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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Denby, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.108-109 |
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DENBY is an extensive parish and large scattered village,
with a station on the Ripley branch of the Midland railway, 3 miles
south-east from Belper, 8 north from Derby, 4½ north-east
from Duffield and 134 from London, in the Ilkeston division of the
county, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, Belper union, Belper
and Ilkeston County court district, Smalley petty sessional division,
rural deanery of Duffield, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of
Southwell. The church of St. Mary the Virgin consists of chancel,
clerestoried nave, aisles, south porch and a Decorated western tower
of three stages, with a parapet relieved by a wavy line of moulding,
from within which rises a spire with two rows of dormer lights ;
the tower contains 4 bells, the 3rd and 4th of which are dated 1604
: the chancel is of good Decorated character, and has a four-light
east window with flamboyant tracery, filled with stained glass in
1889 ; in its south wall are two sedilia of equal height, with ogee
crocketed canopies, and a piscina : the communion table is of 17th
century date; in the north wall is a recess or almery, and in the
projecting chancel pier at the east end of the north aisle a rather
rudely cut piscina, with a credence shelf above it: the nave is
separated from the south aisle by two rounded arches, springing
from a circular central pier, and two semi-circular responds; the
opposite arcade, believed to have been Saxon, was removed in 1838,
when the wall of the north aisle was made level with that or the
nave, and the north clerestory windows placed above those of the
aisle ; the east window of this aisle is Decorated, the remaining
windows of the aisles being Perpendicular, c. 1450: the high-pitched
and picturesque porch dates from about 1735 : against the north
chancel wall is the large and costly monument or Patrick, son of
Jasper Lowe, and Jane, his wife, daughter of Sir John Harpur kt.
of Swarkeston, consisting of two canopies, with full-sized kneeling
effigies, the former in plate armour, and the latter in French cap
and ruff ; in the background are the figures or four children; the
inscriptions are missing: there is also a mural monument to John
Lowe, 5th in descent from the Patrick above mentioned (1771), and
another to Richard Lowe, of Locko Park, his brother (1785) : there
are 320 sittings, 200 being free. The register dates from the year
1577, for all entries. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £10,
net yearly value £140, including 32 acres of glebe, in the
gift of William Drury N. Drury-Lowe esq. of Locko Park, and held
since 1845 by the Rev, James Mockler M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin.
Population in 1881 was 1,287. The tithes are impropriated to Sir
Henry Wilmot bart, and a portion devoted to repairing the chancel
and maintenance of alms-houses in Derby. There is a Methodist chapel
here, erected in 1841, and one at Bottles. A charity of £6
10s. left in 1817 by the Rev. Francis Gisborne, formerly rector
of Staveley, is distributed by the vicar in clothing to the poor
of the parish at Christmas. Denby is noted for its extensive collieries,
the property of William Drury N. Drury-Lowe esq. ; here also are
large blast furnaces for the production of pig iron, belonging to
the Derby Iron and Coal Co. Limited. There is a large pottery and
extensive brick and tile works. The locality produces also ironstone,
cement and brick earth. William Drury N. Drury-Lowe esq. is lord
of the manor; the principal landowners are William Drury N. Drury-Lowe
esq. and Mrs. Eckersley. The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief
crops are wheat and oats, and about two-thirds pasture, The area
in acres is 2,395 ; rateable value, £8,739; the population
in 1881 was 1,394. OPENWOOD GATE 2¼ miles west, Robey Field 1 east, Smithy Houses 1 north-west, College 1 north, Bottles 1 south-west, Bottlebrook ½ south-west, and The Common 1 north-east, are places here. Parish Clerk, John Northam. POST OFFICE.-Henry Briscoe, receiver. Letters received through Derby, arrive at 5.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 7 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Kilburne. Kilburne is the nearest telegraph office for delivery & Denby station for dispatch of telegrams POST OFFICE, Smithy Houses.-: Mrs. Ellen Pym, receiver, Letters received through Derby, arrive at 5.45 a.m. ; dispatched at 9-45 a.m. & 7,30 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Kilburne Endowed School (mixed & infants) endowed with £30 yearly, arising from a sum of money left in 1739 by Mrs. Massey, & invested in land; the school was erected in 1867, enlarged in 1875, & again enlarged 1885 for 110 boys & girls & 60 infants ; average attendance, 113 boys & girls & 43 infants; John Northam, master; Miss Elizabeth Jane Weston, infants' mistress Railway Station, Orlando Sims, station master CARRIER TO DERBY, Mrs. Sarah Wood, from Ripley, fri Eckersley Mrs. Old hall Fryar Mark Mockler Rev. James M.A. [vicar] Simkiss John, Salterwood house Slater William, Brook Vale cottage Tomlinson Herbert Turner Rev. Samuel, Pottery Wheeler Joseph Bourne, Pottery COMMERCIAL. Beardsmore Thos. crate maker, Bottles Bourne Jos. & Son, stoneware manufrs Bowmer Isaac, farmer, Openwood gate Briggs Thomas, cowkeeper, Street Lane Briscoe Henry, shopkeeper, Post Office Cobden Francis, shopkeeper, Bottle Crooks Enoch, shopkeeper, Common Crooks Samuel, farmer Day Francis, farmer Day Henry, farmer, Robey field Denby Colliery (William Drury N. Drury-Lowe, proptr. : Mark Fryar, agent) Denby Iron & Coal Co. Limited (John Simkiss, sec) Evans William, farmer, Old hall Fletcher Ralph, farmer, Denby common Fletcher William, Drury-Lowe Arms; hotel, commercial & posting house, Smithy houses Flinn John, farmer, Red moor Ford Jacob, blacksmith, Smithy houses Hall Jn. Bull's Head P.H. Denby common Hartshorne Alexander, farmer Hemingray Ferdinand, farmer, Openwood gate Horsley Jas. farmer & assistant overseer Hunt Thomas, cowkeeper Jeffery William, farmer, High park Johnson Sarah Ann (Mrs.), beer retailer, The Acres Pegg Samuel, gamekeeper to W. D. N. Drury-Lowe esq. Redmoor Poundall John, farmer, Park hall Pym Ellen (Mrs), grocer, Post office, Smithy houses Salterwood Colliery (Denby Iron & Coal Co. Limited, proprietors; Herbert Tomlinson, colliery manager) Saunders Jn. farmer, Park Meadow ho Severn Isaac, farmer, Bush farm Shaw Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Over lane Slack Herbert, farmer, Ticknalhill Slack Jas. farmer, Carr & Crabhouse frm Slater W. H. & J. brick & tile manufrs Slater Joseph, farmer, Denby common Smith Dewance, farmer Smith Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper Soar William, grocer, Bottle Spalton William Henry, farmer Vallence John, blacksmith, College Woolley Samuel, farmer Woolley William, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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