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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Alderwasley, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.17 |
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ALDERWASLEY is a township and chapelry, 2¼ miles east-by-south
from Wirksworth, in the Mid division of the county, parish and county
court district of Wirksworth, hundred of Appletree, union and petty
sessional division of Belper. The Manchester line of the Midland railway
runs close by, and there are stations at Ambergate and Whatstandwell,
the latter about I mile north-east from the church. The water supply
is derived from springs in the neighbourhood. The church, situated
near the Hall and erected in 1850, is a building of stone in the Early
English style, the private property of A. F. Hurt esq. and consists
of chancel, clerestoried nave, transepts and a small tower on the
north containing one bell : the interior is seated with low benches
and has an open timbered roof: the east window is stained and there
are about 300 sittings. Previous to 1850 service was conducted in
a small chapel on the Wirksworth road, and rebuilt in the reign of
Henry VIII. and restored in 1884 ; it is now used as a mortuary chapel
in connection with a small inclosed cemetery, the private property
of A. F. Hurt
esq. The living is a donative, gross yearly value £120, with
residence, in the gift of Lieut.-Col. Albert Frederic Hurt, and held
since 1863 by the Rev. Charles Henry Owen M.A. of St. Edmunds Hall,
Oxford. There are in the township furnaces for smelting lead ore,
also brick, tile and drain pipe works, likewise the Alderwasley wire
mills, an important manufacturing establishment near Ambergate; Alderwasley
Hall, the seat of Lieut.-Col. Albert Frederic Hurt D.L: J.P. (who
is lord of the manor and principal landowner), is pleasantly situated
in the park, which covers an area of nearly 200 acres and in which
there is a herd of deer and a small and interesting flock of black
sheep of foreign origin. The area is now 3,094 acres; rateable value,
£5,722; the population in 1881 was 386. Letters through Derby, viâ Wirksworth. WALL Box cleared at 5 p.m National School, erected in 1841, for 72 children ; average attendance, 46; Miss Lizzie Attridge, mistress Hilton James Henry, Woodbine cottage Hurt Lieut-Col. Albert Frederic D.L., J.P, Alderwasley hall Johnson John Thewlis, Oak Hurst Owen Rev, Charles Henry M.A. Parsonage COMMERCIAL. Alderwasley Brick, Tile & Drain. Pipe Works (James Alsop, proprietor) [letters should be addressed, Whatstandwell, Derby ]. See advert Alsop James, brick & tile & drain manufacturer, Alderwasley brick & tile works. See advertisement Briggs Joseph, manager, wire mills Brocklehurst Henry, farmer, Knob farm Bunting Francis, blacksmith & farmer Fearn George, farm bailiff to J. T. Johnson esq Fletcher William Creswell, farmer Harper Charles, head woodman to Lieut.Col. Hurt Hilton James Henry, chief clerk, wire mills ; res. Woodbine cottage Hole Susanna & Son, farmers, Dairy Wood farm Hotson Hugh, sub. agent & farm bailiff to Lieut.-Col. Hurt JOHNSON RICHARD & NEPHEW, wire drawers, Alderwasley wire mills ; & at Bradford iron works, Manchester ; London office, 8 Great Winchester street E C Morrison Hector, gamekeeper to J. T. Johnson esq Petts George, farmer & mason Redfern John, farmer, Sandyford [letters through Belper] Sanders John, farmer, New Barn farm Sanders Thomas, farmer, Hankin farm Sanders Thomas, jun. farmer, Bury hill Shaw Thomas, farmer, Townhead farm Sims German, farmer, Hill Side farm Slack Albert, Bear inn, & farmer Spencer Thomas, farmer, Oak Hill farm Spendlove John, farmer, Notonsteer farm Storer & Peacock, millers (water) & farmrs Storer George, farmer Storer Moses, assistant overseer & surveyor of highways Taylor John, farmer, Nether Park farm Twigg Wm. relieving officer & registrar of births & deaths for the Wirksworth district of the Belper union, Chapel hl Vickers Vincent, farmer, Waterford fm White Thomas, farmer, Whitewells (letters through Belper) Wainwright Isaac, farmer, Meersbrook farm (letters through Whatstandwell) [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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