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From: Gazetteer and General Directory of Sheffield, and all the Townships, Parishes and Villages Within the Distance of Twenty Miles Round Sheffield by William White, published Sheffield, 1852, p.553 |
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SHIRLAND, a pleasant village on the Chesterfield road, 2 miles N. of Alfreton, has in its parish about 1400 souls and 2942 acres ;
including HIGHAM village, half a mile from Stretton Station and Shirland; HALLFIELD GATE, a little south of Higham, and many scattered houses.
G. Turbutt, Esq. is lord of the manor, but a great part of the soil belongs to other freeholders. The Church (St. Leonard) is an
ancient structure. with five bells. It was restored three years ago, at the cost of £900. The rectory, valued at £215,
is in the incumbency of the Rev. Thos Grinfield, M.A. who has been absent many years; and in the patronage of the Rev. C. H. Ramsden,
M.A., the present highly respected curate. At Shirland is a Methodist chapel, and a neat Dissenting chapel is now building at HIGHAM,
where a cattle fair is held on the Wednesday after Jan. 1st. Near the church, handsome National Schools were built in
1850, at the cost of £884, raised by subscription and grants. Marked 1, are at Higham; 2, Danes Moor; 3, Delves ; and 4, Hallfield Gate. 4 Allanby James, schoolmaster INNS AND TAVERNS. BEERHOUSES. BLACKSMITH. BOOT & SHOEMRS. BUTCHERS. CORN MILLERS. FARMERS. Although the index indicates that the entry for Shirland is on p553, there may be more entries on p554 as this page is missing. Tibshelf begins on p554, with the remainder of p555. There is more information about Shirland on this website:  Derbyshire's
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