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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Swadlincote, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.311-312 |
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SWADLINCOTE is the head of a petty sessional division, and
a township and parish, formed in 1848, from Church Gresley, 6 miles
south-east from Burton-upon-Trent, 190 from London, 4 north-west from
Ashby-de-la-Zouch and 13 from Derby, having a station on the Burton
and Ashby branch of the Midland railway, in the Southern division
of the county, hundred of Repton and Gresley, union and county court
district of Burton-upon-Trent, rural deanery of Repton, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. A Local Board of Health of nine
members was formed in 1871. The parish is lighted with gas by a company
formed in 1859, and supplied with water from works at Woodville, the
property of the Burton Rural Sanitary Authority. Emmanuel church,
built in 1848, is a modern edifice of stone, in the Early English
style, consisting of apsidal chancel, nave, transepts and a western
turret containing one bell ; in 1883 an organ and choir seats were
added, at a cost of £230, raised by subscription; there are
410 sittings. The register dates from the year 1848. The living is
a vicarage, net yearly value £122, including 35 acres of glebe
with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Church Gresley, and held
since 1889 by the Rev, Edward Maxlow B.A. of Corpus Christi college,
Cambridge. There are Wesleyan, Baptist and Free Methodist chapels
here and a Primitive Methodist chapel at Woodville, built in 1889.
The Town Hall, erected in 1861, and standing in a good position, is
a commodious structure of brick and will hold 600 persons. A large
market is held every Saturday night, principally for provisions. Dorothy
Taylor left £10, the interest (10s.), to be distributed to the
poor in bread ; Brunt's Trust, producing £6 6s. 8d. yearly,
is given to the National School fund. Sir Robert Gresley bart. of
Drakelow, is lord of the manor. The Granville Colliery Company are
the principal landowners. Swadlincote is noted for the manufacture
of sanitary earthenware, fire bricks, fire clay goods, also ironstone,
cane and Rockingham ware. The area is 550 acres ; rateable value,
£9,863; the population in 1881 was 2,214 in the township, and
2,982 in the parish. At NEWHALL FIELD and GRANVILLE are collieries. Sexton, George Spencer. POST, M, O. & T. O., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity & Stamp Office.-Mrs. Edith Whitehall, postmistress. Letters from Burton-upon-Trent arrive at 5 a.m. & 4 p.m.; dispatched at 9.5a.m. & 1.50 p.m COUNTY MAGISTRATES usually attending Swadlincote Petty Sessional Division :- Cave-Browne-Cave Sir Mylles bart. D.L. Stretton hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, chairman Ferrers Earl, Staunton Harold, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Loudoan Earl of, Willesley hall, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Barber John Lewis Pasteur esq. Stanton house, Burton-on-Trent Levett-Prinsep Thomas esq. Croxall hall, near Lichfield Milligan Lt.-Col. Charles, Cauldwell hall, Burton-on-Trent Mowbray Major George Thomas, Grangewood house, Overseal, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Nadin Henry Guy esq. Stapenhill, Burton-on-Trent Smith Hy. Etherington esq. Norris Hill ho. Ashby-de-la-Zouch Wardle Henry esq. H.P. Highfield, Burton-on-Trent Clerks to the Magistrates, Smith, Mammatt & Hale, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Petty Sessions are held at the Town hall, Swadlincote, every 3rd tuesday in the month at 11 a.m. The petty sessional division comprises :-Appleby, Boundary, Chilcote, Measham, Oakthorpe & Donisthorpe, Stapenhill, Smisby, Stretton-en-le-Field, Walton & Willesley, Swadlincote, Hartshorne, Church Gresley, Castle Gresley, Linton, Lullington, Coton-in-the-Elms, Rosliston, Drakelow, Catton, Croxall, Stanton & Newhall & Cauldwell LOCAL BOARD. Board Room, Town Hall. Board day, 1st monday of month. Wragg John Downing, chairman.
