, Bradley and Edlaston, besides three of a more dependent nature, viz. Parwich, Alsop and Hognaston. St. John's church, formerly Ashborne Free Church of England, in the Buxton road, opened 28th May, 1871, and licensed by the bishop in 1883, is a building of stone, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, aisles, and a western tower, forming the entrance, and containing a clock and one bell: the interior of the tower is fitted as a gallery, the organ was presented by Messrs. Bradley and T. O. Farmer; the total cost was about £8,000, defrayed by the late Francis Wright esq. of Osmaston Manor, who also endowed the church with £100 yearly and a residence : there are 600 sittings, about one-third being free. The Rev. Henry Jones, of Trinity College, Dublin, has been curate in charge since 1889: there is a parsonage in St. John street; connected with the church are school-rooms, used for the Sunday school and other meetings. The Catholic church, Bellevue, dedicated to All Saints, is an edifice of brick, erected in 1887, and has 200 sittings. The Primitive Methodist chapel, Dovehouse green, was erected in 1846, and has 100 sittings. The Wesleyan chapel, in Church street, erected in 1880-81, at a cost of about £4,860, is an edifice of red brick, relieved with Stanton stone, in the Italian style, and has 500 sittings : a Sunday school is held in rooms beneath the chapel. Zion Congregational chapel is a structure of brick, in the Derby road, and has sittings for 400. The Gospel Mission hall, in South street, erected in 1888, will seat 100 persons. There are several almshouses :— Owfield's :—Roger Owfield, by will, dated 28th January, 1630, gave £100 to build almshouses for eight poor people of Ashborne, which were completed by his widow at her own expense: Thomasin Owfield, by deed, 28th January, made over £100, to pay the almspeople £1 each; Samuel Owfield, by deed, 2nd November, 1640, granted the almshouses to the trustees of the Grammar school to maintain same: Paul Taylor, by will dated 24th December, 1640, gave £12 10s. the interest amounting to 2s. 6d. each, to be given to the eight almspeople every good Friday, and this sum was augmented by Robert Webster in 1659 to £13 10s.: John Owfield and William Owfield, on the 1st June, 1652, granted 7 acres, supposed to have been substituted for the £100 left by Thomasin Owfield as above: George Taylor, by will dated and March, 1668, gave £100 to pay 1s. annually to each of the almspeople: Jane James, by will dated 13th July, 1669, gave a yearly rent-charge of £2: Richard Peters, by will dated 18th May, 1708, gave the yearly sum of £4; Nicholas Spalden, by will 16th April, 1710, gave 19A. OR. 34P. realising a yearly rent of £39; these gifts being intended for the benefit of Owfield's almspeople ; the whole rents now allow the weekly sum of 2s. 6d. each to the eight tenants, the surplus being applied to repairs. Christopher Pegg, by will dated 12th June, 1669, directed six almshouses to be erected on his property in Ashborne for six poor inhabitants of the town, and for their maintenance gave his farm in trust, now producing £197 yearly, two-fifths of which goes to the Grammar school : German Pole, by will dated 6th October, 1682, gave 29A. OR. 30P. the rent to be distributed amongst the six almspeople: part of the ground belonging to the almshouses produces two guineas a year, which is also divided among the almspeople: altogether each tenant receives about 7s. a week, and £1 worth of clothing every two years. Spalden's:—Nicholas Spalden, by will, dated 16th April, 1710, gave all his property in Ireland in trust to purchase land in Ashborne, and build thereon ten almshouses, to keep the same in repair and pay each tenant 2s. 6d. per week, with £1 worth of clothing yearly: Thomas Chatterton, by will, dated 20th Feb. 1811, gave money in the funds for increasing the allowance of the ten almspeople, producing a sum of £80, afterwards increased to £500 by the next of kin and the inhabitants of Ashborne, and invested in £3 10s. per cent. Consols; the dividend, £17 10s. is distributed among the ten almspeople, each one receiving 8d. per week; the persons appointed to these houses must be married men of the town, and in case of a husband dying first, the widow is usually allowed to remain. Clergymen's Widows.