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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Wormhill, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.335-6 |
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| WORMHILL is a township,
village and parish, formed in 1359 from Tideswell, 2¼ miles
south-west from Tideswell, and 1½ miles north-east from Miller's
Dale station on the Ambergate and Manchester section of the Midland
railway, in the High Peak division of the county, hundred of High
Peak, Chapel-en-le-Frith union and county court district, petty sessional
division and rural deanery of Buxton, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese
of Southwell. The village is pleasantly situated, and screened from
the north and east winds by a lofty range of hills. The church of
St. Margaret, entirely restored in 1864, when almost every trace of
the ancient building was obliterated, is an edifice of Derbyshire
stone, in the Late Decorated Gothic style, nearly covered with ivy,
and consists of chancel, nave, vestry, south porch and a western tower,
partly rebuilt in 1863, with four gabled wall and a high-pitched spire-like
roof, said to have been copied from the well-known Saxon tower of
Sompting church, near Lancing, in Sussex ; it contains 6 small bells,
cast in 1863 : this church was formerly a chapelry, founded about
1213, when Ralph de Sempringham, dean of Lichfield, as rector of Tideswell,
gave leave to the inhabitants of Wormhill to erect a chapel, finding
their own chaplain ; the vestry, and the lower part of the tower are
the only portions remaining of the ancient church : the old priests'
doorway has been restored, but is no longer used: there are three
small stained windows and a font of Sicilian, Kynance and Derbyshire
marbles, recently (1890) placed in the church as a memorial to the
Rev. A. Bagshawe, for 40 years vicar of this parish : the churchyard,
planted with trees and shrubs and fenced round with yew tree and holly,
contains the remains of an old cross, consisting of two sets of square
steps, a large base stone and about 3 feet of the shaft supporting
a dial, the gift of Robert Meverill gent. 1670 ; two fine yew trees
stand on each side of the entrance and form a covered gateway : there
are a 200 sittings. The register dates from the year 1670. The living
is a vicarage, net yearly value £300, arising from 291 acres
of glebe, with residence, in the gift of seven trustees. A charity
of £7 5s. yearly, left by the Rev. Francis Gisborne, sometime
rector of Staveley, is for clothing : there are other charities of
about 30s. yearly. A drinking fountain of white Derbyshire freestone,
with masonic emblems, was erected here in 1875, in memory of James
Brindley, civil engineer, who was born at Tunstead, in this parish,
in 1716, and was employed by the Duke of Bridgewater in the construction
of his canals, and died at Turnhurst, Staffs, 30 Sept. 1772. Chee
Tor is a mass of rock, distant half-a-mile, and rising from the dale
in which it stands to a height of 350 feet; the river Wye sweeps round
it in a semicircular form, and from base to summit it presents an
unbroken surface: the surrounding scenery is of a varied and romantic
description. Wormhill Hall, the property of F. W. Bagshawe esq. now
occupied by J. Deakin esq. is an old stone structure in the Elizabethan
style, pleasantly situated south of the village ; the Hall has been
thoroughly restored and many additions have been made to it. F. W.
Bagshawe esq. of The Oaks, Sheffield, who is the principal landowner,
T. Fleming esq. W. Hope esq. the trustees of the late Col. Charles
Leslie K.H. (d. 1870), W. H. G. Bagshawe esq. of Ford Hall, and William
Swann esq. are landowners. There are no manorial rights. The soil
is light, on limestone. The chief crops are oats, turnips and hay.
