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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Church Broughton, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.94 |
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CHURCH BROUGHTON is a parish and village, 3 miles north-west
from Tutbury station on the North Staffordshire railway, 10 south-west
from Derby, 8 from Burton-upon-Trent, 9 south-east from Ashbourne
and 130½ from London, in the Western division of the county,
Appletree hundred and petty sessional division, Burton-upon-Trent
union and county court district, rural deanery of Longford, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The Broughton brook flows through
the western portion of the parish. The church of St. Michael is a
building of stone in the Early English style, consisting of chancel,
nave of four bays, aisles, south porch and an embattled tower at the
west end, containing a clock and 3 bells, dated respectively 1610,
1614 and 1810: there are three stone stalls in the chancel: the church
was fully restored and reseated in 1885-6 at a cost of upwards of
£1,500, when the floor was lowered ; a new organ, the gift of
Miss Sampson, of Bent House, was erected at the same time: there are
250 sittings. The register dates from the year 1538 for all entries.
The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £220, with residence,
including 80 acres of glebe, in the gift of and held since 1864 by
the Rev. William Auden M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. Here
is a Primitive Methodist chapel erected in 1828; and there are a few
charities. The Duke of Devonshire K.G. is lord of the manor. The principal
landowners are the Duke of Devonshire, W.M. Richardson esq. of Quardon,
and William Wilkes esq. The soil is strong loam ; subsoil, clay. The
chief crops are wheat, beans, oats and mangold. The acreage is 2,363;
rateable value, £3,929; the population in 1881 was 588. SAPPERTON is a hamlet, 1 mile north-west; HAREHILL is a hamlet, 2 miles north-west. John Harrison esq. of Snelston, is lord of the manor and chief landowner. Parish Clerk, Thomas Salisbury. POST & M. O. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Thomas George Thompson, postmaster. Letters through Derby arrive at 7 a.m. ; dispatched, 6.40 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Foston Police Station. Thomas Powlson, Inspector The Church Free School, endowed with £30 yearly, is now amalgamated with the National, erected in 1830, for 74 boys &; girls (mixed) & 40 infants ; average attendance 50 boys & girls & 30 infants; Thomas George Thompson, master; Miss Adelaide Augusta Thompson, infants' mistress CARRIER.-Henry Fearn, to Burton-on-Trent. thurs. 8 a.m. ; to Derby. fri. 8 a.m Auden Rev. William M.A. [vicar] Blood John, The Lawn Bott Richard Sampson Miss, Bent house Wilkes William COMMERCIAL. Allcock William, bricklayer Atlen Trevor, farmer Bannister George, shoe maker Bannister Thomas, farmer, Dark lane Blood Thos. Holly Bush P.H. & shopkpr Bott Richd. farmer & brick manufactr Brown German, shopkeeper Edges George, dairy farmer, Sapperton Fearn Henry, carrier Hardy Isaac, shoe maker Hardy Jacob, shoe maker Hawkesley Aaron, farmer Hibbert Caroline (Mrs.), beer retailer Hough John, shopkeeper Hudson William, farmer Jackson Charlotte (Mrs.), farmer Jackson Thomas, farmer, Heath top Radford T. Smith, farmer, Mount Pleasnt Salisbury Henry, cowkeeper Salisbury Thomas, farmer Stevenson John, farmer & landowner Thawley Thomas, wheelwright Tipper Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Heathouse grn Tipper George, farmer, Crowfoot Tunstall James, tailor Turner Geo. shoe maker & letter carrier Ward Edwin, farmer, Harehill Webb William, farmer, Sapperton Wilkes William, farmer & landowner [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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