—Nicholas Spalden, by will, dated 6th April, 1710, directed that if there should be any surplus arising out of certain property mentioned in his will, it should be applied to the purchase of land and the building thereon of four houses, for the widows of four clergymen of the Church of England, and that £10 yearly should be paid to each tenant so long as she continues a widow: the surplus, proving sufficient, was accordingly applied as directed: Isaac Hawkins, by will, gave a sum of £400, which was invested in the funds, and the yearly dividend, amounting to £140 is also distributed among the four widows. Nicholas Spalden, by will, dated 16th April, 1710, gave £340 to be placed at interest, from which £8 yearly should be paid to the vicar for reading divine service, morning and evening, every Wednesday and Friday through the year, £8 yearly to the lecturer and £1 to the bell ringer: if the above directions should not be complied with, the dividends were to be applied as follows :—£2 yearly to the poor of Snelston; £1 to the poor of Clifton; £2 to the poor of Mayfield, £1 to the poor of Mapleton, and the remaining £11 to he laid out in coal for the poor of Ashborne. Spalden's :—Nicholas Spalden, by his will, dated 16th April, 1710, directed that any residue arising from his will should be applied to the purchase of land, and the building thereon of a school-house for the instruction of 30 poor boys, children of inhabitants of the town of Ashborne. This property has been purchased by the Wesleyan chapel trustees. The schools had not been used as such for many years. Field Rents.—The sum of £14 8s. 8d. is received annually from the rent of land awarded at the inclosure, in lieu of common right, and is applied to the purchase of coals and distributed to the poor of Ashburton, with any surplus arising from Spalden's charities. Bread Charities.—Nicholas Hurt, in 1637, gave a yearly rent charge of £5 to be given in doles of bread to twelve poor persons of Ashborne and Compton weekly: Paul Taylor, in 1640, gave £60 to purchase land, the rent of which, amounting to about £5. is given in doles of bread to six poor persons weekly: Edward Pegge, in 1666, gave £5 4s. annually to be given in doles of bread to six poor people of Ashborne and six of Osmaston weekly: George Taylor, in 1668, caused £100 to be placed at interest, and from the profits gave £2 12s. annually to be expended in doles of bread every Sunday to twelve poor persons of the town. Miscellaneous Charities.—Johane Denton, in 1619, gave a yearly rent-charge of £5, of which £3 is given in small doles to poor widows and fatherless children in Ashborne and Compton, 30s. to the preacher at Ashborne and 10s. to the Free Grammar School: Paul Taylor, by his will, gave £20 towards the maintenance of the lecturer, as well as the profit of £15 to be given in doles to the poorest widows, widowers and impotent [ John Hanson, by will, dated 13th January, 1678, charged his lands in Ashborne with the yearly payment of £5, to be distributed by the churchwardens at Easter and Michaelmas day to the most deserving poor of Ashborne. Catherine Port, by a codicil to her will, 9th February, 1724, confirmed all the charities given by her father, John Port esq. one of which was £5 to be given in wool or money W the poor of Ashborne annually: Elizabeth Buxton, by will, dated 11th July, 1730, gave to the vicar 10s. yearly to preach a sermon, 5s. yearly to the ringers to ring a solemn peal and £1 yearly for forty poor housekeepers in Ashborne. Gisborne's Charity.