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| Clifton-with-Compton, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.98 |
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CLIFTON-WITH-COMPTON forms a township and the ecclesiastical
parish taken in 1846 out of Ashborne, 1 mile south from Ashborne and
146 miles from London, in the Western division of the county, Morleston
and Litchurch hundred, Ashborne union, petty sessional division and
county court district, rural deanery of Ashborne, archdeaconry of
Derby and diocese of Southwell : Clifton has a station on the branch
line of the North 8taffordshire railway between Rocester and Ashborne.
The ancient chapel of St. Mary, at Clifton, fell into disuse after
the Reformation, and in 1750 was pulled down, much of the material
being used to repair the chancel of the mother church at Ashborne.
The church of Holy Trinity, erected in 1845, is a building of stone,
in the Early English style, consisting or apsidal chancel, nave, south
porch, a vestry at the north-east end and an octagonal stone turret,
containing one bell at the west end: the pulpit is semi-hexagonal
in form, resting upon a low inverted conical base: the reredos is
formed of mosaic work, with a central cross of Sienna marble, surrounded
by arabesque scroll work: on the south side of the nave is a stained
window to Charles John Smith, late of Elmhurst, Lichfield, d.
Dec. 2, 1874, and another erected by the parishioners to the Rev.
Henry Gamble, first vicar of this parish, a third stained window on
the north side, was erected to William Smith, of Clifton, one of the
founders of the church, d. 8 July, 1858, and to Elizabeth,
his wife, d. 25 May, 1866, by their seven surviving children,
at Christmas, 1866 : in the apse are two memorial windows to the late
Thomas Henry Smith, of Clifton, d. 1882: the east window being
a memorial to the Rt. Rev. John Lonsdale D.D. Bishop of Lichfield,
who consecrated this church, June 18th, 1845; and there is also a
memorial to the Rt. Rev. George
Augustus Selwyn D.D. his successor, who consecrated the chancel in
1869 : at the west end is a brass plate recording; the erection of
the church in 1845, and the appointment of 122 free sittings. The
register dates from the year 1845. The living is a vicarage, gross
yearly value £290, with residence, in the gift of the vicar
of Ashborne, and held since 1867 by the Rev. George Arthur Festing
M.A. or St. John's College Cambridge, and rural dean of Ashborne.
There are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels situated in Mayfield
road; the former was erected in 1830. Cordon's Charity of £20
yearly, left in 1843, is distributed in fuel. John Harrison esq. who
is lord of the manor, William Richard Smith esq. and Sir Edmund Antrobus
bart. of Amesbury, Wilts. are the principal landowners. Clifton Hall,
the residence of Charles William Jervis Smith esq. J. P. is a handsome
mansion in the Elizabethan style, situated in the south-eastern part
of the village, and commanding an extensive view of the surrounding
country : the Henmore brook flows through the grounds. Clifton House,
the residence of William Richard Smith esq. J.P. is pleasantly situated
in the village. The soil is good loamy; subsoil, chiefly gravel and
sand. The land is chiefly kept in pasture for dairy produce. The acreage
is 1,006 ; rateable value, £5,519; the population in 1881 was
1,106. Parish Clerk, Frederick Lingley. POST OFFICE.-Miss Eliza Sarah Rose, receiver. Letters arrive from Ashborne at 7.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.25 p.m. Ashborne is the nearest money order & telegraph office National School (mixed), erected, with master's residence, in 1855, for 81 children; average attendance, 50 ; Mortimer Thomas Kirby, master Railway Station, George William Rogers, station master PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Adams Ernest Ph.D. The Croft Allaway John Pearman, Clifton villas Amies Thos. Andrew Arthr. Clifton vils Bond George Morton, Alrewas house Burton Rev. Robert Lingen, jun. [curate] Cookson Thomas, Dove house Elleby William Festing Rev. George Arthur M.A. [vicar & rural dean], Vicarage Frost Jacob, Leys cottage Grimshaw Jn. Sl. Store cot. Mayfield rd Jones John Owen, Westwood Lucas Edgar Thomas Mainwaring Miss, The Cross Mann Mrs. Clifton villas Peach George James Satterthwaite Thomas Edmondson Stedman, Clifton cottage Smith Chas. Wm. Jervis J. P. Clifton hall Smith Wm. Richard J. P. Clifton house Ward Mrs. Clifton villas Wilson Frank, Rose cottage COMMERCIAL. Abbott John, coal merchant Astle George, shopkeeper, Mayfield rd Biggins George, boot & shoe maker Bodell John, beer retailer Bond M. & Co. manufacturers of venetian webs, dutch, india & every description of tapes, smallwares &c. Alrewas mills (see Ashborne). See advertisement Booth William, Royal Oak P.H. choice foreign wines & spirits, cigars &c. burton ales & dublin stout; good stabling & excellent commercial accommodation, Hanging bridge Bullock Wm. butcher, Hanging bridge Chadwick Samuel Compton, shopkeeper Coxon Louis Charles, Cock inn Creswell Alfred, farmer, Ashborne ldg Elleby William, artist Farmer George, baker, Mayfield road Frost George, farmer, The Hollies Frost Jacob, farmer & landowner, Leys cot Grindy Sampson, farmer, Holme farm Haywood Harriett (Mrs.), dairy Jones J.O. corn, seed, manure & coal mer Kirby Mortimer Thomas, schoolmaster MacGovern John, blacksmith Mitchell William, plasterer Morecroft Joseph, farmer, Tinkers' inn Purdy Wm. poultry breeder, The Aviaries Robinson William, plumber & glazier Rose Eliza Sarah (Miss), grocer & post office Swinscoe George, joiner & wheel wright Taylor Samuel, farmer, & registrar of births & deaths for the Mayfield dist Thorley Will. bldr. & contrctr. Side mills Twigge Joseph, cowkeeper Twigge Thomas, coal merchant & farmer, Moor farm, Wyaston road [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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