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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Fernilee, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.208-9 |
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| FERNILEE is a township
in the parish of Hope, immediately adjacent to the Whaley Bridge
station (in Cheshire) on the Buxton and Manchester section of the
London and North Western railway, 6 miles north-west from Buxton,
3 south-west from Chapel-en-Ie-Frith and 165 from London, in the
High Peak division of the county, hundred of High Peak, union, petty
sessional division and county court district of Chapel-en-Ie-Frith.
Fernilee is on the borders of Cheshire, and is divided from that
county by the river Goyt, which is here crossed by a stone bridge
; the Cromford and High Peak railway passes through it, forming
a junction at Whaley Bridge, with the London and North Western railway.
There are no water works, the supply being direct from springs ;
gas is supplied by the Whaley Bridge Gas Company from works near
the railway station. An iron church was erected in 1884, in which
services are conducted by the Rev. John Douglas Gawn M.A. of Trinity
College, Dublin, who is curate in charge. The Whaley Bridge Wesleyan
Methodist chapel, erected in 1851, will hold 800 persons ; the Rev.
John J, Sutton, who resides in Taxal, Cheshire, is the minister.
There is a Wesleyan chapel at the village of Fernilee, built in
1871, with 200 sittings, and a burial ground adjoining. The Duke
of Devonshire K.G. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners
are Edwin Marshland esq. Lieut.-CoI. E. T. D. Cotton-Jodrell M.P.
of Reaseheath Hall, Nantwich, Mrs. Grimshaw and George Dunn esq.
The soil is sandy loam; subsoil, limestone. The land is chiefly
used for grazing purposes, the arable growing oats. The acreage
is 2,764; rateable value, £4,616; the population in 1881 was
1,063. Letters through Whaley Bridge (via Stockport), which is the nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive about 8 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. WALL LETTER Box, Horwich end, cleared at 6 p.m. on week days SCHOOLS :- Taxal & Fernilee National Church of England (mixed), for 200 children; average attendance, 130 ; SI. Schofield, mast Endowed (now closed) Wesleyan (mixed), enlarged in 1888, for 340 children ; average attendance, 220; Joseph Woolley, master; Miss Elizabeth Richards, mistress Barker Thomas, Overleigh bank Cunliffe James William, Overleigh Gawn Rev. John Douglas M.A. [curate-in-charge] Green James, Horwich bank Grimshaw Mrs. Errwood hall Hall Ralph, lark house Hall Richard, The Carr Harris Mrs. Horwich bank Kempsey George, Fernilee hall Ritchie William, Overleigh cottage Slater John WeIls, Shallcross hall Williamson James, Rock cottage COMMERCIAL. Bagley John Carter, grocer & stamp distributor, Horwich end Bennett Edward, farmer, Folds Bennett Richard, New Cock P.H Bonsall John, grocer, Horwich end Bottoms Charles, millwright Brocklehurst Wm. farmer, Horwich end Chilworth Gunpowder Co. Limited, gunpowder manufacturers (Frederick William Wallis, agent) Collier Jsph. carpntr. & bldr. Horwich end Conservative Association (Joseph Northam, sec) Cooper William, farmer, Shallcross mills Dunn George, farmer, Nook farm Earlham James, grocer, Horwich end Gisborne's Colliery (The Buxton Lime Co. proprietrs.)(JohnDay,manager) Goddard Jane (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Horwich end Hall Edward & Brother, bleachers & farmers, Botney works Hallam Elizabeth (Mrs.), draper Hallam Joseph, farmer, Wain stones Liberal Club (John Handford, sec) Lomas Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Fold's la Lomas William, farmer, Brownhill Lomas William, farmer, Shaw stile Lupton Robert, farmer Morten James, ironmonger Palfreman Jn. bookseller, Horwich end Pearson George, White Horse P.H. & butcher, Horwich end Pheasey Thomas, grocer Porter Sarah (Mrs.), Shady Oak P.H Proctor Jonn, blacksmith & wheelwright Roberts James, Board inn Saxton John James, coal merchant Shrigley John, farmer, Overleigh Shuker Robert, farmer, Upper hall Simpson Peter, shoe ma. Horwich end Swan Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer Tomlin Robert Hewett, New inn Turner Joseph, Shepherd's Arms P.H Venables Charles, shopkpr.Horwich end Waterhouse John, White Hart P.H Wainwright James, farmer, Shallcross hall farm Waring John, tailor Whaley Bridge Co-operative Friendly Society (John Andrew, sec. ; Ernest Rowden, manager) Wild George, farmer, Elnor Lane head Wild John Wesley, farmer, Lee head Woodruff William, greengrocer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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