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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Chinley, Bugsworth & Brownside, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.93-94 |
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CHINLEY, BUGSWORTH and BROWNSIDE form a township in the ancient
parish of Glossop (the three places being united for poor rates, but
separate for the repair of highways), in the High Peak division of
the county, High Peak hundred and Chapel-en-le-Frith petty sessional
division, union and county court district. Chinley is 2 miles north from Chapel-en-le-Frith, with station for passenger and goods traffic on the Midland railway, 172 miles from London. The Dore and Chinley branch of the Midland railway, now in course of construction and including a fine viaduct, will join the Ambergate and Manchester branch here. Here is a Congregational chapel with an endowed Sunday school, receiving about £20 yearly from rent-charges on the Town hall at Chapel-en-le-Frith, left by the late Thomas Slack esq. M.D. Here are also paper, sheet wadding and cotton wool mills. Bugsworth is 9 miles south from Glossop, 3 west-north-west from Chapel-en-le-Frith, 9 north-north-west from Buxton and 168 by road from London and 173 by rail, on the borders of Cheshire and divided from that county by the river Goyt, which is here crossed by a stone bridge. The Midland railway has a station here, and parcels by passenger trains addressed to residents in this township should be forwarded by that line and not viâ Whaley Bridge. Here is the terminus of the Peak Forest canal, running to Manchester, Macclesfield, Staffordshire, Huddersfield and Wakefield. The Peak Forest Tramway also commences here, terminating at Dove Holes, and is used for carrying mineral produce and goods in conjunction with the canal. St. James' church, built in 1874 at a cost of about £1,400, is a building in a modern Romanesque style, and consisting of apsidal chancel, nave of three bays and a bell-cot containing one bell : the church will seat about 200 people, and is under the control of the Rev. Adam Pyle Hamilton-Wilson, vicar of Glossop ; the Rev. James Bower, of St. Aidan's, has been curate-in-charge since 1885. A burial ground was consecrated here in 1879, the land being conveyed to special diocesan trustees for interments according to the rites of the Church of England only. There is a Primitive Methodist chapel here, built in 1876, and seating 200 ; the Congregationalists hold services in a public schoolroom. Large quantities of lime and grit stone are obtained from the local quarries, which are extensively worked: there is also a colliery and a lime kiln. Lord Howard of Glossop is lord of the manor of Bugsworth. Brownside is 2 miles east from Chinley and 1½ north from Chapel-en-le-Frith. The land is held by numerous small owners. The soil is a dark loam; subsoil, grit stone. The land is chiefly used for grazing purposes. The area is 3,831 acres; rateable value, £9,998; the population in 1881 was 1,233. POST OFFICE, Chinley.-Henry Gregory, receiver. Letters arrive from Stockport at 7-45 a.m. ; dispatched at 6 p.m. week days only. Chapel-en-le-Frith is the nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid POST OFFICE, Bugsworth.-Miss Mary Thompson, receiver. Letters arrive from Stockport, via Whaley Bridge (which is the nearest money order & telegraph office), at about 8 a.m. ; dispatched at. 6 p.m. on week days only Brownside letters arrive from Stockport, via. Chapel-en-le-Frith WALL BOX, Chapel Milton, cleared at 6;30 p.m SCHOOLS :- A School Board for the districts of Chinley, Bugsworth & Brownside was formed in 1883, consisting of 5 members ; J. N. Boycott, clerk. Chapel-en-le-Frith; J. G. Bramwell, attendance officer Board (mixed), Chinley, erected in 1886, at a cost of £850, for 150 children; average attendance, 120; Edward Herbert Crick, master School (St. James'), erected 1878, for 200 children ; average attendance, 90; Henry Moore, master RAILWAY STATIONS :- Bugsworth, Ephraim Poultney, station master Chinley, Charles Leeson, station master Chinley. Brailsford Joseph, Chinley head Lingard Joseph. Chapel Milton COMMERCIAL. Barnes James, farmer, Dry clough Bennett John, Lamb inn Brocklehurst Joseph, farmer Brown William, Cross Keys P.H. Chapel Milton Cooper Charles, farmer, Higher Ashen clough Cooper George, farmer, Andrew's farm Cresswell Wm. farmer, Leaden knowl Edwards J. P. contractor Fidler Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Goddard George, mason, Forelands ends Green John, farmer Gregory Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Naze farm Gregory Hy. coal mer. shopkpr. & post off Hadfield George & Sons, grocers & general provision dealers, corn, flour & seed merchants, farmers & butchers Hadfield Joseph, farmer, Hull end Hamer James, farmer Handforth Thomas, farmer, Hallgate Handforth Thomas, joiner & farmer, Flatts farm Hartley Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Wicken fm Hudson Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Moseley house Hudson Chares Wyatt, carpenter Kirk Peter, shopkpr. & farmr. Stubbins Lingard Joseph, patent sheet wadding & cotton wool manufacturer, Milton mill Lomas Ralph, farmer, White knowl Long John, farmer, Hall farm Longden John & George (Brothers), farmers, Slack's farm Marriott Esther (Mrs.), farmr. Red mires Middleton Richard, plumber & glazier Porritt James, farmer, Cole hill Simpson John, shopkeeper & mason Simpson William, mason Simpson Zachariah, farmer, Squirrel farm Slack John & Co. paper manufacturers, Whitehall mills Taylor Eliza (Mrs.), farmer, Black Lane head Taylor Tom, Squirrel inn Waterhouse Samuel, farmer, Stubbins Bugsworth. Bower Rev. James [curate in charge], Parsonage Horsfield Thomas, Carrington house COMMERCIAL. Barnes Joseph, farmer, Daisy bank Braddock Joseph Carrington, farmer, Hough farm Broadhurst Joseph, farmer, Cote bank Bugsworth Colliery (John Drinkwater, proprietor) Carrington Anthony, Bulrs Head P.H Carrington James, farmer, Knowl top Dale James, farmer, Brierley grove Dixon William Pitt, lime burner Drinkwater Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Clifton house Drinkwater John, farmer, Meadows Drinkwater John, farmer, Green bottom Drinkwater Joseph, farmer, Clough head Hayes Thomas, Navigation inn Manchester, Sheffield & Lincolnshire Railway Co. proprietors of the Ashton, Peak Forest & Macclesfield canals (John Worth, agent), Canal office Pearson George, grocer Proctor Francis, farmer Proctor Joseph, farmer, Green head Shirt William, shopkeeper Sidebotham David, shoe maker Simpson John, farmer Thompson Mary (Miss), shpkpr. Post off Yates John, farmer, Lane side Yates William, farmer, Hill Brownside. Barnes Robert, farmer, Upper fold Barnes Thomas, farmer, The Beet Cooper Isaac, farmer, Shire oakes Goddard Eliza (Mrs.), farmer, New ho Hadfield John, farmer, Breck head Simpson Joseph, farmer, Upper fold Yates Robert, farmer, Gosty lowe [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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