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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Chelmorton, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.80-81 |
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CHELMORTON is a parish in the Western division of the county,
High Peak hundred, union, petty sessional division and county court
district of Bakewell, rural deanery of Buxton, archdeaconry of Derby
and diocese of Southwell, 8 miles west from Bakewell and 5 south-east
from Buxton. Illy Willy water rises on the hill called the Lowe, and
passing through the village disappears in a swallow in the limestone
and runs underground a long distance before it again appears. The
church of St. John the Baptist is an ancient edifice of stone with
traces of Saxon and Norman work, consisting of chancel, clerestoried
nave of four bays, aisles, south transept, porch and a western tower
with octagonal spire, containing 4 bells, dated respectively 1621,
1681, 1621 and 1607 ; each bell has also an inscription now almost
illegible: there are piscinae and sedilia and an ancient octagonal
stone font and monuments to George Dale, of Flagg (1683), Roger Goodwin
(1688), and to the families of Bullock, of Ashford (1800), Wieldon
of Buxton (1810) and Swann of Hurdlow Hall (1740) ; there are Sittings
for 300 : the church was restored and re-opened in 1874 at a cost
of £2,000 : in the churchyard are the remains of an ancient
stone cross. The register dates from 1590 and is in good condition.
The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £160, derived from
62 acres of glebe and grants from the Ecclesiastical Commissioners
and Queen Anne's bounty, with residence (built in 1843), in the gift
of the vicar of Bakewell and held since 1870 by the Rev. Robert Phillips,
of St. Bees. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel here. The charities
include £4 13s. distributed yearly, besides £6 10s. from
the Gisborne charity, left by the Rev. Francis Gisborne
formerly rector of Staveley, for clothing. Upon a hill called "The
Lowe," above the village, are two barrows, one of which was opened
in 1846, but only a few calcined bones were found. The manor is part
of the Queen's manor of High Peak. The principal landowners are the
trustees of Thomas Buxton, Mr. Michael Simpson, John Mellor esq. of
Monyash, John Bagshaw, of Highlow Hall, the Rev. Edward Marsden M.A.
vicar of Aston, and the Duke of Devonshire K.G. The soil is a brown
loam; subsoil, limestone. The land is chiefly used for grazing purposes.
The area is 1,952 acres ; rateable value £1,847 ; the population
in 1881 was of the township 232 and parish 422. Flagg is a township and manor, 2 miles south-east and 6 west from Bakewell, in Bakewell parish, union, petty sessional division and court district and High Peak hundred. Divine service is conducted by the vicar of Chelmorton once a fortnight in the National school-room. There are Primitive Methodist and Unitarian chapels. The charities amount to £5 16s. yearly. The Duke of Devonshire K.G. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Messrs. Herbert Finney, Joseph Needham and the Duke of Devonshire K.G. The soil is a brown loam; subsoil, limestone. The chief crops are hay and oats; a great portion of the land is used for grazing purposes. The area is 1,761 acres ; rateable value, £1,616; the population in 1881 was 190. Sexton, Charles Gould. Letters through Buxton, received at 10 a.m. WALL LETTER BOX cleared at 3.30 p. m. on week days only. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Taddington SCHOOLS:- National, erected in 1882 for 100 children; average attendance, 27 ; Mrs. L. E. A. Phillips, mistress National, Flagg, erected in 1836 for 40 children ; average attendance, 25. Miss Hannah Brightman, mistress Chelmorton. Philllips Rev. Robert, Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Bagshaw Wm. wheelwright & coach bldr Boam Joseph, wheelwright Dawson Peter, farmer & slater Dawson William, shopkeeper Dicken Geo. Duke of York P.H. & farmr Goodwin Philip, farmer Gyte George, farmer Gyte Samuel, farmer Hastings Daniel, farmer Hallam John, farmer & landowner Hawley John, farmer Hodgkinson William, farmer Hodgkinson Wm. farmer & landowner Holmes Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Knowl Mortin Ann (Mrs.), farmer Moseley Henry, farmer, Town end Oliver Matthew, farmer Percival George, farmer Percival George Henry, farmer Percival Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Ditch Percival John, farmer Percival Louisa (Mrs.), frmr & landownr Percival Thomas, farmer, Shallow Percival Thomas, farmer Robertson Joseph, farmer Robinson Joseph, farmer Robinson Joseph, farmer, Ditch Robinson Richard, shopkeeper Simpson Edward, farmer Simpson Michael, farmer & landowner Skidmore John, farmer, Green Dale Smith William, blacksmith Swindell William, farmer Whitaker Richard, Church inn Flagg. Bunting Thomas, shopkeeper & farmer Cantrill John, farmer Dicken John, farmer Dunn Francis, farmetr Gould William, farmer, Flagg hall Hodgkinson Matthew, farmer Hodgkinson Thomas, grocer & painter Mycock John, farmer Mycock William, farmer Naylor Samuel, farmer Needham John, farmer Needham Joseph, farmer & landowner Needham Mary (Mrs.), farmer Needham Richard, horse dealer Needham Richard, jun. Plough P.H Redfern John, farmer Shemwell George, farmer Wain Isaac, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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