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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Elvaston, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 203-4 |
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| ELVASTON, bounded on the north and east by
the river Derwent, is a parish, 121 miles by road from London 1 mile
south from Borrowash station on the main line of the Midland railway
and 5 miles south-east-by-east from Derby in the Southem division
of the county, hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, Shardlow
union, Derby petty sessional division and county court district,
rural deanery of MeIbourne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell
The church of St. Bartholomew, a stone building of fine external appearance,
stands close to Elvaston Castle, and consists of chancel, clerestoried
nave, south aisle, south porch, a north transept, forming a memorial
chapel of the Stanhopes, and a lofty western tower with pinnacles,
in the Perpendicular style, containing 4 bells, 3 of which are dated
respectively, 1847, 1595 & 1564 : the church was entirely restored
about 1474 : the three south clerestory windows are Perpendicular,
the south aisle containing two windows of the Decorated period, to
which also the font belongs: the general character of the building,
however, is Early English or the 13th century : on the north side
of the chancel is a tine memorial to Sir John Stanhope kt. ob.
1610 and Catherine (Trentham), his second wife, consisting of a splendid
marble tomb, under a handsomely carved canopy with recumbent figures
of the knight, armed, and his lady above the figures is a slab, with
a long inscription, now almost illegible, the whole being surmounted
by the Stanhope shield, with six quarterings, and on the lower part
are the quartered arms of Stanhope, Maulovel, Longvilliers and Lexington
: there is also a tomb, protected by iron railings with a semi-recumbent
effigy in white marble, of Sir Michael Stanhope : against the north
wall of the nave is another monument of stone to Charles, 3rd earl
of Harrington G.C.H. d. 5 Sept. 1829, with his effigy in a recumbent
position : the east window is a memorial to his wife, Jane (Fleming),
d. 3 Feb. 1824 : against the north chancel wall is a large and fine
brass to Seymour Sidney Hyde, 6th earl d. 22 Feb. 1866, before attaining
his majority, with his effigy in academical costume : there are 250
sittings. The register dates from the year 1662. The living is a discharged
vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £195, gross yearly value
£300, including 47 acres of glebe, with residence at Thulston,
in the gift of the Earl of Harrington and held since 1874 by the Rev.
Alexander Robert Goldie M.A, of Trinity College, Cambridge. The charities
amount to £180 yearly, left by Piggins and Osborne, arising
from land &c. at Aston-on-Trent and in Leicestershire. The Countess
of Harrington's refuge for the aged poor was erected in 1862. The
Earl of Harrington and Messrs. Charles Severn and John Beggs are the
chief landowners. Elvaston Castle, the seat of the Earl of Harrington,
is a large building in the Domestic Gothic style, standing in a well-wooded
park of about 40 acres, containing a lake : at the southern entrance
are gates formerly belonging to the palace at Madrid, constructed
of wrought iron, with spear-headed points at the top, richly gilt.
The Earl of Harrington is lord of the manor and owner or nearly the
whole township. The soil is sandy loam; subsoil, gravel. The chief
crops are wheat, barley, grass and roots. The acreage is 2,322 ; rateable
value. £5,475; the population in 1881, including the hamlets
of Ambaston and Thulston, was 562. Sexton, John Slack. POST OFFICE, Thulston.-Mrs. Catherine Wall, postmistress. Letters from Derby arrive at 5,5 a. m. ; dispatched at 8.10 p. m. The nearest money order is at Alvaston & telegraph office at Borrowash railway station Church of England School (mixed), erected in 1852, for 80 children; average attendance, 73. The school is entirely supported by the Earl of Harrington ; Chase Bryant, master; Mrs. Mary Bryant, mistress Ambaston (or Embaston) is a hamlet, 1 mile east from Elvaston. An avenue of trees connects the two, which, however, is not a public road. 'The Wesleyans have a chapel here Thulston (or Thurlaston) is a hamlet a quarter of a mile south from Elvaston. Thurlstone Grange, with upwards of 3 acres of land, has undergone considerable alterations, and is now the vicarage-house, having been exchanged, in 1845, for the old vicarage and 3 acres of glebe, which stood near the castle. Elvaston. Harrington Earl of D.L. Elvaston castle ; & Carlton & White's clubs, London S.W. Chambers William, saddler Jordan Charles, farmer Murray Gilbert, land & estate agent, The Castle Peach George Allen, farmer Severn Charles, farmer Slack George, farmer Slack Thomas, farmer & butcher Slack William, farmer & butcher Woodward Amos, shopkeeper Ambaston. Allsop Samuel, farmer Eaton James, farmer Harrison Robert, farmer Hill Zadok, farmer Hubbard Emma (Mrs.), farmer Lockett John, farmer, The Grange Smith Wm, (Mrs.), carpenter & farmer Sparks William, clerk Tomlinson Frederick, farmer Williamson Thomas, farmer Wingfield Ahab, farmer Wingfield Mary (Mrs.), farmer Thulston. Goldie Rev. Alexander Robert M.A. [vicar], The Grange Hellaby John, The Grove Murray Gilbert COMMERCIAL. Brown William, greengrocer Chambers Humphrey, farmer Dean John, blacksmith Eyre Francis, farmer Fox Thomas, farmer & shopkeeper Hellaby John, farmer, The Grove Porter Herbt. Fallows, highway surveyor Rice Sarah (Mrs.), Harrington Arms P.H. Riley William, farmer Slack John, sexton Spencer Charles (Mrs.), farmer Spencer Thomas, wheelwright Sturges Drayson, shopkeeper Thorpe William, shoe maker Wall Catherine (Mrs.), dress maker & Post office [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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