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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Blackwell, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 50-51 |
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| BLACKWELL is a parish,
with HILLCOTE and NEWTON, 3½ miles north-east from Alfreton,
3 north-west from Pinxton station and three-quarters or a mile from
Westhouses and Blackwell station, both on the Erewash Valley line,
and 134 from London, in the Mid division of the county, hundred or
Scarsdale, Mansfield union, Alfreton petty sessional division and
county court district, rural deanery of Alfreton, arch. deaconry or
Derby and diocese or Southwell. The Normanton brook runs through the
parish. The church of St. Werburg is a small edifice of stone, consisting
or chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and a lofty embattled western
tower containing 3 bells, dated respectively 1878, 1611 and 1587:
the church, with the exception of part of the arcade on the north
side, was rebuilt in 1827-8, and again rebuilt and enlarged, with
the exception of the tower, in 1879, at a cost of £2,260, under
the direction of Mr. J. H. Mitchel1-Withers, architect, of Sheffield
: the church affords 220 sittings: in the south-east corner of the
churchyard is an old Runic stone, sup-posed to be part of an ancient
cross, coeval with and closely resembling the cross at Taddington
; it stands 5 feet out or the ground and measures 16 inches by 12
inches; the east and west sides are carved with interlacing knot work
and the north and south with circular braids: in the churchyard is
also a remarkable yew tree. The register dates from the year 1685.
The living is a vicarage, tithe rent-charge £94, net yearly
value £265, with 61 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift
of the Duke or Devonshire K.G. and held since 1890 by the Rev. Ernest
Edwin Morris M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. There is a Primitive
Methodist school chapel at Newton, and a Wesleyan chapel, at Blackwell,
erected in 1875 and seating 500 ; this chapel is registered for solemnization
or marriages, and has a minister's residence attached. Gisborne's
Charity of £7 5s. yearly, left by the Rev- Francis Gisborne,
sometime rector of Staveley, in 1818, is for clothing; other charities,
amounting to £6 10s. are distributed in money. The Institute
and Reading Room and Library was erected in 1878 by the Blackwell
Colliery Co. for their workpeople; the library contains 1,000 volumes.
The Colliery Hospital was built in 1882 by the Blackwell Colliery
Co. and has wards for 12 patients. Here are extensive collieries belonging
to the Blackwell Colliery Company Limited, with five who employ a
large number of hands. The Duke of Devonshire K.G. and the Earl of
Carnarvon are joint lords of the manor. The principal landowners are
the Duke of Devonshire, the Earl of Carnarvon and Thomas Sampson and
John Hinchcliffe esqs. and the Blackwell Colliery Co. The soil is
chiefly loam and clay; subsoil, principally clay. The crops are the
usual cereals, but the land is chiefly in pasture ; and this district
is noted for the excellent quality of its cheese. The area is 1,700
acres; rateable value, £11,374; the population in 1871 was 542,
and in 1881 was 2,194. HILLCOTE is a hamlet, about a quarter of a mile south from Blackwell. NEWTON is a hamlet, half a mile north from Blackwell, and has a station on the Midland railway, called Tibshelf and Newton. Parish Clerk, George John England. POST & M. O. O., S. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Thomas Smith, sub-postmaster. Letters through Alfreton arrive at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.50 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Newton station. WALL BOX at Newton, cleared at 5.20 p.m POST & M. O. O., S. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Newton. -Benjamin Walters, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive through Alfreton 8.15 a.m. ; dispatched 5.50 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Newton & Tibshelf station SCHOOLS :- National (mixed), erected in 1873 & enlarged in 1884 & 1887, for 220 children; average attendance, 160; Edmund J. H. Deamon, master since 1867 Colliery (mixed), erected in 1876, by the Blackwell Colliery Co. for 420 children; average attendance, 87 boys, 102 girls & 180 infants ; Miss Annie Flint, infants' mistress ; Edward Bell, master RAILWAY STATIONS :- Westhouses & Blackwell (Erewash Valley Line), George Turner, station master Tibshelf & Newton (Midland), Ed. Morris, station master CARRIER TO MANSFIELD.- Charles Wilson every thurs Morris Rev. Ernest Edwin M.A. Vicarage Robinson Rev. William O. [Wesleyan] Wickham Charles Albert, The Hospital Wilkinson Mrs. Hillcote hall COMMERCIAL. Allcock Charles, shopkeeper Allen Tamer (Mrs.) shopkeeper Ashby Henry, farmer Askew Joseph, farmer, Hillcote Ball Mary (Mrs.), Robin Hood P.H. & farmr Ball Luke, farmer, Newton lodge Ball Samuel, farmer Ball Samuel, farmer, Berrister lane Bamford Stephn. drapr. & New inn, Newtn Birckumshaw William, draper, Newton ; & at South Normanton Blackwell Colliery Co. Limited (Maurice Deacon, mngr, ; Wm.Hy.Stevens,sec) Blackwell Colliery Hospital (Chas. Albt. Wickham L.R.C,P. Edin- res. surgeon) Blower William, greengrocer, Newton Booker George, farmer, Newton Brailsford George, shopkeeper, Newton Bryan Lavinia (Mrs.), farmer, Newton Butler Richard, glass & china dealer, Newton Clarke Benjamin, shopkeeper, Newton Co-operative Society Limited (Thomas Smith, manager) Diminsdale Colliery Co. (Chas. Rennie Morgan, manager) Dobbs Charles, farmer, & registrar of births, deaths & marriages for Blackwell district Downing William, farmer, West house Ford William J, hardware dlr, Newton Foster William, shopkeeper, Newton Green John, blacksmith, Newton Hall Fred, shopkeeper, Berrister lane Institute & Reading Room & Library) Lee William, farmer Lilley William, shopkeeper Lyddon Thomas, Blackwell hotel Marriott John, blacksmith Maskery Charles, farmer Norwood Hannah (Mrs.), George & Dragon P.H. & farmer, Newton Peat Richard, wholesale musical instrument dealer; a single instrument at wholesale price Pipes Richard, farmer Riley John, hair dresser Sampson Edward, farmer & overseer & poor rate collector, Church Hill farm Sampson Thomas, farmer, Scandilands Sawer Absalom, beer ret. Berrister lane Shooter Mary (Mrs.),draper, grocer, &c. Newton Shooter Wm. collector of Queen's taxes Wakelin Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Hill top Wallis John, grocer Wallis William, botanist Walters Benj. shopkpr. Post office, Newtn Walters Samuel, Hillcote Arms P.H. Berrister lane Wickham Charles Albert, L.C.R.P. Edin. resident surgeon to hospital Wilkinson Henry, timber dealer &c Wilson Charles, farmer Wilson, Stephen, farmer, Hillcote Woodhead John, Butcher, Newton [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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