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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Beighton, Derbyshire (with Hackenthorpe) |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.42-43 |
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BEIGHTON is a village and parish, most pleasantly situated
on an eminence on the Yorkshire border, with a station on the Manchester,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire railway, 10 miles north-east from Chesterfield,
7 south-east from Sheffield, 4 north from Eckington station and 2
south from Woodhouse Mill station on the Manchester, Sheffield and
Lincolnshire railway, in the North Eastern division of the county,
Eckington petty sessional division, hundred of Scarsdale, union and
county court district or Rotherham, rural deanery of Staveley, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The approach to the village from
Eckington is through a cutting in the solid rock. The church of St.
Mary is an ancient building of stone, in the Norman and Perpendicular
styles, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch, and a western
tower containing 6 bells: the church was restored in 1868 : there
are several stained windows and sittings for 300 persons. The register
dates from the year 1653, and is in good condition. The living is
a vicarage, net yearly value £213, including 22 acres of glebe,
with residence, in the gift of Earl Manvers, and held since 1889 by
the Rev. Robert Stewart Hare M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. There
are Wesleyan and Methodist chapels here, a Primitive Methodist chapel
is (1891) in course of erection, and there is a Methodist chapel at
Hackenthorpe. The charities for distribution amount to £36 yearly
and there is a small endowment for ten free scholars. A reading and
recreation room was opened in October, 1882. The Earl Manvers is lord
of the manor and principal landowner
James Hounsfield esq. of Hackenthorpe Hall and John Jubb esq. of Drake
House are also considerable landowners. The soil is principally light.
The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley, turnips and hay. The area
is 3,070 acres; rateable value, £16,697; the population in 1871
was 1,555, and in 1881 was 2,069. The parish comprises the hamlets
of HACKENTHORPE, 2 miles east, where scythes, sickles and reaping
hooks are manufactured very extensively ; BIRLEY, 2½ east,
and SOTHAL WATERTHORPE, ½ east. BIRLEY is a picturesque hamlet, celebrated for its spa and baths; the water at this place has been in repute for centuries. Parish Clerk, Henry Banks. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Joseph Lowe, sub-postmaster. Letters through Rotherham arrive at 6.30 a.m.; dispatched at 5.40 & 7.40 p.m POST OFFICE, Hackenthorpe.-Joseph Carnall, receiver. Letters arrive from Rotherham by foot post from Beighton at 7.30 a.m. & are dispatched at 6.45 p.m. Handsworth Woodhouse is the nearest money order & telegraph office. WALL LETTER BOX, Southal, cleared at 7.15 p.m A School Board of 5 members was formed February 12th, 1875 ; William Dust, Eckington, clerk; Sidney Carnall, attendance officer Beighton Board School, erected in 1880 & enlarged 1890, for 320 boys & girls & 152 infants; average attendance, 240 boys & girls & 110 infants ; John George Bickell, master ; Miss Emily Down, mistress Hackenthorpe Board School, erected in 1883, for 120 boys & girls & 60 infants ; average attendance, 90 boys & girls & 30 infants; Harry B. Lund, master Railway Station, Alfred Strawson, station master CARRIER TO & FROM SHEFFIELD.-John Hempsel, tues. & sat Beighton. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Fairbrother Jacob M.D Fairburn Mrs. Annie Glover Joseph, The Terrace Hare Rev. Robert Stewart M.A. Vicarage Horrabin James W. The Terrace Johnson Edward George, The Elms Jubb John, Drake house Lister Mrs. The Villa Morton Mrs. The Terrace Mottershead William, Fearn villas Nadin Joseph, The Beeches Nadin Joseph, jun. The Beeches Parker Mrs. Emma, West cottage Playle William, Holly bank Roberts Mrs. Fearn villas Staniforth William, The Terrace Stone Charles Henry Stone Mrs. The Grange Ward Samuel, Myrtle villas COMMERCIAL. Adams George, Prudential Assurance agent, Sothal Banks Charles, shopkeeper Banks Henry, parish clerk Banks Joseph, saddler Bates Charles, tailor Battersby Thos. shpkpr. & beer ret. Sothal Berges Harriett (Mrs.), shopkpr. Sothal Boaler Ann (Mrs.), Railway inn Carlin Jonathan, shopkeepor, Sothal Carlin Joseph, hair dresser, Sothal Champion William, builder Collier Joseph, shopkeeper, Sothal Cousins William, farmer, Sothal Crookes Chas. Royal Oak P.H.& carpenter Dennis John, blacksmith Dickenson John Wm. farmer, Sothal Dickinson George, butcher Edge George, farmer Esberger Harriett (Mrs.), shpkpr. Sothal Fairbrother Jacob M.D. surgeon Fewkes Benjamin, stone mason & builder Fewkes Samuel, stone mason & builder Field Joseph, shopkeeper, Sothal Field William, shoe maker Fox Herbert, farmer, Birley Gardiner Duncan Forbes M.B., C.M. Surgn Glover Joseph, miller (steam) Gould & Taylor, farmers, Field farm Hanson Ann ( Mrs.),shopkeeper, Sothal Haywood Charles, farmer Henshaw Edward, agent Refuge Assurance Co. Sothal Hobson Charles, tailor House James, farmer, Sothal Hutchinson John, shopkeeper, Sothal Johnson Edward George M.R.C.V.S. veterinary surgeon, The Elms Johnson George, farmer, Westfield Jubb John, farmer, Drake house Lee John, farmer, Waterthorpe Lowe Jsph. grocer, draper, & post office Lowe William, clothier, Sothal Masterfield John, greengrocer, Sothal Mattson & Sons, boot & shoe makers Mirfin Geo. & son, joiners & wheelwrights Mirfin John, Cumberland's Head P.H Moody Robert, blacksmith Nadin Joseph, jun. surgeon Needham Ezra, farmer, Birley Parker Thos. shopkeeper & beer retailer Platt John, baths, Birley Spa Potter Peter Ernest, farmer & surveyor of highways Revill Henry, farmer, Sothal Roberts William, farmer Rowbotham Charles, grocer, Sothal Sheffield Coal Company Lim. (Thomas R. Gainsford. managing director), Birley collieries South Thos. farmer, collectr. of poor rates & registrar of births & deaths, Birley Spencer John, shopkeeper, Sothal Stables James, farmer Stavley Thomas, stone mason & builder Strawson Alfred, station master Sykes Charles, shopkeeper, Sothal Sykes Henry, joiner Turton Edward, George & Dragon P.H Vaughan Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper & beer retailer, Sothal Vernon David, shopkeeper, Sothal Waddington J. H. & Co. brown paper manufacturers Wagstaff Clarence, butcher Waller Geo.pork butcher & wheelwright Wright William, grocer, Station road Hackenthorpe. Gray Mrs. Ivy cottage Hibbard John, jun. Greenside house Hounsfield James, Hackenthorpe hall Hounsfield James Jermyn, Hackenthorpe hall Hounsfield Thomas, Cotley house Le Tall William James, Inkersall house Rhodes Joseph, The Farm COMMERCIAL. Aldam Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Beard Joseph, farmer, Brook house Bird Charlotte (Mrs.), shopkeeper Booth Walter, Sportsman P.H Carnall Joseph, post office Havenhand George, shopkeeper Hellewell George, cowkeeper Hempsell John, carrier & farmer Hibbard Jn. jun. machine knife & scythe manufctr. see Staniforth Thos. & Co Le Tall Wm. Jas. surgeon, Inkersall ho Linacre William, beer retailer Littlewood Jsph. joiner & wheelwright Mundy Mark, farmer Nelson William, New inn Pilkington Eleanor (Mrs.), shopkeeper Revell Thomas, farmer Rhodes Joseph, farmer, The Farm Rippon Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Sharman George, cowkeeper South Thomas, farmer Staniforth Thomas & Go. machine knife, sickle & scythe manufacturers Staniforth Jemima (Mrs.), shopkeeper Staniforth Wm. machine knife & scythe manufactr. see Staniforth Thos. & Co Stead Isaac, shopkeeper Street James, blacksmith Woodhead William, joiner & wheelwright [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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