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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Dalbury Lees, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.105 |
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DALBURY (or DAWBRY) and LEES form a joint township and parish,
6 miles west-by-south from Derby and 3 north from Etwall station on
the Great Northern Railway, in the Southern division of the county,
Appletree hundred, Burton-upon-Trent union, petty sessional division
and county court district of Derby, rural deanery of Longford, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The Radbourne Brook flows through
the parish. The church of All Saints is an ancient edifice of stone
in the Later English style, consisting of chancel, nave of two bays,
north aisle, south porch, and an embattled belfry on the west side
containing 2 bells, dating from 1650: there are some richly stained
windows, one of which, displaying a figure of St. Michael, is supposed
to date from the 13th century, the font has a curiously carved cover;
there are 129 sittings. The register dates from the year 1545 for
all entries. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £147,
net yearly value £210, including 47 acres of glebe with residence,
in the gift of Lady
Palliser and Mrs. Stewart, and held since 1889 by the Rev. John Joseph
Wardale B.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge ; the rectory adjoining is
a handsome mansion. Dalbury Lees mission room has 70 sittings, and
there is also a Primitive Methodist Chapel. The charities are of about
£22 yearly value. The soil is strong loam; subsoil, marl. The
chief crops are wheat, barley, clover, turnips and mangolds ; there
is also a quantity of pasture land. The area is 1,192 acres ; rateable
value, £1,995; the population in 1881 was 198. Parish Clerk, William Maddocks. POST OFFICE, Dalbury Lees.-John Wainwright, receiver Letters through Derby; arrive at 7 a.m. despatched at 6.55 pm. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Brailsford. LETTER Box in Dalbury lane, cleared at 7.15 p.m National School (mixed), for 60 children; average attendance, 37 children; Miss Hannah Massey Wardale Rev. John Joseph B.A. Rectory Morley Thomas, farmer Neal Elizh. (Miss), Black Cow P.H. Lees Osborne Thomas, farmer Stevenson John, farmer, Lees Wainwright John, farmer, Post off. Lees COMMERCIAL. Alcock John, baker, Lees Hanson Philip, farmer, Lees Hodgkinson James, farmer Hodgkinson John, farmer, Glebe farm Hodgkinson Thomas, farmer Hunt William, farmer, Lees Hulland Thomas, farmer, Lees Massey John, farmer, Rook hills [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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