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| Melbourne, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.260-2 |
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MELBOURNE is a small market town, township, parish and station
on the Midland railway, 8 miles south-south-east from Derby, 12 north-west
from Loughborough and 6 north-north-east from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, and
contains also the hamlet of KING'S NEWTON : it is in the Southern
division of the county, hundred of Repton, Repton petty sessional
division, Shardlow union, Derby county
court district, rural deanery of Melbourne, archdeaconry of Derby
and diocese of Southwell. The town is lighted with gas by a company
formed in 1853, and at present supplied with water from private wells
only. The church of St. Michael is a cruciform building of stone in
the Norman and Early English styles, consisting of chancel, clerestoried
nave, aisles, transepts, a west porch flanked by two small towers
with dwarf slated spires, and a central embattled tower of two storeys,
containing 8 bells, 6 of which were erected in 1882 to replace 4 old
bells of the 16th century, when the tower was also restored and strengthened
and a new clock erected; the remaining two bells to complete the octave
were added in 1887: the west porch, erected about 1090, is one of
the finest examples of the kind in this country, and has a noble doorway
with a deeply recessed semicircular arch; the nave is separated from
the aisles by arcades of five stilted arches on each side, enriched
with chevron moulding and supported on circular pillars, with slightly
ornamented caps, 4 feet in diameter and 15 feet high; above are other
arcades opening on clerestory windows, of Norman work on the north
and Early English work on the south side; the chancel arch and those
supporting the tower are of similar character, but more richly ornamented
eastward : both chancel and transepts were formerly apsidal, but the
apses were removed in the 15th century ; the east end is now rectangular
and has a fine square-headed Perpendicular window: at a later period
the upper part of the Norman tower was removed and the present battlemented
belfry substituted, perhaps in 1610: there is a large aumbry in the
north transept, another and a Norman piscina in the south transept
and a second piscina in the south aisle : the font, consisting of
a deep hemispherical basin supported
on four dwarf columns, seems to be Early English work of the reign
of Henry III. : across the chancel arch is a wooden screen of the
15th century, the upper panels of which are pierced with tracery;
and in the south transept is a sepulchral slab of the 13th century,
with a fine floriated cross in high relief: in the south transept,
beneath a recess, is the recumbent figure in stone of a knight in
armour, wearing a jewelled bandeau round his coif of mail and carrying
a shield with the arms of Melbourne, the date being about 1260 : against
the east wall of this transept are three alabaster slabs pertaining
to the Hardinge family of King's Newton, and respectively bearing
incised figures and inscriptions to Henrie Hardie. ob. 7 Dec. 1613,
and Elizabeth his wife, and to Sir Robert Hardinge, a Royalist leader,
knighted in 1674, ob. 20 Nov. 1679, and Anne (Springell or
Spigurnell), his wife, ob. 19 July, 1673: in 1842 some interesting
fresco wall paintings were discovered: there are three memorial windows
in the chancel to Lieut.-Colonel Edward H. Gooch, d. 18 Jan.
1867, erected by his widow; in the north transept is another memorial
window, erected in memory of Joseph Henry Cantrell, a judge. d.
24 July, 1841, and there is a stained window in the south aisle: the
church was restored in 1862[1], at a cost of £3,000, under the
direction of the late Sir Gilbert Scott R.A. : there are 640 sittings.
The register dates from the year 1653. The living is a vicarage, average
tithe-rent charge £33, net yearly value £400, with 78
acres of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Bishop of Southwell,
and held since 1888 by the Rev. John Joseph Singleton M.A. of Pembroke
College, Cambridge, prebendary of Southwell and surrogate. There is
a Swedenborgian church in Derby road, erected in 1864, in the Gothic
style, and holding 200 persons. The Baptist chapel in Chapel street,
erected in 1750, is of brick and has 450 sittings. The Congregational
chapel in High street, is a stone building, erected in 1871,and the
Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Market place, also of stone, affords
350 sittings. The cemetery, situated about a quarter of a mile from
the town and 3 acres in extent, with mortuary chapels, was laid out
at a cost of £2,000, and is under the
control of a burial board of 9 members. The public hall in Derby road,
erected in 1889, for meetings and entertainments, will hold 400 persons.
