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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Belper, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.43 - 49 |
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BELPER is a market and union town, head of a petty sessional division and Belper and Ilkeston county court
district, township, chapelry, and was formed in 1846 into a parish from Duffield, with a station on the
Midland railway, distant 7¼ miles from Derby, 56½ from Rugby, 28½ from Sheffield, 22¾
from Nottingham, 99¼ from Hull, 60½ from Leeds, 53 from Manchester, 51½ from Birmingham, 8
south-east from Alfreton and 135 from London, in the Mid division of the county, Appletree hundred, parish
and rural deanery of Duffield, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell ; it is an irregularly-built
and straggling town, on the eastern bank of the river Derwent, which is crossed on the north-west by a handsome
stone bridge of 3 arches. The Midland railway passes through the centre of the town, which is lighted with gas
by a company, and supplied with water from reservoirs, situated at Springwood, Ladywell, Bullsmoor and Elliott’s
Spring, which are filled from various springs in the neighbouring hills; the works belong to a limited liability
company ; the town is governed by a Local Board of 9 members, formed in 1877. The town is divided into two districts for ecclesiastical purposes, the railway forming the boundary; St. Peter’s on the east side and Christ Church, Bridgehill, on the west. The church of St. Peter, erected in 1824, is an edifice of local stone, in the Decorated style, consisting of nave and a western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells, dating from 1861; the ground stage of the tower forms a porch: the east window is stained and there are 1,400 sittings, 1,009 of which are free: the register of baptisms dates from 1783, of burials from 1794 and of marriages from 1847. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £280, derived in part from pew rents, and including 32 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Duffield and held since 1885 by the Rev. Frederick Alfred Friend, of St. Bees. The population in 1881 was 6,472. Christ Church, Bridge Hill, is an ecclesiastical parish, formed 3 Sept. 1845, out of Duffield parish. The church, erected in 1849, is a building of local stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave and a belfry containing 3 bells: all the windows are stained : the walls and roof are polychromed from designs by E. Cobbold esq. and there are 600 sittings. The registers date from the year 1845. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £353, with residence, in the gift of George Henry Strutt esq. and held since 1876 by the Rev. Edward Augustus Hillyard B.A. of Caius College, Cambridge. Population in 1881 was 2,774. The old chapel of St. John the Baptist, probably founded about 1250 by Edmund Crouchback, second son of Henry III. is a building in the Early English Lancet style, consisting of chancel and nave under a single roof, south porch, and a bell-cote on the western gable, containing one bell, inscribed, "God save his church, 1699:" the font is an octagonal basin, on a similarly shaped shaft and base: in the south wall of the chancel are the remains of a sedile and a piscina in a small pointed niche: the ancient stone altar, still fixed beneath the east window, is supported by brackets : opposite the porch remains the bass of an old cross restored in 1880 : the ground was not consecrated for burials till 1793 : the chapel was partly restored In 1866 by the late Rev. Robert Hey M.A. vicar of Belper 1845-85, and in 1877 a stone reredos was erected by the Rev. Herbert Monk M.A. vicar of St. Peter’s, Newton-in-Makerfield, in memory of his father, and a new chancel screen has since been erected and the floor repaved with encaustic tiles. The Congregational Church in Market Street lane, erected in 1872, at a cost of about £5,000, in place of an older chapel, erected about 1780, is 3 building in the Early English style and seats 700 persons. There is a Baptist chapel, seating 250 ; a Unitarian chapel, 230 ; four Wesleyan chapels, viz.:—Chapel street, 700 ; Pottery, 300 ; Belper Lane end, 180 ; and Blackbrook, 150 ; Free Methodist