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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Brimington, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.62 |
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BRIMINGTON is a parish 2 miles north-east from Chesterfield
station and 153 from London, in the Chesterfield division of the county,
hundred of Scarsdale, Chesterfield union, petty sessional division
and county court district, rural deanery of Chesterfield, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The ancient church was pulled down
in 1808 and completely rebuilt at an expense of £842 13s. 11d.
with the exception of the tower, previously: rebuilt by Joshua Jebb
in 1796: the present church of St. Michael, erected in 1847, is a
building of stone consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles
and a western tower, considerably raised in 1847 and containing a
clock and 3 bells : in the church is a memorial to the Rev. Henry
Audsley, vicar of Chesterfield (1723) : there are 550 sittings. The
register dates from the year 1675, and there is also a copy made in
1801 of some dilapidated registers. The living is a rectory, average
tithe-rent charge £207, net yearly value £200, including
35 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Chesterfield,
and held since 1888 by the Rev. Edward Keane Blumbardt B.A. of Magdalene
College, Cambridge. A mission church was erected on Brimington Common
in 1878, with sittings for 260 persons ; curate in charge, Rev. Sydney
Biss B.A. of Durham University. There are Wesleyan, Free Methodist
and Primitive Methodist chapels. The charities amount from £45
to £50 yearly. There is a cemetery or 4 acres, with two chapels,
laid out at a cost of £4,500 in 1878, and under the control
of a burial board of 9 members. Brimington Hall, an ancient
mansion and the property of the Staveley Iron Works Co. is occupied
by Mr. George Bond. J. J. Barrow esq. is lord of the manor. The Duke
of Devonshire K.G, Earl Manvers, the trustees of G. P. Meynell and
J. Baker esq. are the principal landowners. The soil is clay; subsoil,
clay. The chief crops are wheat and oats. The acreage is 1,307 ; rateable
value, £7,858; the population in 1871 was 2,403; and in 1881,
3,457. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- John Hazard, postmaster. Letters received through Chesterfield, by mail cart, at 6.20 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.40 p.m WALL LETTER BOX, Brimington Common, cleared at 5 p.m WALL LETTER BOX, New Brimington, cleared at 5.30 p.m SCHOOLS :- A School Board consisting of five members was formed in 1876; C. J. Kerslake, clerk; attendance officer, John Hazard Central Board, erected in 1878, for 610 children; average attendance, 173 boys, 129 girls, junior mixed 146, infants 134; Benjamin Groom, master; Miss J. Fleming, mistress ; Miss Effie Stormont, infants' mistress. A new school for the junior department was erected in 1888 for 261 children; Miss Hadden, mistress Board, Brimington Common (mixed), erected in 1878, for 150 children; average attendance, 54 girls & 52 infants ; Miss Mary Louisa Walker, mistress; Miss Edith Chaloner, infants' mistress Biss Rev. Sydney B.A. [curate] Blumhardt Rev. Edward Keane B.A. [rector] Bond George, Brimington hall Buxton William, sen Goodall John Kenaz, Sutton lodge Mills Mansfeldt Forster, Tapton grove Williamson Edwin, Fairfield house Wood John, Hedley house COMMERCIAL. Allsopp Wm. draper, Brimington com Ashmore Herbert, iron founder Ashmore John, butcher Ashmore Joseph, shopkeeper, Brim ington common Ashmore Thomas William, tailor Baker Charles (exors. of), farmers & contractors Baker William, New inn Bamber Thos. painter & paperhanger Barlow Samuel, shopkeeper Beresford Jn. beer ret. 8 New Brimington Blower Thomas, Ark tavern Bolton Rich. farmr. Brimington comrnn Bonham Thomas, shoe maker Bonham William, shopkeeper Bowman Ebenezer, farmer, Brimington common Bown Thomas, shopkeeper Brassington Georgina (Mrs.), draper, Brimington common Burkitt Saml. dairy frm. Brimingtn. com Brooke Conrad, pork butcher Buxton Wm. cowkpr. Brimington com Calow John, wheelwright Cable Isaac, grocer & provision dealer Cable Joseph William, grocer Carlin Abraham, hair dresser Carrington Mary (Miss), druggist Catchpole George, shoe maker Cemetery (W. T. Jones, Chesterfield, clerk to the burial board ; John Platts, curator) Clayton, Bradley & Clayton, grocers & provision dealers, New Brimington Cook James, shopkeeper Cropper Henry, builder Cropper James, grocer Cropper Jane (Mrs.), millinr. & dress ma Cropper Mary (Mrs.), grocer Cutts Denis, draper &c Doughty Henry, grocer Duckmanton John, farmer Edwards Robert, Bugle Horn P.H Fox Charles, greengrocer Fox James & Son, wheelwrights Fox James, farmer, Ivy cottage Frost John, higgler Furness Charles, shopkeeper Goodall John Kenaz L.R.C.P. Edin. physician & surgeon, medical officer of health, Whittington local board, Sutton lodge Gould Thomas, boot & shoe maker Graham George, grocer & blacksmith Hall William, beer retailer Hancock Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Brimington common Haywood Robert, grocer Hazard John, grocer, & insurance agent, Post office Hazard Thomas Leek, grocer & beer ret Hearnshaw William, insurance agent, Brimington common Heath Walter Auld, shoe maker Heywood Thomas, farmer Holmes William, grocer Hughes George, shopkeeper Inns Charles, greengrocer Insley John, beer retailer Jephson Wm. joiner, bldr. & undertaker Kirkland John, grocer Lakin & Pearson, grocers & drapers Layton Henry, shopkeeper Lee Thos. grocer, Brimington common Lingard John, farmer Machin Robert, grocer & beer retailer, New Brimington Manknell Frank, shopkeeper & beer retailer, New Brimington Mapes Geo. shopkpr. New Brimington Maples William W. farmer, Tinkersic Martin Chas. Jn. grocr. & provision dlr Martin Samuel George, shopkeeper Naylor John T. insurance agent Needham Matilda (Mrs.), fancy repository Notley Edward, draper Parker Daniel, stamp distributor, Brimington common Phipps Henry, grocer Platts Jn. monmntl. masn. Cemetery Idg Pratts Chas. hair drsr. New Brimington Preston John, butcher Public Reading Room (Rev. E. K. Blumhardt, president; A. Insley, sec) Reynolds Wm. shopkpr. New Brimington Ringrose William, news agent & printer Rodger Ann (Mrs.), farmer Rodger Jn. G. farmr. Brimington common Savage John, Red Lion P.H Smales Thos. grocr. 9 New Brimington Smith John, Three Horseshoes P.H Stanley Elizabeth (Miss), farmer Stevens Jas. farmr. Brimington commn Todd James, tailor & draper Turton Henry, assistant overseer, Brimington common Wagtstaff Samuel, beer retailer Wakefield Jn. grocer, baker & beer ret Waterhouse James, farmer, Poplar farm, Brimington common Watson Isaiah, builder Watson Joseph, mason Wellon George, butcher Whale George, beer retailer Widdowson Thos. frmr. Brimington com William Joseph, fried fish dealer Wilson Thomas, shopkeeper Winterbottom & Son, shopkprs. Commn Wood Jn. Hy. brewer's agt. Hedley ho Wright Jesse, farmer, Moorside farm Wright Newton, shoe maker Yeomans Hy. grocr. Brimington commn Yeomans Walter, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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