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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Quarndon, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.286 |
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QUARNDON is a parish 3 miles north-north-west from Derby, 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,
and is a healthily situated village, possessing mineral springs of
some repute. The original church or chapel of Quarndon, anciently
annexed to All Saints', Derby, was a building in the Norman style,
44 feet by 15 feet, with a good Norman south doorway; about 1835 it
was considerably enlarged : the only portion of the old church now
remaining is the tower, covered with ivy. The present church of St.
Paul, erected in 1874, at a coat of £4.000, is a building of
stone, in the Early English and Perpendicular styles, consisting of
chancel, nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled western
tower, with a short octagonal spire, containing one bell, of the same
date as the church : there is a mural monument to John James Simpson
esq. (1880) : the font is of Derbyshire spar, and was presented by
the builders : there are 365 sittings. The register of baptisms dates
from the year 1772, of marriages from 1755, and of burials from 1821.
The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £143, with 36 acres
of glebe and residence, in the gift of Lord Scarsdale, and held since
1870 by the Rev. William George Nourse K.C. Lond. The vicar has in
his possession an account of money left for the augmentation of the
living (1786), and a terrier of glebe lands and other rights belonging
to the church at Quarndon (1751). Here is a Wesleyan chapel built
in 1857. There is a village lending library of 200 volumes and a reading
room supported by voluntary contributions and small contributions
by the members. The former sulphur baths in Kedleston Park are now
closed. Here are several good residences and some lodging houses,
the village being much frequented by visitors in summer. Lord Scarsdale
is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is sand
and clay in the high lands, sandy and loam in the lower lands ; subsoil,
various. The chief crops are wheat and barley; the greatest portion
is pasture land. The acreage is 778 ; rateable value, £2,490
; the population in 1881 was 555. Parish Clerk, John Thomas Lowe. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Elizabeth Spalton, postmistress. Letters arrive through the Derby office at 6.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 7p.m WALL LETTER Box cleared 6.30 p.m. except sundays Lord Scarsdale's Endowed School (mixed), erected, with master's house, in 1861 & supported in part by endowment, for 90 children; average attendance, 49; Robert Rylatt, master CARRIERS TO DERBY.-John Thomas Lowe, fri. leave Quarndon 10 a. m. 'Dolphin' 3.30p.m. ; Geo. Booth, daily PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Brentnall Charles, The Mount Barwick William, Rock house Bryer Mrs. Park view Cox Miss, Fairfield house Coleman John Frederick, Hill cottage Compton William McGrath Dakin Thomas, Elm bank Eaton Miss, The Cottage Gawler Miss, Fairfield house Hamlet John Hickman Thomas Poole, The Grange Husbands John, The Elms Jervis Hon. Wm. Monk B.C.L., D.L., J.P Kendrick Miss Lucy Dorothy, Rose cot Nourse Rev. Wm. Geo. K.C.L. Vicarage Richardson William Milward, Hill brow Sale Robert, Park view Skevington Mrs. Mulberry cottage Smith William Smith William J. The Edge Stevens Miss, The Oaklands Walton George, The Knoll Williamson John Stonehouse, Hill bank COMMERCIAL. Alcock Thomas, lodging house Archer Henry R. farmer, Kedleston ho Ault William, farmer, Common Booth George, carrier & grocer Brailsford Henry, land agent to Lord Scarsdale, Park nook Clark Philip, shoe maker Clark Edward, farmer, Park nook Downing John, lodging house, Oak cot Fearn Job, grocer Ford Arthur, farmer & baker Hampshire Charles & George Joiners' Arms P.H. builder & wheelwright blacksmith &c Keeling Lucy (Miss), farmer, Montpelier Library & Reading Room (John Downing, librarian) Lowe Jn. Thos. carrier, & cabs, hansoms wagonettes, carriages &c. for hire Moorcroft William, boot maker Osborne Samuel, farmer Porter Emma (Mrs.), lodging house Shotton Thomas, tailor Slack Charles, butcher Tarr Ann (Miss), day school Winterton Charles Edward, farmer Williamson Matilda (Miss), lodging house Hill bank Woodhouse John, dairyman [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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