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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Tissington, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.320-321 |
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| TISSINGTON, anciently "TlSCINCTUNA,"
is a parish and village, 4 miles north from Ashborne, the nearest
station, on the Churnet Valley section of the North Staffordshire
railway, in the Western division of the county, Wirksworth 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. Mary is a building of stone in the
Early Norman style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave,
north aisle, south porch and low embattled western tower of massive
character, containing 3 bells, 2 of which are dated 1815: the
north aisle was erected in 1854, at the cost of Miss Fitzherbert
: the chancel is separated from the nave by a Norman arch, and
upon the north side is a lofty monument reaching nearly to the
roof and divided into two compartments, the uppermost containing
two figures kneeling over a tablet inscribed to Sir John Fitzherbert
(1642), and the lower compartment two similar figures also kneeling
over a tablet to Francis Fitzherbert esq. (1619) ; at the east
end is a memorial to James Fitzherbert (1808) and on the south
side of the church a monument to William Fitzherbert esq. recorder
of Derby (1739) : in the chancel are brasses to Frances Rafela,
4th daughter of Sir Henry Fitzherbert bart. and wife of the Rev.
G. H. Arkwright, d. 1849; Sir Reynold Abel Alleyne bart.
d. 14 Feb. 1870; and to the Right Hon. Sir Alleyne Fitzherbert,
Baron St. Helen's P. C., G.C.B. and lord of the bed-chamber to
George III, George IV. and William IV. d. 1839; there is
also in the chancel a small brass to Robert Fitzherbert and his
two wives (1545-1595), with three shields bearing the respective
coats of his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, the first
of whom died 1515; and an alabaster monument to Henry Fitzherbert
(1840) : there are two stained windows on the south side of the
church, which was reseated in 1853 with open oak benches : the
south doorway is Norman and has a tympanum with grotesque heads
and other figures; the tower is also of that date, though Early
English buttresses have been added and the roof altered in the
13th century: the churchyard is undulating and contains the remains
of an ancient churchyard cross : the silver-gilt communion plate
dates from 1715. The register of baptisms and marriages dates
from the year 1658, and of burials from 1659 ; these are all in
excellent condition. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £3,
gross yearly value £99, with residence, in the gift of Sir
William
Fitzherbert bart. and held since 1876 by the Rev. James Fitzherbert
M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. Catherine Port, of Ilam,
by her will, dated 1722, left £5 yearly for the instruction
of eight poor children within the parish: the Fitzherbert Charity,
left in 1738, amounts to £16 yearly and is distributed. Here
is a small Primitive Methodist chapel. There is a cotton mill at
Woodeaves, distant about a mile from the village, now worked by
the Woodeaves Company. Tissington Hall, a fine old Elizabethan mansion
close to the village and approached by an avenue more than half
a mile in length, is the seat of Sir William Fitzherbert bart. J.P.,
D.L. who is lord of the manor and chief landowner. Tissington was
the scene of a severe contest between the Royalist and Parliamentary
forces during the Civil Wars. This village is remarkable for its
perpetuation of an ancient rural custom called "well-flowering," or "well-dressing
;" the festivities take place on Holy Thursday, when the five
wells from which the inhabitants are supplied with water are tastefully
and elaborately decorated with the choicest flowers of the season,
disposed in elegant and fanciful devices; the figures intended
to be represented are first cut out in wood, which is then covered
with moist clay and the flowers inserted therein; in this way many
very beautiful designs, introducing mottoes and emblematic figures,
are most skilfully produced ; the village is thronged during the
day with visitors, and at a time arranged a procession is formed
and a special service held at the church, the village throughout
the day presenting a most brilliant and altogether unique appearance.
The soil is mixed; subsoil, chiefly clay. The land is chiefly in
pasture for dairy produce. The acreage is 2,307; rateable value, £3,611;
the population in 1881 was 352. Parish Clerk, Lewis Smith. POST & M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Lewis Smith, postmaster. Letters received through Ashborne, arrive at 7.20 a.m. & dispatched at 5.15 p.m. Parwich is the nearest telegraph office WALL LETTER Box, Woodeaves mill, cleared at 5.30 p.m Free School (mixed), erected in 1837, for 58 children; average attendance, 35 ; with an endowment of about £60 yearly, from the family of Fitzherbert ; Richard Wain, master; Mrs. Caroline Wain, sewing mistress CARRIER.-John Widdowson, to Ashborne, every sat Fitzherbert Sir William bart. D.L., J.P. The Hall Fitzherbert Rev. James M.A. Vicarage Tattersall Cornelius, Woodeaves COMMERCIAL. Dicken Mark Anthony, farmer, Tissington wood Draycott Jn. & Son, farmrs. Bassett wd Fernihough John, farmr. Sharplow farm Fletcher John D. farmer Fletcher William, farmer Hambleton Martha (Mrs.), farmer Hambleton William, farmer Hand Henry, farmer & cattle dealer Hand William, farmer & cattle dealer Harrison William, butcher & farmer, Green farm Lemon Thomas, farmer, Priest's road Morley Joseph, farm bailiff & gamekeeper to Sir William Fitzherbert bart. D.L., J.P Smith Abraham, grocer & provision dealer & dealer in tobacco & farmer Smith Dorothy (Mrs.), shopkeeper Smith Frank, farmer, Rush-a-cliff farm Smith Lewis, postmaster, shoe maker, farmer, & parish clerk Smith William, timber merchant, builder, contractor & wheelwright; dealer in roofing tiles, quarries, sanitary pipes, plaster, cement &c Spencer Ann (Miss), farmer Stone William, Lees farm Twigge Geo. Wm. farmr. Crakelow frm Vickers John, farmer, The Shaws Wain Richard, schoolmaster & registrar of births & deaths for Calton sub-dist White Saml. farmer, Woodeaves farm Widdowson John, carrier & farmer, Dillcroft farm Williamson Joseph, farmer, Bent farm Woodeaves Co. Limited, cotton doublers, Woodeaves mill Wright Samuel, farmer & stone mason, Flat's castle Wright William, shoeing & general smith& agricultural implement agent & repairer Yates John Milton, manager to the Woodeaves Co [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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