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| Eyam, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.205-206 |
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EYAM, a township, village and parish, 12 miles south-west from
Sheffield, 5 east from Tideswell and 6 north from Bakewell, is in
the Western division of the county, in the hundred of High Peak, union,
petty sessional division and county court district of Bakewell, rural
deanery of Eyam, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. Hassop
is the nearest railway station, 5 miles south, but Miller's Dale,
7 south-west, is mostly resorted to for fast trains. Water is obtained
from springs rising in the hills. The church of St. Helen, which stands
nearly in the centre of the village, is a venerable-looking edifice
of stone, surrounded by stately sycamore and elm trees, and consists
of chancel, clerestoried nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and
an embattled western tower with crocketed pinnacles at the angles,
containing a clock and 4 bells, dating from 1628 to 1659: the nave
arcades, as well as the eastern arch and belfry windows of the tower,
are Decorated : the north clerestory windows are Perpendicular, but
those on the south side debased work of the 17th century : a good
many frescoes were brought to light during the restoration, but did
not survive exposure: in the chancel is a brass inscription to Bernard
Wells (1648) : there is a stained window to Mrs. Gregory, memorials
to the Rev. Ralph Rigby, 22 years curate of Eyam, d. 1740,
and to the Rev. Joseph Hunt, rector, d. 1709, and a brass to
the Wright family, of Eyam Hall : the plain circular stone font, lined
with lead, is probably Norman; another ancient font, supposed to be
that used during the plague, has been placed in the church: the chancel,
overgrown with ivy, and the tower were rebuilt about 1615; the church
generally, with the exception of the south aisle, was again restored
in 1868, when the north aisle was doubled in width and much of the
chancel renewed : there are 400 sittings: on the south side of the
church is an ancient stone cross, probably of the 9th or 10th century,
curiously ornamented with symbolic devices and Runic and Scandinavian
knotwork ; on the arms of the cross are figures of angels blowing
trumpets, and in the centre a representation of the Virgin and Child;
it is now firmly placed on a low base and stands about 8 feet high;
it is said to have been found on the neighbouring hills, but owes
its present state of preservation mainly to the intervention of John
Howard, the famous philanthropist, who, when visiting the place about
1788, found it lying neglected in the churchyard: toward the north-east
corner, beneath a fine elm tree, is an inclosed monument to Richard
Furness, poet, born at Eyam 2 Aug. 1791, died at Dore 13 Dec. 1857:
here also is buried William Wood, historian and antiquary, of Eyam,
d. 27 June, 1865. The register dates from the year 1636. The
living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £151, net yearly
value £199, including 57 acres of glebe, with residence, in
the joint gift of the Duke of Devonshire and Lord Hothfield, and held
since 1891 by the Rev. Harry Joseph Freeman. There is a library in
connection with the Sunday school, consisting of about 500 volumes.
There is a Reformed Wesleyan chapel, built in 1812. Gisborne's charity
provides about £7 for the poor of this parish. An object of
great interest here is the tomb of Mrs. Mompesson, wife of William
Mompesson, rector, who died during the terrible visitation of the
plague in 1666, by which the village was almost depopulated ; the
disease, it is said, was brought from London to Eyam in a box of clothes
sent to a tailor, who resided near the church ; five-sixths of the
inhabitants were carried off in a few months; the church and churchyard
were closed and the dead buried in graves hastily dug in the gardens
and fields ; divine service was performed by Mr. Mompesson during
this period in a dell a short distance from the village, bounded on
one side by craggy rocks and on the other overhung by trees, where
he preached from a lofty perforated rock. Since called "Cucklet
church," and now overgrown with ivy and enshrouded with bushes.
