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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Killamarsh, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.243-244 |
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KILLAMARSH, called in Domesday "Chinewaldmarese,"
is a widely-scattered parish on the borders of Yorkshire, with a station
on the Midland railway, 9 miles north-east from Chesterfield, 8 south-east
from Sheffield and 162½ from London, in the North Eastern division
of the county, Scarsdale hundred, Chesterfield union and county court
district, Eckington petty sessional division, rural deanery of Staveley,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell; the Chesterfield canal
takes a circuitous route through the village. The church of St. Giles,
standing in the centre of the parish, is a building of stone in the
Norman, Perpendicular
and Tudor styles, consisting of chancel, nave, south porch, vestry
and an embattled western tower, with pinnacles and containing 6 bells:
the chancel was rebuilt in 1845 at a cost of £600, and the church
was further restored in 1877 at a cost also of £600, when the
nave and porch were re-roofed, the old pews removed and open benches
substituted: the east window is stained: the porch contains a fine
Norman arch; and there are 250 sittings. The register dates from the
year 1638, and is in good condition. The living is a rectory, average
tithe rent-charge £168, net yearly value £323, including
110 acres of glebe, with residence, in the
gift of the Crown, and held since 1887 by the Rev. Francis James Metcalfe.
A mission room (iron) was erected in 1890. There are Congregational
and Primitive Methodist chapels. Hewitt's charity of £52 yearly,
derived from 21 acres, is for bread ; the other charities for distribution
amount to £20 yearly. Here are collieries, a steel forge and
chemical works. Reginald Walkelyne Chandos-Pole esq. J.P. of Radburne
Hall, who is lord of the manor, and Sir George Reresby Sitwell bart.
of Renishaw Hall, are the chief landowners. The soil is heavy ; subsoil,
clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, oats, turnips, hay &c.
The acreage is 1,659; rateable value, £11,515 ; the population
in 1871 was 1,884, and in 1881 was 3,841. Parish Clerk, John Batty. POST & M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Samuel Cox, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Chesterfield at 7.7 a.m. ; dispatched at 7-30 p.m. : sundays, arrive at 8.34 a.m. ; dispatched at 3.40 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Eckington SCHOOLS :- Endowed (mixed), erected in 1873 & enlarged 1876, & endowed with £40 yearly, for 208 children; average attendance 184. Frederick Hanson Fisher, master A School Board of 5 members was formed March 2, 1877 ; Thomas Webster, clerk to school board; Horatio Hardy, attendance officer Board (mixed & infants), erected in 1819, for 160 boys, l60 girls & 200 infants ; average attendance, 156 boys, 140 girls & 123 infants ; George Gilbert Watts, master ; Mrs. Matilda Watts, mist.; Miss Elizabeth Mills, infants mist RAILWAY STATI0N-Josiah Farndon, station master CARRIER TO SHEFFIELD.-William Hardy, tues. & sat PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Alderson Christr. Wm. Nether Green ho Barron Rev. W. R. [Cong.], The Manse Dent Robert Angle, Shepcote grange Green Robert, Dale house Metcalfe Rev. Fras. Jas. T.A.X.C.L. Rectry Platts Robert, Norwood Richardson Thomas Geo, Plantation ho Richardson Thos. Griffiths, Mansion ho Shadwick John Simmonite John, Gannow house Slagg Henry, Upperthorpe Smith Miss Fanny, Netherthorpe Soar Levi, Mount View house Tankard John William, Norwood villa Walker Richard Wilfred, Nether green COMMERCIAL. Bailey Edgar, grocer Bartholomew Edward, farmer Batty Joseph, grocer, Church lane Batty Sarah (Mrs.), shopkpr. Nethermoor Baumforth Chas. grocer, draper & beer ret Bescoby William, shopkeeper Boaler Samuel, shopkeeper Bramhall Chas. beer retailer, High moor Carr Henry, blacksmith Carr John, farmer Carr William, grocer & provision dealr Clark Duncan, surgeon Cox Sl. shopkr. & news agent, Post office Deane Chas. shopkr. & marine store dlr Derbyshire Chemical Co. Limited, tar distillers Ellis Jether, Navigation hotel Ellor Esther (Mrs.), shopkeeper Fairburn William, butcher Fitton Dyson, draper, Shepcote hill Gleadall Agnes (Mrs.), Crown inn Glossop Peter, farmer, High moor Godber William, farmer Greaves Fanny (Mrs.), shopkeeper Green Herbert, grocer Greensmith John, shopkpr. High moor Hall Charles, farmer Hall Henry, farmer, West Thorpe Hall John, butcher & farmer Hardy Wm. Horatio, market gardener & carrier Harris Charles, shopkeeper Harris William, shopkpr. & beer retlr Highfield Edward, draper, clothier & dyers' agent Hodgson George M. farmer Hutchinson Robert, farmer, High moor Johnson William, shopkeeper Kelk George, hair dresser Leah George, farmer Leah Mark, farmer & fruiterer Mallinder Charles, shopkeeper Mallinder Frederick, farmer Mallinder George, farmer Mallinder John. jun. hay & straw dealer, Upperthorpe Mallinder Mary (Mrs.). farmer Marrison Charles, tailor Marshall William, draper Martin Henry, pork butcher Mattison & Sons, boot & shoe dealers Milner George, beer retailer Newton Edward, farmer Newton Harriet (Mrs.), lamp & oil dlr Nicholls Edmund, farmer, Old hall Norwood Chemical Works (John William Tankard, manager) Parker John, shopkeeper Platts Robert, M.B.C.V.S.L. veterinary surgeon, Norwood Puttrell Charles, joiner & painter Read Charles, farmer, Moot house Richardson Thos. Griffiths, steel wire mfr Rose Elizabeth (Mrs.), Nag's Head P.H. & farmer & wheelwright Rowbotham John, shoe makr. & beer retlr Rowley Andrew, boot & shoe maker Rudman George, shopkeeper Sheepbridge Coal &: Iron Co. Limited (John William Tankard, manager), Norwood Shepherd Albert, shopkeeper Silver Walter, cowkeeper, High moor Simmonite Henry, Angel P.H. & farmer, Norwood Simmonite John, farmer, Gannow house Smith Job, Blacksmiths' Arms P.H Smith William, Midland hotel Snowden George, shopkeeper Spencer Thomas, farmer Stenton Joseph, stone mason & builder Thorpe Thomas, butcher Turton John, farmer Wagstaff Clarence, butcher Walker Charles, carter, High moor Walker George, farmer Walker Richard Wilfred, druggist Wardley George, farmer Watson Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Webster James, butcher Webster Thomas, shopkeeper, collector of rates & clerk to school board Whitfield Ann (Mrs.), beer ret. & farmr Whiting George, grocer & provision dlr Wilks Mary (Mrs.), shopkpr. High moor Wilson Geo. picture framer & furniture dlr Wood George, butcher Woodward Herbert, farmer Woodward John, watch ma. & shopkpr [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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