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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Kirk Ireton, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.244-245 |
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KIRK IRETON is a township and parish, 1½ miles north-west
from the Idridgehay station on the Duffield and Wirksworth branch
of the Midland line, 5 south from Cromford station on the Ambergate
and Manchester section of the same line, 3 south-west from Wirksworth,
8 north-west from Belper and 7 north-east from Ashborne, in the Western
division of the county, union of Ashborne, Wirksworth hundred, petty
sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Wirksworth,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The church of the
Holy Trinity is a building of stone in the Norman and later styles,
consisting of chancel, with aisles, clerestoried nave of two bays,
aisles, south porch and an embattled tower at the west end, containing
a clock and 4 bells, dated 1699. In 1811 the church
was much damaged by a violent storm: the stained east window, erected
December, 1886, is a memorial to the Rev. Charles and Mrs. Evans:
the interior was restored and reseated in 1873, at a cost of about
£800, and has 300 sittings. The register dates from the year
1572 for all entries. The living is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge
£245, net yearly value £313, with 68 acres of glebe and
residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Southwell, and held since
1875 by the Rev. William Hombersley M.A. of Christ Church, Oxford.
Here is a Primitive Methodist chapel, erected in 1876. Charities.-By indenture, bearing date 20th May, 32nd Elizabeth (1509), John Storer appointed the sum of £2 12s. yearly, 10s. to be paid to the rector, for preaching a sermon in the church every Trinity Sunday, and 40s. amongst such of the poorest inhabitants or the parish as the rector and churchwardens think most deserving. Gisborne's charity, of £7 5s. yearly is for clothing ; Miss Johnson left a sum of money producing about £16 yearly for the purpose of educating and clothing 6 boys, natives and inhabitants of Kirk Ireton. In 1686, John Slater esq. left the sum of £8 yearly to be applied for the purpose of teaching 16 children to read (8 boys and 8 girls are at present educated out of this charity). The Rev. Robert Gell, a former rector, left £500, the interest (about £16) to be paid to the schoolmaster for the time being. Miss Downing left £2 10s. yearly for the day school. An annuity of £3 15s. 7d. arising from a bequest of John Bower esq. is applied to the education of 7 girls. William Miles left £19 19s. the interest to be given to the poor in sums of 1s. each, which is distributed on Trinity Sunday; other charities producing £69 yearly are distributed. Frederic Charles Arkwright esq. J.P. of Willersley, is lord or the manor. The principal landowners are H. W. Walthall esq. J.P. of Alton Manor, Arthur W. Hamilton Gell esq. J. B. Evans-Blackwall esq. J.P. and H. Chandos-Pole-Gell esq. J.P. of Hopton Hall. Fairs for cattle &c. are held annually, the 2nd Wednesday in April and the 1st Wednesday after October 11th. The soil is loam and gravel; subsoil, gritstone. The chief crops are wheat, oats and grass. The acreage is 1,528; rateable value, £3,386 ; the population in 188I of the township was 485. BLACKWALL, formerly a detached part of Ireton wood, has been annexed to this parish. Parish Clerk, Daniel Pickering. POST OFFICE.-Mrs. Elizabeth Ford, receiver. Letters arrive from Derby via Wirksworth at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.45 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Idridgehay; the telegraph office is at Wirksworth. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid Church of England School, erected in 1882 for about I40 children; average attendance, 4I boys, 30 girls & 20 infants; (vacant), master; Miss Annie Harris, mistress Kirk Ireton. Hombersley Rev. William M.A. Rectory COMMERCIAL. Beeson Joseph, blacksmith Booth Sarah (Mrs.), Windmill P.H Bowers John, farmer, The Riddings Bowler Charles, farmer & cattle dealer, Rakestones Bown Charles William, farmer Bown William, farmer Brown John, tailor Cooper Samuel, farmer, Hillside Dean German, farmer, Hayes farm Dean Hannah (Mrs.), farmer Dean Isaac, farmer, Pearl Well farm Dean Samuel, farmer & valuer Dean Samuel, shopkeeper & farmer Dean Samuel, jun. farmer, Hayes Ford John, farmer, Bole hill Gamble William, Wheatsheaf P.H Harvey Moses, farmer Harvey Moses Henry, assistant overseer Heathcote Thomas, farmer Hoon George, boot maker & farmer Johnson Robert, farmer Matkins Joseph, farmer, Town end Rains Robert, farmer, Topshill farm Rains William, farmer, Side moor Redfern Job, farmer Rogers Joseph, farmer Simpson William, Barley Mow P.B. butcher & farmer Smedley Selina (Mrs.), baker Taylor William, farmer, Biggin Mill lane Warren George, farmer, Winney Hill Winson Joseph, farmer, Moor farm Winson Thomas, farmer, Church farm Witham Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Field farm Wood Charles, farmer, Upperfield Wood Luke, beer retailer & farmer Wright George, blacksmith Wright Jn. Bull's Head P.H. & butcher Wright William, farmer & shopkeeper Wright Hannah (Mrs.), farmer Wrightson Charles, farmer Blackwall. Dean Charles Leedham, farmer Fearn John & Son, farmers, Mill fields Millington Samuel, farmer, Sheep hills Wayne William, farmer, Heys farm Wibberley Brian, butcher & farmer, Sheep hills [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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