One of the burying-places, in a field a quarter of a mile from the
village, called "Riley Grave stones," was the burying-place
of the Hancock and Talbot families, and their tomb-stones have just
been (1890) renovated by Sir Henry James Burford-Hancock kt. governor
of Gibraltar. During the continuance of the plague a line was drawn
round the village, the neighbouring inhabitants bringing supplies
of food and leaving them upon certain stones, afterwards returning
for the value, which was deposited in a trough of spring
water for purification; one of these places is still called Mompesson's
Well. A memorial to Thomas Stanley, who resigned the living in 1662,
but remained in the parish and assisted the Rev. W. Mompesson during
the visitation of the plague, is now (1891) being erected here. The
village, one of the most romantic and interesting in the Peak, is
built on a series of caverns, some of which have been explored to
a great extent, chiefly for the beautiful stalactite with which they
abound. The scenery around is highly varied and picturesque: northward
is a mountain range, nearly 600 feet in height above the level of
the village, which itself is 800 feet above sea level, and which perfectly
shelters the village from the northern winds: nearly in the centre
of the township rises "Sir William," a hill 1,200 feet high,
said to have been so named after Sir William Bagshawe, a royal physician,
whose son was formerly rector of Eyam ; from the summit of this elevation
the view extends over bleak moors and fruitful dales, and Axe Edge,
Mam Tor and Kinderscout are seen rising in the distance. Near the
village is a beautiful dell, called the "Rock Garden," or
place of echoes. The moor, until its inclosure, was covered with Druidical
remains ; one circle of Druidical stones more perfect than the rest,
called "Wet Withins," is still visited, and near it are
twelve smaller circles. Numerous urns, arrow heads, spears, axes,
Roman coins and other remains of antiquity have been found; a barrow,
yet unexplored, stands on Eyam Edge, and in the north part of the
parish are numbers of cairns, barrows and mounds. The New Engine Mine
here is by reputation the deepest in Derbyshire. A species of galena,
called "Slickensides," is found in Hay Cliff Mine, possessed
of very dangerous properties, a scratch with a pick or blow from a
hammer being sufficient to explode the rocks to which it is found
attached. The earthquake which destroyed Lisbon in 1755 was sensibly
felt in this mine and others in Eyam Edge : these mines are at present
closed. The chief industry of the place is the manufacture of boots
and shoes. Miss Anna Seward, poetess, and daughter of the Rev. Thomas
Seward, sometime rector of Eyam, was born here in 1747, and died at
Lichfield, 25 March, 1809. Peter Cunningham, the poet, was Curate
here for some time, but afterwards went to Chertsey, Surrey, where
he died July, 1805. The Mechanics' Institute, opened in 1859, is a
building of stone with a large portico, and has a reading room well
supplied with the leading daily and weekly papers, periodicals &c.
: a library containing about 3,000 volumes was established in 1821
; the annual subscription is 6s. and there are about 50 members. Leam
Hall, the property of Col. Robert Athorpe R.E. of 20 Westbourne street,
London, and the residence of Thomas Booth esq. is about 2 miles north
of the village. Eyam Hall, the seat of the Misses Wright, is a large
Elizabethan mansion of stone. Some ancient records connected with
the place, consisting of deeds, charters and matters relating to the
manor and rectory, exist in the Wolley collection in the British Museum,
and are found among the Add. MSS. 666 to 6691. The Duke of Devonshire,
Earl Temple and Lord Hothfield are lords of the manor. The principal
landowners are Lord Denman, the Misses Wright, the Rev. Canon Chas.
