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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Chaddesden, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.75 |
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CHADDESDEN is a parish, about 2½ miles east from Derby
and 2 north-west from Spondon station on the Trent and Derby branch
of the Midland railway, in the Southern division of the county, hundred
of Appletree, union of Shardlow, Derby
petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery
of Ilkeston, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The church
of St. Mary is an edifice of stone in the Gothic style, consisting
of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles and a Perpendicular western
tower with embattled parapet containing a clock and three bells, dated
1742: on the south side of the chancel are sedilia and a piscina and
other sedilia and a piscina of similar design in the aisles; the font
is of marble and Caen stone, and the stained east window is a memorial
to Robert Edward Eardley Wilmot, eldest son of Sir Henry Sacheverel
Wilmot bart. of Chaddesden, who died 22 Oct. 1861 : there are 200
sittings. The register dates from the year 1718 for all entries. The
living is a vicarage, net yearly value £94, chiefly derived
from 23 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Sir Henry Wilmot
bart. V.C., C.B. and held since 1879 by the Rev. Francis Edmund William
Wilmot M.A. of Trinity College,
Oxford. There is small Wesleyan Methodist chapel here, built in 1838.
Nottingham road cemetery, Chaddesden hill, contains two mortuary chapels,
built in 1855. Near a Roman road here are six almshouses, supported
by Brig. Gen. Sir Henry Wilmot bart. V.C. whose seat, Chaddesden Hall,
a mansion of brick, stands on the outskirts of the village. William
D. Nathaniel Drury-Lowe esq. D.L., J.P. of Locko Park, is lord of
the manor. The principal landowners are Sir Henry Wilmot bart. V.C.
and the Duke of Devonshire K.G. The soil is loam and sand; subsoil,
various. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley and some pasture
land. The acreage is 2,068; rateable value, £7,904; the population
in 1881 was 611. POST OFFICE.-John Davison, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Derby at 5.20 a. m. ; dispatched at 8.30 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Spondon Church of England (mixed) School, erected in 1872, enlarged in 1889, for 110 children & 50 infants ; average attendance, 104 children & 50 infants ; Edward Willetts, master PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Martin Miss Whinyates Col. Francis Arthur, The Moor house Wilmot Brigadier-General Sir Henry bart. V.C., C.B., D.L., J.P. Chaddesden hall; & 20 Montagu street w & Carlton & Arthur's clubs, London s w Wilmot Rev. Francis Edmund William M.A. [vicar] Yates Clement, Highfield house COMMERCIAL. Allen Thomas, farmer & butcher Bailey John, dairyman Davison William, blacksmith Green William, tailor, The Moor Hampshire William, farmer Haynes Jn. Whitehurst, Wilmot Arms P.H Hollingsworth John, farmer Holmes Robert, farmer Hunt Ebenezer, farmer Martin Charles, farmer, The Moor Mayer William, farmer & horse dealer Murdoch Robert, market gardener Oldershaw John & George, builders Oldershaw Herbert, butcher & farmer, Cherry Tree hill Painter Joseph, farmer, Row farm Smith Thomas Seth, farmer Taft Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Hill Walker William, farm bailiff to John Hollingsworth esq Yates Clement, wheelwright [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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