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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Winster, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.330-1 |
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| WINSTER is a small
town and parish, formed in 1866, from Youlgrave ; it is 5 miles west
from Matlock, 6 south from Bakewell, 153½ from London by
road and 2½ west from Darley Dale station on the Ambergate
and Manchester section of the Midland railway, in the Western division
of the county, hundred of High Peak, union and petty sessional
division of Bakewell, Wirksworth county court district, rural deanery
of Bakewell, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The
water supply is derived from a reservoir fed by springs rising
in the gritstone at Stanton Park. Winster was one of the five chapels
given, with the mother church of Youlgrave, to the abbey of Leicester
in the reign of Henry II. The present church of St. John the Baptist,
entirely rebuilt, except the tower, and considerably enlarged in
1842 and again restored in 1883, is an edifice in the Early English
style, consisting of chancel, nave of four bays, south aisle and
a low tower at the West end, containing 5 bells, the 1st, 3rd and
5th of which are dated respectively 1751, 1711 and 1860, the remaining
two being undated : the ancient font, probably Late Norman, cir.
1200, consists of a circular basin with cabled margin, resting
on an octagonal sloping base, both being rudely but vigorously
sculptured : the stained east window is a memorial to the late
William Heathcote esq. and his wife: on the south
side of the chancel is a memorial window to the late Mrs. Milnes,
mother of the present vicar : the custom of ringing the curfew bell
is still kept up here, the 4th bell being rung at eight every evening,
except on Saturday, when it is rung at seven, from November to February;
a six o'clock morning bell is also rung from 25th March to 25th
September : there are 450 sittings. The register dates from 1634.
The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £174, including
34 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the resident
freeholders of the town, and held since 1886 by the Rev. Herbert
Milnes. There are Wesleyan, Reformed Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist
chapels. The charities for distribution amount to £25 yearly.
There are no manorial rights. Oddo House, the property of Mrs.
Brittlebank, who is principal landowner, is now unoccupied. The
town contains a hall used for public assemblies, and there is a
hydropathic establishment; both are private property. The soil
is limestone grit ; subsoil, stone beds. The land is in pasture.
The area is 1,123 acres ; rateable value,
£2,227: the population in 1881 was 836. Parish Clerk, Thomas Hawkesworth. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.-Henry Charles Heathcote, postmaster. Letters arrive from Derby at 7.30 a.m. : box closes at 5.30 p.m. Money orders are granted & paid from 8 a.m. till 6 p.m. ; saturday till 8 p.m. no business on sundays National School (mixed), erected in 1866, for 143 children ; average attendance, 107; Joseph Prinsep, master; Mrs. Joseph Prinsep, mistress Belton Richard Carmichael Brittlebank Benjamin Cantrell Matthew Henry Metcalf Mrs. The Hall Milnes Rev. Herbert, Vicarage Nunn Rev. James S. [Primitive Meth] Sherwin Mrs Thompson Capt. Childers Turner George Walker John Pulleine Wilson Frederick William, Bank house COMMERCIAL. Bank House Hydropathic Institution (James W. Taylor, proprietor) Blackwell Joseph, farmer Boam George, butcher Boam John, Shoulder of Mutton P.H Buxton William, tailor Cantrell Matthew Henry L.R.C.P. Edin. physician & surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, Winster district, Bakewell union Caldwell Joseph, cattle dealer Caldwell Josiah, butcher Dale John, farmer Durden William, pork butcher Ellis William, tailor Fearn John, agent for the Prudential Assurance Co Foxlow Samuel, farmer Fryer James, joiner Fryer William, carpenter Greatorex George, farmer Greatorex Henry, joiner Greatorex Joseph, grocer, & Bowling Green inn Gregory George, plumber Gregory Mary (Mrs.), farmer Hardy Joseph, ironmonger Hawksworth James, saddler Hawksworth Thomas, shoe maker Heath William, Bull's Head P.H Heathcote William & Sons, oil, lend & seed merchants Heathcote John, grocer Heathcote Henry Charles, draper, chemist & dentist, Post office Kenworthy Albert, blacksmith Lomas George William & Edwd. tailors Longden Joseph, farmer & shopkeeper Mozeley Joshua, farmer Naylor Mary (Mrs.), Crown P.H Prime Nathaniel, Miners' Standard P.H Public Hall (Hy. Chas. Heathcote, propr) Rains Isaac, farmer, Winster moor Rains Samuel, butcher Rains Thomas Allen, farmer Rains William, blacksmith & farmer Rowland James, saddler Shaw Elizabeth (Mrs.), grocer Smith Joshua, farmer, West hill Taylor James, farmer Wagstaff John, deputy bar master Webster Abraham, baker Wild Ann (Mrs.), draper & farmer Winfield William, grocer Wragg William, Angel P.H [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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