Sisum Wright M.A. rector of Stokesley, Yorks, CoI. Robert Athorpe,
Charles Eyre Bradshaw Bowles esq. and Thomas Gregory esq. The soil
is a light sandy loam; subsoil, limestone and sand. The chief crops
are oats, and there is some pasture land. The acreage is 2,464; rateable
value, £3,133; the population in 1881 was 1,038 in the township
and 1,498 in the parish. FOOLOW, 2 miles west, is an ancient village and township, chiefly inhabited by farmers. Here is a small mission church, built in 1889. In the centre of this village is a stone cross, and there is also a Reformed Methodist chapel. Lord Denman, the Rev. Canon C. S. Wright M.A. Benjamin Bagshaw esq. of Sheffield, the trustees of the late Samuel Bagshaw esq. Charles Eyre Bradshaw Bowles esq. and John Thornhill esq. are the principal landowners. The acreage is 986 ; rateable value, £990 ; the population in 1881 was 223. EYAM WOODLAND, with Grindleford Bridge, is a township on the Sheffield road, where a stone bridge of 3 arches, on the road to Sheffield, crosses the Derwent ; it is two miles north-east from Eyam. Divine service is conducted every Sunday morning in the schoolroom at Grindleford Bridge : here is a Reformed Wesleyan chapel. The Duke of Devonshire K.G. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the Duke of Rutland P.C., G.C.B. Col. Robert Athorpe R.E. Thomas Booth esq. E. A. J. Maynard esq. and the trustees of William Dixon esq. The acreage is 1,091 ; rateable value, £1,059; the population in 1881 was 237. Parish Clerk, William Dane. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Thomas Wilson Froggatt, receiver. Letters are received through Sheffield at 8.15 a.m. & dispatched at 5.25 p.m. Money orders are granted & paid from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m POST OFFICE, Grindleford Bridge.-Miss Hannah Kenyon, receiver. Letters arrive through Sheffield at 7.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.15 p.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid SCHOOLS :- Endowed Church of England (mixed & infants) (the old school-room, built in 1826, is now disused), built in 1877 by subscription, for 200 boys & girls & 50 infants ; average attendance, 87 boys & girls & 30 infants ; Richard Owen, master; Miss Eliza Sutton, infants' mistress. The endowment consists of £500 left by Miss Rawson & rents of land in this parish & at Bradwell, the total income amounting to about £42 yearly Grindleford Bridge (mixed), a stone building, built in 1876, for 80 children ; average attendance, 34 ; Miss Patrick, mistress: the Church of England service is conducted here every sunday morning. OMNIBUSES TO :-Chesterfield, Joseph Robinson, sat. returning same day; Sheffield, Robert Cooper, tues. thurs. & sat. returning same days; Joseph Robinson, tues. returning same day CARRIER TO SHEFFIELD.-Thomas Furness, tues. thurs. & sat. returning same days Eyam. [Names marked thus* receive letters through Hathersage.) PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Armstrong Rev. Thomas [curate] Booth Thomas, Leam hall Bott Joseph Elton Fentem Miss Freeman Rev. Harry Joseph, Rectory Froggatt William Gregory Thomas, The View Heathcote Thomas Hicks George Sibley M.B., C.M Hodgkinson Miss, Foolow Ireland Edward Leader John Daniel, Delview Nixon William, Beech hurst Thompson Misses Townend Capt. John, Firs Wright Misses, Eyam hall COMMERCIAL. Baggaley James, beer retailer Bagshaw Benj. farmer, Bretton Clough Bagshaw Frank, farmer, Bretton Bagshaw James, farmer, Foolow Bailey John, letter carrier Bamford Wm. boot & shoe manufactr Barnes Edmund, blacksmith Bennett George, slater & plasterer Birley Joseph, farmer, Foolow Blackwell Robt. boot & shoe manufactr Bland Jas. Foresters' Arms P.H. & farmer Booth Thomas, tanner, Goatcliff brook Bowers William, shopkeeper Bramwell Jabez, tailor Buckley Jeremiah, farmer, Windmill Burdikin Benjamin, grocer, Foolow Burdikin Joseph, farmer, Foolow Cooper Abraham, farmer Cooper Henry, farmer Cooper Jas. shopkeeper & shoe maker Cooper Robt. farmer & omnibus propr Dane Uriah & Edward, carpenters Dane William, carpenter Daniel John, farmer & shoe maker Davis Thomas, farmer, Foolow Davis Thomas, jun. Bull's Head P.H. & farmer, Foolow