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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Kirk Langley, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.245-246 |
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KIRK LANGLEY is a parish comprising the townships of KIRK
LANGLEY and MEYNELL LANGLEY, 131 miles from London, 4¾ west-north-west
from Derby, 8 south-west from Belper, in the Southern division of
the county, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, Belper union, Derby
petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery
of Duffield, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The
church of St. Michael is an edifice of stone, consisting of chancel,
clerestoried nave, aisles, and a low embattled western tower, containing
3 bells dated 1693, 1629 and 1679 : by far the greater part of the
present fabric is of the Early Decorated style (1300-20), when the
church was evidently rebuilt throughout: the nave is divided from
the aisles by arcades of three pointed arches, supported on octagonal
piers and communicates with the chancel by a Pointed arch on octagonal
shafts, and with the tower by a similar arch resting on corbels:
the chancel retains three sedilia of good character and a piscina,
and in the south wall is an almery : one of the sedilia has been
opened and forms a doorway to the vestry, erected in 1824 by Godfrey
Meynell: the north aisle is lighted by five Pointed windows, the
corresponding windows in the south aisle being mostly debased, as
also are those of the clerestory : the church was much injured by
a tempest on June 20th, 1845 *see
note
: various repairs, involving the destruction of much ancient and
beautiful woodwork, were made in 1839, at a total cost of £587:
in 1840 the church was re-pewed and a gallery erected on the south
side, at a cost of £600 : there is a piscina at the east end
of each aisle and a blocked hagioscope within the doorway of the
old rood-loft stairs: during the re-pewing various Abbey tokens
of bronze, and a large number of encaustic tiles, with the inscription "Sce
Mich,"
were found; the latter are now placed under the communion table:
at the east end of the south aisle is an altar-tomb with incised
figures of an armoured knight and his lady and a marginal inscription
to Henry Pole and Dorothy his wife (1558) : in the north aisle is
an alabaster slab with the figure of a lady in a close-fitting dress
and angular cap; the inscription, much defaced, commemorates Alice,
widow of Thomas Beresford, of Newton Grange (1512) : in the chancel
are numerous memorials to the Meynells, from 1667 to 1854; and to
the Rev. Charles Wilmot (1724) and William Cant (1789), successively
rectors
of this parish, as well as to a son of the latter: the church plate
was in part the gift of Lady Francis Kniveton, in the 17th century:
the church is now (1891) undergoing complete restoration; there
are 250 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from the year 1655;
of marriages from 1656 ; and of burials, from 1654. The living is
a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £168, net yearly value £256,
with 90 acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Godfrey F.
Meynell esq. and held since 1885 by the Rev. Francis William Meynell
M.A. Caius college, Cambridge. The Primitive Methodist chapel at
Langley Common was built in 1868. Godfrey Franceys Meynell esq.
J.P. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Godfrey
Franceys Meynell esq. J.P. R. W. Chandos-Pole esq. D.L., J.P. of
Radbourne; Rev. John Philip Gell M.A. rector of Buxted, Sussex ;
George William Peach esq. J.P. ; Thomas Goodall Copestake esq. J.P.
; Mrs. Mary Smith, Mrs. Mary Brough, Mrs. Sarah Brooks Meynell and
William Cox esq. The soil is loamy; subsoil, various. The chief
crops are oats, wheat, barley and some land in pasture. The area
is 2,526 acres; rateable value,
£4,827 ; the population in 1881 was 679. Meynell Langley is a township, in the parish of Kirk Langley. Meynell Langley Park, of about 70 acres, is the seat of Godfrey Franceys Meynell esq. J. P. who is lord of the manor; the mansion is a stone building, originally built about the time of Henry VIII. situate on an acclivity in a park, and commanding very fine views of the surrounding country. The Old Hall is the residence of George William Peach esq. J.P. This place is exempt from tithes, but not separately rated to the poor. The population and acreage are returned with Kirk Langley. Parish Clerk, George Brown. Sexton, Arthur Greatorex. POST OFFICE.-George Taylor, Sub-postmaster. Letters arrive through Derby at 4.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 8.4[0] p.m. The nearest money order office is at Mackworth, & telegraph office at Brailsford National School (mixed), erected in 1879, with school house, by voluntary rate, for 120 children; average attendance, 90 ; Francis Edward Pickerell, master; Mrs. Emily Pickerell, mistress Kirk Langley. Barrington Mrs Brough Mrs Copestake Thomas Goodall J.P Meynell Rev. Francis Wm. M.A. [rector] Radford William, Lawn house Sampson Stephen Matthew Smith Mrs COMMERCIAL. Adams Joseph, farmer, Langley comn Ault William, beer retailer Brough Henry Stables, farmer, Pastures Brown George, wheelwright Clark Samuel, baker & provision dealer Dudley Thomas, farmer, Langley grn Foster George, blacksmith Goodall Elijah, farmer, Langley green Hanson John, farmer Lockett Henry, farmer, Snape farm Morley Charles, farmer, Burrows Parker William Croft, farmer, Burrows Smith Mary (Mrs.), farmer Spencer George, butcher Travis Wm. farmer, Langley common Vernon Joseph, builder Wallis Hy.German,farmr. Twenty acres Widdowson James, farmer, Sandy lane Meynell Langley. Meynell Godfrey Franceys J. P. Meynell Langley park Peach George William J.P. Old hall Cockeram Ralph, farmer Goodwin William, farmer Goodwin William, jun. farmer, Lodge Handford William, farmer, Green foot Lowndes John, farmer Spencer Alfred, farmer, Buckhasle farm Taylor Joseph, farmer, New Park farm Wilson George, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
 An Ann Andrews historical directory transcript *Please note: The text above states that the church was "injured by a tempest on June 20th, 1845". This is clearly a misprint in the Directory and, following a query, has been checked in Lysons "Magna Britannia": Rev Daniel and Samuel Lysons Esq. (1817) "Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire" London: Printed for T. Cadell, Strand; and G. and A. Greenland, Poultry. The actual year was three hundred years earlier - so should read 1545! |
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