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| Wirksworth, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.331 - 335 |
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WIRKSWORTH is an extensive parish, township and market town and a terminal station of a branch of the Midland railway from Derby,
13 miles north-north-west from Derby, 4 south from Matlock Town, 9½ west-by-south from Alfreton, 8½ north-east from Ashborne,
5½ north-west from Belper and 139 from London by road, in the Western division of the County, hundred and petty sessional division
of Wirksworth, union of Belper, rural deanery or Wirksworth, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The town is pleasantly situated
in a valley nearly surrounded by hills, at the southern extremity of the mining district, and is well paved and lighted with gas from works
at Warm brook, the property of the Wirksworth Gas Light and Coke Company Limited, and supplied with water derived from springs on the
Wirksworth Moors, and is governed by a local board of 9 members, formed in 1877. The Cromford and High Peak railway, now the property of
the London and North Western Company, has a goods station at Steeple Grange in this parish. The church of St. Mary is a cruciform building in the Later style of English Gothic, consisting of chancel with aisles and clerestory, transepts, clerestoried nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and a central tower with a small lead-covered spire, containing 6 bells, dating from 1702: there are monuments to Anthony Lowe esq, servant to Henry VII. Henry VIII. Edward VI. and Queen Mary (1555), to Anthony Gell esq. founder of the school and almshouses, with his effigy in a gown and ruff, dated 1583; and a mural monument to Sir John Gell bart, of Hopton, a parliamentary commander, ob. Nov. 1671: there are 13 stained memorial windows and two fonts, the more ancient being a Norman basin without date; the other bears date 1662: in several parts of the walls are pieces of rude sculpture, discovered during the repairs in 1820; one of these, inserted in the north aisle, represents some events in the life of Our Saviour : the chancel was restored in 1855, when an ancient piscina and an aumbry were discovered, and the rest of the fabric in 1876, under the direction of the late Sir George Gilbert Scott M.A. at a cost of about £10,000: there are about 700 sittings. The register of baptisms dates from 1610, of marriages and burials from 1608. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £60, gross yearly value £142, including 41 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Southwell, and held since 1851 by the Rev. Thomas Tunstall Smith M.A. of St. Peter's College, Cambridge, and surrogate ; George Henry Errington esq, is the impropriator. The chapels in the town are: —Baptist, Cold well street, erected in 1885 at a cost of £2,200, has sittings for 350 persons; Congregational, Coldwell street, erected in 1688 and restored in 1868, at a cost of £1,350, will seat 300; Free Methodist, St. John street, erected in 1886, has 300 sittings; Primitive Methodist, The Dale, erected in l,859, seats 250; Primitive Methodist, Bole hill, an ancient stone building, rebuilt in 1832, has 180 sittings; Wesleyan Methodist, Chapel lane, erected in 1810, seats 160, and the Wesleyan Reform, The Dale, erected in 1856, 100. The cemetery at the north end of the town comprises about 3 acres, with two small mortuary chapels, and is under the control of a burial board of 9 members; there is also a small Baptist cemetery in North street. The Town Hall, erected in 1871 by a company, and capable of holding 600 persons, is a building of stone in the Italian style, with a lofty tower, and is used for meetings and entertainments. The Moot Hall, Chapel lane, erected in 1814 by the Hon. Charles Bathurst, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, is also of stone: a Court Leet is held here annually, as also the Barmote courts for settling all mining disputes, which courts are held when required: here is deposited an ancient brass dish, used as a standard for measuring ore,, which any person has the privilege of digging and searching for in any part of the wapentake orchards, pleasure grounds, churchyards and gardens excepted, without making any compensation to the owner of the land. Bole Hill Institute, the site of which was given by Thomas W. Hunt esq, is a structure of brick, erected in 1889 at a cost of £150, raised by subscription, and includes a reading room, well supplied with newspapers. The market is held on Tuesdays, for provisions and corn; and there are fairs on Shrove Tuesday, Easter Tuesday, second Tuesday in May, July and September, and the third Tuesday in November, principally for cattle, the 1ast being also a statute fair. There are lead mines in the neighbourhood, which, by an inscription on a pig of lead found in 1777, appear to have been worked so early as the time of the Emperor Adrian, at the commencement of the and century. but few mines at the present time are at work. The Hopton-Wood Stone Company Limited have extensive quarries at Middle Peak in this parish. Many