—This charity was founded by the Rev. Francis Gisborne, sometime rector of Staveley, by deed, dated 1817, and was afterwards augmented by will, dated 1818: it consists of a large sum of money in the funds, the dividends of which are distributed in equal portions among 100 rectories, vicarages and curacies in the county of Derby, to be applied by each incumbent in the purchase of flannel and woollen cloth, to be distributed among the poor of each parish every Christmas: among the places mentioned in the schedule is Ashborne, the vicar receiving the sum of about £6 annually for the purpose above mentioned. Dame Susannah Boothby, by will, dated 30th April, 1817, gave the remainder of her money in the stocks, after payment of all her debts, to be equally divided between four parishes therein named, of which Ashborne was one. The moneys belonging to nearly all the above mentioned charities and almshouses are invested in the names of the Governors of the Grammar School. Cooper's Charity.—John Cooper, of Clerkenwell, London, by deed dated January 5th, 1801, gave £4,500 to the trustees of Lady Huntingdon's College, Cheshunt, Herts, in trust for the maintenance of six poor persons inhabiting the six almshouses, which he erected in 1800, and for the support of the minister and the maintenance of divine worship in the Zion chapel adjoining: from the dividends of these investments each tenant receives a weekly sum of 4s. the remainder being devoted to the support of the chapel: the trustees of Cheshunt College appoint both minister and almspeople. A gaol, or lock-up, was erected in the Back lane in 1844, containing four cells, with a residence for the inspector. The Savings Bank is in Church street. The Company of the 2nd Volunteer Battalion (Sherwood Foresters), Derbyshire Regiment, has its head quarters here. The trade of the town depends on the neighbouring farmers and the numerous fairs. The wholesale stay factory in Compton, carried on by Mr. Richard Cooper, employs a large number of hands. A convenient cattle market has been erected at the north-east end of the town. The fairs are held as follows :—For cattle, sheep and horses, every alternate Thursday. Old chartered fairs: February 13, May 21, August 16, October 20, November 29 and December 15 (statutes). Cheese fairs: second Tuesday in March, first Tuesday in September, and Tuesday before November 11. All fairs except cheese fairs are held in the New Smithfield cattle market, Buxton road. Should any of the above fall on Sunday the fair is held on the following day except November 29, which, in such case, is held on the day previous. A fair for horses for agricultural purposes is held the day previous to the February, August and October fairs. The new market is held on the first Saturday after the 6th of January. The feast is the first Sunday after August 16, and market day is on Saturday. A handsome monument and fountain was erected in the market place in 1873, by public subscription, in memory of the late Francis Wright esq. of Osmaston Manor for his valuable services to the town and neighbourhood. Ashborne Hall, the seat of Mrs. Frank, is pleasantly situated on a gentle declivity, at the east-end of the town, in a well-timbered park containing a piece of ornamental water, through which flows the Henmore brook: the mansion is built somewhat after the style of a French chateau, and has still some traces of antiquity: the Cokayne family, who were its earliest owners, resided here from the 12th century until the early part of the 17th century, when it was sold by Sir Aston Cokayne to the Boothby family, by whom it was held until the death of Sir William Boothby, and being then sold in accordance with his will, it was purchased in 1846 by Captain Holland R.N. ; the present owner came into possession by purchase in 1861, since which it has been considerably improved: in 1745 the Pretender (Prince Charles Edward), when on his march to Derby, took possession of the Hall and slept there, and again on his retreat from that town: it contains many interesting and ancient relics, and had formerly a private chapel, but this building, after many years' service as a malt house, was removed by Sir Brooke Boothby about 1785. Soil, mixed; subsoil, chiefly gravel, clay and limestone. The Local Board or Ashborne are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are found under the different townships, Ashborne township being only 30 acres in extent; but the parish is 7.932 acres ; rateable value of township, £6,297; the population in 1881 was 2,095 in the township, and of the parish, 4,025 ; the population of the Local Board district in 1881 was 3,485 and the area 518 acres. Parish Clerk and Verger, William Haycock. Newton Grange is a township 5 miles north from Ashborne, and consists of seven farms. Sir T. W. Evans bart. