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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Idridgehay, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.235 |
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IDRIDGEHAY, with ALTON and IRETON WOOD, are townships, and
form a parish, constituted 11 April, 1856, from the parishes of
Wirksworth, Duffield and Kirk Ireton, with a station (Idridgehay)
on the Midland branch railway from Duffield to Wirksworth, 3 miles
south from Wirksworth, 10 north-by-west from Derby, and 5 west from
Belper, in the Western division of the county, hundred of Appletree,
union of Belper, county court district of Wirksworth, petty sessional
division of Wirksworth, rural deanery of Wirksworth, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The church of St. James, erected
at a cost of about £3,500,
chiefly by the late Robert Cresswell esq. and James Milnes esq. and
consecrated 12 August, 1855, is a building of stone, in the Decorated
style, consisting of chancel, nave of two bays, north aisle, south
porch and a tower at the east end with spire, and containing one
bell: the eastern and western windows are both memorials to the
late Robert Cresswell esq. and were placed in the church in 1863,
the former by his surviving sisters, and the west window by friends
: there are 240 sittings, 186 being free. The register dates from
the year 1855. The living was declared a vicarage, 12 July, 1867,
gross yearly value
£300, including 39 acres of glebe with residence, in the gift
of the dean and chapter of Lichfield, and held since 1855 by the
Rev. Thomas Vernon Mellor M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge,
and rural dean of Wirksworth. The vicarage house is pleasantly situated
at the entrance to the village. ALTON is about 1 mile north, and covers an area of nearly 500 acres : Henry Walthall Walthall esq. J.P. is sole landowner: his seat, Alton Manor is an elegant mansion in the Elizabethan style, pleasantly situated on the Wirksworth road, about 2 miles south of that place. The land is held by numerous owners. The soil is gravel and clay ; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are grass. The acreage is 1,032 ; rateable value, £3,0I4; the population in 1881 was - of the entire parish, 587 ; and of the township 235. IRETON WOOD is a township and considerable hamlet, 1 mile south-west from Idridgehay railway station. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1869. Henry Swingler esq. J.P. who resides at Ireton Wood House is a principal landowner. A detached part comprising the district of Blackwall, and nearly 2 miles north-west from Ireton Wood Hamlet is now attached to Kirk Ireton. POST, M. O. O., S. H. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Idridgehay.-John William Wayne, jun. postmaster. Letters through Derby arrive at 5.30 a.m. ; dispatch3d at 7.30 p.m. There is a telegraph office at the railway station Parochial School, erected by subscription in 1866, for 115 children ; average attendance, 58; Miss Christina North, mistress Railway Station, Alfred George Beeton, station master Idridgehay. Chambers Mrs. South Sitch house Chambers Robert Baker B.A. South Sitch house Mellor Rev. Thomas Vernon M.A. [vicar & rural dean] Vicarage Mellor Capt. Vernon Henry J.P. The Vicarage Parkin John Robert Robotham Alpheus Hy. Ecclesbourne ho Smithson Wm. Geo. Ecclesbourne cot Taylor Joseph Walker Miss COMMERCIAL. Beeson Henry, farmer Burnett John, Swan P.H Chambers Robert Baker B.A. solicitor, South Sitch house Deaville William, farmer & landowner Downing William, farmer Elliott Robert, farmer Gamble Charles, shopkeeper Oakley William, brick maker Moore Thomas William, farmer & miller, Shirburn mill Parkin John & Son, land &estate agents, valuers, architects & surveyor Rains Jas. & Son, farmers, Wallstone frm Stevenson John, carriage builder Taylor Robert, farmer, Windley lane Walker William, farmer, Cliff Ash Walker William jun. farmer, Cliff Ash Wayne John William, butcher Wheeldon John, blacksmith Winson John, farmer Wood Charles, farmer Wright Joseph, blacksmith Alton. [Letters through Wirksworth.] Walthall Henry Walthall M.A., J.P. Alton Manor (letters should be addressed, Alton manor, Derby) Rains James, farmer, Alton hall Riley Wm. miller & farmer, Alton mill Stevenson Josiah, gardener to H. W. Walthall esq. J.P Spencer William, farmer Ireton Wood. [Names marked thus* receive letters via Wirksworth.] *Blackwall John Blackwall Evans J.P *Foottit Fred Francis, The Laurels, Windley lane Swingler Henry J.P. Ireton Wood house COMMERCIAL. Beeson John, farmer Beeson William, farmer *Foottit Fred Francis, artist, The Laurels, Windley lane Jeffery George, farmer Kay George, farmer, Rakestones Matkin William, farmer *Redfern John, farmer Riley Abel, farmer Spendlove William, farmer Taylor Lewis, farmer Taylor William, farmer Wheeldon Edwin, farmer Wheeldon Richard, farmer Whittingham Samuel, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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