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| Darley, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 107-108 |
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DARLEY ( or NORTH
DARLEY) is a township, extensive parish and a village, pleasantly
situated in a valley, with a station on the Manchester and Buxton
railway, 146 miles from London and 4 miles north-west from Matlock
Bath, in the Western division of the county, hundred of High Peak,
Bakewell union, the Matlock district of the Wirksworth petty sessional
division, county court district of Wirksworth, rural deanery of
Bakewell, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell, and is
governed by a local board of twelve members formed in 1863. The
river Derwent separates North from South Darley. The church of St.
Helen dates from the 12th century, and consists of a chancel, clerestoried
nave of four bays, transepts, south porch, and a western tower containing
a clock and 6 bells, dated respectively 1704, 1618, two 1628, 1710
and 1876 ; in the south transept are monuments to Sir John de Darley,
whose family held the royal manor of Darley in the 13th century:
in the north transept are monuments to the Rollesey family dated
1513, an in the south chancel to the family of Milward, dated 1658,
and in the south aisle to the Collumbell and Wendesley families
: there are several stained windows, including one designed by D.
G. Rossetti[1], and erected
in 1860, illustrating various incidents of the Song of Solomon ;
the stained east window, erected in 1864, is a memorial to the son
of the late rector : the church was restored in 1877 at a cost of
over £3,000, and in 1885 the chancel
was refitted with carved oak stalls, and other improvements made
in the interior : the church plate dates from 1791 ; there is a
Norman font, and the church affords 600 sittings, 200 being free
: the churchyard contains a very old yew tree 32 feet in girth at
four feet from the ground, and in an excellent state of preservation.
The register of baptisms dates from 1569, of marriages from 1451
and burials from 1539. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £284,
net yearly value £308,
including 120 acres of glebe, with residence, but subject to a pension
of £180 to the late rector, in the gift of the Bishop of Southwell,
and held since 1881 by the Rev. Frederic Atkinson M.A. of Trinity
College, Cambridge. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Two Dales, erected
in 1827. Garratt's and Gisborne's charities, together amounting
to
£11 yearly, are for clothing. Darley Dale Hydropathic Establishment
is a modern mansion of stone erected at a cost of £35,000,
with the latest sanitary improvements and stands in a richly timbered
park of 51 acres : it has an independent supply of pure water from
the justly renowned "Sharder Spring" on the estate, and
is sheltered from the winds on the north and east : at the entrance
to the park is a fine stone lodge. The Darley Institute, now (1890)
in course of erection by the trustees of the late Sir Joseph Whitworth
bart. F.R.S. will comprise reading room and library, class, bath
and billiard rooms. The Cottage Hospital, erected by the trustees
of the late Sir Joseph Whitworth Bart 1889, is beautifully situated
on an elevation and is available for 16 patients. At Two Dales
is a twine manufactory, formerly used for spinning flax. Stancliffe
Hall, the seat of Lady Whitworth, is a mansion of stone in the
Tudor style, with gardens and pleasure grounds, a chief feature
being the magnificent rockery, planted with choice and suitable
shrubs, which the late Sir Joseph Whitworth constructed at great
length out of a sandstone quarry. Darley Hall, the property of
Lady Whitworth, is now occupied by Alfred Clay esq. : Darley House
is the residence of Herbert Byng Paget esq. ; and the Holt (Two
Dales) is the residence of the Rev. James Dearden Cannon M.A. Sydnope
Hall, the seat of Bridgeman Langdale Barrow esq. J.P. is a mansion
of ancient date, rebuilt in 1852 by the late R.B. Barrow esq. And
is pleasantly situate on the Chesterfield road, about 1 miles north-east
from Darley Dale station ; the grounds contain some good specimens
of pine and other trees, and there is a good supply of water of
exceptional purity. There is no lord of the manor. Lady Whitworth,
the trustees of the late Charles Baldwin Dakeyne, B.L. Barrow esq.
JP the Duke of Rutland G.C.B., P.C. and the trustees of the late
T.S. Potter esq. are the principal landowners. On Sydnope Stand,
929 feet above the level of the sea, there is a tower erected
by the late Sir Francis Sacheverell Darwin kt. M.D. and rebuilt in
1865 by R.B. Barrow esq. Oaker Hill has an altitude of 635 feet.
The soil is loam ; subsoil, gritstone. The chief crop is grass.
The area is 5,110 acres of land and 42 of water ; rateable value, £13,332
; the population in 1881 of the township was 1,848, and of the
ecclesiastical parish 1,729. The Rowsley railway station is in
this parish, but is given under the head of Rowsley, as are the
names of those residents who are in Rowsley ecclesiastical district
but in the Darley parish. [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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