Clerk, William Alfred Musson, Ashby-de-la-Zouch Treasurer, James Lawford, Leicester Medical Officer of Health, John Hamilton, Swadlincote Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances & Collector, Robert Cartwright A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1879 ; Thomas Buckler, Church Gresley, clerk to the board ; R. J. Franklin, West street, Swadlincote, attendance officer SCHOOLS :- Board, erected in 1882 for 123 boys, 123 girls & 160 infants ; average attendance, 102 boys, 105 girls & 115 infants ; George Francis Johnson, master; Mrs. Isabella Johnson, mistress ; Miss Emma Eliza Lloyd, infants' mistress National (mixed), for 210 children; average attendance, 170 ; John Joseph Wright, master Railway Station, Samuel Morley, station master [Those marked thus † should be addressed Woodville.] PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Adams James, Market place †Adcock Mrs. Woodville road †Banks Nehemiah, Granville villa Barrowcliffe Jn. Wm. Cliff ho. Hastings rd Boardman Mrs. Wilmot road Boffey William, Station street †Bragge Geo. Stephenson, Woodville rd Buckley Thomas, Gresley Wood house Connon Rev. Jn. [Wesleyan], Hastings rd Eley Alfred, Merton villa, Wilmot road Eley Arthur, Weston house, Wilmot rd Fitchett Mrs. Waterloo house Goodman William Hall Mrs. Linden house Hamilton John, Beechhurst house Henderson Rev. Hamilton [curate] †Hosking Rev. Thos. [Wes.], Woodville rd †King Henry William, Granville house Lawson Edwd. K. L. Bank ho. Market sq †Markham Charles George Maxlow Rev. Edward B.A. Vicarage Nicholls John, Bank house, High street Price George, High street Price John, Coppice side Price John, jun. High street Rowley Samuel Hunt, Hastings road Russell Mrs. Hastings road Sharpe Edmund Sims Mrs. Wilmot road Smith Henry, Ivanhoe vils. Bernard st †Tooth Henry, Woodville road †Webb Jacob, Woodville road Wragg John Downing Woodward Mrs. Highfields Young Abraham COMMERCIAL. Adams Lucy (Mrs.), grocr. Coppice side †Aldridge Thos. grocer, Woodville road Arnold Hy. boot & shoe ma. Coppice side Ault Wm. art pottery manfr. Midland rd Austin Saml. ironmonger, Coppice side Banks Wm. Hy. Cooper, grcr. Bernard st Barrowcliffe John William, veterinary surgeon, Cliff house, Hastings road Beard James, butcher, West street Beard John, builder, High street Beardmore Thos. beer retlr. Common sde Bell Edwd. travelling draper,Midland rd †Belton Thomas Daubeney, painter, Granville street †Biddle Thomas, tailor, Woodville road Bloor Hy. beer ret. & shopkpr. Hastings rd †Bodell Thos. crate ma. Woodville road Bond James, beer retailer, North street Bottoms Jn. baker & flour dlr. Hastings rd †Bragge George Stephenson, mining engineer, Woodville road Brookes Arth. Hy. provisn. dlr. Church st Buckley Henry, teacher of music, Cross st Bucknall Thomas, butcher, Market st †Bullen H. & E. grocers, Woodville road Burton, Uttoxeter & Ashborne Union Bank Limited (E. K. L. Lawson, manager) (open 10 to 4; wed. 10 to 1), Market place ; draw on Robarts, Lubbock & Co. London E C Burton Eliza (Mrs.), ladies' preparatory school, Hstings road Burton Joseph Harvey, boys' school, Hastings road Cholerton Joseph, draper, High street †Collins Thos. shopkeeper, Frederick st Collins Wm. shopkeeper, Coppice side †Cook Arthur, painter, Woodville road Cook Edwin, beer retlr. Lansdowne rd †Cotterell Wm. (executors of), earthenware manufacturers, Woodville road Coxon Wm. Wideshaft inn, Midway rd Crane Clara (Miss), draper, West street Dawes Mary (Mrs.), beer ret. Midland rd Daws Thomas, beer retailer, Church st Dickens Harry, boot ma. Coppice side Dinnis L. & H. B. pawnbrokers, High st Dixon Betsey Augusta (Mrs.), chemist & druggist, High street Dowler William, builder, Church street Eley Alfred, certificated manager for Ball & Boardsman's colliery, Merton villa, Wilmot road Eley Arthur, commercial traveller, Weston house, Wilmot road Eley George, grocer & wine & spirit merchant, Regent square Exton Edward, outfitter, West street Faulkner Alfred Cole, Granville Arms P.H. & butcher, Market street Flint Henry, British Oak P.H. West st Frankland Rd. John, printr. Coppice side †Godfrey John, ironmonger, Woodville rd Goodhead Ben. bakr. & flour dlr. Church st Granville Colliery Co. Limited (John Stevens, sec) Gregson Arthur, tailor, Midland road Gregson Charles, tailor, Hastings road Gretton Richard, baker, High street †Grice John, shopkeeper, Granville st Grice Joseph, fishmonger, Hill street Hackett Jonathan B. baker, Burton rd Hall & Boardman Limited, colliery proprietors, farmers & manufacturers of sewerage pipes, fire bricks, chimney tops &c. See advertisement †Hall John, shopkeeper, Bernard street Hamilton John, L.R.C.P. Edin. surgeon, medical officer to the local board & medical officer & public vaccinator, Gresley district, Burton-on-Trent union, Beechhurst house Harrison William, grocer, Wide shaft †Harvey James, saddler & harness maker, Woodville road Harvey Robert, grocer & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants, Midland road Hatfield