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Lord Hindlip and Lord Denman. The soil is mixed: sub-soil, chiefly gravel, clay and limestone; the land is chiefly in pasture. Area, 744 acres: rateable value, £1,761; the population in 1881 was 42. Offcote and Underwood, a liberty and township of Ashborne, is a very scattered district, extending from the north side of the town to Kniveton. Ashborne Green Hall, now in the occupation of Mrs. Swetenham, is the property of Mrs. Williamson, and is situated on the high road to Wirksworth, 1 mile east from Ashborne station, and is a modern structure, formerly the property of the Newtons. Offcote Hurst, the residence of Miss M. Child, is situated about half-a-mile further east on the same road. Sandybrooke Hall, the property of Sir Horace Blakiston bart. now the residence of Peveril Turnbull esq, is situated on the high road to Buxton, 1½ miles north from Ashborne station, and is a good modern house standing in picturesque grounds. Mrs. Williamson is lady of the manor. The principal land owners are G. H. Errington esq. Sir Horace Blakiston bart. W. R. Smith esq. Mrs. Frank, Miss M. Child, Mrs. Williamson and the Rev. Henry Buckston M.A. vicar of Hope. The soil is mixed: subsoil, chiefly gravel, clay and limestone; the land is chiefly in pasture. The area is 1,756 acres ; rateable value, £5,350; the population in 1881 was 531. POST OFFICE, Ashborne green.—John Bell, receiver. Letters arrive from Ashborne at 7.10 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.40 p. m. Ashborne is the nearest money order & telegraph office Sturston is a township in the hundred of Appletree, adjoining Ashborne on the south-east. The Grove, a modern house, standing in picturesque grounds, is the residence of A. G. Corbet esq. and is situated near Ashborne green, about 1½ miles from Ashborne station. Sturston Hall, an ancient structure in the Tudor style, is now the property of W. R. Smith esq.: at an early period the Kniveton family came into possession of this hall from the Grendons, and in 1655 Sir Andrew Kniveton sold it to Francis Meynell esq. in whose family it remained until 1869, when it was sold to John Godber esq.: it is now a farm house, occupied by Mr. John Heathcote. W. R. Smith esq, is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are W. R. Smith esq. Misses Hartshorne, the trustees of the late E. Webster esq. Mrs. Frank and Mr. John Wooley. The soil is mixed; subsoil, chiefly gravel, clay and limestone. The land is chiefly in pasture; area, 935A. 1R. 2~5P. ; rateable value, £3,193. The population in 1881 was 750. Yeldersley, a township in the hundred of Appletree, 2½ miles south-east of Ashborne, consists of some scattered farms and houses. Yeldersley House is the residence of Miss Wright, and is situate on the high road to Derby, inclosed in some pleasant grounds. The Meynell family are lords of the manor. The principal landowners are the Meynell family, Lord Scarsdale, Miss Wright and Mrs. Sykes. The soil is mixed; subsoil, chiefly gravel, clay and limestone. The area is 1,467.A. 2R. 11P. rateable value, £1,987. The population in 1881 was 177. Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office, Market place.—Miss Marianne A. Huntley, postmistress. Deliveries begin at 7 a.m. & at 4 p.m.; on sundays from 7 to 10 a.m, only. For the dispatch the letter box closes at 10.40 a.m. 3.55 p.m. & 6.30p.m. for all mails; on sundays at 6,30 p.m. only. Registered letters close at 6 p.m, extra half-penny stamp 6.30, 30 minutes before the letter box closes. Letters posted up to 6.55 p.m. (except sundays) with an additional half-penny stamp, will be sent by the departing mail. Walking postmen are dispatched at 6.30 a.m. to the adjacent villages. Post Office Savings Bank open daily from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Money orders issued & paid from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Telegraph business