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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Marston Montgomery, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.252 |
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MARSTON MONTGOMERY is a parish and scattered village, 7 miles
south-south-west from Ashborne, 5 north-west from Uttoxeter, 14
west-by-north from Derby, and 2 east from Rocester station on the
North Staffordshire railway, in the Western division of the county,
Appletree hundred and petty sessional division, Uttoxeter union
and county court district, rural deanery of Ashborne, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The church of St. Giles consists
of chancel, nave, north aisle, with an arcade of three arches, on
massive stone columns, south porch and a turret at the west end,
containing a clock and 3 bells, dated respectively 1774, 1636 and
1632 : the oldest part of the church is the plain semicircular chancel
arch, a work of the 10th or 11th century ; the south doorway is
Norman, as is the priest's door in the chancel, and also the plain
circular font; there are two lancet windows of the Early English
period in the chancel, but the east window and one in the south
wall of the nave are Decorated; some elegantly carved panels, taken
from the old pews, are carved with initials and the dates 1639,
1699, and 1703 ; there is a plain piscina in the south chancel wall;
the east window is a memorial to John Davys esq. sometime patron
of the church, and his wife Rhoda, and was erected by their daughter
Sarah Jane Humfrey; on the south side of the chancel is a stained
lancet window, erected by George Prince, of Dove house, and another
erected to William Bowyer, by his widow; considerable alterations
were effected in the church in 1824 at a cost of £400, and
in 1876 the church was thoroughly restored at a cost of £2,500
and a new organ was erected in 1885 at a cost of £100, all
raised by voluntary ; subscriptions: the church plate includes a
chalice dated 1606 : there are 120 sittings all free : the churchyard
contains a fine old yew tree, and some curious old tombs. The register,
up to 1660, was kept in common with that of Cubley, and the first
volume of the separate entries dates from that year; the registers
of this parish are still kept at Cubley. The living is a rectory,
annexed to that of Cubley, average tithe rent-charge £310,
joint yearly value £52 including 5 acres
of glebe, in the gift of the trustees of late John Davys esq. and
held since 1858 by the Rev. Cave Humfrey, of St. Bees, who resides
at Cubley. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, in 1845. Here are
various small charities for the poor. The principal landowners are
Lord Vernon J. Harrison esq. Mrs. Landor and Messrs Richardson and
Copestake. The soil is partly heavy and partly light; subsoil, chiefly
clay, with marl and gravel. The land is chiefly in pasture for dairy
produce. The acreage is 2,475; rateable value, £3,786; the
population in 1811 was 379. WALDLEY is a hamlet about 1 mile south-west. POST OFFICE.-Willie Parkes, receiver. Letters through Derby arrive about 9 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.30 p.m. ; the nearest money order & telegraph office is at Rocester A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1876; George Tomson Marston brook, clerk to the board Board School (mixed), erected in 1872, at a cost of £250 for 60 children; average attendance, 40 ; Mrs. Caroline E. Skidmore, mistress Gallimore Mrs Prince George, Dove house Webb Misses, Clownholme COMMERCIAL. Allcock Thomas, farmer Ball Samuel, Thurvaston Arms P.H Bates William, farmer Beck William, farmer, Bank top Brindley Thomas, farmer Chamberlain Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Cope George, cowkeeper Eardley Ann (Mrs.), Crown inn Emery George, farmer Gallimore John, farmer, Marston lodge Goodall Trevor, farmer & landowner, Waldley Goodall Walter, farmer & landowner, Shrub cottage Goodall William John, landowner & farmer Hewson George, farmer Jeffery George, shoe maker Lear George, cheese & bacon dealer Maddocks David, farmer Marston Montgomery Dairy & Trading Co. Limited (George Tomson, sec) Nash Henry, farmer Oakden John, farmer, Manor house Oakden Robert, shopkeeper Parkes Willie, shopkeeper, Post office Prince George, farmer, Marston park Salt John, farmer Silcock Harriet (Mrs.), farmer Skidmore Robert, farmer Skidmore Sarah Ann (Mrs.), farmer Smith James, farmer Smith William, farmer Tomson George, farmer, & sec. to the Marston Montgomery Dairy & Trading Co. Brook House farm Watson Stephen, farmer, Daisy bank Weston Samuel, farmer, Hollyhurst Weston Thomas, farmer Wheeldon Edward, farmer & landowner, Highfield house Wilson William, farmer Wright John, blacksmith [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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