Carsington, 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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CARSINGTON is a parish and village, pleasantly
situated 6 miles north from Belper, 6½ north-east from Ashborne,
2½ west from Wirksworth station on the Derby and Wirksworth
branch of the Midland railway and 4½ south-west from Cromford
station on the Ambergate and Birmingham section of the same line,
in the Western division of the county, Wirksworth hundred and petty
sessional division, Ashborne union and county court district, rural
deanery of Wirksworth, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of St. Margaret is a small building consisting simply of
nave and south porch and a turret containing one bell : it was repaired
and new roofed in 1854, and in 1874 was reseated with open benches,
and a south porch built : the octagonal font is of early date : there
are 140 sittings. The register dates from 1592 for all entries. The
living is a rectory, average tithe-rent charge £88, gross yearly
value £140, including 43 acres of glebe, in the gift of the
Bishop of Southwell, and held since 1859 by the Rev. Francis Henry
Brett M.A. of St. John's college, Cambridge. Gisborrne's charity,
of £5 10s. yearly is expended in clothing. H. Chandos-Pole-Gell
esq. J.P. of Hopton Hall is lord of the manor and principal landowner.
The soil is clay and loam ; subsoil, clay and limestone. The chief
crops are grass. The area is 1,127 acres ; rateable value £1,742
: the population in 1881 was 231.
Parish Clerk, Edward Hitchcock
LETTER BOX cleared at 5 p.m. Letters through Derby via Wirksworth.
The latter is the nearest money order office
School, built & endowed in 1726 by Miss Temperance Gell ; will
hold 100 children ; vacant, master. The endowment was originally for
20 poor children, but all scholars now pay 2d. per week, which however
includes some school necessaries. The endowment arises from rent of
land & averages between £75 & £85 yearly
Brett Rev. Francis Henry M.A. [rector]
Taylor Henry, Thornhill house
COMMERCIAL.
Allsop John, farmer
Bowler Joseph, farmer
Buxton Edmund, farmer
Buxton Thomas, farmer
Calderbank William, farmer
Cauldwell Thomas, farmer
Elliott William (Mrs.), farmer
Haigh (Mrs.) farmer
Hitchcock Edward, parish clerk
Lamb Francis, Greyhound P.H. & farmer
Mellor Chas Miners' Arms P.H. & farmr
Naylor Edward, farmer
Steeples James, boot maker
Steeples William, farmer
Stone William, farmer
[End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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