of the inhabitants are employed in the numerous quarries and in the manufacture of tape. The B Troop of the Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry and E Company, 2nd Volunteer Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment) are stationed in the town. The Wirksworth Cottage Hospital, established in 1867, is a useful institution, and is supported by subscription; it contains seven beds. Dinah Morris (Mrs. Elizabeth Evans), the once celebrated exponent of Methodism, whose character has been so powerfully depicted in that remarkable work, "Adam Bede," by George Eliot, lived and died here, her death taking place in 1849: the part of the hero of the story is also supposed to have been founded on the life of her husband's brother William. The almshouses for six poor men, are situated near the Grammar school. The poor of this parish receive £7 5s. annually from the Rev. Francis Gisborne's Staveley charity(1818); in 1693 Francis Bunting left £5 to be given away in sums of 5s. each to twenty poor housekeepers on St. Stephen's day; Elizabeth Blackburn in 1724 left lands now producing £14 yearly, for the poor of this town; and in 1822 Mrs. Bridget Cheney gave £100 to be invested in the Savings bank, the interest to be divided amongst the poor: several other charities, left at various dates since 1574, produce about £100 yearly: Bagshaw's charity of £56 8s. yearly is distributed in sums of £1 to poor widows or decayed housekeepers; one-fourth the amount goes to Middleton for the same purpose. The late Alfred Arkwright esq. of Wirksworth, has presented about 8 acres of land, near Miller's Green, for the purposes of a recreation ground. Frederic Charles Arkwright esq. J.P. of Willersley, Mrs. Price Wood, the trustees of Alfred Arkwright esq. Joseph Wheatcroft esq. J.P. Capt. Edward R. Leacroft, of Rowberrow, Somerset, Arthur Stubbs esq. of Sherwood Rise, Nottingham, and H. Chandos-Pole-Gell esq. J.P. of Hopton, are the principal landowners. The area of the township is 3,020 acres ; rateable value, £12,472; the population in 1881 was 3,678, which forms the Local Board district. Verger, Charles Hanson. Callow is a township in the parish of Wirksworth and union of Ashborne, 2 miles south-west from Wirksworth. H. Chandos-Pole-Gell esq. J.P. and H. Walthall Walthall esq, M.A., J.P. of Alton Manor, are the sole landowners. The area is 1,259 acres; rateable value, £1,714 ; the population in 1881 was 93. Hopton, with Griff Grange, form a township, in the parish of Wirksworth, union of Ashborne, the former 2 miles west-by-south from Wirksworth station, the latter about 2½ north-west. George Henry Errington esq, is the impropriator. Hopton was the property and residence of that zealous Parliamentary officer, Sir John Gell bart. who, when Charles I. had raised the royal standard at Nottingham, proceeded to Derby, assembled a strong body of troops for the Parliament, and performed a conspicuous part throughout the war. There are extensive stone quarries in the neighbourhood. In 1719 Sir Philip Gell bart. endowed almshouses for four poor persons, and directed a rent-charge of £22 6s. yearly to be paid to them out of his manor, called Griff Grange: they were first occupied Sept. 1722. Hopton Hall, a mansion of ancient origin, is now the seat of Henry Chandos-Pole-Gell esq. J.P. GRIFF GRANGE, 2 miles north, formerly extra-parochial, is now included in this township. Henry Chandos-Pole-Gell esq. J.P. is the principal landowner. The acreage is 1,450; rateable value, £1,470 ; the population in 1881 was 123. Ashleyhay is a township comprising several farms in the parish of Wirksworth, hundred of Appletree, 1¾ miles south-east from Wirksworth; it is bounded on the west by the line of railway and on the east by Alderwasley. Here are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels. Albert Frederick Hurt esq. J.P. of Alderwasley, who is lord of the manor; Henry Walthall Walthall esq. J.P. of Alton, Dr. Adsetts and Henry Swingler esq. J.P. of Idridgehay, are the principal landowners. The acreage is 1,443 ; rateable value, £1,744; the population in 1881 was 218. Alderwasley is given under a separate heading and Biggin is annexed to Hulland. Official Establishments, Local Institutions &c. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Church street.—George Allen, postmaster Letters arrive from London & all parts from Derby, at 6 a.m. (per mail cart) & 5 p.m. (by rail) ; deliveries commence at 6.45 a.m. & 5.30 p.m Middleton, Hopton, Carsington, Brassington, Alton, Kirk Ireton, Blackwall, Biggin, Bole Hill, Wigwell, Ashleyhay & Alderwasley are supplied from here by rural postmen, who leave at 6.45 a.m. Box closes for mid-day dispatch at 12.30 (extra ½d. stamp, 12.45), & for evening dispatch at 6.15 p.m. (extra ½d. stamp, 6.55); this is the only dispatch on sundays. Office is open on sunday from 8 to 10 a.m. Money orders are granted & paid from 9 a.m, till 6 p.m. daily, except on sunday; saturdays from 9 a.m. until 8 p.m WALL BOXES. —St. John street, cleared at 6 p.m, ; Cromford road, c1eared 6 p.m. ; Bole Hill, cleared 5.30p.m. ; Steeple Grange, cleared 5.45 p.m
Local Board.