from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. except on sunday, when it is open from 8 to 10 a. m. Parcels Post, first dispatch 9.45 a.m. second 3.30 p.m. & third 5.45 p.m. ; deliveries in town 9 a.m. & 4 p.m. Office open from 8 a.m.to 8 p.m. for parcels post. On Bank Holidays Money Order & Savings Bank closes at 12 noon; & there is also but one delivery & one dispatch of letters, viz. 7 a.m. & 7 p.m PILLAR & WALL BOXES are cleared as follows :— CHURCH STREET PILLAR BOX, 5.45 & 6.30 a.m. 3.15 & 6.25 p.m STATION BRIDGE WALL BOX, 5.45 & 10.15 a.m. 3.15 & 6.25 p.m COMPTON STREET WALL BOX, 5.45 & 10.20 a.m. 3.15 & 5.45 p.m MAYFIELD ROAD WALL BOX, 10. 15 a.m. & 6.5 p.m None of the above are cleared on sundays Letters are delivered up to callers at the Mayfield & Clifton sub-offices, in the afternoon after 4.40 & 5 o'clock respectively COUNTY MAGISTRATES FOR ASHBORNE PETTY SESSIONAL DIVISION. Meeting at the County Court hall, St. John street, every saturday at 12 o'clock. Fitz-Herbert Sir William bart. D.L. Tissington hall, chairman Badnall W. B. esq. Thorpe Clowes Samuel William esq. D.L. Norbury Chandos-Pole-Gell Henry esq, Hopton hall Cox William esq. Brailsford hall Dixon George Moore esq, Bradley hall Duncombe Maj. Alfred Charles, Calwich abbey Farmer Thomas Orme, The Firs, Ashborne Goodwin-Gladwin Richard Henry esq. Hinchly wood Kingdon Clement Boughton esq. Ednaston lodge Okeover Haughton Charles esq. Okeover hall Simpson Joseph esq. Mayfield Smith C. W. Jervis esq. Clifton ball Smith William Richard, Clifton house Wilkie Colonel David, The Mansion Clerk, William Richard Holland List of places in the petty sessional division :—Ashborne, Atlow, Balidon, Bradley, Clifton-with-Compton, Eaton & Alsop, Edlaston & Wyaston, Fenny Bentley, Hartington Town Quarter, Hartington Nether Quarter, Hognaston, Hollington, Hulland, Hulland Ward, Hulland Ward Intakes, Kniveton, Lea Hall, Longford. Mapleton, Mercaston, Newton Grange, Offcote & Underwood, Oslington & Thurvaston, Osmaston, Parwich, Rodsley, Shirley, Snelston, Sturston, Thorpe, Tissington, Yeaveley & Yeldersley
LOCAL BOARD. Offices, Town hall, Ashborne Board day, second monday in each month Clerk, William Richard Holland, St. John street Treasurer, Edward Hunter, Bank, Compton Medical Officer of Health, P. R. Littleton, The Ivies Surveyor, Inspector of Nuisances & Collector, David Roberts, Compton street Thomas Orme Farmer J.P. chairman
PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS:— County Court, St. John street. His Honor William Barber Q.C. judge; William Richard Holland esq. registrar & high bailiff, Ashborne. The County Court is held monthly on tuesday & wednesday at 10.30 a.m.; the following places are within its jurisdiction:—Alkmonton, Alstonefield, Ashborne, Atlow, Bentley (Fenny), Bentley (Hungry), Biggin, Biggin-by-Newhaven, Blore, Bradley, Brailsford, Calton, Calwich, Clifton & Compton, Eaton & Alsop, Edlaston, Ednaston, Ellastone, Hartington Nether Quarter, Hartington Town Quarter, Heathcote, Hollington, Hope Dale, Hulland, Hulland Ward & Intakes, Ilam, Kniveton, Lea Hall, Longford, Mammerton, Mapleton, Mayfield Middle, Mayfield Church, Mercaston, Mill Dale, Narrow Dale, Newhaven, Newton Grange, North Wood, Offcote & Underwood, Okeover, Osmaston, Parwich, Pikehall, Prestwood, Ramshorn, Rodsley, Shirley, Snelstone, Stanshope, Stanton, Sturston, Stydd, Swinscoe, Thorpe, Trowley, Thurvaston Nether, Tissington, Waterfall, Waterhouse, Winkhill, Woodeaves, Woodhouses, Wootton, Wyaston, Yeaveley, Yeldersley Certified Bailiffs appointed under the Law of Distress Amendment Act, Henry Daniel Holyoak & Son, Market pl Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) and Volunteer Battalion (C Company), Captain Peveril Turnbull, commander; Hugh Maclean, acting surgeon; Rev. F. Jourdain M. A.. acting chaplain Inland Revenue Office, Green Man & Black's Head Royal hotel, St. John street, R. T. Gosden, officer New Prison, Back lane, Benjamin Thos. Talbot, inspector Town Hall, Market place Stamp Office, Market place, Edward Bamford Volunteer Fire Brigade, Richard Peake, captain & 20 men ASHBORNE UNION Board day, alternate saturdays, at the