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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Shottle and Postern, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.300-301 |
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SHOTTLE and POSTERN are hamlets, in the parish of Duffield,
and form a township and extensive agricultural district, having
a station on the Wirksworth branch of the Midland railway, 3 miles
west from Belper and 5 north-west from Duffield, in the Mid division
of the county, Appletree hundred, Belper union and petty sessional
division, Belper and Ilkeston county court district, rural deanery
of Duffield, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. Here
is a small chapel erected by the Duke of Devonshire, and licensed
in 1861, in which divine service is conducted on Sunday by the Rev.
W. H. Turner M.A. vicar of Hazlewood. There is also a Baptist chapel.
Shottle Hall is the residence of Ernest Laverton esq. The Duke of
Devonshire K.G. is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The
soil is clay; subsoil clay and sandstone. The chief crops are wheat,
oats and barley and about two-thirds pasture. The acreage is 3,741
; rateable value, £4,753;
the population in 1881 was 449. POST OFFICE, Cowers Lane.-Charles Richardson, receiver. Letters arrive through Derby at 5.10 a.m. ; dispatched at 7.35 p.m. Letters also through Belper, by foot post, arrive at 8 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Idridgehay & the telegraph office is at Shottle railway stn WALL LETTER BOX, Shottlegate, cleared at 6.40 p.m. week days only School, erected in 1715, for 50 children ; average attendance, 30: the schools endowed by Ralph Dowley, in 1745, with an income of £1 yearly, augmented by the Duke of Devonshire ; William Loose, master Railway Station, Herbert Barber, station master Shottle. [Letters for names marked thus * should be addressed Derby, all others Belper.] *Courtney John, Shottlegate *Gallinger George, Beaconsfield villas *Laverton Ernest, Shottle hall *Valentine Mrs. Chestnut cot. Cowers la COMMERCIAL. Abell John, farmer, Lawn Beardsley Isaac, farmer, Handley wood *Clarke Charles, wheelwright *Coates Thomas, farmer *Cope Edwin, farmer, Shottlegate Deaville Hannh. (Mrs.), frmr. New bldgs Fletcher Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer *Flint Henry, wheelwright, Cowers la Godber George, farmer *Greatorex Jn. shpkpr. & bldr. Shottlegt *Hickman William, Railway inn *Hickman William, jun. railway contractor, Beaconsfield villas Hodgkinson Richard & Sons, farmers * Hodgkinson George, butcher, Shottlegt Hodgkinson John, assistant overseer & collector of rates, Holly seat *Hodgkinson Wm. butcher, Shottlegate Jackson Eliza (Mrs.), farmr. Handley wd Jebb James, farmer *Lomas Robert, coal mer. Station yard *Mason Lot, farmer *Mason Lot, jun. farmer Redfern Job, farmer, Handley Redfern Samuel, farmer, The Lodge *Richardson Charles, blacksmith, agricultural implement repairer, horse dealer & farmer, Post office, Cowers la Richardson Henry, farmer Rowland Charles, boot maker Sanders William, farmer Slack Thomas, shopkeeper, Shottlegate Smedley Eliza (Mrs.), farmer, Hill top Smedley George, farmer, Handley Smith John, farmer Smith William Bolton, colliery agent & coal merchant, Station wharf & at Duffield & Belper Spencer John, farm bailiff to Ernest Laverton esq Spendlove George, farmer Spendlove Isaac, farmer, Miln hay Spendlove Thomas, farmer, Crow trees Taylor Alfred, jun. farmer, The Lodge Toplis Millicent (Mrs.), farmer Travis Joseph, farmer Walker Harriet (Mrs.), mason, Shottlegte Waterfield George, farmer Waterfield Charles Frederick, farmer Wayne Thomas, Gate inn, Shottlegate Wheatcroft N. & Son, coal merc. Station yd Winson Robert, farmer Wright George, farmer, Lammas Postern. [Letters should bear the address-Derby. J Hill Edward, farmer Holbrook Jn. miller (water), frmr. & baker Travis Thomas, farmer, The Lodge Watt Alexander, farmer Wood George, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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