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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Clay Cross (with Stretton & Woodthorpe), Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.95-98 |
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| CLAY
CROSS is an ecclesiastical parish comprising the townships
of Stretton, Clay Lane and Woodthorpe, formed 6 Feb. 1852, from the
civil parish of North Wingfield, a small portion of Stretton, however,
being in the parish of Shirland. Clay Cross is 5 miles south from
Chesterfield and 139 from London, in the Chesterfield division of
the county, Scarsdale hundred, a sub-division of Alfreton petty sessional
division, Chesterfield union and county court district, rural deanery
of Chesterfield, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
Here is a station on the Midland railway, which passes through the
iron works by a tunnel 1 mile 140 yards in length. The "Local
Government Act, 1858," was adopted here 14 May, 1875, and the
township is governed by the Clay Lane local board of nine members
and well lighted with gas and supplied with water by the Clay Cross
and Waterworks Company. The church of St. Bartholomew, built in 1851,
is an edifice of stone designed by Mr. Stevens, architect, of Derby,
and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles,
south porch and a western tower with spire containing 6 bells: vestries
were subsequently added and the chancel altered at a cost of £700,
under the direction of the late G. E. Street esq. R.A. : there
are three stained windows, one of which, erected in 1880, is
a memorial to Mr. H. Howe, engineer, and another, placed in 1878,
is a memorial to Mrs. C. Binns : there are
500 sittings: the church and churchyard were closed to interments
1878-9. The separate register dates only from the year 1851 ; all
previous entries relating to this place are in the parish registers
of North Wingfield. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge
£39, net yearly value £286, with residence and 3½ acres
of glebe, in the gift of the rector of North Wingfield, and held since
1888 by the Rev. Henry Sharpe Oldham A.K.C.L. The church of St. Barnabas,
situated at Danes Moor, and erected in 1883 as a chapel of ease to the
parish church, is a building of stone, consisting of chancel with vestry,
nave, south porch and a belfry, added in 1887: there are 220 sittings.
The Catholic chapel, dedicated to St. Patrick and St. Bridget, was erected
in 1862 and enlarged or rebuilt in 1882. There are also Baptist, Wesleyan,
Primitive Methodist, Free Methodist and Methodist New Connexion chapels
at Clay Cross; Methodist New Connexion and Primitive Methodist chapels
at Danes Moor, and a Methodist New Connexion chapel at Handley. There
is a cemetery of about 4 acres, with two mortuary chapels, the site being
a gift from W. G. Turbutt esq. of Ogston Hall; it is under the supervision
of a burial board of nine members. The Clay Cross Institute and Public
Hall has an excellent library and is provided with a good supply
of papers and periodicals. The Clay Cross Colliery and Ironworks
Company employ about 3,000 hands. The
Clay Cross and District Ploughing Association holds matches annually,
in October. The principal landowners are Major W. G. Turbutt J.P.
of Ogston Hall, Joseph H. Dixon esq. and the Clay Cross Company.
The soil and subsoil are clay and loam; chief crops, wheat and
oats, with some land in pasture. The area of the parish is 3,926
acres, and township of Clay Lane 1,313; rateable value, £15,311;
the population in 1881 of the township was 6,347; of the parish.
