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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Cromford, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 102-103 |
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| CROMFORD is a town
and township, and was formed into a parish 19 March, 1869, from the
parishes of Wirksworth and Middleton, with a station on the Manchester
line of the Midland railway, half a mile from Matlock Bath, 2 miles
north from Wirksworth and 147 from London, in the Western division
of the county, in the hundred, petty sessional division and county
court district of Wirksworth, Bakewell union, rural deanery of Wirksworth,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The High Peak railway
to Stockport, now the property of the London and North Western Company,
terminates in this parish by a junction on the main line of the Midland
railway to Manchester. The line together with the Cromford canal (communicating
with the Erewash canal near Langley Bridge) and the Midland railway
afford facility for the conveyance of coal, minerals and limestone
to various parts of the kingdom. The chapel of St. Mary, erected and
endowed by Sir Richard Arkwright, kt. about 1792, is a small edifice
in the Gothic style, consisting of a chancel, nave and a square tower
containing one bell: it was restored and considerably improved, both
internally and externally, in the year 1858, by the late patron, Peter
Arkwright esq : there are 450 sittings, 200 being free. The register
dates from the year 1797. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value
£300, including 26 acres of glebe with residence, in the gift of Frederic
Arkwright esq. and held since 1886 by the Rev. William Harry Arkwright
M.A. of Oriel College, Oxford. St. Mark's chapel of ease, erected
in 1877 at a cost of £2,000, consists of a chancel and nave only,
and has 200 sittings : it is served by the parochial clergy, and it
has an attached cemetery. In 1662 Lady Armyne left a sum of money
for six poor widows who now reside in almshouses and J.C. Arkwright
esq. further endowed this charity with a sum of £2,500, which enables
each inmate to receive 5s. per. week. In 1771 Sir Richard Arkwright
kt. established a cotton factory here, the first in the kingdom, and
in 1789 purchased the manor and erected spacious mills, a portion
of which was destroyed by fire 7 Nov. 1890. Masson mills, the property
of Sir Richard Arkwright & Co. are used in the manufacture of
thread and afford employment to a great number of persons. Near Cromford
Bridge is Willersley, the seat of Frederick Charles Arkwright esq.,
J.P. lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is sandy ; subsoil
gritstone and limestone. The area is 1,324 acres ; rateable value,
£5,136 ; the population in 1881 was 1,074. POST & M. O. & T.O, S.B. & Insurance & Annuity Office, Two Dales.- Miss Emily Pritchard, postmistress. Letters are received through Derby at 6a.m. & 1.15p.m. & 5p.m. ; dispatched at 10 a.m. 11.10a.m. & 7 & 7.30p.m. ; sundays, at 6.30 p.m. POST OFFICE, High Peak Junction, Derby Road.- Henry Roper, receiver. Letters arrive from Derby at 6a.m. ; Dispatched at 7.5 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Lea Bridge & telegraph office Cromford ; Sundays, dispatched 7.5p.m. Church of England School, erected about 1830, for 300 boys & girls & 100 infants. The school is partly supported by F.C. Arkwright esq. Henry Tissington, master ; Miss Kate Bastwick, infants' mistress Railway Station, Lewis Wright, station master CARRIER to DERBY: Thomas Holmes of (Matlock Town), every Monday, Thursday, returning Tuesday & Friday [The residents of Scarthin Row and Chapel Hill are in Matlock Bath Local Board District. Willersley, & those names marked thus * are in the parish of Matlock, but all receive letters through Cromford.] [GENTRY AND CLERGY] Arkwright Fredc. Chas J.P. Willersley Arkwright James Charles, Oak Hill Arkwright Rev. William Harry M.A. [vicar], Oak Hill Furniss