Kelly's Directory of the Counties
of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland. Pub. London (1899)
pp. 295, 299 & 300
Riber.
Riber is a small hamlet in this parish
[Matlock], situated on a lofty eminence. Here is a Free Methodist
chapel, built by the late John Smedley. Riber Castle, now a preparatory
school for boys for public schools, is an imposing structure of
local stone, situated on the brow of the hill, 860 feet above sea
level, and commands most extensive views. Riber Hall, now occupied
as a farm house, is a building of considerable antiquity. On Riber
Hill formerly stood a number of large masses of gritstone, supposed
to have been the remains of a Druidical altar.
Chippett Rev. John William M.A. Riber Castle
Earp, John Oswald, Riber Lodge
Beardsley Francis, farmer, The Hall
Beresford William, farmer
Carline Alfred, farmer
Chippett Rev. John William M.A. preparatory school for boys for
public schools, Riber Castle
Farnsworth George William, farmer
Hadfield Walter, farmer, Littlemoor
Malin John, farmer, Lowes farm
Marchant William, farmer
Millward John, cowkeeper
Statham Isaac, shopkeeper
Statham Geo. Malin, farmer, Hearthstone
Wall John, farmer, The Hall
Starkholmes.
Starkholmes is a district of scattered houses
in this parish [Matlock], overlooking Matlock Bath, and has a Church
of England mission room, and a primitive Methodist chapel.
Fisher John C. E. Chindrass house
Fox Luke, Rose cottage
Greenhough Edward, Parkfield, Willersley road
Hardy William Henry
O'Connor, The Misses, Cliff house
Wall George, Ivy cottage
COMMERCIAL.
Carline Jas. farmer, Sitches farm
Carline Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Fox Luke Wm. butcher & farmer
Gregory Joseph, tailor
Holmes Saml. Broomhill farm
Knowles Adam, stone mason
Lowe Frederick, boot maker
Robinson John, shopkeeper
Statham Isaac, shopkeeper
Taylor John Lee, White Lion P.H.
Watts Elizabeth (Mrs.), tailoress, and post office
Woodin Samuel, boot maker
POST OFFICE, Starkholmes. - Mrs. Elizabeth Watts, sub-postmistress.
Letters through Matlock Bath delivered about 7 a.m. & 5.30
p.m.; dispatched at 8.40 a.m. & 6.10 p.m. ; Sundays, 8 a.m.,
dispatched, 8.30a.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid.
Matlock Bath, 1 mile distant, is the nearest money order & telegraph
office.
WALL LETTER BOXES. Starkholmes, cleared at 11.30a.m. & 3 & 7.20
p.m. : Riber, cleared at 8.10 a.m. & 6 p.m. week days only.
An Ann Andrews transcript
Note: spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory
 Elsewhere on this site: Kelly's
Derbyshire, 1891
Also see Tansley,
1891 as Riber became part of Tansley
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