The Athenæum in Potter street was erected by public subscription
and opened by the late Viscount Palmerston in 1854 : the library contains
1,360 volumes. The Temperance Institute and Reading Rooms in High
street are chiefly supported by William Dashwood Fane esq. J.P., M.A.,
F.S.A. : it is open to the public free, and art classes are held here
under the regulations of the Science and Art Department at South Kensington.
The principal manufactures are those of silk, thread and lace, and
of boots and shoes. The charities, amounting to about £10 14s.
yearly for bread and clothing, were principally left by persons named
Gray and Green in the 16th century. Near the west end of the church
is a large medieval barn with a Perpendicular doorway, probably built
as a tithe-barn by Walter Mauclerc, bishop of Carlisle (1224-47),
and now used as a wool store. There was once at Melbourne a royal
castle, in which John, Duc de Bourbon, of the blood royal of France,
taken prisoner at the battle of Agincourt, 25 Oct. 1415, was detained
18 years, in the custody of Nicholas Montgomery the younger : he was
eventually ransomed for the sum of £30,000, but died on the
day he was to have returned to France. King John stayed here on several
occasions : only a small portion of the outer wall now remains. Melbourne
Hall formed in ancient times part of the rectory of the Bishops of
Carlisle, and afterwards belonged to the Cokes, an old Derbyshire
family, from whom Earl Cowper, the present proprietor, is descended
; the house is now occupied by William Dashwood Fane esq. : here Baxter,
the celebrated Nonconformist divine, commenced writing his "Saint's
Rest" in the gardens, formed about 1720 by Thomas Coke of Longford,
vice-chamberlain to George I. are in the Dutch style introduced by
William III. and consist of groves intersecting each other, ornamented
with statues and fountains ; in one part the yew trees form an alley
80 yards in length, from which the light is almost excluded : the
banks of the "Great Pool," a lake of about 20 acres in extent,
are beautifully wooded and overlooked by terraces which command extensive
views of the neighbourhood. The manor originally belonged to the Crown,
and was given in 1604 to Admiral Sir Charles Howard, 2nd Baron of
Effingham and afterwards Earl of Nottingham, but subsequently it came
into the possession of the Earls of Huntingdon, from whom it descended
to the late Marquess of Hastings. There is a parish room in High street,
provided by the vicar. A general Baptist mission hall with 14 cottages
adjoining was erected in High street, in 1890 by Mr. Thomas Cook,
the well-known excursion agent, who is a native of Melbourne. Lord
Donington, who is lord of the manor, and Earl Cowper are principal
landowners. The land is chiefly arable and grazing, and market gardening
is carried on to a considerable extent. The area is 3,464 acres ;
rateable value, £13,740; the population in 1871 was 2,781, and
in 1881 was 3,123. King's Newton is a hamlet and village in the parish of Melbourne, one mile north from Melbourne, and had, up to the 16th century, a chapel dedicated to St. Nicholas. The Hall, an ancient mansion, burnt down in April, 1859, was long the residence of the Hardinge family, ancestors of Viscount Hardinge. Here is a spring called "the Holywell," formerly much in repute, over which Sir Robert Hardinge kt. erected a stone arch in the year 1660. Lord Donington, who is lord of the manor, Earl Cowper and Mrs. Edward Wright Whitaker are principal landowners. The acreage is 193. Sexton, John Bartram. POST M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance office. -Leonard Warren, postmaster. Box closes for Derby at 11.30 a.m. & 6.40 p.m. Letters delivered at 7 a.m. & 3 p.m. ; sunday delivery at 7 a.m. ; dispatch 6.40 p.m. Letters for King's Newton through Derby. