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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Bradley, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 54 - 55 |
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BRADLEY is an agricultural parish and picturesque but scattered
village on the Belper road, 3 miles east from Ashborne, in the Western
division of the county, Appletree hundred, Ashborne union, petty sessional
division and county court district, rural deanery of Ashborne, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell, The church of All Saints, an edifice
in the Decorated style of the early 14th century, consists of a small
chancel and nave under a single roof, south porch and a wooden turret
at the west end containing 3 bells, two of which date from 1722, the
tenor being undated: the east window has three lights, the mullions
intersecting each other diagonally in the head; the windows on either
side the nave are all good examples of Decorated work : the eastern
wall of the chancel retains two stone brackets, carved with bearded
faces, but the most interesting feature of the interior is a fine
circular font, the shaft of which has all the appearance of the upper
part of a clustered pier, the bowl is divided into eight compartments
by round-headed trefoil arches : the church contains a wooden mural
achievement of the Knivetons, about 300 years oId, gaudily repainted
; Sir Andrew Kniveton died at Bradley in 1696, and there is a monument
to his eldest son, Godfrey, who died in 1708, besides others to William
Byrom, who died in the 17th century. Thomas Byrom, his son (1714)
and Dorothy his wife (1730), and Emma Harriet Sgambella (1821) : in
the chancel are the arms of the Meynell family : the communion plate
of silver gilt was the gift of Lady Frances Kniveton and is dated
1572. The register dates from the year 1579, but its earlier portions
are in a very dilapidated condition ; the last Kniveton entry is in
1633 : Thomas Bancroft, an epigrammatic poet who flourished here in
the 17th century, is styled in the register
"the Muses' Friend." The living is a rectory, average rent-charge
£219, with residence and 60 acres of glebe gift of the Dean
and Chapter of Lichfield, and held since 1887 by the Rev. James Furly
Trevitt B.A. of Corpus Christi college, Cambridge. John Walker, in
1691, gave £1 per annum to be paid to the poor, which is distributed
to poor widows not receiving other relief : the Rev. Francis Gisborne,
sometime rector of Staveley, who died in July, 1821, by his will dated
7th May, 1818, left £6 10s. to the parish, which is distributed
amongst the most necessitous poor. Bradley Hall is the residence of
George Moore Dixon J.P. who is lord of the manor. G. M. Dixon esq.
Lord Scarsdale, Mrs. Philps, Mrs. Henry, Godfrey Meynell esq Mr. Thomas
Fernyhough are the principal landowners. The soil is mixed ; subsoil,
chiefly gravel and clay. The chief crops are hay, wheat, barley, oats
and turnips. The area is 2,374 acres ; rateable value, £2,945
; the population in 1881 was 277. Parish Clerk, William Burdis. POST OFFICE.-William Clarke, receiver. Letters arrive from Ashborne at 7.50 a.m. ; dispatched at 5 p.m. ; there is no sunday delivery or dispatch. Hognaston is the nearest money order office & Osmaston the nearest telegraph office National School (mixed), erected with master's residience, in 1873, for 90 children : average attendance, 60 ; Benj. Howard, master Dixon George Moore J.P. Bradley hall Fernyhough Thomas. The Nook Pearson Geo. Henry S. Bradley ldg Trevitt Re,. Jas. Furly B.A. Rectory COMMERCIAL. Alsop Thomas, farmer Ball George, cowkeeper Batley William, cowkeeper Black William, cowkeeper Bull Charles, cowkeeper Bunting Alfred, farmer, Brook house Burdis William, cowkeeper Clarke Joseph, farmer, The Folly Clarke William, post office, & farmer Copestake Mary (Mrs.), farmer Edwards William, farmer & blacksmith Fearn George, cowkeeper Fernyhough Thomas, farmer & landowner, The Nook Ford Samuel, farmer & cowkeeper Gadsby Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker Hammersley Rupert, farmer Harrison John, cowkeeper Hodgkinson Mary (Mrs.), cowkeeper Hooson Joseph, farmer Lamb William, farmer Litchfield John & Thos. farmers, Corley Litchfield Jsph.& Son, farmrs. Crow trees Litchfield Thomas, farmer Marple William, farmer MelIor Thomas, cowkeeper Mellor William, farm bailiff to G. M. Dixon esq. The Knob Pearson George Henry Spencer M. A. preparatory schl. for boys, Bradley lo Redfearn Frank, cowkeeper Riley Samuel, farmer Ryde George, blacksmith & farmer Stafford William, cowkeeper Tomlinson William & Son, farmers. Bradley pastures Woolley George, builder & farmer Woollev Thomas, cowkeeper Yates Henry, Fox & Hounds P.H. Belper rd [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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