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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| West Hallam, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.220 |
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WEST HALLAM is a parish with a station on the Ilkeston and
Derby branch of the Great Northern railway, 133 miles from London,
3 west from Ilkeston, 9 west from Nottingham and 7 north-east from
Derby, in the Ilkeston division of the county, hundred of Morleston
and Litchurch, Smalley petty sessional division, Shardlow
union, Belper and Ilkeston county court, rural deanery of Ilkeston,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The Nutbrook branch
of the Erewash canal passes the east side of the parish. The church
of St. Wilfrid is a building of stone consisting of chancel, nave
with clerestory, aisles, north porch and a massive embattled western
tower containing a clock and 6 bells, one of which is of mediæval
date, the others dating from 1618 to 1876; of these three were given
by the brother, sister and congregation of the Rev. C. J. Newdigate
M.A. for 28 years rector of this parish, who died in 1876 : the fabric
underwent a considerable and judicious restoration in 1855 : the nave
is separated from the aisles by arcades of three arches on octagonal
pillars, the north arcade approximating to the Early English and the
south to the Decorated style: the north aisle, continued eastwards,
forms a chapel, opening into the chancel by a Decorated arch; the
tower seems to have been rebuilt by the Powtrells : the font is a
massive octagon of the 14th century: the clerestory windows retain
fragments of stained glass, probably figures of the apostles; and
there are other relics of the same kind in the chancel, the north
chancel window having once been a memorial to Robert Alyn, rector
here in 1483 : the reredos was erected and a stained east window inserted
by the late rector in memory of Francis Newdigate esq. d. 1862,
to whom there is also a brass in the north aisle, placed by his tenantry
: the organ, a memorial to the Rev. John Scargill, founder of the
Free Grammar school, was opened 11 Oct.1864, being the 200th anniversary
of the foundation of the school: there is also a small stained window
to the same person: the whole of the remaining windows, except in
the north aisle, are stained: the lofty chancel arch incloses a screen
of wrought iron: on the south side of the chancel is a small piscina
and on the opposite side a richly decorated altar tomb, dated 1598,
under a canopy, with recumbent effigies of Walter Powtrell esq. and
Cassandra, his wife: the chancel floor exhibits numerous memorial
stones to the same family, from 1474 to 1669, and on the wall of the
tower is an inscription to William Darbyshire, of Stanley (1674) :
in the north chapel is a mural monument to Elizabeth wife of the Rev.
Henry Greatorex (1697), and on the south side of the chancel an inscribed
slab to the Rev. John Scargill, founder of the Free School (1662)
: the church was restored in 1855, and has 260 sittings. The earliest
register, a small parchment book, badly kept, dates from the year
1538. The living is a discharged rectory, average tithe rent-charge
£194 yearly
value £260, including 40 acres of glebe, with residence, in
the gift of Lieut.-Col. Francis William Newdigate J.P. and held since
1881 by the Rev. Nigel Madan M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, and
rural dean of Ilkeston. In 1690, Madam Anne Powtrell left the sum
of £50, the yearly interest thereof to be applied to the apprenticeship
of one of the poorest scholars of West Hallam. The charities for distribution
amount to about £24 yearly. West Hallam Hall, a modern brick
mansion, situated on an eminence and commanding a very fine view of
the surrounding neighbourhood, is the seat of Lieut.-Col. Francis
William Newdigate J.P. lord of the manor and sole landowner: now in
the occupation of His Honor Samuel Boteler Bristowe Q.C. judge of
No.18 Circuit (Nottingham County Court). The soil is clay ; sub-soil,
strong clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, beans and pasture. The
area is 1,250 acres ; rateable value, £4,397 ; the population
in 1881 was 590. Parish Clerk, William Gadsby. POST OFFICE.-Joseph Hobson, receiver. Letters through Derby arrive at 6.5 a.m. ; dispatched at 7.45 p.m. week days only. The nearest money order office is at Ilkeston ; the telegraph office is at the railway station SCHOOLS:- Free Grammar (boys), the Rev. John Scargill, formerly rector of this parish, by his will dated January 10th, 1662, left funds for building & endowing a Grammar school for 66 boys, which was opened in 1664 : the school was rebuilt in 1832, & in 1852 the trustees also erected a school for girls: by a scheme of the Charity Commissioners, dated 1876, the income, amounting to upwards of £300 annually, is applied to the maintenance of 78 scholarships for boys & girls of £2 each annual value, tenable at any public elementary school in the parishes of West Hallam, Dale Abbey, Stanley & Mapperley in which the instruction is in accordance with the doctrines of the Established Church, this sum being apportioned at the rate of three-sixths to this parish & one-sixth each to the other 3 parishes ; the amount being expended either in tuition, clothing or otherwise, at the option of the governors: exhibitions of the value of £90 each for three years at various High schools are also included in the scheme: the ex-officio governors are the lords of the manor, the rectors of West Hallam & Dale Abbey & the vicars of Stanley & Mapperley ; the representative governors consist of two persons appointed by the ratepayers of West Hallam & one each by the other three parishes: the present school will hold about 120 boys; average attendance, 70, inclusive of those holding scholarships; Alfred Pitt, master Girls' & Infants', erected in 1852, for 105 children; average attendance, 73, Miss Jessie Harriet Berry, mistress Railway Station, Henry William Hunt, station master Bristowe His Honor Samuel Boteler Q.C., M.A. West Hallam hall Madan Rev. Nigel M.A. Rectory Pitt Alfred, Free Grammar school Williamson Thomas, The Firs COMMERCIAL. Ashby Edwin A. farmer Barber William, White Hart P.H. Common Belfield William, farmer Booth Henry, farmer Daykin Herbert, wheelwright Daykin Robert, dairyman, Common Deaville Arthur, farmer Derbyshire David, cowkeeper Derbyshire James, joiner & farmer Else John, farmer & butcher Fletcher Robert, tailor & market gardener, Common Flint Francis, cowkeeper Free Grammar School (Alfred Pitt, head master) Fretwell Job, Newdigate Arms P.H. & frmr Hallam Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper Hancock Thomas, farmer Hart Samuel, cow keeper Hartshorn Elijah, boot maker Hollingsworth John, cowkeeper Hollingsworth Nahum, stone mason, Common Hunt John, blacksmith Lee Henry, cowkeeper Morris Lucy (Mrs.), farmer Parkins Isaac, farmer Shelton Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Straw Henry, joiner Topliss William, shopkeeper Watkinson Geo; The Old Punch Bowl P.H West Hallam Colliery Company (Thomas Williamson, manager) Wheatley Henry, farmer, Paddock farm [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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