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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Barlborough, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.39-40 |
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| BARLBOROUGH is an extensive village and parish,
8 miles north-east from Chesterfield, 11 south-east from Sheffield
and 160 from London, 1½ miles north-west from Clown station
and 3 east from Eckington station on the Midland railway, in the North
Eastern division of the county, hundred of Scarsdale, Eckington petty
sessional division, union and county court district of Worksop, rural
deanery of Staveley, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of St. James is a building of stone, consisting of chancel,
nave of four bays, north aisle and an embattled western tower with
8 pinnacles and containing a clock and 5 bells, two of which are of
early date, with inscriptions in coarse Gothic characters; the latest
was cast in 1725: the nave is separated from the aisles by an arcade
of 4 semi-circular Norman arches on three piers : the chancel arch
is Early English, as are also probably, parts of the tower, the west
front of which bears the arms of Goushill and Longford, but the battlements
and pinnacles are Debased Perpendicular: in the chancel is a monument
to Sir Richard Pipe, Lord Mayor of London, and patron of this church,
ob. 19 Sept. 1587: the east window is a memorial to Miss Mary
Alderson : there are 500 sittings. The register dates from the year
1648, for all entries ; these records are in good condition. The living
is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £485, gross yearly value
£675, with 73 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the
trustees of the late W. Hatfield de Rodes esq. and held since 1870
by the Rev. Martyn Stapylton M.A. of University College, Durham, and
sometime fellow of that university. Here is a
reading room with a small library. There is also a hospital, endowed
in 1752 by Margaret and Mary Pole with an income of £37 10s.
yearly, to which have been added Heathcote's charity of 16s. a year,
and Webster's of £8 14s. a year; the hospital is for 6 widows,
each of whom receives 4s. 6d. per week and four loads of coal annually.
Gisborne's charity of £6 13s. yearly, left in 1818 by the Rev.
Francis Gisborne, formerly rector of Staveley, is for flannel and
woollen clothing : other small charities, amounting to about £11,
are distributed in doles on St. Thomas's day and Good Friday. Barlborough
Hall, an Elizabethan mansion, is occupied by the trustees of the late
W. Hatfield de Rodes esq.. Reginald W. Chandos-Pole esq J.P. of Radburne
Hall, and the trustees of the late W. Hatfield de Rodes esq. are lords
of the manor and principal landowners. There are extensive collieries,
lime kilns and brick and tile works. The soil is clay and limestone;
subsoil, rock and clay. The crops are wheat, barley, oats, beans and
turnips. The acreage is 3,305; rateable value, £10,307 ; the
population in 1881 was 1,678. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Mrs. S. H. Hibbards, postmistress. Letters received from Chesterfield at 7.20 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.40 p.m. & sundays 2.40 p.m National School, erected 166, for 200 boys & girls; average attendance, 71 boys & 69 girls; William Hodgson, master; Miss Georgina Shires, mistress. Infants' to hold 90 ; average attendance, 88; Mrs. Emma Riley, mistress Baker Miss Bowden Miss, Beighton Fields priory Butler-Bowdon Major Lancelot George J.P. Barlborough house de Rodes William Hatfield (trustees of), Barlborough hall Dixon Miss Stapylton Rev. Martyn M.A. [Rectory] COMMERCIAL. Arthur Wm. farmer, Woodhouse lane Appleby & Co. coal masters, Cottam colliery Binks Sarah (Mrs.), De Rodes Arms P.H Bracken Hannah (Mrs.), farmer Burton Joseph, stone mason Buxton Richard, butcher Chamberlain Jas. Crown & Anchor P.H Clark William, shoe maker Clarkson John, butcher Coupe John, farmer Elliott George Edward, plumber Garfitt John, farmer & miller (steam) Gilbert William Frederick, grocer Gosling Fredk. brick maker & farmer Heald William, farmer Heane William, farmer, Woodhouse la Hibberd S.H. (Mrs.), sub Post-mistress Hibberd Joseph, farmer Hibberd Oliver, shopkeeper Hopkinson John, Royal Oak P.H Hopkinson John George, farmer Kirkby Thomas G. Pebley inn Lancaster William, farmer Ludlam Edward, farmer Mallinder Charles, butcher Mallinder William, farmer Marlow John, farmer Megson John, farmer Moorley John, farmer, Park hall Mullins Felix, Apollo inn Mullins William, wheelwright Oxsprlng John Thomas, grocer Plant John, blacksmith Presley Peter, farmer Roberts James, farmer Russ William, Rose & Crown P.H Sinclair Elizabeth (Mrs.), stationer Smith George, shopkeeper Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Barlboro' collry Stephenson George, farmer Swift John, Blacksmiths' Arms P.H Talbot Joseph, beer retailer Thompson Benjamin, grocer Topham John Branson, farmer White Thomas, Dusty Miller P.H Widdowson Harriet (Mrs.), farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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