7,794, and local board district, 6,879. STRETTON township is in Alfreton county court district, and includes Handley, South Hill, Timberfield and Woolley Moor, and has a station on the Midland railway and a population of 630; area, 1,574 acres; rateable value, £4,076. At Handley is St. Mark's school church, and in the township is a cemetery of half an acre, with two mortuary chapels, under the control of a burial board of six members. WOODTHORPE township has a population of 817; the area is 1,055 acres; rateable value, £5,101. Sexton, George Marshall. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-Miss Maria Edge, postmistress. Letters received from Chesterfield at 6.45 a. m. & 4.20 p. m. ; dispatched at 10.40 a.m. & 6.25 & 8 p.m. WALL LETTER Box at Clay Lane cleared at 5.30 p.m. ; & at Egstow Green, cleared at 5.40 p.m. Letters for Stretton & Woolley Moor via Alfreton & for Handley & Timberfield & North Wingfield, via Clay Cross, 9.5 p.m. No mail in or out on sundays; office open from 8 to 10 a.m. for telegraphs only POST & M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Danesmoor.- George Radford, sub-postmaster. Letters received from Clay Cross 7.30 a. m. ; dispatched 5.45 p.m WALL Box at Stretton, cleared at 4.20 p.m Petty sessions are held at the Public hall every alternate wednesday, at 11.30 a.m. for the Clay Cross sub-division of the Alfreton petty sessional division, by the same justices who sit at Alfreton ; clerk, Frederick Stanley Rickards, Alfreton. The following places are included in the sub-district :-Ashover, Brackenfield, Clay Lane, Morton, Pilsley, Shirland, Stretton & Tibshelf CLAY LANE LOCAL BOARD. Meets every 4th wednesday at Board room, Market street Clerk, James Stollard Treasurer, George Crompton, Chesterfield Medical Officer of Health, Angus Mcintosh, Chesterfield Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, William Bramham Collector, George Lamb PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS :- Cemetery, George Lamb, clerk to the burial board Cemetery (Stretton), vacant, secretary Clay Cross Colliery Hospital, Alfred Chawner & L. H. Pegler M.D. chief medical officers; John Smith, dispenser Co-operative Market Hall, Market st. Thomas Wood, sec County Police Station, Market st. John Parsons, inspector & 7 constables Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment), 2nd Volunteer Battalion (G Company), Major Thomas Wilkinson, commandant; Rev. Samuel Curling Hayward, acting chaplain; Frederick Green, sergeant instructor PUBLIC OFFICERS:- Assistant Overseer & Rate Collector, Thomas Marshall Bryan; Assistant Overseer for Woodthorpe, Wm. Bramham Collector of Queen's Taxes, Thomas M. Bryan Medical Officers & Public Vaccinators, Chesterfield union, Clay Cross district, Thomas Valentine Kay L.R.C.P. Edin. Alma cottage; North Wingfield district, Barnard John Lee, Thanet house Relieving Officer, John E Green Town Criers, John Cresswell & George Bescoby A School Board of 7 members was formed in 1873 for the united district of Clay Lane, Pilsley, Stretton, Tupton, North Wingfield & Woodthorpe; John Henry Unwin, clerk to the board ; George Mycroft, attendance officer SCHOOLS:- Clay Cross Co.'s, erected in 1855 by the company, at a cost of £4,000 & since enlarged & supported by them & by weekly payments from their workmen, for 393 boys, 382 girls & 362 infants; average attendance, 350 boys, 325 girls & 360 infants ; James Stollard, head master; William Grubb & William Robinson, assistant masters; Miss Ann Shields, mistress; Miss Elizabeth Smith & Miss Fanny Blant, assistant mistresses; Miss Wilhelmina Gibson, infants' mistress Clay Cross Co.'s branch (infants') school, Danes moor, was erected in 