chapel, 500 ; Primitive Methodist chapels at Field Head, 600 ; and Cow Hill, 200 ; and a Friends’ meeting house with 100 sittings. The cemetery, opened in 1859, about three-quarters of a mile from the north end of the town, on an acclivity overlooking the Derwent, contains about 15 acres of land, with two mortuary chapels, connected by a square tower with lofty spire ; it is managed by a burial board of 9 members. The Public Hall, a plain edifice of brick, erected in 1882 by a limited company, consists of two principal halls, the larger hall holding about 650 persons and the other 250 ; it also has a subscription library of 2,000 volumes, and a reading room and offices. There is also a subscription library in connection with Messrs. Strutt’s factory. The Conservative Club, in Campbell street, built by subscription in 1888, is an edifice of local stone and comprises billiard, committee, reading and other rooms, and a residence for the steward ; there are 300 members ; Mr. J. T. Gamble, secretary. The Liberal Club, in King street, the property of a limited company, contains a large reading, two billiard and recreation rooms and a bowling alley ; Mr. Charles Cowan, sec. The principal hotel is the "Lion" in Bridge street, which has large and well-appointed livery stables. The "George," Bridge street, has also spacious stabling. The "Rose and Crown" in King street contains a large club room, capable of seating 200 persons, The "New inn" in the Market place has a posting business attached. The "Midland" is close to the railway station. The staple trades of Belper are cotton spinning and the manufacture of hosiery. The extensive cotton works of Messrs, Strutt, established upwards of 115 years, are situated in Bridge street, and employ upwards of 1,000 hands ; this firm has also a large establishment at Milford and a warehouse at 45 Fore street, London E C. Messrs. Ward, Sturt and Sharp have a large establishment here for the manufacture of cotton and silk hosiery and gloves, and a warehouse at 89 Wood street, Cheapside, London. Messrs. George Brettle and Co. have a factory of the same description and a warehouse at 119 Wood street, Cheapside, London. Messrs. S. Manlove and Sons have a sewing cotton factory here. Messrs. Smedley Bros. have large engineering works and an iron foundry and Messrs. Winson and Co. an iron foundry and engineering works in High street; these establishments give employment to a large part of the population. The manufacture of hand-made nails, at one time the principal trade of the town, is gradually falling off. The neighbourhood abounds in minerals ; coal, ironstone, limestone and lead ore are found here, and there are also stone quarries. Fairs are held on the 28th of January, 5th of May and 31st of October, for cattle ; a statute, for hiring servants on the 1st of November, and a market for provisions is held every Saturday. The G and half of the M Company of the Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire regiment) have head quarters in Bridge street. A charity of £7 5s. yearly, left by the Rev. Francis Gisborne, formerly rector of Staveley, in 1818, is distributed by the clergy in cloth and flannel. John Lockoe, of Holbrook, left in 1676 a portion of the produce of 12 acres of land to the poor. Sir Richard Paul Jodrell bart. left in 1860 £100 3 per cent. Consols, the interest to be distributed in clothing to those who most frequently attend church ; Smith’s charity, left in 1705, averages about £30 yearly and is divided between the incumbent of St. Peter’s and the poor. Matthew Smith in 1713, left by will a small sum in Consols, and the rent of 14 acres of land, near Hopping Hill, for the support of two almshouses on The Butts, for four aged persons. The Anglican convent of the Sisters of S. Laurence, situated near the station, is a building of stone, erected in 1882, and contains an orphanage and school for the daughters of professional men; the sisters are also engaged in parochial visiting and nursing; the rule of the sisters is based on that of East Grinstead and there is a branch house at S. Anne’s, Derby ; the Bishop of Southwell is the visitor and the Rev. E. A. Hillyard B.A. vicar of Christ Church, is chaplain. Bridge Hill House, the residence of George Henry Strutt esq. J.P. is delightfully situated on a commanding eminence. Mrs. Amelia Virtue Jodrell, of 47 Cromwell road, London S W is lady of the manor. The principal landowners are Lord Belper and co-proprietors, George Henry Strutt esq. and Mrs. Jodrell. The soil is a mixture of sand and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley, with considerable pasture. The area is 3,078 acres; the rateable value, £30,254; the population in 1881 was 9,875, including 238 officers and inmates of the workhouse. Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. Post, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office, King street. Postmaster, John Johnson Kirk Mails arrive at 5 a.m. & 1.55 & 5.50 p.m. ; dispatched at 9.45 & 13.35 &.m. for all parts ; 2.50 p.m. for local delivery & 5.45 p.m. for Derby only, 7.45 p.m. for north & north-west & 8.40 p.m, for all parts, with extra stamp 8.50 p.m. ; sundays, 7.45 p.m. for all parts. Morning delivery commences at 7 a.m PILLAR BOX, Messrs. Strutt’s mill, cleared at 11 a.m. 1.35 & 7 p.m. week days only PILLAR BOX Box, end of Nottingham road, cleared at 11 a.m. 1.40 & 7 p.m. week days only WALL BOXES—Fieldhead, cleared at 7.15 p.m.; Lawn, cleared at 11.15 am. & 1.50 & 6.30 p.m. ; Openwood gate, cleared at 8 a.m. & 3 p.m. ; Workhouse, cleared at 11.15 a.m. & 1.50 & 7.30 p.m. week days only Parcels are dispatched at 11.30 a.m. & 7.30 p.m. ; delivered at 7.30a.m. & 2p.m County Magistrates for Belper Petty Sessional Division. Strutt Geo. Hy. esq. D.L. Bridge Hill house, Belper, chairmn Alleyne Sir John Gay Newton bart. Chevin house, Belper Strutt Hon. Frederick, Milford, Derby Crompton John G. esq. D.L. The Lilies, Windley, Derby Haslam William Coates esq. The Elms, Ripley, Derby Heywood Arthur P. esq. Duffield bank, Derby Hurt Albert Frederic esq. D.L. Alderwasley hall, Derby Pedder Col. Charles Denison, Kilbourne hall, Derby Smith Rowland esq. D.L. Duffield hall, Derby Strutt Herbert esq. Makeney house, Derby Twyford Col. Henry Robert, Sunnybank, Belper Woolley Joseph Henry esq. Hollybank, Kilburne Wright Albert Leslie, Butterley hall, Ripley, Derby Clerk, Joseph Pym, Bridge street, Belper Occasional court is held at Mr. Pym’s office, Bridge street, at 11 & petty sessions every alternate thursday at the Public hall at 11 a.m. & at the Market hall, Ripley, every alternate monday. Places in the petty sessional division are :—-Alderwasley, Ashleyhay, Belper, Crich, Duffield, Hazelwood, Heage, Holbrook, Kilburne, Pentrich, Ripley, Shottle, Turnditch, Windley Local Board. Board room, School Board offices, High street Board day, last wednesday in every month at 4 p.m George Henry Strutt J.P. Bridge hill, chairman Alldread Samuel, Lawn villa Beresford Samuel, Field house Crossley John, Bridge street Hall William, Manor farm Hanson Isaac, Depth of Lumb Smedley F. Lawson house Stone Septimus, Brook cottage Tomlinson Thomas, Langley Mill R.S.O. Notts Clerk, Joseph Pym, Bridge street Treasurer, W. H. Winterborne, Bank house Medical Officer of Health, Richard Grammar Allen, Bridge st Surveyor & Building Surveyor, Robert Argile, Ripley Inspector of Nuisances & Collector, John Potter, High st Public Establishments. Belper Public Hall Co. Limited, Bridge street ; Joseph Pym, managing director Cemetery, Joseph Pym, clerk to the Burial Board ; Joseph Waterfall, superintendent County Court, His Honor William Barber Q.C. judge ; John Borough, registrar & acting high bailiff—The Court is held in the Public hall, Belper & in the Town hall, Ilkeston. The following places are within this jurisdiction :— Ambergate, Awsworth, Bargate, Bedlam hill, Belper, Belper Gorses, Belper Lane End, Blackbrook, Boghouses, Bottlebrook, Broadholme, Buckland Hollow, Chevin, Copper Yards, Cotmanhav, Cowhouse Lane, Cossall, Coxbench, Cumbersome, Dale Abbey, Dalley, Denby, Denby Common, Dobholea, Duffield, Eastwood, Far Lawn, Farnah Green, Hazlewood, Heage, Heanor, Hilcliff Lane, Holbrooke, Hoppinghill, Milford, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse, Ilkeston, Kilburne, Kirk Hallam, Lady Grove, Langley, Langley Mill, Little Hallam, Loseoe, Makeney, Mapperley, Marble Works, Marlpool, Milford, Milnhay, Morley, Openwoodgate, Postern, Ridgeway, Sandbed Lane, Shaw Lane, Shipley, Shire Oaks, Shottle Gate, Smalley, Stanley, Stanley Common, Stanton-by-Dale, Stanton