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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Edensor, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p. 201 |
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| EDENSOR is a township,
parish and village, just outside Chatsworth park, 2½ miles
east-north-east from Bakewell, 8½ from Matlock and from Hassop
station, in the Western division of the county, hundred of High Peak,
union, petty sessional division and county court district and in the
rural deanery or Bakewell, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese or Southwell.
The church of St. Peter, situated on an eminence and approached by
a flight or steps, was almost entirely rebuilt under the direction
or the late Sir G. Gilbert Scott R.A. in 1867, the whole of the new
work being in the Decorated style : it now consists of chancel, nave,
aisles, south porch, bell-cote on the eastern gable of the nave and
a tower at the west end with lofty broach spire containing 6 bells,
partly recast from the former 4 bells in 1867, one of which, dated
1669, is now hung over the Chatsworth stables : the nave is separated
from the aisles by arcades of four arches, several of these, as well
as of the ancient Norman columns, being part or the original church
: the Decorated east window retains much or its ancient tracery :
the south porch, with its embattled parapet, belongs chiefly to the
same period, but retains portions of Norman work, and several ancient
slabs, with incised crosses, have been built into it : the interior
has remains or piscinæ, and there are modern sedilia : the font,
as well as the pulpit, is constructed of different tinted marbles
from the estates of the Duke of Devonshire ; with the exception of
an early nameless slab in the porch, there are now no monuments of
the pre-Reformation period, but in the Cavendish chapel is the singular
but fine monument to Henry Cavendish M.P. Derbyshire, ob. 1616,
and Sir William Cavendish K.B. first Earl or Devonshire, ob.
3 March, 1625 ; this includes a projecting altar tomb, beneath which
are two figures, one a skeleton and the other wrapped in a winding
sheet : mythological figures, arms, robes and other accessories are
placed above and on either side : against the north wall of the chancel
is a brass, with inscription and effigy to James Beton, Comptroller
of the Household to Mary, Queen of Scots, who died while the Queen
was a prisoner at Chatsworth House, in 1570, aged 32 ; the brass was
erected by his brothers, James, Archbishop of Glasgow, and Andrew,
Ambassador to France : on the south side is a brass to Mr. John Phipps,
of Chatsworth (1735) and in the chancel is a memorial window to the
late Lord Frederick Charles Cavendish P.C., M.P. Chief Secretary for
Ireland, assassinated in the Phoenix park, Dublin, 6 May 1882, and
interred in the graveyard of the village, where there is also a memorial
stone, placed in May, 1883 : the Church affords 250 sittings. The
register dates from the year 1540, and is in fair condition. The living
is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value £300, in the gift of
the Duke of Devonshire, and held since 1855 by the Rev. Joseph Hall.
There are charities of £21 annual value. The Duke of Devonshire
K.G. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is light grit;
subsoil, gritstone. The land is principally in pasture. The area of
the township is 2,336 acres, tithe free; of the parish, 4,829 ; rateable
value, £2,567 ; the population in 1881 was 286; of the parish,
517. Pilsley is a township, situated on an eminence, from which beautiful and extensive views are obtained of the surrounding country. Divine service is conducted every Sunday in the schoolroom by the vicar of Edensor. The area is 465 acres ; rateable value, £668 ; the population in 1881 was 231. CARLTON LEES, 1½ miles north from Rowsley and DUNSAR, are places here. Parish Clerk, Albert Ernest Wragg. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. -Mrs. Jane Bacon, receiver. Letters received from Bakewell at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.20 p.m. ; on sundays received at 9 a.m. ; dispatched at 2.20 p.m WALL BOX, PiIsley, cleared at 5 p.m: sundays, I p.m SCHOOLS:- National, erected by the Duke of Devonshire in 1839, for 60 boys & 20 infants ; average attendance, 43 boys & 12 infants ; Albert Ernest Wragg, master ; Miss Grace Hulley, infants' mistress National, PiIsley (mixed), erected in 1843, for 60 children ; average attendance, 38; Miss Mary S. Milner, mistress Edensor. Hall Rev. Joseph [vicar] Martin Gilson J.P COMMERCIAL. Blockley Barker, farmer Booth Andrew, shopkeeper Elliott Thomas, farmer, CarIton house Fieldsend Charles T. farm bailiff to the Duke of Devonshire Fletcher William Milward, painter Harrison Hy. Chatsworth hotel, & farmer Hearnshaw William, butcher, Dunsar Hodkin William, miller (water) Hulley George, farmer, Carlton lees Lait Sidney, estate clerk to the Duke of Devonshire Martin Gilson, agent to the Duke of Devonshire Munro Alfred, head gamekeeper to the Duke of Devonshire Robertson James P. woods' foreman Skidmore Richd. farmer, Carlton house Wilson Catherine (Mrs.), farmer, Carlton lees Pilsley. Bark Mrs Blagden Henry, Devonshire Arms P.H Furniss Jabez, farmer Furniss Peter, farmer Holmes Anthony, wheelwright Hulley William, shopkeeper Hutchinson Robert, smith Oxspring John, farmer Sheldon Thomas, farmer Topliss Henry, farmer & timber mer Woodhead James F. clerk of works Woodhead Richard, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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