|
Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Chellaston, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.80 |
|
|||
|
CHELLASTON is a parish with a station on the Derby and Ashby-de-la-Zouch
branch of the Midland railway, 130 miles from London and 4½
south-south-east from Derby, in the Southern division of the county,
hundred of Repton and Gresley, union of Shardlow,
petty sessional division and county court district of Derby, rural
deanery of Melbourne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of St. Peter is a building of stone chiefly in the Early
English style, consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle and an embattled
western tower with pinnacles, rebuilt in 1842, and containing a clock
and 3 bells, the interior of the church was restored in 1875 and the
old pews replaced by open seats: the south aisle has an arcade of
three bays, with octagonal piers: there are two piscinae, one in the
south side of the chancel, and one in the south aisle, and an ancient
and massive circular font: in the south aisle are two memorial stones
of the Bancroft family, dated 1551 and 1557, connections of Thomas
Bancroft the poet, a native of Swarkston, who lived near here in the
time of Queen Elizabeth. The organ was erected in 1880, and in 1882
new windows were inserted by subscription: there are 200 sittings.
The register dates regularly from the year 1755 ; portions of an earlier
record, dating from 1569 to 1732 are in the possession of the vicar,
in 1886 another portion, from 1659 to 1732, which had been missing
for 50 years, was recovered from a neighbouring parish, and further
portions are contained in the Bigland MSS. preserved at the College
of Arms. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value from 52 acres
of glebe £120, in the gift of the Bishop of Southwell and held
since 1872 by the Rev. Joseph Hughes B.A. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
The Wesleyan chapel, erected in 1875 at a cost of £660, has
a reredos of alabaster, erected as a memorial to Mr. W. T. Whelpton,
of London, who spent his youth in this village, to which he was a
great benefactor: the organ was erected at a cost of £200. There
is also a Baptist chapel here. The alabaster quarries and gypsum mines
are very extensive, and give employment to many of the inhabitants.
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, bart. of Calke Abbey, J.P. is the principal
landowner. The soil is strong clay ; subsoil, marl. The chief crops
are oats, wheat and barley. The area is 830 acres ; rateable value,
£2,623 ; the population in 1881 was 498. Sexton, Hiram Holt.
POST & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- William Turner, receiver. Letters received from Derby at 5.30 a.m. & forwarded to Derby at 7.25 p.m. The telegraph office is at the railway station A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1885 ; W. F. P. Meakin, Duffield, clerk to School Board; Mr. William Turner, Chellaston, attendance officer Board School (mixed), erected in 1878 at a cost of £2,000, for 150 children; average attendance, 100: Edwin B. Turner, master; Miss Gertrude E. Johns, mistress Railway Station, John Barwick, station master PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Briggs James, The Limes Forman Henry Gover Mrs. Mount house Hughes Rev. Joseph B.A. [vicar] Pimm James Pimm George Wotton Stevens John, West Hill house Swindell Frederick, The Lawn Swindell William Thompson Richard, Chellaston house Tomlinson Mrs. The Hollies Wright Robert COMMERCIAL. Bates John, shopkeeper Briggs John, New inn Buckingham George, miller (steam) & farmer Bull James, Red Lion P. H Clews James, farmer Copeland Alfred, farmer Copeland Matthew, wheelwright Domleo Stephen, butcher & farmer Forman John, baker & coal merchant Manfull Hiram, farmer Mason Maria (Mrs.), farmer Meakin Edward, manager for Messrs. Pegg & Co. plaster merchants Meakin Henry, farmer, Moor end Palmer William, farmer Pegg Thomas, market gardener Plackett John, butcher & farmer Platts John. Rose & Crown P.H Pym Jane (Mrs.) shopkeeper Shaw Joseph, farmer Smith Thomas, market gardener Stableford Thomas Porter, plaster merchant & brick manufacturer Thompson Richard, farmer Turner William, shoe maker & school attendance officer, Post office Warren Thomas, farmer Young George, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
 An Ann Andrews historical directory transcript |
||||
 Village Links |
||||
More on site information about Chellaston and the surrounding area  Derbyshire's
Parishes, 1811The Gentleman's
Magazine Library - Derbyshire to DorsetWolley
Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire
deeds, pedigrees, documents and wills |