County Magistrates for Wirksworth Petty Sessional Division. Hurt Albert Frederic esq, D.L. Alderwasley hall, Derby, chairman Arkwright Frederic Charles esq, Willersley, Cromford, Derby, Blackwall John Blackwall Evans-esq. Blackwall, Wirksworth Chandos-Pole-Gell Henry esq, Hopton hall, Wirksworth Mellor Capt. Vernon Henry, Idridgehay, Derby Swingler Henry esq, Ireton Wood house, Idridgehay, Derby Walker Capt. Edwyn, Rock house, Cromford, Derby Walthall Henry Walthall esq. M.A. Alton manor, Idridgehay, Derby Wheatcroft George Hanson esq, Waltham ho. Wirksworth Wheatcroft Joseph esq. Wirksworth Clerk to the Magistrates, John James Petty Sessions are held on alternate tuesdays at the Town hall at 11 a.m. The following are the places in petty sessional division, viz.: —Aldwark, Brassington, Biggin, Callow, Carsington, Hopton & Griff Grange, Ible, Idridgehay & Alton, Ireton Wood, Kirk Ireton, Middleton-by-Wirksworth & Wirksworth. Matlock forms a separate petty sessional district in the Wirksworth division & includes the following places : — Bonsall, Cromford, North Darley, Dethick, Lea & Holloway, Matlock, Tansley, Wensley & Snitterton (South Darley) Public Establishments. Bole Hill Institute, Bole Hill (J. S. Slater, sec) Cemetery, George Allen, clerk to the burial board Cottage Hospital, George Harvey L.R.C.P. Edin, & Arthur E. Broster, hon. surgeons ; Michael Mason, hon. sec.; Mrs. Penney, matron; Miss Ellen Penney, nurse County Court, held monthly, at the Town hall: His Honor William Barber Q.C., M.A. judge; William Sealey Fisher, registrar & high bailiff. The following places are within its jurisdiction :—Alderwasley, Aldwark, Alton, Ashley-hay, Bent, Biggin Mill, Bolehill, Bonsall, Bow Wood, Bradborne, Brassington, Brassington Moor, Breamfield, Callow, Carsington, Cliff Ash, Coal Hills, Cromford, Cromford Station, Cuckoo Stone Grange, Darley, Darley Dale, Darley Hill Side, Dethick, Elton, Farley, Flash Dam, Forge, Godfreyhole, Gorsey Bank, Grange Mill, Griff Grange, Hackney Lane, Hoe Grange, Hognaston, Holloway, Hopton, Ible, Idridgehay, Ireton Wood, Kirk Ireton, Lea, Longcliff Wharf, Longway Bank, Lumsdale, Matlock Bank, Matlock Bath, Matlock Bridge, Matlock Cliff, Matlock Dale, Matlock Town, Middleton-by-Wirksworth, Milner's Green, Northwood, Oakerside, Riber, Slaley, Snitterton, Starkholmes, Steeple House, Stonecliffe, Sydnope, Tansley, Tansley Moor, Tinkersley, Toadhole or Two Dales, Upper Hackney, Upper Wood, Wensley, Whatstandwell, Whiteholmes, Wigwell, Willersley Lane, Winster, Wirksworth & Wirksworth Moor Inland Revenue Office, John Cunningham, officer Moot Hall, Chapel lane, Joseph Stone esq, steward Police Station, North end, William Lytle, superintendent Stamp Office, Church street, The Postmaster, stamp distributor Temperance Hall, Chapel lane, erected 1860, Richard H. Haworth, manager Town Hall, Market place, Arthur De Milt Severne, sec VOLUNTEERS. Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry CB Troop), Capt. Lord Vernon, commandant Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment), and Volunteer Battalion (E Company); Major John R Parkin, commandant; Sergeant Richard Bates, drill instructor Public Officers. Assistant Overseer, William Doxey Certifying Factory Surgeon & Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Cromford district, Bakewell union & Wirksworth district, Belper union, George Harvey L.R.C.P. Edin. West end Clerk to Commissioners of the Land, Income & Assessed Taxes, Arthur De Milt Severne Collector of Queen's Taxes, John Oxspring, Bole hill Collector of Poor Rates, Jsph. Byard, Broadgates, Ashleyhay Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Brassington district, Ashborne union, Arthur Erdswick Broster L.R.C.P. Edin. Coldwell street Registrar of Births & Deaths & Relieving Officer for the Wirksworth district of the Belper union, William Twigg, Alderwasley Registrar of Marriages, Richard Henry Haworth Steward to the Wirksworth Barmote Court & the Copyhold Manor of Wirksworth & Ireton Wood, Joseph Stone Places of Worship, with times of services. St. Mary's Church, Rev. Thomas Tunstall Smith M.A. vicar; 10.40 a.m. 3 & 6.30 p.m.; wed. 8 p.m Baptist, Coldwell street, Rev. Balmforth Noble, minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6.15 p.m.: wed. 7.30 p.m Congregational, Coldwell street, Rev. Walter Lloyd Robinson, minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m Methodist Free Church, St. John street, 3.