|
Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Etwall, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.204-205 |
|
|||
|
ETWALL is a parish, with a station on the Great Northern railway,
6 miles west-south-west from Derby and 128½ miles from London,
in the Southern division of the county, Appletree hundred, union of
Burton-on-Trent, Derby county court district and petty sessional division,
rural deanery of Longford, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of St. Helen is a building of stone, consisting of a chancel,
nave, north aisle, south porch and a low embattled tower at the west
end, containing a clock and 3 bells, two of which are dated respectively
1841 and 1624, the third being a mediæval bell: the Norman chancel
arch was removed in 1805, and in 1881 the church was restored and
reseated throughout: the north aisle is separated from the nave by
four semi-circular Norman arches on round pillars: some portion of
the masonry of the chancel seems to be Early English, and the buttresses
of the nave are Decorated: the greater part, however, of the existing
church, including the tower, is Perpendicular work of the 15th and
16th centuries: the font is a massive but plain work of the 14th century
style, with an octagonal basin : the chancel retains a piscina and
an almery, and there is a stone gospel-desk or lectern ; the nave
windows still have some fragments of ancient glass and the Port chapel
at the east end of the north aisle has some carved open seats and
a reading desk dated 1635; on the north wall of the chancel is a large
stone, with a brass inscription to Henry Port (1512) and Elizabeth
his wife; the figure of the knight is gone, but that of his wife,
with shields of arms, remains ; there is also, beneath an obtuse arch,
a raised tomb, with the effigy of Sir John Port, son of the foregoing,
appointed a Justice of the King's Bench some time before 1533, ob.
1541, between those of his two wives Margery (Trafford) and Joan (Fitz
Herbert), widow of John Pole, of Radburne, through whom he obtained
the manor of Etwall; these figures are, however, much mutilated :
against the south wall of the chancel is the monument of Sir John
Port, only son and heir of the justice, and founder of Etwall Hospital
and Repton school ; it consists of an altar-tomb surmounted by a flat
canopy, beneath which are kneeling figures in brass of the knight,
his wives, Elizabeth and Dorothy, and their children, and an inscription
dated 1557; above the canopy is an achievement of arms, and the lower
front of the tomb is divided into three quatrefoiled compartments
with heraldic shields : there are 350 sittings, 338 being free. The
register dates from the year 1551. The living is a vicarage, average
tithe rent-charge £188, net yearly value £450, with 104
acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of Henry George Tomlinson
esq. of The Woodlands, Burton-on-Trent and held since 1887 by the
Rev. David Crawford Cochrane M.A.. of Trinity College, Dublin and
Oxford. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. In 1556 Sir John Port knt. devised
lands for the foundation and endowment of an almshouse at this place
for sixteen poor persons, and a Grammar school at Repton ; the hospital
was incorporated by charter in the 19th year of James I. (1621-2),
special governors being then appointed, and was rebuilt in 1681, when
the number of almsmen was doubled. The hereditary governors of the
hospital now are The Earl of Loudoun, The Earl of Carnarvon, Lord
Gerard and Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe bt. ; the Rev. David C. Cochrane
is master of the hospital: the income of the estate amounts to about
£2,500, of which £1,500 yearly goes to the school at Repton
: there are at present sixteen poor men provided for in this building,
all of whom have 12s. a week, and each receives on admission a blue
cloak: the master's salary is £250 yearly with a residence.
