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| Crich, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.101-2 |
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| CRICH is a town, township
and extensive parish, 4¾ miles west-by-south from Alfreton,
5 north from Belper, one north-east from Whatstandwell station on
the Manchester main line of the Midland railway and 144 from London,
in the Mid division of the county, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch,
Belper union and petty sessional division, Alfreton county court
district and rural deanery, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of
Southwell. The railway and the Cromford canal pass along the south-western
border of the parish, and the line from Ambergate to the north also
bounds the parish on the south-east. The church of St. Mary, situated
on a commanding height, is a building of stone, in mixed styles,
partly Norman, and consists of chancel, clerestoried nave of three
bays, aisles, and a western tower with spire, containing a clock
and 5 bells, dating from 1620 : the monuments include several to
the Dixie family, and others to the Poles of Wakebridge, lords of
the manor of that name, one of whom was falconer to Henry VII. ;
there is also a memorial with a most curious epitaph to a member
of the Clay family, and an inscribed stone slab to Anthony Babington
esq. of Dethick,[1] who with 13 others, engaged in a conspiracy to
assassinate Queen Elizabeth, and raise the country, in favour of
Mary Queen of Scots, then imprisoned in Wingfield Manor ; but the
plot being discovered, the conspirators were arrested and executed
at Tyburn, 20 and 21 Sept. 1586: there are three memorial stained
windows : the church plate is dated 1712 : the church affords about
500 sittings. The registers date from the year 1604. The living
is a vicarage, gross yearly value £244,
with residence, in the gift of five trustees, and held since 1875
by the Rev, William Acraman, of St. Aidans, who is patron of the
Iivings of the adjoining parishes of Tansley and Wessington. The
mission church at Fritchley, one mile south-east, built in 1870,
is also used as a day school; it was enlarged in 1874, and affords
about 150 sittings, The Baptist Chapel, a building of stone, with
a clock, was erected in 1877, and has sittings for 300 persons.
The Free Methodist chapel was built in 1864. and there are also
chapels belonging to this sect at Crich Carr and Wheatcroft, and
Primitive Methodist chapels at Crich, erected in 1853, Crich Carr,
Fritchley, erected in 1852, and at Morewood Moor. There is a small
Wesleyan chapel and a Congregational chapel at Fritchley, erected
in 1841. In the village is an ancient stone market cross ; (restored
in 1871) : the upper part of which includes a group figure of St.
Michael overcoming the Dragon. The market has been revived, and
is held weekly on Friday. Fairs for sheep and cattle are held on
the 6th of April and 11th of October. Emma Hurt's charity amounts
to £47 yearly. the odd £7 goes to Wessington ;
Cornthwaite's Charity, left in 1838, amounts to £6 7s. yearly
for clothing ; Cooper's, of £6 5s. 10d. left in 1853, is distributed
in money ; Wright's Charity, amounts to £17 14s. 6d. yearly,
and is given to regular attendants at church. The charities for
the township of Wessington amount to £10 yearly. The yearly
sum of £7 5s. from the Rev, Francis Gisborne's Charity,
received by the vicar and churchwardens and laid out in the purchase
of flannel for the poor. In 1562 John Kirkland left £2 yearly
to the poor of this parish for ever, which is distributed on St,
Thomas' day. Sim's Charity, a benefaction of recent date, amounts
to about £50,
and is distributed so as to promote religious education. The inhabitants
are principally employed in the adjacent quarries which produce
Iimestone and gritstone of a superior quality, a large quantity
being sent to London and other parts. Lea mills and other industrial
centres in the neighbourhood also give employment to many, and
the manufacture of hosiery by hand is carried on to a very considerable
extent. There is a lead mine in operation at Wakebridge ; the
Butterley Company have extensive quarries and lime kilns at Bull
Bridge; at Ambergate are the limeworks of the Clay Cross Company,
and at Whatstandwell are the gritstone quarries, the property
of Duke of Devonshire K.G. At Crich is a reading room, a stone
building, erected in 1887, at a cost of £300. Chase Cliffe,
erected in 1859, is a handsome mansion of stone, pleasantly situate