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Melbourne WALL LETTER BOX at King's Newton cleared at 5.30 p.m. week days only PUBLIC ESTABLISHMENTS :- Cemetery, Alfd. Jn. Collyer, Derby rd. clerk to the burial board County Police Station, Derby rd. Saml. Swanwick, inspectr Volunteer Fire Brigade, Potter sat. Thos. Whyman, captain Public Hall, Derby road PUBLIC OFFICERS :- Certifying Factory Surgeon & Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Melbourne district, Shardlow union, William Melville Knipe Inland Revenue Officer, Harry Taffs, Derby road Inspector of Nuisances for the Castle-Donington district of the Shardlow Rural Sanitary Authority, Joseph Bullock, Derby road Inspector of Police, Samuel Swanwick, Derby road Surveyor, Joseph Bullock, Derby road Registrar of Birth & Deaths for Melbourne sub-district, Shardlow union, John Campion A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1876 for the United District of Melbourne & Derby Hills ; Alfred John Collyer, Derby road, clerk to the board ; Thomas Rolfe, Blanch Croft, attendance officer SCHOOLS:- Board, Chapel street (boys), erected in 1810 & rebuilt in 1835, for 139 children; average attendance, 115 ; John Wright, master Board, Athenæum (girls & infants), erected in 1853, for 300 girls & 300 infants ; average attendance, 126 girls & 106 infants ; Miss Emily Large, girls' mistress ; Miss Sarah Ellen Ambler, infants' mistress National, Penn lane, erected in 1820 for 150 boys & 150 girls; average attendance, 75 boys & 73 girls: the school is endowed by Lady Elizabeth Hastings with £25 yearly, to which Earl Cowper adds £30 ; William Alfred Whitehead, master ; Miss Laura Miriam Morley, mistress National, Church street (infants), erected in 1884, for 100 children; average attendance, 65; Miss Hepzibah Collyer, mistress CARRIER TO DERBY.-Thomas Nicklinson, daily, except thursdays. Passengers can also be conveyed by the vehicle starting for Derby at 9 a.m. & returning at 3 p.m Railway Station, William Blackshaw, station master Melbourne. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Adcock Mrs. Ashby road Bannister Rev. Henry John [Congregational], Derby road Bates George Lynes, Highfields Beilby Rev. Arthur Edgar [Swedenborgian], South street Briggs William J.P. Bleak house Burton William Edward, Huntingdon house, Penn lane Carr Miss, The Poplars, Derby road Coates William Henry, Vale house Collyer Joseph, Derby road Crewe Hugo Harpur D.L. Chantry ho Dunnicliff John, The Firs, Penn lane Dunnicliff Thomas, Derby road Earp Henry Webster, The Church ho Fane William Dashwood J.P. The Hall ; & 15 South Audley street, London w Garratt William, The Hollow, Penn la Jefferson Mrs. Derby road King Henry, Church square Knipe William Melville, Huntingdon house, Penn lane McKee Rev. John Reginald B.A. [Curate] Church street Newbold Mrs. Mount Pleasant Parker Henry, The Hollies, Mt. Pleasant Pass Mrs. Mount house Samuel Rev. Fredk. [Baptist], Victoria st Rev. George Beamish [Wesleyan],Castle street Shaw John, Church square Singleton Rev. Prebendary Jn. Joseph M.A. [vicar & surrogate], The Vicarage Springthorpe Robert, South street Tasker William Biddulph Greaves, The Grange, Chapel street Tivey Thomas, Mount villa Tomlinson Miss, Spring Vale cottage, Ashby road Tomlinson Miss, Victoria street Winnall Mrs. Derby road Wood Henry