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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Calow, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.73 |
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| CALOW is a small village and township, in
the Chesterfield division of the county, parish, union, petty sessional
division and county court district of Chesterfield, 2 miles east from
Chesterfield, on the Bolsover road. The chapel of St. Peter, erected
in 1869, is a building of stone in the Early Gothic style, consisting
of an apsidal chancel, nave and a tower on the south-west with spire
erected in 1887 by Mrs. Walker and containing 3 bells, the lower stage
of the tower forms a porch : there are 200 sittings. The Rev. Hezekiah
Astley Kemp Hawkins has been curate in charge since 1888 and resides
at Devonshire Street, Chesterfield. There are Congregational and Primitive
Methodist chapels. The charities are £2 11s. yearly. Coals and
ironstone are found here. Earl Manvers is lord of the manor and principal
landowner. The soil is strong clay ; subsoil, clay. Two-thirds of
the land is pasture ; wheat and oats are grown here. The area is 1,339
acres ; rateable value, £2,281 ; the polulation in 1881 was
563. WALL LETTER BOX cleared at 6.20 p.m. Letters through Chesterfield, the nearest money order & telegaph offfice, arrive at 7.30 a.m. National School (mixed and infants ; average attendance, 77 children & 35 infants ; Miss Elizabeth Mercer ; mistress ; Miss Mary A Surguy & Miss Maria England, assistant mistresses Clark Alison Coulston John, Spring house Oliver John, The Lawn Ward John, Rose cottage COMMERCIAL. Adlington Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Arnold John, shopkeeper Ball Manton, farmer Beresford Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Brunt William, farmer, Mile hill Charlton Arthr. & Jn. farmers, Calow ho Coe Henry, farmer, Calow green Cox Reuben, White Hart P.H Crossland Thos. farmer, Laurel cot Cutts William, farmer, Calow green Greaves Arthur, farmer Hamson Joseph, farmer Heath Walter, shoe maker Hopkinson John, farmer Lamb John, farmer Middleton Wm. farmer, Somerset ho Naylor Edwin, farmer, Lodge farm Parker Joseph, farmer, Manor ho Renshaw John, commercial traveller Sharp Thomas farmer, Mill house Sims Henry, farmer, Wood nook Smith Alfred, blacksmith & farmer Smith George, farmer, Dryhurst Turner George, farmer, Nether house Upton Robert, farmer Wardley William, farmer Wharton Edward, farmer White William, farmer Wilcockson John, farmer & mechanical engineer Wilson James, wheelwright Wray William, farmer, Rose hill [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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