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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Ashford, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p. 30 |
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| ASHFORD is a parish, formed in 1840 from the
parish of Bakewell, 1½ miles north-west from Bakewell and 1
mile from Longstone station on the Midland railway, in the Western
division of the county, hundred of High Peak, Bakewell union, petty
sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Bakewell,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell : the village is on
the north bank of the Wye and surrounded by lofty hills, in which
variously coloured marbles are quarried : water is derived from springs.
The church of the Holy Trinity, now chiefly in the Decorated style,
consists of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a low embattled
tower at the west end containing 3 bells, one of which is dated 1612,
and there is also a sanctus bell : the curfew may still be heard here,
as well as the pancake bell, rung at 11 a.m. on Shrove Tuesday : the
tower is probably in part of the 13th century, although its battlements
and pinnacles are of a much later date : the chancel has a niche on
the north side used as a credence table, and in the vestry is a chest
and chairs of 17th century work : the pulpit is of fine old oak, probably
Jacobean : the font is octagonal, with panels inclosing plain shields
: over the inner door of the porch is a piece of early sculpture,
supposed to represent a wild boar under a tree, and another animal
resembling a wolf : on the south side or the church are the remains
of an ancient cross, consisting of three ranges of octagonal stone
steps and a base about two feet in height : a chantry was founded
in this church on the feast of the Purification, 1257, by Griffin,
son of Wenunwyn, who then held this manor : the once almost universal
custom in English villages of hanging up funeral garlands in the church
for deceased maidens is still preserved here, and five of these still
hang from the beams of the north aisle, one to Anne Howord being dated
1747, and another to Ann Swindel, 1798 : there are brasses to the
late Lord George Henry Cavendish M.P. North Derbyshire, d.
23 Sept. 1880, and to three of his sons, Henry George, 68th regiment
(Durham light infantry), d. 9 Nov. 1865; Arthur, R.N. d.
13 March, 1858, and Walter Frederick, Rifle brigade, d. at Agra, 26
Nov. 1866, and one to the Rev. W. G. Giles, late vicar : there are
also three stained windows: the church was restored in 1869-70 at
a cost of £1,600 and in 1890 a sum of £300 was expended
in extensive repairs to the roof and in replastering the walls : there
are 300 sittings. The register dates from the year 1688. The living
is a vicarage, with that of Sheldon annexed, joint gross yearly value
£250, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Bakewell ;
and held since 1861 by the Rev. John Reddaway Luxmoore, of St. Bees.
A substantial parsonage house was erected by subscription in 1855.
There is a Methodist chapel here and charities of about £40
yearly value : William Harris, founder of the Free Grammar School,
left by will 6th September, 1630, a sum of 20 nobles for as many sermons
in Ashford or Sheldon, and Thomas Roose, in 1761, left 20s. to the
curate of Ashford, and 40s. to the Presbyterian chapel of Ashford,
now disused. The operations of sawing, turning and polishing marble
are carried on to a great extent by powerful machinery, worked by
water with a considerable fall. Great Finn is a mountain about two
miles from Ashford, from which large quantities of rotten-stone are
obtained ; on the summit are the remains of a Roman station and two
barrows. Near to the village is Ashford Hall, the property of the
Duke of Devonshire K.G. and the residence of R. Clifford Smith esq.
Churchdale, a short distance from the village, is a modern mansion,
the residence of William Fenton esq. D.L., J.P. ; Thornbridge, distant
about one mile, is the residence of Frederick Craven esq. J.P. ; the
Rookery, the property of the Duke of Devonshire, now in the occupation
of Mrs. Sorby, is situated on the banks of the Wye. The Duke of Devonshire
K.G. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are James Green
and Samuel Needham esqrs. The soil is limestone; subsoil, shale and
stone. The land is chiefly in pasture. The acreage is 2,509; rateable
value, £5,073 ; the population in 1881 was 675. POST & M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance office-Abel Tomlinson, receiver. Letters arrive from all parts through Bakewell at 7.50 a.m. & 6.45 p.m ; sundays, 7.50 a.m. & dispatched at 7.50 a.m. & 6.30 p.m. ; sundays, 12.30. Telegraph office, railway station, Longstone Church of England School (mixed), endowed by William Harris, in 1630, with £11 13s. 4d. for educating certain boys free, erected in 1630, for 117 boys & girls ; average attendance, 90 boys & girls ; William R. Stubbs, master ; (girls) Miss Mary Jane Skidmore, mistress Longstone Railway Station, William Coe, station master Craven Frederick J.P, Thornbridge hall Fenton William D.L., J.P. Churchdale Fletcher Richd. Tweengates, Ashford la Gratton James Green Frank, The Grange Luxmoore Rev. John Reddaway, Vicarage Milnes Peter, Arncliffe house Smith R. Clifford, Ashford hall Somerset Thomas, Elms Sorby Mrs, The Rookery COMMERCIAL. Ashton Samuel, fly proprietor Birley Charles, marble inlayer Birley Samuel, marble inlayer Bolsover George, beer retailer Bramwell Arthur, painter Bramwell Richard, joiner Bramwell Thomas, tallow chandler Cooke Arthur Henry, commercial traveller & shopkeeper Daybell William, coal agent Doxey William & Co. spar merchants Frost Fanny (Mrs.), Devonshire Arms Hotel Furniss Peter, farmer Furniss Peter, farmer, Ashford lane Furniss Robert, farmer Gould Mary (Mrs.), farmer Green Frank, farmer, The Grange Hambleton George, grocer Hawley Henry, shopkeeper Holmes Rowland, comb maker Hulley William, butcher Kitson John, news agent Lowe George, Bull's Head P.H. Headstone head Lowe Thomas, farmer Marsden John, baker Milnes Fanny (Miss), shopkeeper Milnes William, shoe maker Needham Joseph, Bull's Head P.H Needham Richard, carpenter Percival Michael, farmer Selby Caleb, shoe maker Smalley Isaac, butcher Smith James, marble turner Tomlinson Abel, marble inlayer, Post office Twigg Joseph, marble quarry owner, marble manufacturer & merchant, sculptor, stone, marble & monumental mason. See advertisement Vickers Hartley, blacksmith Wallwin John, miller (water), The Mill Wallwin Josiah, farmer WILSON JAMES COX & SONS, builders, contractors, saw mills & whlwghts [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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