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; wed. 7.30 p.m Primitive Methodist, The Dale, Rev. John George Smith, minister; 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m.; mon. 7.30 p.m Primitive Methodist, Bole hill, 10.45 a.m, & 6 p.m.; wed. 7.30p.m Reformed Wesleyan, The Dale Wesleyan Methodist, Chapel lane. 10.30 a.m. & 6 p.m. & alternate thurs. 7 p.m Schools. The Grammar School, which adjoins the churchyard, was founded & endowed by Anthony Gell esq. in 1576 & the building, a structure in the Gothic style, was erected in 1828 at an expense of upwards of £1,600: the rental of the charity estates is about £316 yearly, out of which £200 is paid in salaries to the masters of the school & £70 to six almsmen in weekly payments of 3s. 6d. each, the balance being reserved for repairs &c. ; the average number of boys attending the school is 35 & of these 10 per cent. are free scholars; the course of instruction embraces the subjects for the Oxford & Cambridge local examinations & those of the College of Preceptors: a residence for the head master, with provision for 16 boarders, was erected near the school in 1889; Alfred Berridge M.A. head master British (mixed), held in the Congregational Sunday school room & the infants being taught in the Baptist, Sunday school; the former will hold about 300 children & the latter about 150; average attendance, 200 boys & girls & 75 infants ; John H. Starkey, master; Miss Clara R. White, infants' mistress National, North end, erected in 1851, for 224 boys & girls & 115 infants; average attendance, 184 boys & girls & 116 infants; Thomas Preston, master; Mrs. Rachel Preston, infants' mistress Railway Station, Thomas William Cox, station master Carriers. ASHBORNE—Francis Stone, wed. & sat. from his own house DERBY—John Weston, fri. from his own house, St. John st Wirksworth. [Marked thus * receive letters via High Peak junction, Derby.] [n.b. Nobody's name was marked with a *.] PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Allen Jn. Middle Peak view, Cromford rd Allen Mrs. North street Arkwright Miss, The Gate house Beardall Isaac, North street Beesley Henry, Old Bank Berridge Alfred M.A. (head master of Grammar school) Broster Arthur Erdswick, Coldwell st Campbell Rev. Charles Cadogan M.A. [curate of Carsington], Church street Dawson William, Coldwell street Fisher William Sealy, Old Bank. house Gandy Thos. Edwd. Bank ho. Market pl Gibbs Thomas, Bridge house Hall Miss, St. John street Harvey George, West end Hubbersty Mrs. The Gables Hubbersty Mrs. John, The Manor ho Hunt Thomas William, Bole hill James John, Coldwell street James Mrs. St. John street Kenworthy Arthur, The Lees, West end Mainprice John Charles, Dale house Lott Miss, Steeple Grange house Newton Miss, Church street Newton Thomas, Ivy house, Church st Noble Rev. Balmforth [Baptist], 5 Ecclesbourne terrace Oakley Ralph, Caulton vil. Cromford rd Ogden Mrs. Frank, Coldwell street Ogden William, Oak house, North st Pickard William, Causeway Prescott Cyril Jacksn. Clarke. Buena vista Richardson Frederick, St. John street Richardson Mrs. West end Robinson Rev. Walter Lloyd [Congregational], Foxfield cottage Severne Arthur De Milt, St. John street Shaw Miss, Sunnyside Simpson John C.R. & S.A. Raven Tor Singleton Rev. William Francis [curate] Smedley Miss, Blind lane Smedley Mrs. Yew Tree ho, West end Smith Rev. John George [Primitive Methodist], Prospect house Smith Rev. Thomas Tunstall M.A. [vicar & surrogate], Vicarage Spencer Miss, St. John street Stevenson Miss, Middle Peak view, Cromford road Stirzaker Richard, Cromford road Stone Joseph, Market place Taylor Walter, Cromford road Tomlinson John, Warmbrook Tomlinson Miss, St. John street Walker Mrs. Ecclesbourne terrace Wall