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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Boylestone, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p. 53 |
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| BOYLESTONE is a small parish and scattered
village, 4 miles north-north-east from Sudbury station,7½ south
from Ashbourne, 13 west from Derby and 134½ from London, in
the Western division of the county, Appletree hundred, petty sessional
division of Sudbury, Uttoxeter union and county court district, rural
deanery of Longford, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of St. John the Baptist is a building of stone, erected
in 1700 and consisting of chancel, nave, south aisle, south porch
and a small western tower containing a clock and one bell. In the
church is a brass to Roger Bickerstaff, 20 years rector of the parish
: the east window is a memorial to Harriet, wife of the present vicar,
who died 29 April, 1883 ; in 1887 the chancel was restored and paved
with tiles: there are 200 sittings, 100 being free. The register dates
from the year 1734. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge
£8, gross yearly value £278, including 154 acres of glebe,
with residence, in the gift of and held since 1861 by the Rev. Tansley
Hall M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge who resides at Kew, Surrey;
the Rev. Nicholas Isaac Fyson M.A. of Worcester College, Oxford (rector
of Barton Blount), is curate in charge. There are Wesleyan and Primitive
Methodist chapels here, the former built in 1809 and the latter in
1846. A few charities are distributed yearly in bread and clothing.
Admiral Sir Arthur Cumming K.C.B., F.R.A.S. of Foston hall, Foston,
is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are Lord Vernon, Admiral
Sir A. Cumming, and the Rev. Tansley Hall M.A. rector, The soil is
rich loam; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat and beans. The
area is 1,341 acres ; rateable value, £2,405; the population
in 1881 was 224. Sexton, John West. Letters through Derby, via Sudbury, which is the nearest money order office, arrive at 9a.m. LETTER BOX situated in School wall cleared at 4.45 p.m. week days only; Sudbury is the nearest telegraph office Church National School (mixed) opened in 1845 for 80 children; average attendance, 39; Miss Agnes Williams, mistress Fyson Rev. Nicholas Isaac Hill M.A. [curate in charge & rector of Barton Blount], Rectory COMMERCIAL. Allsop William, farmer, Myers farm Ball Henry, farmer Carrington William, farm Chadfield Joseph, farmer Deaville William, farmer Hopkins Thomas, farmer Lawley Arthur, farmer, overseer of the poor & road surveyor Lester Francis, Rose & Crown P.H. & wheelwright & blacksmith Morley Thos.Jas. thrashing machine prop Nash John, cowkeeper Oakden Brothers, farmers Oakden Edward, farmer, Brook farm Povey Edward, farmer Rushton David, farmer Rushton John, tailor Salt William, cow keeper Shipton Thomas, shoe maker Slater Isaac, farmer Tunstall Ann (Mrs.), Wainwright George, farmer Wainwright William, farmer Wyate William, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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