1882 for 160 infants; average attendance, 80; Miss Louisa Brown, mistress National (St. Bartholomew's), erected in 1852 & enlarged in 1878, for 140 boys, 130 girls & 50 infants; average attendance, 96 boys, 68 girls & 46 infants ; Thomas Evans, master ; Mrs. Thomas Evans, mistress National (mixed), Handley, erected in 1870 as St. Mark's school church, for 115 children; average attendance, 58 RAILWAY STATIONS:- Clay Cross, James Christmas Hays, station master Stretton, Edmund Bradley, station master CARRIERS :-Samuel H. Wilson, to Chesterfield daily, except mon. & thurs.; Joseph Sutton, daily to Chesterfield, except mon. & thurs. ; to Mansfield, thurs Clay Cross. Bannister Job, Queen's Head P.H. Byard James, farmer, Holmegate Clay Cross. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bradley Edward, The Limes Burkemshaw Mrs. Bestwood house Chadwick Rev. J N. [Methodist New Conn] Chawner Alfred, Hill house Dickinson Joseph, Springfield house Dore William Drabble Wm. John, Park villa, Market st Dredge Rev. Norris M.A. [curate], Flaxpiece road Evans Rev William Prim. [Methodist] Foster Wm. Hallfield house, Market st Holdsworth Thomas, Alma house Hopkinson Mrs. Elizh. Woodthorpe ho Howe George, Northend house Jackson William Birkenhead Mather J.P. Clay Cross hall Kay Thomas Valentine, Alma cottage Lee Barnard John, Thanet house Meenagh Rev. Daniel [Catholic] Oldham Rev. Hy. Sharpe A.K.C. Vicarage Oxley Robert, Melbourne lodge Stollard James, Egstone house Thorpe Miss, Park terrace Turner Mrs. Flaxpiece road Unwin John Henry, Market street COMMERCIAL. Aiken Fras. N. plumbr. & glazr. High st Aldons Sarah (Mrs.), shopkpr. Danes mr Allen Walter, farmer, Danes moor Anthony John, shopkeeper, Danes moor Armson Elizh. (Mrs.), shopkpr. New st Armstrong Edward, The Crown P.H. High street Askew William, farmer, Holmegate Atkinson Chas. drapr. & mllnr. High st Bailey George, grocer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants Bannister Job, Queen's Head P.H. Thanet street Bansall Edmund, joiner & confectioner, Market street Barker Aaron, Angel inn, Clay lane Bassett William, printer, Thanet street Beardsley Geo. shopkeeper, Danes moor Beech Sarah (Mrs.), confectnr. Market st Beer Abel, grocer & provsn. mer. High st Bescoby George, shopkeeper & town crier, High street Birkumshawe Johnny, grocer &c.High st Blake William, painter & glazier, Market st Blood Bros. linen drapers, Market street Boden William, shopkeeper & beer retailer, Market street Boultbee Benj. beer retailer, High street Bradley Edward, timber merchant, & saw mills, High street Bradley Ernest, farmer, Handley lodge Bradley Frank, greengrocer, High street Brailsford George, shopkeeper, High st Brailsford Jane (Mrs.), farmer & shopkeeper, Danes moor Brakes Herbert, painter & grocer, Victoria buildings, High street Bramham William, assistant overseer & collector for Woodthorpe township, Brassington street Bramley George, deputy foundry manager to Clay Cross Company Bryan Thomas Marshall, collector of rates & taxes & assistant overseer & insurance agent, Clay lane Bulliment Ambrose, seedsman, Thanet street & Market hall Bunting Ann (Mrs.), shopkpr. Thanet st Bunting Samuel, tailor, Eyre street Buxton Joseph, George & Dragon P.H. High street Byard James, farmer, Holmgate Chawner Alfred L.R.C.P. Lond physician & surgeon, surgeon to the Clay Cross hospital & Clay Cross Iron & Coal Co. Hill house Cherry William, pork butcher, High st Cherry Wm. Hy. pork butcher, High st Clark Richard, shopkeeper &c. New st Clark David, watch maker, High street Clark William, grocer, provision dealer &c. Waterloo street Clarke John, ironmonger, Market street Clay Cross Club & Institute (Jas. Stollard, hon. sec.; Chas. Brimlow, sec) Clay Cross Colliery Hospital (Chawner M.R.C.S. & Pegler M.D. chief medical officers; John Smith, dispenser) Clay Cross Co-operative Market Hall (Thomas Wood, sec.), Market street Clay Cross Co-operative Stores (William Moore, manager) Clay Cross Floral & Horticultural Society (J. P. Jackson, president ; James Stollard, sec) Clay Cross Gas Company (Henry Greatorex, sec) Clay Cross Iron, Coal & Coke Company (John P. Jackson, gen. manager; Wm. B. M. Jackson, certificated manager) Clay Cross Police Station (John Parsons, inspector), Market street Clay Cross Town Football Club (John Whitworth, sec) Clay Cross & District Ploughing Association Clay Cross Waterworks (Henry Greatorex, manager & sec) Clayton Charles, cow keeper, Danes moor Clegg George, farmer, Clay lane Clowes Stephen, hair dresser, Market st Collings Thomas, draper & confectioner, Market street Cornford Arthur H. hosier & haberdasher (the people's draper), High st Cresswell John, town crier, bill poster & news agent, Bridge street Crompton & Evans' Union Bank Lim. open on mon. from 11 to 3 p. m. High st.; draw on Glyn, Mills, Currie & Co. London E C Cupit Augustus, tailor, Eldon street Cupit John, draper, High street Cutts Abraham, farmer, Danes moor Cutts John, grocer, Thanet street Davenport Daniel, New inn, Market st Drabble Alex. draper & clothier, High st Dronfield Jsph. boot & shoe ma. High st Dunn George, shopkeeper, Danes moor Dunn Rt. beer ret. & shopkpr. Danes moor Edge Maria (Miss), fancy repository, & post office, High street Elliott Matthew, beer retailer, Clay la Farnsworth Daniel, beer ret. Thanet st Farnsworth Eli, Buck P.H. High street Farnsworth Hy. Victoria hotel, High st Finney Cecily Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Brassington street Flavell Job & Sons, pork butchers, Market street & Danes moor Foster Joseph, grocer &c. Danes moor Foster William, grocer & provision dealer, Eldon street Galer Henry, greengrocer, Eyre street Garritty Bridget (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Thanet street Gilbert Hy. boot & shoe mkr. Cross st Goodall John, shopkeeper, Danes moor Goodall Joseph, shopkeeper, Danes moor Gratton George, tobacconist, Market st Greatorex Henry,manager & sec. to Clay Cross water & gas works & insur. agt Green John E. relieving officer for Clay Cross district Greenwood Joseph Alfred, pawnbroker & furniture dealer, High street Guest Adam, tripe dresser, Danes moor Gunn Joseph, shopkeeper, New street Handley Wm. beer retailer, Thanet st Hardy Henry, shopkeeper, Danes moor Harris Silas, grocer, Danes moor Haslam William & Sons, boot & shoe makers & insurance agents, Market st Haslam George, butcher, Market st Haslam John, beer retailer, Market st Hatton Isaac, agent to the British Workman's Assurance Co. Market st Hays Cornelius W. builder &c. Thanet st Hays James Christmas, station master Heath Francis, boot & shoe mkr. High st Hill Henry, Greyhound P.H. Danes moor Hinchcliffe William, stationer, High st Hirst John Henry, grocer & provision dealer, Market street Hodgkinson & Co. mineral water manufacturers & ale & porter merchants & bottlers, High street Holdsworth Thomas, Alma colliery Holland Thomas, beer retailer, Thanet st Holland Thomas, shopkeeper & beer retailer, Eldon street Holmes John. shopkeeper, High street Holmes Joseph, brick ma. Danes moor Holmes Simon, smallware dlr. New st Holmes Thomas George, boot maker, Market street Hopkinson William, farmer, Holmegate Howe George, engineer to Clay Cross Co Howitt Samuel, agent Refuge Assurance Company, Market street Hyde Edward H. clock repairer, Clay la Jackson John P. general manager to Clay Cross Company Jepson Henry, grocer, Thanet street