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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Clown, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.98-99 |
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CLOWN is a village and parish, with a station on the Mansfield,
Clown and Chesterfield branch of the Midland railway from Mansfield
to Chesterfield, 5 miles south-east from Staveley station, 8½
north-east from Chesterfield, 7 south-west from Worksop, in the North-Eastern
division of the county, Scarsdale hundred, Eckington petty sessional
division, Worksop union and county court district, rural deanery of
Staveley, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell : the church
of St. John the Baptist is a building of stone originally in the Norman
style, but partially rebuilt in the Early English and Perpendicular
periods, and consists of chancel, nave, and an embattled western tower
in the Decorated style, with pinnacles, and containing 3 bells dating
from 1553 ; the lectern and altar-cloth were presented by the present
rector: the organ was introduced at a cost of £150: the church
bas been repaired and in part reseated : there are 300 sittings. The
register dates from the year 1509 for all entries, but is in bad condition.
The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £300, net
yearly value £244, including 67 acres of glebe, with residence,
in the gift of the Lord Chancellor, and held since 1870 by the Rev.
Charles Leonard Helps. Here are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels.
Gisborne's Charity of £6 13s. yearly, left in 1811, by the Rev.
Francis Gisborne, formerly rector of Staveley, is for clothing; there
are other charities amounting to £8 yearly. A market for live
stock is held on Tuesday, fortnightly, in the grounds of the Anchor
Inn. The Duke or Portland, who is lord of the manor, Mrs. Olivier
of Derby and Major John Erdeswick Butler-Bowden of Pleasington Hall,
Lancashire, are owners of the land, most of which is on the limestone,
producing fair crops of wheat, barley and turnips. The area is 1,922
acres ; rateable value, £7,206 ; the population in 1871 was
1,002 ; and in 1881, 1,812. DAMSBROOK is a hamlet, 1 mile south ; HALSTHORPE or Harlesthorpe, is a hamlet, three-quarters of a mile north-east; Hickin wood is 1 mile north-east. The Shire Oaks Colliery company has a colliery here. Parish Clerk, Joseph Coupe. POST & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Robert Hanford, receiver. Letters arrive through Chesterfield by mail cart, at 7.35 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.25 p.m. & 2.25 p.m. on sundays. The nearest telegraph office is at Barlborough A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1876: H. Turner, Romney, Barlborough, Chesterfield, is clerk to the board; Richard Bunting, attendance officer Board School (boys), built in 1889, at a cost of £1,600, for 300 boys; average attendance 160; Chas. Kitchen, master Board School (girls & infants), erected in 1877, at a cost of £2,250, for 250 girls & 250 infants ; average attendance, 150 girls & 160 infants ; the school is endowed with 13 acres of land, left by Charles Basseldine in 1733 ; Miss Mary Carlisle, mistress ; Miss Laura Louisa Harding, infants' mistress CARRIERS.-Francis Jenkinson, to & from Mansfield, thurs: & sat. ; to & from Worksop, wed. ; & Henry Jenkinson to & from Sheffield, tues. & sat. & to & from Mansfield, thurs Railway Station, William Dickenson, station master Anderson William James Helps Rev. Charles Leonard, Rectory Magee John Albert Woodhead Miss Woodhead Mrs Woodhead William COMMERCIAL. Allsop Enoch, grocer Anchor Stud Farm (Tom Earnshaw, proprietor) Anderson Wm. Jas. L. R.C.P. Edin. surgeon Arnull Harry, hair dresser Atkins William, grocer Baker Sydney Herbert, tailor Barber Charles, shopkeeper Bingham William, farmer, Romiley Boughtflowers John, farm bailiff to Frank Potter esq Carr John, boot maker Charlesworth John, boot maker Clarke Charles, boot maker Clown Co-operative Society Limited (George Barton, sec) Coupe George, beer retailer Davies Simeon, Crown P.H Davis Joseph, watch maker Deakin George William, carpenter Dolby William, chimney sweeper Earnshaw Tom, Anchor inn & Stud farm Eaton John, manager of the Barlborough colliery Edwards Frederick John, grocer, tea dealer, provision mer. boot & shoe warehouse, & draper, High street English Robert, shopkeeper English Wm. Henry, furniture dealer Fisher William, shopkeeper Fletcher John, Nag's Head P.H Gilway Thomas, blacksmith Glossop Peter, farmer Greaves William, chemist, druggist, & oil & color warehouse Hancock Job, shopkeeper Hanford Robert, grocer, & agent for Kennaway & Co. wine & spirit merchants, & insurance agent, Post office Hatfield Samuel, miller (steam) & frmr Heath George, clogger Hibbard Abraham, butcher Hibbard Stephen, draper Holmes Samuel, wheelwright Jepson William, Angel inn, & farmer Keetley John, Bowden Arms P.H Keetley Ruth (Mrs.), boot factor Lancaster William, farmer Limb William, farmer, Damsbrook Magee John Albert L.R.C.P. surgeon Mansbridge Frederick, farmer Manton Leonard, grocer Markham Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper Mellors Samuel, farmer Millard William, butcher Milner Benjamin, farmer Milner James, hair dresser Newton John, boot maker Norborn John, grocer & tea & provision dealer, High street Orme Isaac, watch maker Pearce Edward, shopkeeper Radford John, grocer Reece John, beer retailer Revill Richard, farmer Revill Samuel, butcher Rhodes Richard, mattress maker Richardson Charles, beer retailer Richardson Jonathan, farmer Robinson Charles, grocer, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit mers Rodgers Arthur, tailor Rodgers Joseph, butcher Rudd Wm. thrashing machine proprtr Shacklock Henry, farmer Skelton William, shopkeeper Smith George, shopkeeper & thrashing machine proprietor Southgate Colliery (Shire Oaks Colliery Co. Limited, proprietors) Stamper Frederick, thrashing machine proprietor Stubbins Samuel, farmer Sturgess Thomas, butcher West William, farmer Wilson William, farmer, Hickenwood Wombwell William, beer retailer Woodhead Jesse, greengrocer Woodhead William, auctioneer & valuer, house, land & estate agent, Clown market every alternate tues. ; also at Worksop market Wright John, surveyor [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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