Charles, St. John street Wall Richard, Bromley ho. Coldwell st Webster Frederick Pollock, St. John st Weston Mrs. Churchyard Wheatcroft Geo. Hanson J. P. Waltham ho Wheatcroft Joseph J.P. Miller's green Winfield Arthur Edward, Bole Hill ho Wood Mrs. The Hall Wright Charles, Yoke cliffe Wright Mrs. Albert house, North end Yonge Rev. Weston Edward Vernon [curate], West End house COMMERCIAL. Abbott Josiah, farmer & butchr. The Dale Abell Henry, farmer, Bole hill Allen J. & Son, carriers &c. North end Allen George, postmaster & clerk to the burial board, Church street Allsop Mary & Sarah (Misses), berlin repository &c. Market place Allsop George, joiner, Green hill Allsop Henry Archer, jeweller, Dale end Allsop John, saddler & harness maker, Coldwell street Allsop Samuel, shopkeeper & carriage proprietor, Green hill BAKER JOSEPH C. T. builder, contractor & joiner, carriage builder, wheelwrght. & general smith, Derby rd Baggaley Thomas, Greyhound P.H. Market pl. & baker, St. Mary's gate Barker Chas. tailor & draper, Market pl Barker Hy. printr. stationer &c. West end Barker Jane (Mrs.), marine store & coal dealer, West end Bartlett Isaac Alkin, veterinary surgeon, West end Causeway house Bealing Frank, Black's Head P.H. Market place Beesley Henry, manager of Moore & Robinson's Nottinghamshire Bank Berrey Edmund, com. trav. Steeple grange Birch Edwd. prof. of music, Coldwell st Blackwell William, butcher, Market pi Blount Hy. Jas. watch maker, North end Bole Hill Institute (J. S. Slater, sec.), Bole hill Bowmer John, tape manufacturer, Gorsey Bank mill Bowmer Joseph, butcher, Wash green Bown John, painter, Market place Bown Mary (Mrs.), milliner, Market pl Bowne & Shaw, lime & limestone works Brailsford Fredk. hair dresser, St. John st Brewell John, chimney sweeper, The Dale Brewell Jsph. chimney sweeper, North st Brooks Ann (Mrs.), grocer, North end Brooks Thomas, Miners' Standard P.H. Bole hill Broster Arthur Erdswick L.B.C.P. Edin. surgeon, & medical officer of health to urban sanitary authority & medical officer & public vaccinator, Brassington dist. Ashborne union. Coldwell st Brough James, bird & animal preserver, North end Brough John, farmer, The Dale Bucknall William, shopkeeper & basket maker, Coldwell street Budworth Martha & Son, Hope & Anchor P.H. & ale & porter mers. Market pi Bunting William, grocer, The Dale Butler Francis, beer retailer, The Moor Buxton Henry, pork butcher, St. John st Buxton James, whitesmith, Chapel lane Byard Aaron, farmer, Wash green CALDICOTT & CO. general & furnishing ironmongers, guns & ammunition & agricultural implemnt. agts. Mrkt. pl *Carline Alfred, farmer, Longway bank Cemetery George Allen, clerk to the burial board) Clark Wm .carpenter & bldr. Cromford rd Clay Thomas, boot maker, St. John st Colledge George, lime & limestone merchant, North end & The Dale Conservative Club W. Sealy Fisher, sec) Cooke William & Sons, furniture dealers &c. Market place Cooke John, wood carver, West end Cottage Hospital (Geo. Harvey L.B.C.P. Edin. & Arthur E. Broster, hon. surgeons; Michael Mason, hon. sec. ; Mrs. Penney, matron; Miss Ellen Penney, nurse) County Court (His Honor William Barber Q.C. judge; William Sealy Fisher, registrar & high bailiff), Town hall Cranch Louisa (Mrs.), coal merchant, Railway station Cresswell Jas frmr. Cottage frm. Wigwell Cresswell James, farmer, The Moor Crompton & Evans' Union Bank Lim. (branch) (Thomas Edward Gandy, manager), Market place; draw on Glyn, Mills & Co. London Cunningham John, inland revenue officer, Ecclesbourne ter. Cromford rd Day Nicholas Mason, organist, North end Dean John, chair maker, North street Derbyshire Yeomanry Cavalry (B Troop) (Capt. Lord Vernon, commndt) Dicken John, veterinary surg. Coldwell st Doxey William, farmer, assistant overseer & collector of poor rate, West end Dranfield Robert, whitesmith, St. John st Elce Mary Ann (Mrs.), smallware dealer, St. John street Ellicock Morris, herbalist, Miller's green Elliott James, fruiterer &c. Market pl Else James, fishmonger, North end Else Mary Ellen (Mrs.), boot ma. Mrkt. pl Else Thomas, shopkeeper, West