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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Osmaston (near Ashbourne), Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.221-222 |
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| OSMASTON, next Ashborne, formerly Osmaston-in-the-Wood,
is a parish and picturesque village, pleasantly situated on a height,
2½ miles south-east from Ashborne railway station, 12½
from Uttoxeter, 10½ south-east from Derby and 144½ from
London, in the Western division of the county, Appletree hundred,
Ashborne union, petty sessional division and county court district,
rural deanery of Ashborne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of St. Martin, opened in June, 1845, is a building of stone,
the style being a poor imitation of the Decorated work of the 14th
century ; it consists of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles with arcades
of four bays, south porch, vestry and a lofty tower, surmounted by
four pinnacles and containing a clock and 5 bells, all cast in 1845:
the font is of Roche Abbey stone with lotus flowers carved round the
bowl: in the chancel are memorial stones to the Wright family, and
on the north side of the church is a brass erected by the tenantry
on the Osmaston estate, to Francis Wright esq. of Osmaston Manor,
late patron of this living, who died in 1873, and at whose expense
the present structure, costing
£8,000, was erected : the church is seated with oak benches:
the churchyard is planted with trees and shrubs and contains several
fine yew trees, as well as the ancient font, now overgrown with evergreens:
a new organ was erected in 1890, at a cost of £500, given by
Sir A. A. Walker bart. : in 1887 all the windows of the chancel were
filled with stained glass and the floor relaid with mosaic work, new
stalls added and the walls and roof decorated, at the sole cost of
the patron: there are 360 sittings. The register dates from the year
1606 and is in good condition. The living is a vicarage, average tithe
rent-charge £84, net yearly value £125, including 22¾
acres of glebe, in the gift of Sir A. B. Walker bart. and held since
1880 by the Rev. Lancelot Nicholson: a vicarage house was erected
on ground adjoining the churchyard in 1881. Here are charities amounting
together to £l0 10s. 2d. annually; the Vicar and church-wardens
are the trustees. Osmaston Manor House, the seat of Sir Andrew Barclay
Walker bart. D.L., J P. is a noble mansion, of dark blue limestone,
with dressings or gritstone, situated on an eminence commanding extensive
views of the
picturesque scenery around, and is surrounded by large and well-kept
pleasure grounds covering an area of about 35 acres ; considerable
improvements have been made within the last few years, and in 1887
a billiard room was added : there are four lakes with islands within
a short distance of the manor frequented by flocks of wild fowl. W.
R. Smith esq. J.P. of Clifton, is lord of the manor; Sir Andrew Barclay
Walker bart. is the principal landowner. The soil is mixed; subsoil,
gravel and clay. The land is chiefly kept in pasture for dairy produce.
The area is 1,267 acres; rateable value, £2,266 ; the population
in 1881 was 234. Sexton, John Fielding. POST & T. O.-John Harvey Fielding, receiver. Letters through Ashborne, which is the nearest money order office, arrive at 7.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.15 p.m A School Board of S members was formed in 1890, Nicholas Twigge, jun. clerk to the board National School (mixed), erected for 100 children; average attendance, 63 ; Walter Charles Beeby, master; Mrs. Charlotte Hannah Beeby, mistress Bateman Mrs. The Cottage Brownson William Hall William, Rose cottage Nicholson Rev. Lancelot [vicar] The Vicarage Walker Sir Andrew Barclay bart. D.L., J.F. Osmaston manor COMMERCIAL. Bagshaw Thomas (exors. of), farmers, The Pastures Bardney, John, head gardener to Sir A. B. Walker bart Bestwick John, farmer Brown William, farmer, Osmaston fields Brownson Wm. sec to John Osmaston esq Charlesworth John, farmer & carpenter Collins Augustus, head gamekeeper to Sir A.B. Walker bart. D.L.,J.P. Copse hl Evans Jas. farmer, & registrar of births & deaths for Brailsford sub-dist. Blake ho Fielding John, farmer, New house Fielding John Harvey, shpkpr. Post off Francis Richard, farmer, wheelwright & carpenter, The Grange farm Jackson Fredk. farmer, The Glebe farm Kirkland Hannah (Mrs.), farmer Millward Thomas, relieving officer for south district, Ashborne union & registrar of births & deaths for Ashborne sub-district Millward Thomas, jun. farmer Shaw Ann (Mrs.), cowkeeper Taylor Charles, shoe maker Warner Charlotte (Mrs.), farmer Watkinson Emma (Mrs.), Shoulder of Mutton P.R. & farmer Wright John William, farmer, & deputy registrar of births & deaths for Brailsford sub-district, White Meadow farm [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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