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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Hassop, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.223 |
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| HASSOP is a village and township, with a station
on the Midland railway, 2½ miles north from Bakewell, in the
Western division of the county, High Peak hundred, union, petty sessional
division, county court district and parish of Bakewell, situated at
the foot of a lofty hill. The water supply is obtained directly from
springs. Hassop Hall, the seat of Charles Stephen Leslie esq., was
garrisoned for Charles I. by Colonel Anthony Eyre in December, 1643
: near the entrance to the hall is a handsome Catholic chapel, dedicated
to All Saints, erected by Anthony James, 4th Earl of Newburgh, about
1814 : the altar piece is a valuable painting of the "Crucifixion",
by Luigi Caracci ; a brass memorial to the Very Rev. Monsignor Canon
Nickolds, for 34 years in charge of this mission, has been placed
in the chapel by Rev. James William Bowne, the present priest : the
chapel was thoroughly restored in 1886. There is a Convent here of
the Sisters of Peace, Charles Stephen Leslie esq. is lord of the manor
and principal landowner. The soil is limestone with a small portion
of clay and gritstone ; the land is chiefly in pasture. The area is
1,363 acres; rateable value, £1,751; the population in 1881
was 91. POST OFFICE.-Mrs. Ralph Ashton, receiver. Letters received from Bakewell at 10 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.40 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Baslow, & the telegraph office at Hassop railway station. School (Catholic), erected in l859, for 100 children ; average attendance, 20 ; & taught by the nuns of the Sisterhood of Peace. Some of the children or this place attend school at Longstone Browne Rev. James William [Catholic] Leslie Charles Stephen, Hassop hall COMMERCIAL. Bennett Joseph, farmer Furniss George (Mrs.), farmer Gascoyne Charles Newburgh Arms P.H. Green Jacob, gamekeeper to T. H. Lowthian Esq. Hodgkinson Moses, farmer Johnson Samuel & Charles, farmers Rowarth Abraham, farmer Taylor George, land steward to C. S. Leslie esq Wilson James, farmer, Flat [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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