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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Earl Sterndale, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.192 |
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EARL STERNDALE is an ecelesiastical [sic] parish, formed
in 1850 from Hartington, comprising the whole of HARTINGTON MIDDLE
QUARTER and a portion of the UPPER QUARTER, 5 miles south-south-east
from Buxton, 2 south-west from Longnor (Staffordshire), in the Western
division of the county, Bakewell union, petty sessional division and
county court district, Wirksworth hundred, rural deanery of Buxton,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell, The nearest railway
station is at Buxton. The church of St. Michael, originally erected
in the 14th century and rebuilt in 1828, is a plain edifice of stone,
consisting or chancel, nave of three bays and an embattled tower at
the north-west angle containing 3 bells, dating from 1865 : the church
was restored in 1881 and 70 sittings added, at a cost of £900,
and there are now 252 sittings, 100 being free. The register dates
from the year 1765. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £156,
including 108 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Duke
of Devonshire K.G. and held since 1871 by the Rev. Gordon Robertson
M.A. of University College, Oxford. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. The
charities consist of interest of £50 left by James Hill in 1712
for educating four poor children, and £40 to the poor at Christmas;
£100 left by Thomas Lomas in 1853, and £6 10s. yearly
from the Gisborne charities. In May, 1825 a
barrow on Cronkstone Hill was examined and a cist, about four feet
square, discovered, containing a human skeleton lying on its right
side and likewise part of the antlers of a large deer. The moors and
mountains in this parish from the cairns and barrows upon them, seem
to have been ancient burying-places. The Duke of Devonshire K.G. who
is lord of the manor, and Sir Thomas Fletcher Boughey Bart. of Aqualate,
Salop, are the principal landowners. The soil is a brown loam; subsoil,
limestone. The land is chiefly used for grazing purposes. The area
of Hartington Middle Quarter is 4,816 acres ; rateable value, £3,756;
the population in 1881 of the parish was 592 and 335 in the township. CROWDYCOTE is a hamlet, 2 miles south-east. POST OFFICE.- Mrs. A. Bramwell, receiver. Letters through Buxton (week days only), arrive about 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched 5 p.m. in summer & 4 p.m. in winter. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Longnor Church of England Endowed School (mixed) erected in 1850 for 50 children; average attendance, 46; Joseph Pulpher: master; the school was endowed by Thomas Lomas in 1853 with £1,000 3 per Cents. a part of which has been re-invested in land Bradley Thomas, Abbots grove Robertson Rev. Gordon M.A. The Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Allen John, farmer Bagnall Geo. miller (water), Glutton bdg Bagshaw Joseph, farmer Bagshaw William, farmer, Dowall hall Beresford Prince, farmer, The Hall Birch James, farmer, Vincent house Bowman John, farmer, Crowdycote BramwelI Alice (Mrs.), shpkpr. Post office Critchlow Mark, Bull & Bush P.H. & farmer, Hurdlow Cundy Charles, farmer, Underhill Ensor Richard, farmer, High Needham Finney William, farmer, Harley Gould George, farmer, Hurdlow Gregory Samuel, farmer & carpenter, Crowdycote Hall Margaret (Mrs.), farmer Hamilton William, farmer, High Needhm Heathcoate Herbert, Quiet Woman P.H. & farmer Heathcote Joseph, farmer Hickingbottom Wm. farmer, Middle st Holland Albert, farmer, Stannery Holland William, farmer, Jericho Holme Alfred, farmer, Ferneydale Horobin Mary (Mrs.), Royal Oak P.H. & farmer, Cronkstone dale Horobin Mary (Mrs.), farmer & miller, Crowdycote mill Johnson Sam, farmer, Wheeldon trees Kidd William, farmer, High street Mellor Charles, farmer, Abbotside Mellor William, farmer, Underhill Mycock Thomas, farmer, Street Nelson Hy. farmer, Cronkstone grange Wain Rachel (Mrs.), farmer, High edge Wheeldon Joseph. frmr. High Needham Wilton John, farmer, Leanlow house Wood Geo. Pack Horse P. H. Crowdycote [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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