in grounds tastefully laid out, and is the property and residence
of Miss Hurt. On Crich Stand, which has an elevation of upwards
of 950 feet above the level of the sea, is a circular tower, 50
feet in height, erected in 1851, on the site of a former tower)
by the late Francis Hurt esq. of Alderwasley. On July 6th, 1882,
a considerable landslip occurred which reached nearly to the base
of the tower and demolished four houses. The principal landowners
are Lieut.-CoI. Albert Frederick Hurt D.L., J.P. of Alderwasley,
and W. Shore-SmIth esq. of Embley Park, Romsey, and there are
several smaller freeholders. The Duke of Devonshire K.G. is also
a landowner. The soil is loamy; subsoil, gritstone. The land is
chiefly in pasturage. The acreage of the township is 3,750; rateable
value, £13,102;
the population in 1881 was 2,984. FRITCHLEY is a village 1 mile south-east, with a mission church; CODDINGTON, half a mile west ; BULL BRIDGE, 1½ miles south; PLAISTOW GREEN, 1 mile north; and WHEATCROFT 2½ miles north, are hamlets. Crich Carr and Whatstandwell are also places here. Crich Carr is that portion of the parish near Whatstandwell railway station and is increasing in population. Parish Clerk, John Wetton. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Government Insurance & Annuity Office. -John Higton, postmaster. Letters arrive through Derby at 8.10 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.45 p.m POST, M. O. Insurance & Annuity Office, Whatstandwell.-Timothy Martin, postmaster. Letters arrive from Derby at 5.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 7 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Crich POST OFFICE, Fritchley. -Thomas Davidson, receiver. Letters through Derby arrive at 7.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.10 p. m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Crich WALL LETTER Box, at Crich, cleared at 5.30 p.m WALL LETTER Box, at Fritchley, cleared at 6.10 p. m SCHOOLS:- Parochial (mixed) (Crich), erected in 1848 for 330 children ; average attendance, 110 boys & girls & 40 infants ; Alfred Moody, master; Mrs. Alma Moody, infants mistress National (Crich Carr), erected in 1884 for 80 children; average attendance, 75 ; Thomas L. Whitehouse master National (Fritchley), erected in 1870 as a mission church & school & enlarged in 1874 by the addition of an infants' school room, it will hold 41 children: average attendance, 130 ; Thomas L. A. Cousens, master; Mrs. A. M. Cousens, mistress British (Crich), erected in 1884-5; for 260 children; average attendance (mixed 175), infants, 52 ; Heyworth Dyson, master Railway Station, Whatstandwell, Charles Whitmore, station master Crich. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Acraman Rev, William, Vicarage Boag Henry Basil, Bank house, Plaistow Connell Thos. South view, The Common Coupe George, Grove house Dawes Robert, Tor view Derbyshire James, The Common Drury Rev. George [curate], Dimple vil Dunn Christopher BIencowe Noble M.R.C.S. The Tors Hopkins Miss, Dimple house Howett Joseph, Crich common Hurt Miss, Chase cliffe Jackson Thomas, Field house Lee John Isaac, Church view Lee Mrs. Walker, The Bower McCheane WiIIiam C. The Mansion ho Macdonald George Godfrey M.B Paling William Thomas Saxton John, The Sycamores Saxton Mrs. The Hollies Smith Ferdinand, Church view Storer John Young Mrs. Rose cottage COMMERCIAL. Bacon George, Wheatsheaf inn Baker Sarah (Mrs.), saddler Baldwin Joseph, farmer, Pot Ho. farm Barratt Joseph, beer retailer Bingham Thomas, farmer, Edge farm Boag Henry Basil, agent for the Clay Cross Co.'s quarries, Cliff Boag Robert, contractor Boden Thomas, boot maker Bowmer Samuel, farmer & surveyor of highways, Sheldon house Brocklehurst Henry, Greyhound P.H Brown George, boot maker Brumwell George Herbert, Black Swan P.H. ; good stabling accommodation Burton Jeremiah, farmer, The Common Burton Samuel, Bull's Head P.H Cheetham Ann (Mrs.), butcher Clay Cross Company's Quarries (Henry Basil Boag, agent) Cotton Robert., farmer, Plaistow Cowlishaw Henry, shopkeeper Crich Reading Room (H. Dyson, sec) Critchlow Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Edgmoor Crooks Samuel, farmer, Plaistow Curzon Fred!'rick, tailor Dawes John, stationer &c Denny John, farmer Derby & Derbyshire Banking Company Lim. (branch to Belper), open tuesdays & fridays 11 am. to 2.30 p.m. ; draw on Williams, Deacon & Co. London E C Dunn Christopher Blencowe Noble, surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, Crich, Lea & Holloway district, Belper union England Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Evans Elizabeth ( Mrs.), grocer Gibbons Daniel, farmer, Wheatcroft Greaves Abraham, chemist Greenhough Thomas, grocer & farmer Greenhough William, jun. butcher Hallam George, shopkeeper Hancock John, farmer Haslam Arthur, mason Hawkins John, farmer, Plaistow green Haynes John, carpenter & cabinet maker Higton John, butcher, Post office Hitchcock Saml. farmer, Plaistw green Holmes Samuel, shopkeeper Holmes William, Jovial Dutchman P.H Hopkinson John, farmer, Wheatcroft Hopkinson Joseph, farmer, Wheatcroft Howitt Joseph, farmer, The Common Hunt James, saddler Kirk EIijah, tailor & woollen draper Knowles Samuel, boot repairer Lee Brothers, wholesale & family grocers, tallow chandlers & cheese factors &c Lynam William, farmer, Moorwood moor Macdonald George Godfrey M. B. surgeon Marshall William, farmer, Wheatcroft Martin William, hair dresser Mather Henry, farmer Mellors George, boot maker Mowbray George, farmer, Wheatcroft Ottewell Isaac, farmer, Culland Perry Charles, shopkeeper Petts WiIliam, stone & monumental mason, Common Platts George, farmer Poyser Ann (Miss), farmer, Chase Radford John, farmer Robinson Joseph, grocer & farmer Saxton John, insurance agt. The HoIlies Shipley William, watch maker Shipston Sarah (Mrs.), grocer Smith Arthur, butcher & farmer Smith George Ashbourne, wheelwright & farmer Smith James, wheelwright Southern Charles William, chemist Spendlove Robert, farmer, Plaistow Stocks John, baker & grocer Stocks Samuel, Royal Oak P.H Stoppard (Aaron) & Walker (Charles), farmers, Hollins farm Swindell Samuel, farmer, Cowpershane Taylor John, farmer, Plaistow Taylor Thomas, blacksmith Taylor Vaughan, butcher & farmer, The Mount Thorpe Thomas, farmer Turner George, farmer, Wheatcroft Walker Ellen (Miss), King's Arms P.H Walker Frederick, draper Wass & Son (trustees of) (A. McL. Alsop, agt.), Wakebridge mine & smelting wks Whitaker Joseph, grocer & farmer White John, farmer Wightman James, grocer Wildgoose John, Rising Sun P.H Wilton Thomas & Edward, farmers, Wakebridge farm Woodward James, farmer, Plaistow hill Young William, farmer, Park head Coddington, Crich Carr & Whatstandwell. Marked thus * are Coddington. Marked thus † are Crich Carr. Without a mark are Whatstandwell. Alsop James, Derwent house Horton John Kirk William, Cliff villa Mason Charles, jun Newton James Smith Ernest Le Blanc † Ward Mrs. Leedway bank COMMERCIAL. † Allsop Robert, besom broom maker *Broadhurst Daniel (Mrs.), farmer Bryan Richard Peach, farmer, Bent hill Bunting Ann (Mrs), blacksmith Caudwell William, farmer, Thurlow booth Flint George, Wheatsheaf P.H Hawkes Frances (Mrs.), private school, lrvine villa Lee George, shopkeeper Ling, Herbert Jones, Derwent hotel Martin Timothy, grocer, provision merchant, & post office Merchant Joseph, coal merchant Merchant Joseph jun. butcher Shaw Matthew, brick & tile manufactr. WigwelI brick works & Carr cottage Sims Anthony, farmer & stone merchant STATHAM ARTHUR, timber merchnt. saw & moulding mills & joinery wrks. Whatstandwell Whatstandwell Coffee Room (William Peacock, manager) *Yates Walter, farmer Fritchley & Bull Bridge. Alsop Mrs. The Beeches, Bull bridge Crozier Mrs. Day John Henry, The Limes Sargent Mrs. COMMERCIAL. Ambergate, Crich, Bull Bridge & Fritchley Gas Go. Lim. (John Dawes, sec. ; John Bown, manager) ; works, Bull bridge Blackham Thomas, grocer Bowmer Thomas, farmer Butterley Company's Quarries & Lime Works (Jn. Hy. Day agent), Bull bridge Chell George, millwright Curtis & Harvey's Gunpowder Magazine, (John Henry Day, agent), Bull bridge Davidson Thomas, grocer, draper &c. & post office Derbyshire Jesse, farmer, Barn Close farm Else Charles Joseph, farmer & landowner, Bull bridge Fletcher Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Fritchley William, farmer Gaunt George, Red Lion P.H Gaunt Robert, rent dealer Kneebone Philip, farmer Knighton Joseph, shopkeeper Leafe Edwin, hand machine hosiery mfr Poyser James, boot & shoe maker Radford Joseph, miller (water) & farmer, Fritchley & Bull bridge mill, Heage Radford Samuel, farmer Radford Thomas, shopkeeper Redfern Job, Lord Nelson P.H. Bull bridge Rowe Tom Anthony beer retailer Slack James, miller & farmer Stevenson Jos. hand made hosiery manfr Wake Hugh, cabinet maker Watkins Edward, bobbin manufacturer, wood turner & timber merchant, Bull bridge, Ambergate Wilkinson George, Canal inn, Bull bridge [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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