The area is 4,657 acres; rateable value, £14,192; the population
in 1881 was 953. HARGATE WALL, HIGHER and LOWER BIBBINGTON, GREAT ROCKS DALE, UPPER END, TUNSTEAD, BLACKWELL MILL and MILLER'S DALE are hamlets here. Part of Miller's Dale is in Tideswell ; for full particulars and list of residents, see Tideswell. At Dove Holes Dale, 2½ miles north-east from the village of Peak Forest, is the Peak Forest station of the Midland railway. Miller's Dale station, on the same line, is 2½ miles from Tideswell, and there is a station at Dove Holes on the London and North Western railway. The church, at Upper End, erected in 1886, at a cost of £1,400, is a building of stone in modern Gothic style, consisting of chancel and nave and an unfinished western tower containing one bell : there are sittings for 200 persons. In 1890 a burial ground of half an acre, granted by F. W. Bagshawe esq. was consecrated by the Bishop of Southwell. The parish room, built at the same time as the church, will hold 200. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Great Rocks, built in 1885, and a Primitive Methodist chapel at Upper End, erected in 1887. Sexton, William Redfern. POST OFFICE.-Robert Mosley, receiver. Letters through Stockport, arrive at 7.30 a. m. ; departure 5.15 p.m. week days only. The nearest money order office is at Tideswell. The telegraph office is at MilIer's Dale railway station POST & M. O. Miller's Dale, at Railway station.-William Whitmore, receiver. Letters through Stockport at 7 p.m.; departure, 5.30 p.m. week days only. The nearest money order office is at Tideswell WALL LETTER BOX, Peak Forest station, cleared at 6 p.m SCHOOLS :- A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1882 for Wormhill ; F. S. Goodwin, Bakewell, clerk ; -Carter, Tideswell, attendance officer Board, Upper End (mixed), erected in 1882, at a cost, inclusive of site, of £1,400, for 200 children; average attendance, 130; Rolf Arthan, master; Mrs. Louisa E. Arthan, mistress Church of England, rebuilt by the late Rev. William Bagshawe M.A. & enlarged by the then vicar in 1871 for 80 children ; average attendance, 50 ; the master s house was enlarged by the vicar in 1885; Charles Joseph Burnett Ellis, master; Mrs. E. Ellis, mistress RAILWAY STATIONS :- Miller's Dale, William Whitmore, station master Dove Holes Dale, called the Peak Forest, which is 2½ miles from the village of Peak Forest; Wm. Farrow, statn. mast Burton William W. Cottiswood Deakin John, Wormhill hall Friverleer William COMMERCIAL. ASPHALTIC LIMESTONE CONCRETE CO Austin Paul, farmer Bagshaw Boaz, wheelwright Beverley Thomas, farmer, Hargate wall Bibbington Samuel (the exors. of), lime burners, Dove holes Bold Venture Lime Works (Gaskell, Deacon & Co. proprs.), Dove Holes dale Boyd Richard, farmer, Great rocks Bradwell Martha (Mrs.), shopkeeper Bramwell Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Tunstead Bramwell John, farmer, Tunstead Brittain Chas. grocer, Dove Holes dale Burgess Peter, shopkeeper, Dove Holes dale Cartledge Geo. farmer & smith, Hill Dakin Joseph, farmer, Hargate wall Garlick Joseph, Dale head Great Rocks Industrial Co-operative Stores (John Henry Widdowson, manager), Dove Holes dale Great Rocks Lime & Stone Company (John Ashwell, managing director ; Alfd.Hy. Jackson, sec.), Dove Holes dale Hadfield Isaac, frmr. & butchr. Dove holes Hadfield Walter, grocer, Upper end Handley John, farmer, Hill Howe Jonathan, farmer, Tunstead Lees William, farmer, Chapel Steads Lees William, farmer, Great rocks Lomas Robert, farmer, Dove holes Longden Richard, farmer Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Stone Quarries (John Wilshaw, manager), Dove Holes dale Marrison Joseph, farmer, Tunstead Mosley Henry Edward, farmer Mosley Robert, farmer, Post office Mosley Thomas, farmer, Meadow Needham Thomas, Bagshawe Arms P.H Peak Forest Lime & Stone Works (Jsph. Wainwright, propr.), Dove Holes dale Potter Jonathan, farmer, Hill Proudlove Henry, shopkeeper, Upper end Redfern William, farmer Redfern William, jun. farmer Sheldon Alfred, beer retailr. Dove holes Small Dale Lime Works (Thos. Beswick & Sons, proprietors), Dove Holes dale Smith Mary Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Upper end Stafford Joseph, Midland commercial hotel & posting house, Dove Holes dale Swann William, farmer & landowner, Hargate wall Taylor Robert, farmer Turner William, farmer, Upper end Wainwright Henry, farmer, Tunstead Wainwright Joseph, farmer, Great rocks Warhurst Isaac, farmer, Meadow Warhurst Isaac, jun., farmer, Meadow Wilshaw George, farmer & assistant overseer, Miller's dale Wilshaw John, farmer, Dove holes Wright Joseph, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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