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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Burbage-on-the-Wye, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.63 |
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BURBAGE-ON-THE-WYE is a hamlet within the township of Upper
Quarter, in Hartington parish, formed into an ecclesiastical parish
in 1869, and is 1 mile south-west from Buxton, in the High Peak division
of the county, hundred of High Peak, union of Chapel-en-Ie-Frith,
Buxton petty sessional division, county court district of Chapel-en-le-Frith,
rural deanery of Buxton, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of SouthweIl.
Christchurch, erected in 1861, is a modern building of stone in the
Norman style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave of four bays, aisles,
transepts, vestry and a low tower on the south side, forming also
an entrance and containing an illuminated clock and 6 bells: the chancel
has five stained windows; and there are several others, one of which,
a memorial to Mary Bartlett, was placed by her son Thomas Bartlett,
of Liverpool : there are mural monuments to Edward Woollett Wilmot
esq. J.P. d. 1864, and to the Rev. Almeric John Churchill Spencer
M.A. d. 1864, a former incumbent of Christ church, and son
of the late Rt. Rev. George John Trevor Spencer D.D. some-time Bishop
of Madras: a fine organ was erected in 1878, at a cost of about £500,
raised by subscription: there are 430 sittings. The register dates
from the year 1869. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent charge
£97, gross yearly value £216, with residence, in the gift
of the Duke of Devonshire K.G. and held since 1884 by the Rev. Samuel
Crusha Sarjant B.A. of Glasgow University. A Mission church and school
have been erected at Harpur Hill in this parish by the Buxton Lime
Company, who also pay an annual stipend to the curate, and have further
established a reading and news room; the Rev. John Hilton Ireland
M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge, has been curate in charge since
1887. The Wesleyans have a chapel here, and the Primitive Methodists
one at Canhole. A subterranean hollow, characteristic of the limestone
formation, and known as "Poole's Hole," is situated here.
The quarries
and works of the Old Buxton Lime Company Limited, the largest of that
kind in the kingdom, give employment to several hundred men, the lime
being principally used for chemical and manufacturing purposes: there
are 12 miles of rails and tramways in connection with the works, and
a branch line from the High Peak railway. This district is geologically
interesting in being also the outcrop of the coal measures, and a
mountain mine is worked by the Buxton Lime Company. The Duke of Devonshire
K.G. is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is brown
loam; subsoil, limestone. The population in 1881 was 1,917. Parish Clerk, Matthew Bennett. Sexton, William Bennett. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Henry Eyre, sub-postmaster. Letters from Buxton arrive about 7.30 a.m. & 4.30 p.m. ; dispatched at 12.30 & 6.45 p.m. ; sundays, 5 p.m. Parcels dispatched at 12.30 & 6.30 p.m POST OFFICE, Harpur Hill.-William Greatorex, sub-post-master. Letters from Buxton (the nearest money order & telegraph office), arrive at 7. 10 a.m. ; dispatched at 6 p.m. week days only. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid WALL BOX, Canhole, cleared at 6.15 p.m. week days only SCHOOLS :- Board (mixed & infants), erected for 350 children ; average attendance, 147 boys & girls & 108 infants; Walter Broadbery, master; Miss Helen Lister, mistress; clerk, T. W. Varley, Buxton; attendance officer, Matthew Bagshaw, Burbage Mission, erected in I876, for 150 children; average attendance, 113 & supported solely by the Old Buxton Lime Co. Limited ; Thomas Perkins, master; Miss Jane Ellen Harrison, infants' mistress PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Aitchison Gowrie C. Duke street Beckett Jas. Marshall, The Hawthorns Buchanan Mrs. West lodge Cooke Henry J.P. Edgemoor Darwin Reginald J.P. Fern Fisher George, Wye head Hampson James Arthur, 6 Duke street Hubbersty Henry Alfred J.P Hull-Brown Mrs. Wyelands Ireland Rev. John Hilton H.A. [curate], Harpur hill McNish Mrs. Eglantine cottage Manlove Simeon, Burbage house Markendale Rd. Shires, Sherbrooke ldg Sarjant Rev. SI. Crusha B.A. Vicarage Stamper Mrs. Eglantine villa Webb Mrs. Trafalgar house COMMERCIAL. Bagshaw Ann (Mrs.),frmr. Ferney bottm Bagshaw Matthew, tailor & upholsterer Bagshaw Thomas, farmer Barker Ann (Mrs.), draper Belfield Lazarus, shopkeeper, Canhole Beverley George, farmer, Burlow grnge Beverley Sarah (Mrs.), The Parks inn, Harpur hill Bradbury Edward, journalist, West st Bradbury William, grocer, Duke street Broadbery Walter, teacher of music Burbage Permanent Building Society (registered office) (Henry Eyre, sec.), Post office Dempster James, farmer, Edgemoor Downes John, farmer, Fox low Eyre Hy. bookseller & joiner, Post office Gilman Joseph, farmer, Otter hole Goodwill Sarah Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Counters cliff Greatorex William, shopkeeper, Post office, Harpur hill Hibbert John, farmer, Bunsall Hibbert George, farmer, Longhill Hill Adam, butcher & shopkeeper Holme George, Red Lion P.H Jowle Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Keeling John, farmer, Goits moss Moss Thomas, shoe maker Norton Isaac, farmer, Plex farm Norton Joseph, cab proprietor Old Buxton Lime Co. Lim. (Henry Alfd. Hubbersty, managing director) Oldfield William Hancock, grocer &c Plant George, fruiterer Raynor Robert, farmer, Bridge house Swann James (the exors. of), farmers, Turncliff Swindells George, farmer, Watford frm Swindells Nathaniel, Duke of York P.H Turner Mary (Mrs.), farmr. Temple fm Wain John, shopkeeper, Harpur hill Wain William, farmer, Dale head Ward David, farmer, Gutter farm Wardle Elizh. (Mrs.), shpkpr. Harpur hill Webbe Nelson, coal merchant [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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