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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Calke, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.73 |
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CALKE is a small rural village, township and parish on the
borders of Leicestershire, 4 miles north from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 11
south from Derby and 3 south-west from Melbourne station, on Derby
and Birmingham section of the Midland railway, in the Southern division
of the county, hundred of Repton and Gresley, Repton petty sessional
division, Ashby-de-la-Zouch union and county court district. The church,
said to be dedicated to St. Giles, was appropriated to the canons
of the priory at an early date, and stands on high ground some little
distance north of the site of the conventual buildings ; it consists
of chancel, nave and an embattled tower, containing an ancient bell
of the 14th century : the old church was probably of Norman origin,
traces of work of this period being found when the church was restored,
but the building was a simple parellelogram, the chancel being divided
from the nave by a wooden screen of rude open work : the font an Early
English work of the 13th century, consists of a large bowl on four
clustered shafts : in the chancel is a marble monument with bust,
to Sir John Harpur, fourth bart. d. 1741 and Catherine (Crewe)
his wife : outside the eastern wall are slabs with inscriptions to
the Rev. Thomas Bate, rector of Swarkstone (1727) and to the Rev.
William Smith, curate (1754), and nearby is a raised tomb to the Rev.
Mr. Harpur A. M.rector of Stanton (1744) : the church was rebuilt
in 1826 by Sir George Crewe bart. The register dates from the year
1699. The living is a donative, the gift of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe
bart. D.L. and held since 1881 by the Rev. Thomas Orrell, of St. Aiden's,
who is chaplain, and resides at Ticknall. A priory of canons regular
of St. Augustine, dedicated to St. Giles, was founded here soon after
the Conquest, and was afterwards incorporated with that of Repton
: at the Dissolution it came to and remained with the Crown till 1547,
when it was granted by Edward VI. to the Earl of Warwick, and eventually
became the property of Henry Harpur esq. created a baron in 1626.
There is no record of any parochoal relief being distributed, or any
highway rate being made in this parish. Calke Abbey, built on the
site of the old Priory and erected early in the last century, by Sir
John Harpur bart. is a noble mansion, standing in the centre of a
deer park of 500 acres, and is the seat of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe
bart. D.L, J.P. lord of the manor and principal landowner. The area
is 935 acres, consisting of limestone and coal land ; rateable value
£982 ; the population in 1881 was 48. LETTERS can be forwarded through the postman at Ashby who passes through at 5 p.m. The nearest money order office & telegraph office is at Melbourne Children of the parish attend the school at Ticknall Crewe Sir Vauncey Harpur bart. D.L. J.P. Calke abbey Bates Frederick, gardener to Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe bart. Chapman Richard Hemming, farmer, & steward to Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe bart. [letters through Ashby-de-la-Zouch] Shaw Arthur, miller (water) & farmer [letters through Ashby-de-la-Zouch] [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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