Jepson Isaac, fishmonger, Eldon street Johnson Joseph, beer retailer & shop-keeper, Brassington street Jones Fanny (Mrs.), shopkpr. Thanet st Jones Robert, plumber, Holmegate Kay Thomas Valentine L.R.C.P. & L.R.C.S. Edin. physician & surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, Clay Cross district, Chesterfield union, Alma cottage Kemp Geo. draughtsman to Clay Cross Co Kenning Frank, china & glass dealer, New st. & hardware dealer, High st Kilpin Henry, boot & shoe maker, Brassington street Lamb George, Grocer, & clerk to burial board, Eldon street Leafe Samuel, grocer & provision & wine, spirit & beer dealer, High street Lee Barnard John L.S.A. Lond. surgeon, med. officer, North Wingfield district, Chesterfield union, Thanet house Lester George, beer retailer, New st Lester Joseph, grocer & draper, New st Lomas William, farmer, Danes moor Lomas Wm. ironmonger &c. Market st Longden Elizabeth (Miss), fancy repository, High street Longmate Robt. mar. store dlr. Thanet st Lloyd Robt. chemist & druggist, High st Loverock & Son, clothiers, Market st Lowe William, farmer, Holmegate Macbeth Henry, tailor, Eldon street Marriott Hosea, shopkeeper, Clay lane Marriott Matthew, shopkeeper, Clay la Marsh John, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Danes moor Marshall George, sexton & shopkeeper Marshall Richard, watch ma. High st Marshall William, pork butcher, High st May James A. J. beer retailer, Market st Milburn Wm. Park House P.H. Danes moor Muirhead James, farm bailiff to Clay Cross Company Mycroft George,school attendance officer Mycroft Thomas, joiner, Hill street Nutt Wm. furniture dealer, Thanet st Orrill Edward, grocer, Market street Oxley Robert & Son, milliners & drapers, High street Oxley John, stationer &c. High street Oxley Fred, hatter, hosier, clothier & draper (men's & boys' suits made to order on the shortest notice), 2 Victoria buildings, High street Parson George, butcher, Danes moor Priest Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Market street Purdy Thomas, saddler &c. High st Pymble Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, High st Radford George, shopkeeper, & post office, Danes moor Randle Sam, boot & shoe ma. Thanet st Redfern Wm. farmer, Old Danes moor Robinson Joseph, grocer & provision dealer, Market street Roe John, grocer & confctnr. Market st Rogers Thos. shopkeeper, Danes moor Salter & Salter,boot & shoe mas. High st Saunderson william, hair dresser, & fancy repository, High street Sears William, Star hotel, High street Senior Bros. pawnbrokers, High street Shardlow John Herbert, beef & pork butcher, High street Sharman Jas. who. fruiterer, Thanet st Sheffield Banking Co. Lim. (sub-branch), open monday from 11 to 3 p.m. High street; draw on Smith, Payne & Smiths, London E c Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regt.), 2nd Volunteer Battalion (G Company) (Maj. Thos. Wilkinson, commandant; Rev. Samuel C. Hayward, acting chaplain ; Frederick Green, sergeant instructor) Silkstone George, tobacconist, & fancy repository, Market street Slack Alfred, solictr. & insur. agt. High st Slack Job, beer retailer, High street Slack William, butcher, grocer & farmer, High street Slater Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer, Market st Slater Eli, grocer & provsn. dlr. Thanet st Slater Thos. beer retailer, High street Slater William, coffee tavern, Market st Smith Elijah, shopkeeper, Clay lane Smith Jemimah (Mrs.), confctr. High st Smith John, farmer, Holmegate Smith Joseph, yeast dealer & greengrocer, High street Smith Samuel, shopkeeper, Clay lane Smith William, shopkeeper, Eldon st Snibson William, butcher, High street Staples Joseph, tripe dresser, High st