Thos. Rock cot. Penn la COMMERCIAL. Adcock Ebenezer, baker & corn dealer, High street Adcock Frederick, baker & miller (steam), Derby road Adcock Richard Orme, miller (water) & farmer, Pool cottage Armson William, grocer, Derby road Astle Rd. market gardener, Highfields Athenæum ( Albt. Andrews, sec), Potter st Atkin Geo. market gardener, South st Bagnall Tom, butcher, High street Barber Ellen (Mrs.), market gardener, Alma street Barker Joseph, painter & paperhanger, Market place Barton Charles Nicklinson, monumental mason, Victoria street Barton Joseph, bricklayer, Alma street Barton William, builder, contractor, stone merchant, Penn lane Bartram Wm. market gardnr. High st Bates George Lynes, lace manufacturer, Victoria mills Bates Henry, shopkeeper, Castle street Beardsey Joseph, shopkeeper & baker, Rawdon street Bedells Mary Langdon & Clara (Misses), girls' school, Mount Pleasant Bendall William Hy. artist, Ashby rd Bexon John, Railway inn, Station road Blackshaw William, station master, Railway terrace, Station road Bland Walter, saddler & harness makr. High street Blunt William, butcher, Derby road Briers William, coal merchant, Station yard & Church street Brookes George, shopkeeper, Station rd Brookes William, beer retailer, Castle st Brooks Joseph, beer retailer, Rawdon st Brooks Martha & Jane (Misses), shopkeepers, High street Brown Thos. plumber & gasfittr. High st Buck Daniel, market gardener, Potter st Buck Jn. (exors. of), nursrymn. Derby rd Buck Wm. market gardener, Castle st Bullock Joseph, builder & surveyor & inspector of nuisances for the Castle Donington district of the Shardlow rural sanitary authority, Derby road Burton Joseph, Blue Bell P.H. Church st Calow Francis, bricklayer, Victoria rd Calow George, builder, Mount street Campion John, registrar of births & deaths, South street Cartlidge Arthur, market gardener, Victoria street Cartwright Wm. baker & grocr. Castle st Cemetery (Alfred John Collyer, clerk to the burial board) Coates William Henry, surgn. Vale ho Collyer Brothers, boot manfrs. Derby rd Collyer Alfred John, clerk to the school & burial boards, Derby road Collyer Mary Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker, High street Collyer Mary (Miss), apartments, Market place Conservative Club (Joseph Wm. Warren, sec.), Church street Cook John, tobacconist, Russell street Cook William, beer dealer & retailer, & tobacconist, South street Cooper Emma Jane (Miss), gro. Victoria st Coxon Jas. Hy. boot maker, Market pI. Coxon John, boot & shoe ma. Derby rd Coxon Wm. fancy repository, High st Crackle John, painter, South street Dallman Augustin, beer retailer & butcher, Market place Dallman Chas. boot & shoe ma. Derby rd Dallman Francis William, brewer & beer retailer, Derby road Dallman Hugh, baker, grocer, provision dealer & corn dealer, Market place Dallman Louisa (Mrs.), dress maker & milliner, Derby road Dallman Thomas Smith, chimney sweeper, High street Dallman Wm. jun. provisn. dlr. South st Derby & Derbyshire Banking Co. Lim. (sub-branch) ; open on mondays, thursdays & saturdays from 11 a.m. till 3 p.m. (James Earp, agent), High street; draw on Williams, Deacon & Manchester & Salford, Lim. London EC Dexter John, cowkeeper, South street Dexter Thomas, upholsterer & cabinet maker, Castle street Dexter Thomas, farmer, Station road Dove William, blacksmith, High street Dunnicliff Geo. gro. & tailor, Derby rd Ealand Jn. F. wine & spirit mer, Market pI Earl Harry, market gardener, Ashby rd Earp Henry Webster, woolstapler & seedsman, Church square Earp John, tailor, High street Earp