Jn. tailr. & herbalist, Coppice side Haywood James Henry, saddler & harness maker, High street Heafield Henry, shoe maker, High st †Heape Robert, crate & hurdle maker, Woodville road †Heathcote & Son, watch makers, Woodville road Hogg Joseph, grocer, tea & provision dealer & tobacconist, Hill top Holmes Richard, beer retailer, High st †Hollingsworth Rowland, blacksmith, Woodville road Illsley Eli John, grocer, Coppice side Illsley John, pork butcher & shopkeeper, Coppice side Isaac Charles John, grocer, Hastings rd Jackson John, shopkeeper, Hastings rd Jebb Abraham, crate ma. Newhall rd Jones Walter, music seller, Regent sq †Jones William, china dlr. Woodville rd Lacey Ellen Elizabeth (Mrs.), milliner, High street Lacey Walter, draper, High street Laxton Geo. lamp & oil dlr. Coppice side Lee Reuben, statnr. & printer, High st Leicestershire Banking Co. (branch of) (John Haines Nicholls, manager),open 10 to 4 except wed. 10 to 1; draw on London & Westminster Bank Limited, London E C Litherland Jn. Bradshw. tbcnst. Midlnd. rd †Mackie Joseph, shopkpr. Granville st †Mansfield Frederick, crate & hurdle maker, Burton road †Martin Alf. Granville inn, Granville st Martin John, beer retailer, Hastings rd Massey Eli, confetnr. & haberdshr. High st Massey George, butcher, Coppice side Massey Thomas, New inn, Coppice side Mead Harriet (Mrs.), beer retailer, West st Mee Joseph, coffeehouse, Market street Mellor William, hair dresser, Midland rd NADIN THOMAS, ironstone, cane, color, buff & rockingham ware manufactr. Hartshorne pottery, Woodville Needle Letitia (Mrs.), drug stores, Coppice side Newhall Fields Colliery Co. Limited (John Garden, sec.), Midland road Osborne Ernest, shopkeeper & beer retailer, Hastings road Parker Joshua, beer retailer, Arthcote rd †Parr Wm. beer retailer, Woodville rd †Peace Thomas, joiner Peach James, farmer †Plummer Chas. shopkeeper, Bernard st Plummer Hy. boot & shoe ma. High st Poyser George, Bear P.H. West street Poyser Wm. Sandlant, hair dressr. High st Read Geo. Coombs & Son, millers (steam) Richardson John Barrow, furniture dealer, Market street Rowley Saml. Hunt, earthenware manufacturer, see Woodward James & Rowley. See advertisement Rowley William, beer retlr. Midland rd Sabine Arthur & Timothy, engineers, sanitary tube & brick machinery & pump manufacturers, Vulcan works †Salisbury Geo. shopkpr. Granville st †Salisbury Jn. seedsman, Woodville rd Sharpe Brothers & Co. earthenware & sanitary ware manufacturers Sharpe Edmund, farmer Sills Geo. farmer, Granville Hall farm Singer Manufacturing Co. (John Ward, agent), High street Smedley Andrew, joiner, High street †Smith Geo. beer retailer, Granville st †Smith Richd. beer retailer, Woodville rd Snow Saml. shopkeeper, Church street Staley Robt. com. traveller, Newhall st Staley Robert Cheshire, earthenware manufacturer, West street Stevens Hy. Colbron, draper, Coppice side Stirland Jn. Prince of Wales P.H. West st Swadlincote Gas & Coke Co. Limited (R. Cartwright, sec) Swadlincote Institute (John Price, hon. sec.), Station street Taylor Charles Wilkins, watch maker, Coppice side Taylor Wm. shopkeeper, North street Tebbett William, plumber & glazier, Church street & Midland road Thompson Eleanor (Mrs.), confectioner, High street †Toft Charles, butcher, Granville street †Tooth &Co. Bretby art pottery manufrs Toplis William, grocer Truman Jesse, boot & shoe mkr. West st Tunnicliffe Fanny (Mrs.), grocr. West st Turner Jsph. boot & shoe maker, West st Turner Thos. plumber & glazier, High st Venning Chas. carpenter, Coppice side †Villiers Edward Albert, hair dresser, Woodville road Walton George, Engine P.H. Market st Walton Henry, shopkeeper, Hastings rd Ward Wm. carpenter & joiner, Market st Warren Stacey & Co. Iron founders & engineers; castings for brick & sanitary pipe works †Waterfield John, bricklayer Wheldon Chas. Nag's Head P.H. High st Whitehall Edith (Mrs.),grocer,& post of Whittaker Jn. haberdasher, Hastings rd Wileman Jn. Foresters' Arms P.H. High st †Wileman Michael, butcher, Woodville rd Wilkinson Wm. greengrocer, Market st Wilkinson Wm. jun. beer ret. Midland rd Williams Enoch, grocer, Coppice side Williscroft Thomas, boot & shoe maker, Coppice side †Wood George, shopkeeper, Bernard st †Wood Thomas, draper, Woodville road Wood William, grocer, Lansdowne rd Woodward James & Rowley, manufacturers of sanitary earthenware &c. ; sole makers of the Patent "Wash Out Closet." See advertisement Woodward George, Stanhope Arms P.H. High street Woodward Jas. manufr. of salt glazed drain pipes, terracotta chimney pots, fire bricks, lamps, tiles, fire clay goods, crucible & cement clays &c WRAGG THOMAS & SONS, manufacturers of fire bricks, STONEWARE PIPES, all kinds of enamelled & salt glazed sinks, makers of pipes with "HASSALLS " PATINT WATER-TIGHT JOINT, GORDON'S PATENT SYPHONS ; & at Loxley, near Sheffield Wykes Thomas Joseph, mining engineer, The Limes Young John, ironmonger, High street [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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