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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Radbourne, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.286-287 |
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RADBOURNE is a parish 5½ miles west from Derby, in the
Southern division of the county, hundred of Appletree, Burton-upon-Trent
union, Derby petty sessional division and county court district, rural
deanery of Longford, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of St. Andrew is an edifice of stone in the Early English
style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays, north
aisle, south porch and low embattled western tower, with pinnacles,
containing a clock and 3 bells: the font, which originally belonged
to Dale Abbey, has a splendidly carved oaken cover; there are also
several carved oak benches and three stone monuments, one bearing
recumbent effigies of a man and woman, the other with several small
figures, but very much defaced and without date or inscription
some remains of two piscinæ still exist : a new organ chamber
was added in 1888 : there are 60 sittings, 30 being free. The register
of burials dates from the year 1572, and of baptisms and marriages
from 1573. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £190,
gross yearly value £365, including 130 acres of glebe, with
residence, in the gift of Capt. Reginald Walkelyne Chandos-Pole J.P.
and held since 1866 by the Rev. William Chandos-Pole M.A. of Christ
Church. Oxford. German Pole, who died in 1683, founded and endowed
a school here. Radbourne Hall, situated on an eminence, is a large
square mansion of red brick, in a finely-wooded park, surrounded by
extensive well laid-out pleasant grounds of 18 acres, and is the residence
of Capt. Reginald Walkelyne Chandos-Pole J.P. who is lord of the manor
and principal landowner. The soil is loam and gravel ; subsoil, various.
The chief crops are wheat, oats and barley, with a large portion of
pasture. The acreage is 2,034; rateable value, £4,243; the population
in 1881 was 200. Parish Clerk, William Smith. POST OFFICE.-Robert Constable, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive through Derby at 7 a.m. dispatched at 6.15 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Mackworth & telegraph office at Mickleover. Radbourne School (mixed), erected in 1850, for 45 children ; average attendance, 40; it is entirely supported by Capt. Reginald Walkelyne Chandos-Pole ; Henry Keyte, master ; Mrs. Harriet Keyte, mistress Chandos-Pole Rev. Will. M.A. Rectory Chandos-Pole Capt. Reginald Walkelyne J.P. Radbourne hall; & Sydling court, Dorsetshire Dugdale Capt. Herbert, Old Park house COMMERCIAL. Archer Samuel, farmer Archer Thomas, farmer Bland John, farmer Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry (A Troop) (Capt. R. W. Chandos-Pole, commandant; Sergt. Thomas Littlechild, drill instructor) Edwards Leonard, land steward to R. W. Chandos-Pole esq. J.P Garratt William, farmer Grainger John, farmer Lee Robert, blacksmith Lowe John, farmer Lowe Joseph, farmer Owen Arthur Hy. farmer, Tyrrell Hay Slater John, Old Park farm Smith John, farmer Smitll Samuel, farmer Wade Samuel, farmer Walker John, farmer, Radbourne comn [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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