Thos. market gardnr. The Roundlet Earp Wm. grocer & ironmngr. High st Ensor Wm. White Swan P.H. Castle st Fletcher Mary & Ann (Misses), shopkeepers, Pitter street Garratt William, agent to Earl Cowper, Penn lane Gates William, fishmonger, Potter st Godfrey John, market gardnr. South st Gray Fredk. market gardnr. Derby rd Greasley Wm. Kilham, frmr. Woodhouses Gregory Charles Pick, drapr. Market pI Grice John, tailor & grocer, Market pI Hair John, brewr. & beer retlr. Church st Hatton Jsph. boot & shoe ma. Castle st Hawksworth George, market gardener, Victoria street Heathcote Edwd. hair dressr. Market pI Hemsley William, silk manufacturer, Kendrick mills, Chapel street Hollingsworth Eliza (Mrs.), farmer, Coppice nook, Woodhouses Hollingsworth Thomas, beer retailer, Blanch Croft Holmes Thomas, Roebuck P.H. Potter st Hulse & Cursley, milanese manufacturers, Castle mill Hulse Edwin, mechanical engineer & machinist, Castle street Hulse James, blacksmith, Church st Hulse Leonard, shopkeeper, Church sq Hyde Edwin, linen & woollen draper, Market place Ison Francis, chemist, druggist & stationer, Potter street Jackson Edmnd. mrkt. grdnr. Victoria st Jackson Harry, markt. grdnr. North st Jackson Isaac, market grdnr. Ashby rd Jackson Jane (Mrs.), market gardener, South street Jackson Joseph, seedsman & market gardener, South street Jackson Moses, mrkt. grdnr. The Common Jackson Philip, markt. grnr. Derby rd Jackson Thos. mrkt. grdnr. Woodhouses Jackson Walter, markt. grdnr. The Butts Jelfs Hy. hair dresser & shpkpr. Market pl Jeynes Mark, painter, Castle street Johnson John, painter, High street Johnson Lydia (Mrs.), baker, High st Kelk Wm. grocer & draper, Market pI King Henry M.R.C.V.S.L. veterinary surgeon, Church street Knight Frederick, farmer, Park farm Knipe William Melville, surgeon, & certifying factory surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator, Melbourne district, Shardlow union, Penn lane Knowles John, farmer, Castle farm Liberal Club (Alfred J. Collyer, sec.), Derby road Lindley Wm. Geo. watch ma. Market pI Loake Charles, shopkeeper, Potter st Luckman William, shopkeeper, Potter st Martin Edward, photographer, Ashby rd Meaking Henry, Sewing machine agent, High street Mechanics' Institute (Albert Andrews, sec.), Potter street Melbourne Co-operative Co. Limited (Fredk. Underwood, sec.), Market pI Melbourne Gas Co. (John Pass, sec.), Castle street Melbourne Public Hall Co. (Alfred John Collyer, sec.), Derby road Melbourne Volunteer Fire Brigade (T. Whyman, captain), Potter street Moore Hy. bkr. & mrkt. grdnr. Potter st Moore Thos. market gardener, Potter st Murfin Geo. market gardener, Derby rd Nicklinson Thomas, carrier, South st Norton Emily (Mrs.), coal merchant, Station yard Parker Henry, lace manufacturer, Victoria mills, Derby road Parker Robert, wholesale boot & shoe manufacturer, Potter street Pass John Thomas, wheelwright & carpenter, Potter street Pearce Jn. grdnr. at The Hall, Church sq Pegg Jas. chimney sweeper, Station rd Pipes Henry, shopkeeper, South street Public Hall, Derby road Rimington Robert, saddler & harness maker, Russell street Robey Saml. market gardener, Hope st Salsbury Alfred, tailor, Potter street Salsbury James, market gardener & nurseryman, Shaw house Salsbury Thos. market grdnr. Potter st School of Science & Art (William Dashwood Fane, hon. sec. ; Albert Stanley Jacques, master), High street Shaw George, family grocer & provision dealer, Potter street Shaw William, carman, Penn lane Sherwin Jnthn. beer retlr. Blanch Croft Smith Fras. markt. grdnr. Woodhouses Smith Frederick, boot & shoe