end Else William, mason, The Dale Evans Wm. watch & clock ma. St. John st Farmer Edmund, engine inspector, High Peak railway, Bole hill Fearn Francis, coal mer. Railway station Fennell John, shopkeeper, Coldwell st Fisher Jn. brick maker, Steeple grange Fisher William Sealy, solicitor, commissioner for oaths, registrar & high< bailiff to the Wirksworth & Matlock county court, steward of the manor of Brassington, & Conservative registration agent for West Derbyshire; office, Coldwell street Flint Adam, farmer, The Moor Flint Frederick, baker, Steeple grange Flint Robert, farmer, The Moor Fox Solomon, mason, North street Fox William, linen draper, Market pl Fritchley Joseph & Sons, plumbers, painters &c. Blind lane GALLIMORE JOHN, stone & monumental mason, Chapel lane; res. West end GAMBLE HENRY, grocer & coal merchant, West end & St. John street; coal depot, Railway station Gamble William, boot maker, Market pl Gell Daniel, basket maker, Causeway Gleeson Jas. tailor & draper, Market pl Gleeson Patrick, hardware dealer, Dale street & Coldwell street Godbehere George, fly propr. Dale end Grammar School (Alfred Berridge M.A. head master) Gratton Albert, assistant high bailiff, County court, Cromford road Gratton John, blacksmith, Cromford rd Gratton John, clerk to the local board, Cromford road Greatorex Benj. butcher, Coldwell st Greatorex Elizabeth(Miss ),confectioner, Market place Greatorex Emma (Mrs.), Malt Shovel P.H. & farmer, Moor Greatorex Fredk. Angel inn, Chapel la Greenhough Jn. shopkeeper, North end Haarlem Tape Co, (White & Eaton), smallware manufacturers, North st Hall C. & Sons, linen & woollen drapers & milliners, Market place Hall Jane (Miss), milliner & dress maker, St. John street Hall John, farmer, Dale Top farm Hall Joshua Luke, grocer, Bole hill Hall Percy, baker, Bole hill Hall Thomas, baker & Shopkeeper, Bole hill Hanson Charles, boot maker & verger, St. Mary's house Hanson Walter Ernest, carpenter & joiner, St. Mary's gate Hardisty Charles, New inn, Bole hill Harley Edward, plumber & glazier & farmer, Coldwell street Harris Thos. Insurance agt. Cromford rd *Harrison Abrm. Homesford Cottage P.H Harrison William, farmer, Hurst farm Hartshorn A. T. Green Man P. H. West end Harvey George L.R.C.P. Edin. surgeon, & certifying factory surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator, Cromford district, Bakewell union & Wirksworth district, Belper union, West end Hatfield George, George hotel Hatfield Jabez, farmer, North end Hawley Abanathan, King William IV. P.H. The Dale Hawley Francis, butcher, St. John st Hawley James, pork butcher, Dale end Haworth Arthur, grocer &c. North st Haworth Richard Henry, grocer & registrar of marriages, St. John street Herson William, manager to Thomas Webster, St. Mary's gate Hewitt Bros. coal mers. Railway station Hilton Stephen, boot maker, The Dale Hindle Jas. chemist & oil mer. Market pi Hopton Wood Stone Co. Limited (John Simpson, general manager), stone merchants & quarry owners Howsley William, Railway inn, & farmer, Steeple grange Inland Revenue Office (John Cunningham, officer) James John, solicitor & commissioner for oaths & clerk to the magistrates, Coldwell street Jellyman Wm. Tiger P.H. St. John st Jones Benjamin Shakeshaft, manager to Gas Co. St. John street Killer James, carpenter, Blind lane Killer Samuel, coal mer. Steeple grange Killer Saml. joiner, Chapel la. North end Lewis Edwin, shopkpr. St. Mary's gate Liberal Club (John H. Starkey, sec.), Club room, Market place London & North Western Railway goods station (John William Fearn, agent), Steeple grange Lovegrove George, saddler & harness maker, Market place Lytle William, supt. of county police, Police station Macbeth Andrew, collector to the Gas Co. Chapel lane Mackbeth Isaac, fnrntr. dlr. Coldwell st MAINPRICE JOHN CHARLES, wine & spirit mer. &cigar importer, Dale end Mansfield Saml. frmr. Wigwell Ho. farm Marsden Dl. & Son, ironmngrs. Market pl Marsden George, auctioneer & stationer, Market place Marsh Jos. grcr. & provisn. dlr. Dale end Mason Michael, chmst. & drgst. Market pl Meads Wm. chimney