Green Man hotel, at 10.30 a.m The Union comprises the following 61 parishes & townships :—Alkmonton, Alstonefield, Ashborne, Atlow, Ballidon, Bentley (Fenny), Bentley (Hungry), Biggin, Blore-with-Swinscoe, Bonsall, Bradbourne, Bradley, Brailsford, Brassington, Callow, Calton, Calwich, Carsington, Clifton & Compton, Eaton & Alsop-le-Dale, Edlaston & Wyaston, Ellastone, Hartington Town Quarter, Hartington Nether Quarter, Hognaston, Hollington, Hopton, Hulland, Hulland Ward, Hulland Ward Intakes, Ible, Ilam, Kirk Ireton, Kniveton, Lea Hall, Longford, Mapleton, Mayfield, Mercaston, Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Newton Grange, Offcote & Underwood, Oakover, Osmaston, Parwich, Prestwood, Ramshorn, Rodsley, Shirley, Snelston, Stanton, Sturston, Thorpe, Tissington, Waterfall, Wetton, Woodhouses, Wootton, Yeaveley & Yeldersley, Rateable of the union, £139,769 in 1890. The population in 1881 was 19,995 Clerk to Guardians & Assessment Committee, William Richard Holland, St. John street Assistant Clerk, J. R. Rigby Treasurer, Edward Hunter, Bank, Compton Relieving Officers & Collectors, South district, Thomas Millward , Osmaston; North district, George Mellor, Brassington Vaccination Officer, Wm. Richard Holland, St. John street Medica1 Officers & Public Vaccinators, Ashborne district, P. R. Littleton, Ashborne; Alstonefield district, Abraham Thomas Bury L.R.O.P. Edin. Sheen; Brassington district, Arthur Erdswick Broster L.R.C.P. Edin. Wirksworth ; Calton district, Alfred Hall, Waterhouse ; Hartington district, Thomas Nathaniel Twigge, Parwich; Longford district, Matthew Quin O'Callaghan L.B.C.P. Edin. Brailsford Superintendent Registrar, William Richard Holland, St. John street Registrar of Marriages, William Hurd, Market place; deputy, Thomas Parker, St. John street Registrars of Births & Deaths, Thomas Millward, Osmaston, Ashborne sub-district; deputy, John Howell, Market place; Robert Mellor, Brassington sub-district; deputy, George Mellor, Brassington; Richard Wain, Tissington, Calton sub-district; deputy, Henry Hodgkinson, Steeple house, Ilam; William Smith, Parwich, Hartington sub-district ; deputy, T. Swindell, Parwich ; James Evans, Osmaston, Brailsford sub-district; deputy, John W. Wright, White Meadow, Osmaston ; Samuel Taylor, Clifton, Mayfield sub-district; deputy J. Smith, Compton The Workhouse is situated on an elevated spot, called Church Banks, & will hold 160 inmates; John Wilkinson, master; P. R. Littleton, medical officer ; Rev. F. Jourdain M.A. chaplain: Mrs. Anne Wilkinson. matron. The children attend the National school. RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. Meets at the Green Man hotel, on alternate saturdays, after the Board meeting. Clerk, William Richard Holland, St. John street Treasurer, Edward Hunter, Bank, Compton Medical Officer of Health, P. R. Littleton, The Ivies, Ashborne Inspector of Nuisances, W. Smith, Parwich SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEEE. Meets at the Green Man hotel as occasion demands—on sats Clerk, William Richard Holland Attendance & Inquiry Officer, William Smith, Parwich PUBLIC OFFICERS :— Collector of Assessed Taxes, Samuel Taylor, Clifton Inland Revenue Officer, R. T, Gosden, Derby road Superintendent of Police, George Borrett, Union street. Town Crier, John Moon, Market place PLACES OF WORSHIP (with times of services):— St. Oswald's Church, Rev. Francis Jourdain M.A. vicar; Revs. Francis A Minty H.A. Arthur Gamble M.A.. Hugh H. E. Nelson-Ward B.A.. curates: 11 a.m. & 3 & 6 p.m. ; daily at 8 a.m.; wed. & fri. 7 p.m St. John's, Rev. Henry Jones, curate-in-charge: 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. : wed. 7.30 p.m Catholic (All Saints), Bellevue, Rev. James O'Haire, priest; sunday, mass at 8.30 & 11 a.m.: 6.30 p.m.; mass daily at 8 a.m Congregational (Zion), Derby road, Rev. Benjamin Hackett, minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. : wed. 8 p.m Gospel Mission Hall, South street; 3 & 6.30 p.m Primitive Methodist, Dovehouse green: 2.30 & 6.30 p.m. ; mon. 7.30 p.m. Rev. Thomas Randall, minister Wesleyan, Church street, Rev. Andrew