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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Dethick, Lea and Holloway, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 183-184 |
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| DETHICK, LEA and HOLLOWAY
form a chapelry, 11 miles south-east from Chesterfield, 2½
south- east-by-east from Matlock Town and 2½ north-by-east
from Cromford, which is a station on the Midland railway, in the
Western division of the county, Wirksworth hundred and county court
district, Matlock and Wirksworth petty sessional division, Belper
union, rural deanery of Alfreton, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese
of Southwell. The church of St. John the Baptist is a small edifice
of stone, dating from 1220, and consists of chancel, nave and a
lofty western tower, dated 1535, containing one small bell: there
are three memorial windows, and 60 sittings. The living is a vicarage,
gross yearly value £110, including 53 acres of glebe, in the
patronage of the Rev. Brabazon Hallowes M.A. of Glapwell, near Mansfield,
and held since 1860 by the Rev. Charles Holcombe Leacroft M.A. of
Trinity College, Cambridge, who is also vicar of and resides at Brackenfield.
Gisborne's charity of £6 10s. yearly is for clothing. The Rev.
Brabazon Hallowes M.A. is lord of the manor of Dethick and principal
landowner. The soil is sandy; subsoil, gritstone. The chief crops
are wheat, barley, oats and about one-half the land is in pasture.
The acreage is 1,826; rateable value, £4,748; the population
in 1881 was 1,036. Lea is a populous village, half a mile south from Dethick and 2½ miles from Cromford station. The river Derwent, the Midland railway and the Cromford canal pass near the south of this village. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, erected in 1838-9 by the late Joseph Wass esq. at a cost of £1,000, and seating 250 persons. A cemetery for the district of one acre was formed in 1872, and has since been enlarged to It acres; there is a mortuary chapel, presented by Mrs. Wass and recently enlarged at the cost of Robert Wildgoose esq. J.P. ; it will now seat 60 or 70 persons. Here are lead smelting works and the extensive spinning and hosiery manufactory of John Smedley, Lea mills, which give employment to a large number of persons. The Green, a mansion in the Elizabethan style, is the residence of William Henry Middleditch esq. Lea Hurst, an elegant Mansion, in the Gothic style, was for many years the home of Miss Florence Nightingale, and is now the residence of Sir Joseph Cocksey Lee J.P. W.Shore-Smith esq. of Embley Park, Hants, is lord of the manor, and principal landowner of Lea and Holloway. The population is included with Dethick. Holloway is a pleasant village, standing on a bold acclivity, and is situated half a mile from Lea and 1½ miles north-west from Whatstandwell Bridge station: there are several good residences, chiefly occupied by persons engaged at Lea mills. Here is a Free Methodist chapel, erected in 1852 and enlarged in 1879, and a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1883; the old chapel built in 1852 being now a school, the latter sect having two chapels. Lea Wood is the residence of William Walker esq. POST OFFICE, Lea.- William Henry Lowe, receiver. Letters received from Derby via Cromford at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 5 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid POST & M.0.0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Lea Bridge.-Charles Knowles, postmaster. Letters received from Derby, via Cromford, at 7.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.40 p.m. Cromford is the nearest telegraph office POST OFFICE, Holloway.-Aaron Bunting, receiver. Letters received through Derby, via Cromford, at 8.30 a.m.; dispatched at 5.30 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Crich ; money order office at Lea Bridge. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid A School Board of six members was formed in May, 1888 ; Alfred Douglas, clerk to the board Lea Board school with residence for master, erected in 1859, for 200 children & enlarged 1889 at a cost of £400, for 264 children; average attendance, 76 boys, 71 girls & 48 infants; William John Prinsep Burton, master; Mrs. Adeline Burton, infants' mistress ; there is a science class in connection with the school attended by 70 scholars Dethick. Dalziel Francis, farmer Lowe James, farmer, Manor farm Watts Joseph, farmer Lea. Lee Sir Joseph Cocksey J.P. Lea Hurst Lowe Henry, Holt house Pearson Joseph, Bemoor house Middleditch William Henry, The Green Wathey Miss COMMERCIAL. Bradley James, shopkeeper Buxton Samuel, carpenter & farmer Douglas Alfred, cashier at Lea mills & clerk to the school board Else Charles, farmer Else Jn. äerated water manufr. Lea wood Else William, shopkeeper, Lea bridge Lea Mills (John Smedley, proprietor) Lowe Henry, farmer LOWE ROBERT, woolstapler & waste merchant, Lea wood ; & at Tansley Lowe Wm. Hy. shopkpr. & post office Marriott Thomas, farmer Martin John, farmer, The Moor Miers John, manager of smelting works, Chapel house Pearson George, boot maker Radford Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Lea hall Rawson William, Three Horse Shoes P.H. blacksmith & farmer Slack Joshua, Jug & Glass P.H SMEDLEY JOHN, merino & wool yarn spinner, merino, silk & merino & wool hosiery manufacturer, Lea mills Stoppard Thomas, farmer & butcher Walker Samuel, farmer WASS SON (trustees of), lead smelters (John Miers, manager of smelting works Holloway. Barraclough Rev William [United Methodist ], The Manse Broome John, The Woodlands Smedley John Marsden, Leaholme Walker William, Lea wood COMMERCIAL. Allsop Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Bunting Aaron, stationer & news agent, Post office Cemetery (George Dawes, sec. ; Joseph Buxton, sexton) Clayton Robert, mason & builder Clayton Sarah (Mrs.), Yew Tree P.H. & grocer &c Co-operative Society Limited (Joseph Archer, manager) Critchlow Joseph, farmer Dawes George, estate agent & assistant overseer Flint George, fruiterer Hadfield Henry, draper Hughes William, baker & grocer Lowe Frederick, beer retailer Marple George, carpenter & blacksmith Northridge In. farmer, Upper Holloway Radford Frederick, carriage proprietor Reading Room (Wm. I. P. Burton, sec) Rockley Thomas, farmer Sayles Thomas, timber mer. & farmer Sims Samuel, farmer Swain Sarah (Miss), dress maker Walker Thomas, butcher Wilton Edward, haberdasher Yeomans William, land agent & tillage valuer & steward to W. Shore-Smith [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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More on site information about Dethick Lea and Holloway and the surrounding area  Derbyshire's
Parishes, 1811Wolley
Manuscripts, MatlockThe
War Memorial, 1920sTwo photographs of the Three Horse Shoes pub in Lea, taken between 1910 and 1914, are in the Vernon
Lamb collection. See VLA4934 and VLA4960Also see Wolley
Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire
deeds, pedigrees, documents and willsMore on site information about John Smedley and his hydro Water
CuresRiberSmedley's
AdvertSmedley's
concern for an employeeMore on site information about both Florence and the Nightingale family: Nightingale Coat of ArmsPedigree of the Nightingale familyBiographies, Nightingale (of Peter and Peter).Florence Nightingale and Lea HurstMiss Florence Nightingale, 1820 - 1910A Photo of Lea Hurst is amongst scanned images
in "Souvenir of Matlock Bath" and can also be seen onsite.Hall's "Days in Derbyshire",
mentions Lea Hurst and Holloway. It also includes a steel engraving of Lea Hurst and a wood engraving of the Nightingale "Jewel"
she was presented with after the Crimean War. |