Star Tea Co. grocers (John Nixon, manager), High street Stevenson Wm. shopkeeper, Market st Stollard James, schoolmaster, & clerk to Clay Cross local board & insur. agt Stone Joseph, shopkeeper, Danes moor Stoppard Saml. china & glass dlr. Eyre st Stoppard Wm. hair dresser, Market st Sutton Joseph, carrier, Thanet street Swan Saml. greengrocer, Market street Taylor Charles, boot & shoe maker, Danes moor Taylor Peter, farmer, High street Taylor Thomas, butcher, Danes moor Thorpe Robt. miller (steam) & corn mer Tinkler Eustace, builder, Thanet street Udall Prestwood Jn. (exors. of), woollen drapers, High street Unwin John Henry, clerk to the united district of Clay Lane & Shirland school boards Unwin Jas. grocer & prov. dlr. Market st Vick Edward, shopkeeper, High street Waklin Emma (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Brassington street Walker Hy. statnr. & printer, Eyre st Waller George, toy dealer, Market st Wharton Joseph, blacksmith & farmer, Clay lane Whileman George, beer retlr. Eyre st Whileman Thos. beer & wine ret. Market st Whitworth Mary (Mrs.), beer retailer, Market street Wigley Lewis, shopkeepr. Broadley ter Wilkinson Thomas,cashier & accountant to Clay Cross Co. High Coney Green ho Williamson Jos. hair dresser, Market st Wiser William, confectioner & blacksmith, High street Wood Jedediah, beer retailer, Thanet st Wood Thomas, cabinet maker, & sec. to Clay Cross Co-operative Soc. Thanet st Woodward Wm. shopkeepr. Market st Stretton. Adams John Thos. Timberfield house Huish Mrs. The Ford COMMERCIAL. Bailey Henry, cowkeeper, Woodhead Barton Emma (Mrs.), Mid. Railway inn Beresford Joel, farmer & blacksmith Bingham Chas. frmr. & beer ret.Handley Bingham George, farmer, South hill Bradley Francis, farmer, Handley Bradley Henry, farmer, Woodhead Bradley John, farmer, Woolley moor Bradley Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Handley Brown William, shopkeeper Clarke Richard, farmer, Handley Cowlishaw John, farmer, Woolley moor Crofts James, rate collector, Handley Crofts Sarah (Mrs.), cowkpr. Woolley mr Cutts James, farmer Fox Miles, farmer, Woolley moor Fox Wm. wheelwright, Woolley moor Freckingham Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Greatorex Enoch, farmer, Handley Gregory & Woolley, farmers, Ford frm Hadfield John, Turbutt Arms P.H Hanbury Charlotte (Mrs.), fmr. Handley Hardwick John, White Horse P.H. & farmer, Woolley moor Harrison Fredk. farmer, Woolley moor Hays Joseph, cow keeper, Woolley moor Hill Frederick, farmer Hill Sarah (Mrs.) & Robt. wheelwrights Hodgson Thomas, farmer, Handley Hopkinson George, farmer, Woodhead Hopkinson Thomas, farmer, Deerleap Johnson John, farmer Kemp George, farmer, Woolley moor Manor Colliery Co. Limited (Frederick W. Briscoe, sec) Mather William, farmer, South hill Milner Arthur, farmer, & tenant right valuer & insurance agent Milner Arthur, jun. farmer Mosley Elizabeth (Miss), farmer Radford Hy. miller (water), Woolley mill Redfern Frederick, farmer, Handley Rooth Maria (Mrs.), Napoleon's Home P.H. & farmer, Wolley moor Sterland Mary (Mrs.), farmer Taylor John, farmer, South hill Taylor Mary (Mrs.), farmr. Flaxpiece frm Wright George, farmer Woodthorpe. COMMERCIAL. Barker Benjamin, farmer Bateman Robert, miller (wind & steam) & farmer Bown Wm. Royal Oak P.H. & farmer Bramley Herbert, farmer Hallows William, joiner Holmes Henry, farmer, Woodside cot Hodgson Frederick, farmer Hopkinson Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmr Smith David, farmer Stacey Charles, jun. blacksmith Stevenson William, grocer Stone Jas. farmer, Woodthorpe grange [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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