Drabble Benjamin, blacksmith Drabble Benjamin, farmer, Foolow Drabble John, farmer, Foolow Elliott Ralph, farmer Fletcher George, farmer & millstone merchant, Hollowbrook cottage Fox Robert, farmer, Shepherd's flat Frith Wm. wholesale boot & shoe mnfr Froggatt & Son, drapers, grocers, millers (water) & druggists, Post office Froggatt William, farmer, Foolow Furness Catherine (Mrs.), shopkeeper Furness James Edward, grocer, provision merchant, tea dealer & clothier Furness Joseph, farmer Furness Peter John, farmer Furness Richard, farmer Furness Thomas, farmer & carrier Garlic John, farmer, Foolow Gregory Albert, farmer & butcher Gregory Thomas, shopkeeper Hancock John, gamekeeper to Thomas Gregory esq. Stanedge house Hancock Robert, butcher Harrison Thomas Frederick, tailor, news agent & collector of income taxes & poor rates Hattersley Sydney J. farmer & auctionr. Castle gate, Foolow Heppenstall John, Rose & Crown P.H Hicks George Sibley M.B., C.M. physician & surgeon Ireland & Froggatt, wholesale boot & shoe manufacturers Kenyon William, assistant overseer for Eyam-Woodland Lee John, shopkeeper & farmer, Foolow Longden Reuben, frmr. Bretton Clough Maltby Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Eyam edge Marples William, Miners' Arms P.H. & farmer & butcher Mason Arthur, joiner & farmer, Foolow Mechanics' Institute (Edwin Maltby, sec) MelIor John, farmer, Foolow Middleton John & James, farmers, Hazleford hall Middleton Francis, Barrell P.H. Bretton Middleton George, farmer, Foolow Middleton Grace (Mrs.), farmer, Foolow Middleton John, farmer, Foolow *Middleton Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Hazleford Moorhouse John, farmer, Bretton Needham Samuel, farmer, Hanging flat Outram Robert, fishery keeper, Leam Palfreyman George, farmer Palfreyman John, farmer, Foolow Platts Thomas, shoe maker Pursglove George, sen. farmer Pursglove George, jun. farmer, Riley Pursglove John William, butcher Redfearn Francis, Spread Eagle P.H.& farmer, Foolow Redfearn Joseph, farmer, Broster field Redfearn Samuel, farmer, Broster field Ridgway George, Bold Rodney P.H Ridgway Brothers, wholesale ankle strap manufacturers Robinson Charles, farmer Robinson John, farmer Robinson Jsph. Ball P.H. & omnibus prop Sellars Samuel, boot & shoe manufactr Shirley Harriet (Mrs.), farmer, Bretton Simpson Jsph. farmer, Shepherd's park Slinn Samuel, farmer *Smith Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Hazleford Taylor William, plasterer Thompson William, Bull's Head P.H Townsend Joseph, fmr. Bretton Clough Townsend Wm. farmer, Bretton Clough Turner Samuel, farmer, High cliff Turner Samuel William, beer retailer Unwin William & Francis, farmers & quarry owners Unwin Arnaud, blacksmith Wain Ralph, shopkeeper & silk weaver *Walker Hannah (Mrs.), frmr. Hazelfrd Walker Jn. Rippon, farmr. Rippon frm West Edmund, who. boot & shoe maker *White Abraham, farmer, Hazleford White Frederick, stone mason White Frederick, jun. stone mason White George, shoe maker Willis Daniel, shoe maker Wragg Wm. Herbert, farmer, Crosslow Wright John, farmer Wright John, jnn. farmer & corn dealer Youle Geo. wholesale shoe manufacturer Young Alexander, farmer, Foolow Young Arthur, farmer, Watergrove Young George, farmer, Foolow Young Joel, farmer, & assistant overseer for Foolow, Foolow Young Wm. farmer, Houslea, Foolow Young William Henry, farmer, Foolow Grindleford Bridge. Mower Misses Muxlow Joseph COMMERCIAL. Andrew & Bromley, curriers & leather merchants Bowring Thomas, shopkeeper Bradshaw John, shopkeeper Bramwell Edwin Scarth, farmer & landowner Cooper George, saw mills Gill Joseph, Commercial P.H. & farmer Gill William, farmer Godber Samuel, shopkeeper Kenyon Hannah (Miss), shopkeeper, Post office Kenyon Rebecca (Mrs.), shopkeeper Kenyon William, brewers' agent Outram Joe, Old Red Lion P.H Outram Robert, farmer Outram Thomas, farmer Outram Tom, fishery keeper Rollinson Joseph, quarry owner Sellars Abraham, shopkeeper Slinn Samuel, farmer Smith Charles, nurseryman Wainwright Joseph, farmer Warhurst James, farmer White Thomas, blacksmith Wilson George, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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