Gate, Swainsley, Toadmore, Turnditch, Upper or Over Lane, West Hallam, Whitemoor & Windley Certified Bailiffs appointed under the Law of Distress Amendment Act:—John Cheetham, Bridge street, Belper ; Henry Clemerson, Ilkeston ; John Fish, Ilkeston ; Frank Walker Harvey, Ilkeston ; Elisha Hopkins, Eastwood; Charles William Hunt, Ilkeston ; William Harding Smith, Ilkeston; Edwin Sutton, Ilkeston Fire Brigade Station, Bridge street, P. H. Harrison, captain Inland Revenue Office, King street, William Whiskin, supervisor ; Thomas George Haynes, officer Police Station, Matlock road, John Grant McDonald, superintendent ; 2 inspectors, 2 sergeants & 16 constables Town Office, Wm. H. Simkiss, assistant overseer & collector Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment), Ist Volunteer Battalion (G & half of M company), Bridge street, Capt. G. Herbert Strutt, commandant G company & Capt. W. B. Woodforde, commandant half of M company; Joseph Pym & Maurice Hunter, lieutenants ; T. Johnston, acting surgeon; James Pennington, drill instructor BELPER UNION. Belper is the centre of a poor-law union, comprising 34 parishes & townships, divided into six registration sub-districts, viz.— Alfreton, Belper, Duffield, Horsley, Ripley & Wirksworth, embracing an area of 66,511 acres; rateable value in 1890, £247,895; the union comprises the following places :—Alderwasley, Alfreton, Allestree, Ashleyhay, Belper, Crich, Denby, Dethick (or Dethwick), Lea & Holloway, Duffield, Hazlewood, Heage, Holbrook, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse, Idridgehay & Alton, Ireton Wood, Kedleson, Kilburne, Kirk Langley with Meynell Langley, Mackworth, Mapperley, Markeaton, Morley, Pentrich, Quarndon, Ravensdale Park, Ripley, Shottle & Postern, Smalley, South Wingfield, Turnditch, Weston Underwood, Windley & Wirksworth Board day every alternate saturday, at the Board Room in the Union, at 10 a.m. Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Joseph Pym, Bridge street, Belper; Assistant Clerk & Collector to the Guardians, W. J. Parker, The Orchard, Belper Treasurer, William Henry Winterborne, Derby & Derbyshire Bank, Belper Relieving Officers, Belper district, Arthur Dicken, Belper ; Wirksworth district, William Twigg, Alderwasley Vaccination Officer, Joseph Pym, Bridge street, Belper Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Alfreton district, John Joseph Bingham M.D. Alfreton ; Belper & Heage district, Richard Grammer Allen L.R.C.P.Edin. Greasley house, Belper ; Crich district, Christopher Blencowe Noble Dunn, Crich ; Duffield district, Edward Hoskins, Duffield ; Markeaton district, Alfred Olivant Francis L.R.C.P.Edin. 16 Wardwick,Derby ; Riddings district, William Alexander Warters L.R.C.P.Edin. Alfreton ; Ripley district, Josiah Allen, Ripley ; Smalley district, George James Waters Garnham L.R.C.P.Edin. Smalley ; Wirksworth district, George Harvey L.R.C.P.Edin. Wirksworth Superintendent Registrar, Joseph Pym, Bridge street, Belper ; deputy, W. J. Parker, The Orchard, Belper Registrars of Marriages, J. H. Simpson, Swanwick ; deputy, J. J. Simpson, Swanwick ; George Brown, Belper ; deputy, J. Bakewell, Market place, Belper ; J. P. Wilson, Wirksworth ; deputy, R. H. Hayworth, Wirksworth Registrars of Births & Deaths, J. H. Simpson, Swanwick, Alfreton sub-district ; deputy, J. J. Simpson, Swanwick ; Arthur Dicken, Arnold villas, Chapel street, Belper, Belper sub-district ; Tom Wake, Duffield sub-district ; deputy, Thomas E. Wake, Duffield ; Samuel Hawkins, Heage, Ripley sub-district ; deputy, Miss Sarah J. Hawkins, Heage ; James Eley, Horsley Woodhouse, Horsley sub-district ; deputy, Miss Clotilda Eley, Smalley ; William Twigg, Alderwasley, Wirksworth sub-district ; deputy, John Starkey, Middle Peak view, Wirksworth Workhouse, to hold 340 inmates, Leonard Foster, master ; R. G. Allen, medical officer ; Rev. Thomas Crossland M. A. chaplain ; Mrs. Eliza Foster, matron RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. Meets at the Union on alternate saturdays, after the ordinary meeting of the guardians. Clerk, Joseph Pym, Bridge street, Belper Treasurer, William Henry Winterborne, Derby & Derbyshire Bank, Belper Medical Officers of Health, No, 1 district, J. Allen, Ripley; No. 2 district, Edward Gaylor I.R.C.P.Edin. Belper Inspector of Nuisances & Surveyor, John Clexton, North lodge, Belper Public Officers. Assessor, Joseph Pym Assistant Overseer & Collector of Poor’s Rates, W.H. Simkiss, Town office Clerk to the Burial Board, Joseph Pym Certifying Surgeon under the Factory Acts for Belper District, Edward Gaylor, The Limes, Chapel street Collector of Property & Income Taxes, John Potter, High st Inland Revenue Officer, Thomas George Haynes, High st Superintendent of County Police, John Grant McDonald, Matlock road Supervisor of Inland Revenue, Wm. Whiskin, Windmill lane Town Crier, William Cheetham, Field head Places of Worship, with times of Services. St. Peter’s Church, Rev. Frederick A. Friend, vicar ; Rev. William Round, curate ; 10.30 a.m. & 3 & 6.30 p.m Christ Church, Rev. Edward Augustus Hillyard 3.4. vicar ; Rev. Thomas Holland Chadwick M.A. curate ; 8 & 10.30 a.m. & 3.15 & 6.30 p.m. ; daily, 3.15 a.m. & 4.30 p.m. ; thurs, 7.30 a.m St. John’s Chapel, 8 a.m. & 7.30 p.m. weds Baptist, Bridge st. 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m Congregational, Market Street lane, Rev. Fredk. Knowles, minister; 10.30 8.m. & 3.15 & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 8 p.m Friends’ Meeting House, Market Street lane Methodist Free Church (Salem), Market Street lane, Rev. Thomas Skillings ; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 8 pm Primitive Methodist, Field head, Rev. Lowther Elerby Ellis, minister; 10.30 a.m, & 6 p.m.; mon. 7.15 p.m Primitive Methodist, Cow hill ; 2.30 & 6 p.m. ; mon. 7.45 p.m Spiritualists, New road; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m Unitarian, Field row, Rev. John Kertain Smith; 11 a.m. & 6.30 p.m Wesleyan, Chapel street, Rev. Isaac Newton & Rev. Robert Jones Thomas, ministers; 10.30 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; wed. 7.30 p.m Wesleyan, Pottery, 2.30 & 6 p.m Schools. A School Board of 7 members was formed in 1876 ; Joseph Bland Walker, Chapel street, clerk to School Board ; John Potter, High street, school attendance officer Board, Cow hill, erected in 1877, for 127 girls & 160 infants ; average attendance, 108 girls & 90 infants; Miss Harriet Francis Pine, mistress; Miss Louisa Carter, infants’ mist Board, High street, erected in 1877, for 146 infants ; average attendance, 130 infants ; Miss Julia Evans, infants’ mistrss Board, Pottery, erected in 1877 & enlarged 1890, for 112 boys, 160 girls & 150 infants; average attendance, 104 boys, 112 girls & 103 infants; Peter Whitfield Jones, master; Miss Edith Ellen Brooks, mistress; Mrs Sarah Alton, infants’ mistress Board, The Fleet, built in 1882, for 300 boys; average attendance, 150; Charles Bint, master Board, Long row, erected in 1818, for 200 boys, 220 girls & 200 infants; average attendance, 190 boys, 210 girls & 168 infants; James Tomlison, master; Mise Lucy E. Sutton, mistress; Miss Mary Anna Nadin, infants’ mist National, Nottingham road, erected, with residences for master & mistress, in 1849, for 170 boys & 170 girls ; average attendance, 110 boys & 95 girls; William Adderley, master; Mrs. Hannah Anthony, mistress There are also several private schools. Mr. Anthony’s, in Chapel street, established about 1840, has been conducted by the present principal since 1869. Mr. Vale’s in Bridge street, has extensive grounds & school buildings. Green Hall Preparatory School for boys, is exclusively a boarding school conducted by Miss Taylor Railway Station. William Henry Buxton, station master Carriers. DERBY—L. M. Sanders, from Queen street, daily; John White, from 'Rose & Crown,' King street, tues. & fri HEANOR—J. Williamson, mon  Belper (part 2) - private residents and commercial continues on the next page.[End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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More on site information about Belper and the surrounding area Derbyshire's Parishes, 1811 (Parishes B)Henry Moore's engraving of a "View of Belper" from the same bookWolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire
deeds, pedigrees, documents and willsEdward Bradbury described a fascinating railway journey he undertook in the late 1870s/early 1880s. He passed through Belper and his book contains an interesting illustration of the town from Chevin:  Through
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