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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Baslow, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 41-2 |
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| BASLOW ST. ANNE was
formed into a parish 13 July, 1869, from the parish of Bakewell, and
includes the hamlet of Bubnell : it is in the Western division of
the county, hundred of High Peak, union, petty sessional division
and county court district of Bakewell, rural deanery of Eyam, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell, 13 miles west from Chesterfield,
12 south-west from Sheffield, and 4 north-east from Bakewell, and
is situated on the east bank of the river Derwent, over which is an
ancient stone bridge of three arches, leading to Bakewell, the parish
is bounded on the north-east and west by a range of lofty hills and
by extensive moors, and the situation of the village and its fine
adjacent scenery cause it to be much frequented in summer by the inhabitants
of Sheffield and other towns : the parish is governed by a Local Board
of six members, and is supplied with water from reservoirs on Heathy
Lea and Coupelow Roughs, the property of the Duke of Rutland ; and
there are gas works. The church of St. Anne, charmingly situated on
the eastern bank of the river Derwent, is a building of stone, consisting
of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles with arcades of four arches,
south porch, and a low tower at the north-west angle with octagonal
broach spire and containing a clock and 6 bells, the 3rd and 5th mediæval,
and the others dated respectively, 1839, 1745, 1620, 1754 : there
are five stained windows, four being memorials : the oldest existing
portion is the tower and spire, erected at the close of the 13th century
: the nave may be attributed to the 14th century, and its west window
is a good specimen of the Geometric period : the heavy battlements
of the porch, nave and aisles are Early Perpendicular, and the nave
has a flat Perpendicular roof : the rood loft, some stained glass,
and a memorial to Robert Eyre, existing about 1730, have disappeared
: in the north wall of the aisle is an iron plate in an oaken frame,
with an inscription to Thomas Marple, 1742 : and there are some small
mural brasses to the names of Oddy and Grundy (1753-1790) : the chancel
has a mural monument to the Rev. John Barker M.A. for 30 years incumbent
of Baslow (1824), and his eldest son, the Rev. Anthony Auriol Barker
M.A. who succeeded his father, and held the living for the same length
of time: also one to the Right Rev. Frederick Barker D.D. some time
vicar of Baslow and Lord Bishop of Sydney and Metropolitan of Australia
(1854-84), whose remains are interred in the churchyard : he was born
at Baslow, March 17th, 1808, died at San Remo, April 6th, 1882 : built
into the west wall of the porch is a coffin slab of the 13th century
bearing a floriated cross : in the vestry is preserved the veritable
whip of the last church "dog-whipper :" there are 350 sittings
: the church was restored and enlarged in 1853, chiefly at the expense
of the Duke of Devonshire : the churchyard, enlarged in 1876 by the
inclosure of about a quarter of an acre, the site of the old school-room
and some cottages then pulled down, is very picturesque, owing to
a fine row of stately elms on the side adjoining the river, with old
yews and trees here and there, and contains some ancient stone coffins,
and a few curious slabs of stone : south of the churchyard remain
the basement steps of an old cross, now supporting a modern pedestal
and shaft, with a sundial. The register, now in a dilapidated condition,
dates from 1569, and contains numerous irrelevant interpolations.
The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £11, gross
yearly value £315, with residence, in the gift of the Duke of
Devonshire K.G. and held since 1859 by the Rev. Jeremiah Stockdale
M.A. of St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, and rural dean of Eyam,
and surrogate. Here are Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels.