Edward, Greenhill terrace *Hill Charles, Bridge house Holmes John, Rose cottage, Derby road Sheldon Rev. Thomas, Chapel hill Sorby Clement, JP Woodend Walker Capt. Edwyn JP Rock house Willn John, Chapel hill COMMERCIAL: Allen John, fishmonger, Scarthin ARKWRIGHT SIR RICHARD & CO. Thread manufacturer (Richard Webster, manager); & at Matlock Bath Barker William, sub-agent to F. C. Arkwright esq. BIDDULPH BROTHERS, millers (water), & corn dealers Bird Thomas, beer retailer, Scarthin row Boden Thomas, boot & shoe maker ; & at Matlock Bath Britland John, shoe maker Brown George, newsagent & stationer Brown Jas. farmer, High Peak junction, Derby road Brown Jemima (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Scarthin Row Brown John, painter &c., Scarthin row Brown William, farmer, Longway bank Bunting Thos. wheelwright, Water lane Bunting Thos. (Mrs), lodging house Bunting William, blacksmith *Burton Joshua, farmer, High lees Chapman Fredk., clothier, Scarthin row Clay William M.R.C.V.S.E. vet. surgeon Conservative Club (Hy. Tissington, sec) *Dale George, farmer, Bow wood Dawes William & Son, coal merchants Duckmanton Jn., plumber, Scarthin row Evans William, jeweller, Market place *Fox George, farmer, Meadow wood *Fox Wm. Farmer, Woodseats, Willersley Fryer John, draper, tailor, hatter, outfitter & funeral furnisher, Scarthin row Gould Geo. Clement, shopkpr. The Hill Gregory Elizabeth Ann (Mrs.), milliner & haberdasher Hall John Thomas, Prudential agent, Cromford hill Hawley William, farmer, The Ashes High Peak Junction Wharf (William Walker, sub-manager) HILL MATTHEW, brewer, wine & spirit merchant, Greyhound commercial & family hotel & posting house Hodgkinson, Henry, farmer Hodgkinson, John, shopkeeper Hollins William & Co. (Nottm.) Limited, merino spinners, Cromford mill Holmes Horatio, farmer Holmes Thomas (Mrs.) lodging house Kidd Mary & Elizabeth (Misses), milliners & haberdashers Kidd David, grocer & ironmonger Kidd John, tinman & brazier Kidd Wm. coal mechant, Cromford wharf King John, spar & marble worker, Scarthin row LEA MILLS (John Smedley, prop.), Lea *Lennox William, linen draper Main Tom, saddler, Scarthin Marples Henry, farmer, Dean farm Marples John, farmer, Moorside Mee William, Bell P.H. Midland Railway Company's Wharf (John Bestwick, wharfinger,) Cromford Canal wharf Mitchell John, tailor, Scarthin row Nelson Robert, dealer in jewellery Nicklinson Thos. chemist, Market place Outram Thomas Smith, currier & leather merchant, Market place Parker Thos. plumber, glazr. & gas fitter Pearson Joseph, shopkeeper, Chapel hill Potter Anthony, farmer Pritchard Emily (Miss), stationer & postmistress Reading Room (Abel Boden, sec.) Reeds Jas. & Son, grocers &c. North st Robinson Ann (Mrs.), baker Roper George, whitesmith Smith Samuel & Son, general drapers &c Smith Hannah (Miss), grocr., Scarthin row Smith Walter Edwin, stationer & printr., Scarthin row Smith William John, hair dresser Smithurst William, boot & shoe maker, Scarthin row Spencer William, butcher, Market pl Stammers Ernest Callow, brewer to Matthew Hill, Chapel hill Statham Maria (Mrs.) The Cock P.H. & butcher *Steeples James, farmer, Low lees Stone Joseph, grocer, confectioner & provision merchant, Market place Storer Catherine (Mrs.), ale & porter merchant, Scarthin row Swift Benjamin, farmer Swift James (Mrs.), farmer Swift John Joseph, baker, confectioner, & pork butcher Swift Joshua, tobacconist *Taylor Henry, farmer, Castle top Taylor John, farmer Taylor Silvester, shopkeeper, North st Tissington Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Market place Towler Thirza (Mrs.) shopkeepr., Scarthin Toplis James, grocer, Scarthin row Wheatcroft Hy., farmer, Willersley farm WHEATCROFT HENRY, Via Gellia color works Wheatcroft Jas. Walter, barytes manufr Wright William John, tailor & outfitter, Market place Young William, jun. earthenware dlr [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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