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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Alsop-en-le-Dale, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.21 |
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ALSOP-EN-LE-DALE is a small village and chapelry, near the
river Dove and the borders of Staffordshire, 6 miles north from Ashborne,
the nearest railway station, and 8 west from Winster, in the Western
division of the county, hundred of Wirksworth, parish, county court
district, union, petty sessional division and rural deanery of Ashborne,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The little chapel
of St. Michael, down to comparatively recent times a dependency of
the mother church of Ashborne, is an instance of an Early Norman foundation,
and consists of chancel, nave 32 feet in length, and a western tower
containing one bell: the most interesting feature is the Norman doorway
on the south side, the head of which has a double chevron moulding,
and in the south wall remains a Norman window: the walls are unusually
massive for the size of the building, being about 3 feet thick throughout:
the old stone corbels of the earlier roof shown below in the nave:
the font is circular, tapering slightly towards the base, but in bad
con- dition : there is a piscina in the south chancel wall, beneath
a rude niche: in 1883 the church was restored at a cost of £800,
raised by subscription, when the tower was added, the old bell rehung
and the east window filled with stained glass : there are 80 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1701, for all entries. The living
is a vicarage, net yearly value £50, in the gift of the Duke
of Rutland and Lord Hindlip, and held since 1881 by the Rev. Ernest
Horatio May M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, who is also vicar
of and resides at Parwich. The principal landowners are the Duke of
Rutland G.C.B. Lord Hindlip (who is lord of the manor) and W. Dean.
The soil is light; subsoil, limestone. The land is chiefly in pasture.
The area is 1,508 acres ; rateable value, £ 1,608; the population
in 1881 was 58. COLD EATON hamlet is 1 mile north-west. LETTER BOX, in the wall of Mr. W. Smith's farm, cleared at 3.15 p.m. week days only. Letters through Ashborne, arrive at 9 a.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Parwich The children attend the school at Parwich Critchlow Thomas, farmer, Manor farm Edge John, farmer, New House farm Finney Herbert, farmer, Cold Eaton Holland Ernest, farmer Prince Henry William, farmer, New inn Smith William, farmer Wilton James, farmer, Crossland bank [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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