manufacturer, High street Smith George, market gardnr. Castle st Smith Harry, mrkt. grdnr. Mount Pleasant Smith Isaac, mrkt. grdnr. Blanch Croft Smith SI. Thos. coal mer. Station yard Snape Henry, ironmonger, Market pl Snape Jn. market gardener, Church st Spencer Mary Ann (Mrs.), King's Head P.H. Potter street Springthorpe & Wood, lace manufacturers, Victoria mills, Derby road Stafford Edwd. markt. grdnr. Victoria st Stark Herbt. Jn. insur. agent, Station rd Stevenson William, Crewe & Harpur Arms P.H. & market gardnr. High st Swanwick Samuel, Inspector of police, County Police station, Derby road Taffs Harry, inland revenue officer, Derby road Taifft Ann (Miss), Melbourne Arms P.B. The Common Taft Henry, market gardener, Castle st Temperance Institute, Coffee & Reading Rooms (Albert Stanley Jacques, manager), High street Thompson Edward, draper & outfitter, Market place Thompson Jn. coal mer. Station yard Tivey Arnold, pork butcher, Potter st Tivey Leonard, mrkt. gardnr. High st Tivey Sidney, children's boot manufacturer, South street Tivey Thomas, shopkeeper, High street Tivey Thos. jun. shopkpr. Mount Pleasant Tomlinson Saml. wheelwright, Ashby rd Toon Edwin, butcher, High street Toon Henry, butcher, Russell street Upton Thos. Melbourne hotel, Russell st Ward & Fitchett, carpenters & wheelwrights, South street Ward Thomas, grocer & smallware dealer, High street Warren Leonard, grocer & confectioner, Post office, Russell street Webster Robert, brazier & tin plate worker, Potter street Webster Robt. mrkt. gardnr. Victoria st. White George, shopkeeper, Chapel st. Whyman Thomas, painter, Potter st Winnall Jas. Arthur, butchr. Market pl Wishart William, apartments, Potter st Wood Timothy, markt. gardnr. Ashby rd Woodall George, wheelwright, Ashby rd Woodall Wm. wheelwright, Chapel st Worrall Jsph. markt. gardnr; Derby rd Wren Charles Jas. Lamb P.H. High st. King's Newton. Berresford Joseph Briggs Mrs Hasard John Horsley Arthur Newbold Mrs Newbold William Knifton, The Elms. COMMERCIAL. Archer Henry, farmer, The Field Astley Wm. beer retailer & market gardnr Beresford Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Collyer John, shoe maker Dawson Louisa (Mrs.), Pack Horse P.H Earp John, market gardener Earp Jsph. market gardener Earp Thomas, market gardener Land Rufus, shopkeeper Newbold William Knifton, farmer & land agent, The Elms Pass Alfred, farmer, Field Pass William, market gardener Salsbury Jn. markt. grdnr. & nurseryman Smith Robert, farmer Stevenson John, Sir Henry Burdett P.H & market gardener Taylor Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer Toon Frederick, market gardener [1] Note: the restoration of the church was undertaken by Sir Gilbert Scott. It was talked about in 1857 and work was underway in 1859. The church re-opened in 1860, not 1862 as stated in the text, above. Unfortunately, Kelly's repeated the incorrect date in directories from at least 1880 onwards. The error seems to have begun, unfortunately, with the church historian J. Charles Cox (Cox, J Charles (1877) "Notes on the Churches of Derbyshire Vol III" Chesterfield: Palmer and Edmunds, London: Bemrose and Sons, 10 Paternoster Buildings; and Derby, The Hundreds of Appletree and Repton and Gresley.) He provided the wrong year for the completion of the restoration of the church, giving the year as 1862 instead of 1860. Others have followed suit. For more inforation see Melbourne Parish Church, St. Michael and St. Mary (Photo Gallery). [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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