The charities are of considerable yearly value. A large hydropathic
establishment was erected in 1881 on an eminence on the east side
of the village, near Yeld wood, the foundation stone of which was
laid, July 21st, 1880, by Alderman Tozer, of Sheffield. The Duke of
Devonshire K.G. who is lord of the manor, and the Duke of Rutland
G.C.B. are the principal landowners. The soil is clay and sand, on
strata of sandstone and grindstone. The acreage, with the hamlet of
BUBNELL, is 5,485 ; rateable value, £4,081 ; the population
in 1881 was 843. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. H. & Insurance & Annuity Office. -John Stroyan, receiver. Letters are received from Chesterfield at 6.30 a.m. A messenger arrives with letters from Bakewell at 10.30 a.m. ; dispatched to North West of England, Scotland, Ireland &c. at 5.20 p.m. & to London &c. at 9.15 p.m. Money orders paid & granted from 9 a.m. till 6 p.m WALL BOX, Nether end, cleared 8 p.m LOCAL BOARD. Offices, Schoolroom. Board day the last wednesday in each month. Clerk, James Jackson, Stony Middleton, Sheffield Treasurer, Alfred J. Adams, Bakewell Medical Officer of Health, Philip S. Fentem M.D. Bakewell Surveyor, Joseph Eades, Baslow Inspector of Nuisances, John Clark, Baslow Collector, Israel Handle, Baslow PUBLIC OFFICERS :- Certifying Factory Surgeon, Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Baslow District, Bakewell Union, Edward Mason Wrench F.R.C.S. Eng Collector of Poor's Rates, Thomas Marples Church of England Schools (mixed), built with master's house, in 1876, for 150 boys, girls & infants, average attendance, 107 ; John Rhodes Matthewman. master; Miss Mary Hibbert, mistress CONVEYANCE.-Robinson's omnibus from Eyam passes through to Sheffield, tues. & to Chesterfield on sat. returning same days CARRIER TO SHEFFIELD.-Robert Hage passes through from Bakewell, tues. thurs. & sat. returning same days Baslow St. Anne. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bembridge James Branson Ferguson Brightmore Henry Housley Miss Mortimer Mrs Ponsonby James Sanderson John, Moorlands Stockdale Rev. Jeremiah M.A. [vicar & rural dean of Eyam], Vicarage Tasker John Toomer Samuel Unwin Herbert Wainwright John, The Croft Wrench Edward Mason COMMERCIAL. Baslow Hydropathic Co. Limited (J. B. Greenway, sec) Clark John, painter & glazier & inspector of nuisances to local board Coates Mary (Mrs.), druggist & grocer Eades Joseph, Peacock hotel, & surveyor to local board Elliott Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Fearn George, farmer, Park gate Fowler Charles, beer retlr. Alma hotel Frith John, engineer to Chesterfield rural sanitary authority & to the Duke of Devonshire Froggatt Hezekiah, farmer Froggatt John, farmer, Gorse bank Gardom Mary (Mrs.), farmer, The Yeld Gas Works (Abraham Ellis, manager) Goodlad Edwin, saddler Hawley James, Prince of Wales P.H Hearnshaw Thomas, farmer Hearnshaw William, butcher Hibberd Samuel, builder & wheelwright Hodgkinson Edmund, miller (water) Hodgkinson John, farmer Holmes Charles, farmer Marples James, blacksmith Marples John, millwright & joiner Marples John, jun. shopkeeper Marples Robert, saw mill Marples Thomas, tailor & shopkeeper & collector of poor's rates Meot F. L. & J. (Misses), furnished apartments ; delightfully situated; fine views; Woodlands National Telephone Co. Lim.; call office Olliphant Chas.Robin Hood P.H.& farmr Pinder Thomas, farmer, Eastmoor Pride Charles, Royal hotel Randle Israel, collector to local board Rowland Robert, Wheatsheaf hotel, & grocer, baker & confectioner Scott Charles, farmer Sheffield Telephone Exchange & Electric Light Go.; call office Staley Stephen, carpenter & wheel wright & collector of water rates Stroyan Alf. Goodwin, Rutland Arms family & commercial hotel & posting ho Stroyan Jn. draper, tea dlr. &post office Strutt Elizh. (Mrs.), refreshment house Taylor Ellen (Mrs.),saddler & harness ma Taylor Joseph, boot & shoe maker Thornley Alfred Jonas, Devonshire Arms family & commercial hotel & posting ho Tomlinson William, butcher Towndrow Joseph, farmer, Clod hall White George, farmer & shopkeeper White John, farmer, Bubnell cliff Wilson Thomas, shopkeeper Wrench Edwd Mason F.R.C.S. Eng. surgeon & district medical officer & public vaccinator, Baslow district, Bakewell union, & certifying factory surgeon Bubnell. White Mrs. Robert, Bubnell hall Cain Anna (Miss), ladies' seminary Hattersley William, farmer Kitchen Emma (Mrs.), farmer, Brambley Tomlinson Wm. Smith, farmer & butchr [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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