sweep, Water la Meerbrook Sough Co. (Anthony M. Alsop, sec) Miller Henry, general dealer, Market pl Millington Thomas, jeweller, Causeway Millward Emnul. boot ma. St. Mary's gate Millward Thomas, farmer, Stone bridge Moore & Robinson's Nottinghamshire Banking Co. Limited (late Richard Arkwright & Co.) (Henry Beesley, manager) ; draw on Smith, Payne & Smiths, London Moore Martha Ann (Mrs.), ale & porter stores, Greenhill Moot Hall (Joseph Stone esq. steward), Chapel lane Newton Thomas, maltster & corn merchant, Church street Ogden Samuel, butcher, Market place Oldfield Rebecca (Mrs.), earthenware dealer, St. John street Owen Fanny (Mrs.), millinr. St. John st Owen Hugh, tailor, St. John street Oxspring John, collector of Queen's taxes, Bole hill Palin Herbert, greengrocer &c. Market pl Palin Saml. baker & confectnr. St. John st Pearson John, shopkeeper, St. John st Phillips Charles, hair dresser. Market pl Pickard Joseph, plumber & painter, North end Potter James, bill poster &c. West end Potter Joseph, plasterer, St. John street Potter William Hy. grocer, St. John st Poyser Grace (Mrs.), grocer, Market pl Redfern George, farmer, Hole Ho. farm Redfern John, farmer, Breanfield Ridout Alfred Richard, surveyor & inspector of nuisances & collector to the local board, St. John street Ridout Michael, shopkeeper, St. John st Roebuck Jsph. carpntr. St. Mary's gate Robinson George, stone merchant & quarry ownr. Steeple Grange. See advt Roobottom Edward, Red Lion family & commercial hotel & posting house, Market place Sabine Alfred, commercial traveller, Ecclesbourne terrace, Cromford road Salt John, cooper, St. John street Salt John (Mrs.),confectioner, St. John st Savings Bank (Arthur De Milt Severne, actuary); open on tuesday from 11 to 1, St. John street Scothern John, Recruiting Sergeant P.H. The Dale Seeds George, boot maker, St. John st Seeds John, boot maker, St. John street Severne Arthur De Milt, solicitor, actuary to the Wirksworth Savings Bank, clerk to the commissioners of income & assessed taxes & sec. to the Wirksworth Town Hall Co Shaw Alfred, joiner, builder & contractor, Cromford road; res. West end Shaw John, farmer & stone merchant, Cromford road Sheldon Jacob, Cheshire Cheese P.H. North end Shepherd Saml. wheelwright, North end Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment), and Volunteer Battalion (E. company) (Major John R. Parkin, commandant; Sergeant Richard Bates, drill instructor) Shields Ann (Mrs.), milliner, Market pl Shields John, tailor, Market place Slack Fras. Luke, butcher, Market pl Smith Isaac, farmer, Miller green Smith James, joiner, Bole hill Smith Walter, Crown P.H. Market pl Spencer Arthur, farmer, Hopton road Squires Gersham, baker, Wash green Standard Tea Company, grocers &c. St. John street Starkey John H. Liberal registration agent for West Derbyshire, Middle Peak view, Cromford road Stevens Francis Henry, Wbeatsheaf P.H. St. John street Stevenson John, Horse & Jockey P.H. St. John street Stone Fras, shopkpr. & carrier, The Dale Stone Joseph, solicitor, commissioner for oaths, steward of the Wirksworth Barmote Court, & the copyhold manor of Wirksworth & Ireton Wood, & steward of the manor of Bonsall, Market place Stoppard Hy. pork butcher, Market pl Stoppard James, farmer, Wash green Storer Jonathan, farmer Storer John, Wesleyan & General insurance agent, Dale street Storer Richard, boot maker, Greenhill Talbot William, cab propr. Wash green Taylor Henry, grocer, North end Taylor Richard, grocer, North street Taylor Thomas, wheelwright & farmer, Petty farm Temperance Hall (Richd. H. Haworth, manager), Chapel lane Temperance Hotel (R. H. Haworth, proprietor), St. John street Thompson Mary (Mrs.). tea dlr. Greenhl Tomlinson Jsph. farmer, Little Bole hl Turner Fredk, boot maker, Greenhill Turner George, coal agent, North st Walker Job & James, builders, Bole hl WALKER JOSEPH & SONS, builders, contractors & joiners, Steeple grange; & at Matlock Town Walker George Wigley, grocer & mason, Bole hill Walker Hannah (Mrs.), grocer, tea dealer & provision mercht. The Dale Walker Joseph, grocer, Steeple grange