Baxter, minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m SCHOOLS:— Queen Elizabeth's Grammar, a stone building in the Early Tudor style, situated in Church street, originally founded in 1585 by Sir Thomas Cokayne & others, received a charter from Queen Elizabeth, which is still preserved by the governors: it was originally under the control of three governors & twelve assistant-governors, the first three governors being Sir Thomas Cokayne, John Alsop & Rev. Robert Hurt. In 1879 the school was reconstituted & is now managed by fifteen governors, nine of whom are representative & six co-optative, the former being elected for five years & the latter for eight; the Rev. Francis Jourdain M.A. vicar of Ashborne, is chairman : the school maintains ten scholarships, & if the income is sufficient, exhibitions may be established; the amount of endowment is about £500 yearly & is applied to the payments of masters' salaries & maintenance of school. During the past two years a large sum of money has been expended in renovating the fabric of the school & bringing it into harmony with modern requirements. A portion of the front, including one of the carved doorways, has been entirely rebuilt & a class room added. Ashborne has, for the past two years, been the centre for the Cambridge Local Examinations. The number of boys is about 40: Rev. William Reed M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, head master; Frederick Augustus Fletcher & David Gillmore B.A. assistant masters Church National (boys), Mayfield road, erected for 230; average attendance, 150; James Richard Probert, mast Church National (girls), Mayfield road, erected in 1876 for 230, with an average attendance of about 140; Miss Annie Mitchell, mistress Church National (infant), Tiger yard, will hold 180 & has an average attendance of 110 children; average attendance, 125; William Rowland Rastrich, master Railway Station, David Dean, station master CARRIERS:— ALSTONEFIELD—Berresford, 'George & Dragon;' Allen, 'George & Dragon': sat ATLOW—Harrison, 'Ostrich;' Woolley, 'Cock,' sat BRASSINGTON—Fearn, 'White Horse,' sat. ; Taylor, 'White Lion,' sat CUBLEY—Wood, 'Wellington,' sat DERBY—Bartholomew, from Compton, tues. & fri. & Warrington, tues, & fri. from Station street HARTINGTON—s1eigh, 'White Lion;' Palfreman, 'White Lion,' sat HOGNASTON—Webster, 'Green Dragon,' sat.; Johnson, , 'White Lion,' sat HULLAND WARD—Wheeldon, 'Green Dragon,' sat KNIVETON—John Hurd, 'George & Dragon,' sat MILL DALE—William Harrison, 'Ostrich,' sat PARWICH—James & Joseph Twigge, 'White Lion;' Brownlee, White Horse' ; Webster, 'White Horse,' sat THORPE—Chadwick, 'White Lion,' sat TISSINGTON—John Widdowson, 'George & Dragon,' sat WATERHOUSES—Warrington, 'White Hart,' sat WIRKSWORTH—Stone, 'George & Dragon,' sat WETTON—Allcock, 'George & Dragon,' sat YEAVELEY—Thompson, 'Cock,' sat;  Ashbourne (part 2) - private residents and commercial continues on the next page.[End of transcript. 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More on site information about Ashborne and the surrounding area Derbyshire's Parishes, 1811 includes a section about Ashbourn (Ashbourne).The Gentleman's Magazine Library - Derbyshire to Dorset has some observations
about Ashborne. Also Old Road at Ashbourn (scroll down the page).Wolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire
deeds, pedigrees, documents and willsOld Derbyshire Maps : Dovedale, from Hartington to Ashbourne, 1908And in the Derbyshire Miscellany section: Ashbourne Charters and Early Deeds. Documents from the Middle Ages.List of the Vicars of Ashbourne's parish church,
from before 1200 - to recent times.Ashbourne: Pupils attending the Old School in the 1860s,
and an unplanned trip to Dovedale.Ashbourne: Former Grammar School Pupils Serving in the Armed Forces
in late 1915Ashbourne: Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Roll
of Honour, 1919-1922. List of names on the school's memorial.Ashbourne: The Plague Visitation, 1605-6.
The infected households and those who died.Ashbourne: Poems about a Derbyshire Town.
Two rhyming epitaphs from the mid-seventeeth century and two short pieces from the early nineteenth century. |