This manor belonged in the reign of Stephen to Welbeck Abbey, Notts:
it was granted by Henry VIII, in 1540, to Sir John Port knt. one of
the justices of the King's Bench, and came by marriage to the Gerards,
who sold the estate in 1641 to Sir E Moseley bart. of whom it was
purchased, in 1646, by Sir Samuel Sleigh, whose heiress brought it
to the Cotton family. The Hall, anciently the seat of the Ports and
subsequently of the Cottons, is a venerable mansion of brick, raced
with with stone; the picture gallery has some exquisite carvings in
wood, and several or the rooms contain portraits of various members
of the Cotton family: it is now the seat of Rowland Charles Hugh Cotton
esq. lord of the manor, who with Sir Henry Flower Every bart. of Egginton
Hall, and Charles Edmund Newton esq. of Mickleover are the principal
landowners, but there are several small owners. The soil is gravelly
and clay; subsoil, various. The chief crops are wheat, oats, barley
and green crops, with a large portion of dairy land. The area of the
township is 2,083 acres ; rateable value, £5,340; the population
of the township in 1881 was 526, and of the parish 732. Bearwardcote is a small township in the parish of Etwall, 4½ miles south-west from Derby and I½ miles north-east from Etwall. Charles Edmund Newton esq. is sole landowner and lord or the manor. The acreage is 457 ; rateable value, £824 ; the population in 1881 was 35. Burnaston is a township in the parish of Etwall, 5 miles south-west-by-west from Derby. Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel. Rowland Charles Hugh Cotton esq. is lord of the manor. The acreage is 983; rateable value, £1,833; the population in 1881 was 171. Parish Clerk, Daniel Barker. POST, M.O. & T.O. S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- John Heath, postmaster. Letters are received from Derby at 4.50 a.m. & 1.30 p.m. ; dispatched at 8.20 p.m Parochial School (mixed), erected in 1870 for 157 children ; average attendance, 44 boys, 40 girls & 29 infants; Thomas Williams Jones, master; Mrs. Elizabeth Jones, mistress Railway Station, William Marrien, station master Etwall. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Allen Samuel Bateman Hugh Sacheveral, Etwall ldg Cartwright Joseph Wm. Headingley ho Chaplin Marmaduke Kaye, The Gables Cochrane Rev. David Crawford M.A. [vicar] Cooper Mrs. The Laurels Cooper Miss, Ivy cottage Cooper Thomas Cotton Rowland Chas. Hugh, Etwall hall Crewe George Arthur, The Lawn de Seilan Charles Louis lsidore M. D Eaton Charles French George Hilton Frederick Horne Edgar, Blakeley villas Mills Henry, The Hollies Moreley William, Mount villas Redfern James, Etwall house Slater John, Londsdale house Timms Mrs Toon Edward COMMERCIAL. Archer George, farmer, Common Archer John, farmer Ardron John, wheelwright & smith Bailey James, saddler & harness maker Blackshaw William, farmer Bosworth Thomas, coal agent Brown George. farmer Bull Wm. Robt. M.R.C.V.S.L. vet. surgn Camp Francis de Seilan Charles Louis Isadore M.D. C.M. surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, Etwall district, Burton union & medical officer of health, No. 1 district, Burton rural sanitary authority Eaton Ernest, farmer Fleming Edward, coal merchant Gaskell Anne (mrs.), Hawk & Buckle P.H Giles Ricard, farmer, Blakeley lodge, & manager of Burton Corporation sewerage farm Greatorex John, farmer Green William, amnager of Gas works Gregson Arthur, bricklayer Harris Robt. Jas. inland revenue officer Heath John, baker Horobin Samuel, butcher Jackson William, farmer Marshall Luke, Spread Eagle P.H Matthews John, farmer Measham Thomas, road surveyor Mickleover & Etwall Gas Co Newbold Joseph, tailor Pegg Daniel, farmer Platts Robert, carpenter, gas fitter, builder & decorator Redfern & Co. District Coal Co Shepherd Elizabeth Ann (Mrs.), shopkpr Walker John, blacksmith Wall George, farmer & butcher Wall John, farmer Wheatcroft George, shoe maker Whitworth William, blacksmith Bearwardcote. Newton Francis Curzon, farmer Wragby Thomas, farmer Walwyn Matthew, farmer Burnaston. Clarke Darcy, Burnaston house Feast Frederick Prime Miss Argyle William, farmer Dean John, farmer Doxey Joseph, farmer Haynes William, farmer Parker Thomas, farmer Radford Francis, farmer Spencer Saml. Spread Eagle P.H. & farmr Smith William, farmer Stone Frederick, farmer Varty John William, mole catcher (professional) [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
 An Ann Andrews historical directory transcript |
||||
 Village Links |
||||
More on site information about Etwall and the surrounding area  Derbyshire's
Parishes, 1811The Gentleman's
Magazine Library - Derbyshire to DorsetWolley
Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire
deeds, pedigrees, documents and wills |