Wall Richard & Son, fellmongers Wardman William, Old Limekiln P.H. & farmer, North end Wass & Son (trustees of) A. M. Alsop, agent, Bole Hill lead mine Waterfield George Valentine, commercial traveller, Cromford road WATERFIELD, JOHN, joiner & builder, steam saw mills, North street WEBSTER JOSEPH ARTHUR, mineral & aerated water manufacturer, Coldwell mineral water works WEBSTER THOMAS, smallware manufacturer (William Herson, manager), Willow Bath mill West Bros. painters &c. Steeple grange Weston John, carrier, farmer & shopkeeper, St. John street Weston Joseph, inlayer of marble, Steeple grange Wheatcroft N. & Son, coal merchants, Railway station Wheatcroft George Hanson, smallware manufr. Haarlem & Speedwell mills White Mary Ann (Miss), preparatory school, Cromford road Whittaker Emma (Mrs.), Ship P.H. Wash green Williams Alfred, shopkeeper, St. John st Winson Joshua, boot ma. St. Mary's gate Wirksworth Gas Light & Coke Co, (Benjamin Shakeshaft Jones, manager & sec.) ; works, Derby road Wirksworth Gentlemen's Club (Arthur De Milt Severne, hon. sec) Wirksworth Town Hall Co. (Arthur de M. Severne, sec) Wood George, farmer, Moor Woodhouse Sarah (Mrs.), straw hat & bonnet maker, Greenhill Wright Charles & Son, grocers &c Wright Jn. Royal Oak P.H. North end Wright Richard, farmer, Brookwalls Yates By. farmer, Wigwell Mill farm Ashleyhay. COMMERCIAL. Barber Wm. farmer, New buildings Bowler George, farmer, Brown house Bowler William, farmer, Alton dome Brown William, farmer, Beighton hill Buxton Isaac, farmer, Sand hall Buxton Thomas, farmer, Broadgates Byard Jarvis, farmer, Chequer's meadow Byard Henry, farmer, Broadgates Byard Joseph, farmer & collector of poor rates, Broadgates Corden Isaac, farmer, Bank house Greatorex Isaac, farmer, Spout Heathcote John, farmer, Bent Johnson William, farmer, Common Malin Richard, farmer, Bowman lane Matkin Joseph, farmer, Dead carr Mycock Rupert. farmer, Fish ponds Peat George (Mrs.), farmer, Coldbrook Richardson Thos. farmer, Coneygrave Rowlands Thomas, farmer, Spout Smedley Lucy (Mrs.), farmer, Hill side Spencer Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Duckpool Spendlove Thos. farmer, Doveswood frm Spendlove Thomas, farmer, Highlands Stafford John, farmer, Middenhole Taylor George, farmer, Spout farm Taylor Jsph.(Mrs.), farmr. Common side Ward George, farmer, Storer lane Ward Henry, farmer, Hillside Winson John, farmer, Storer lane Wright John, farmer, Spout farm Callow. COMMERCIAL. Blore Simon, farmer, Stainsborough Hall farm Bown George, farmer, Callow carr Dranfield Francis, farm bailiff to Henry Walthall Walthall esq Ford Frederick, farmer, Upper house Ginnis Thos. farmer, Round Meadow fm Greasley Henry, gamekeeper to H. W. Walthall esq. J.P. The Kennels Kinder Thomas, farmer Matkins Joseph, farmer, Asker farm Melbourne William, farmer, Well ho Richardson William, farmr. Callow ball Rowland Joseph, farmer, Sitch farm Stafford Geo. farmer, Callow Park frm Hopton. Channdos-Pole-Gell Hy. J. P. Hopton hall Blore George, farmer, Sycamore farm Fernihough Thomas, farmer Matkin Samuel, farm bailiff to H. Chandos-Pole-Gell esq Mellor Thomas, farmer Rains John, farmer, Griff grange Steeples William, farmer, Griff Taylor Walter, steward to Henry Chandos-Pole-Gell esq. & manure manufacturer & farmer Toplis John, blacksmith Twigg James, carpenter [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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More on site information about Wirksworth and the surrounding area  Derbyshire's Parishes, 1811, Parishes WThe Gentleman's
Magazine Library - Derbyshire to Dorset (one reference)Wolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire
deeds, pedigrees, documents and willsOld Debyshire Maps : Dovedale,
from Hartington to Ashbourne, 1908Transcribed and OCR-ed July 2003.Frank Clay, Artist includes a small print of Wirksworth Parish Church..
Pedigree of Hayward of Senior Field, Matlock & CarsingtonRobert Hayward of Carsington was buried at Wirksworth Meeting House (Presbyterian Chapel) in June 1701. |
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