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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Shirland, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.299-300 |
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| SHIRLAND with HIGHAM is a parish, including
the township of SHIRLAND and HIGHAM, a very small portion of STRETTON
township, the populous village of STONEBROOM and the hamlet of HALLFIELD
GATE, in the Mid division of the county, Scarsdale hundred, Alfreton
petty sessional division, Chesterfield union and county court district,
rural deanery of Alfreton, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell,
Shirland is 2 miles north-by-west from Alfreton, 2 south-east from
Stretton station on the Midland railway and 141½ from London
by road and 134 via Alfreton per rail. The river Amber flows through
the parish. The church of St. Leonard is a building of stone, in the
Perpendicular style, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three
bays, aisles, south porch, and a fine embattled western tower, with
eight pinnacles, and containing a clock with chimes, erected at a
cost of over £100, and 5 bells, three of which are dated respectively
1618, 1710 and 1713 : the parapets throughout are embattled, and all
the windows, except the east window, are square headed : in the north
chancel wall is a fine monumental recess, partly of alabaster, adorned
with twenty-one mutilated escutcheons, the whole being within an ogee
arch with cinquefoil cuspings, beneath which there once lay the effigy
of a knight in armour ; this monument certainly belonged to the Greys,
and the figure is conjectured to have represented Sir Henry de Grey,
5th Baron Grey de Wilton, ob. 1396 : on the opposite wall is a slab
of alabaster, on which are carved three kneeling figures, supposed
by Dr. Pegge to commemorate Reginald Grey, justice of Chester, 1st
Baron Grey de Wilton, ob. 1308, his wife Maud (Fitzhugh) and their
children : under the east window of the north aisle is a table-tomb
of alabaster, the top of which is incised with two full-length figures
and has a marginal inscription, in black letters, to John Revell of
Shirland, ob. 1537, and Margaret, his wife; below the figures of the
parents are those of three boys and five girls ; the sides of the
tomb are panelled and adorned with shields of arms; there was a chantry
founded by this family at the end of the north aisle : some fragments
of old glass remain in the clerestory windows, and the presence of
incised slabs built into the belfry walls indicates the existence
of an earlier church here : the church was restored in 1848, when
the interior was renovated, and in 1885 a new organ was erected by
subscription: there are 200 sittings. The register of burials dates
from the year 1678, and of baptisms and marriages from 1695. The living
is a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £145, with 65 acres
of glebe, let for £100 net yearly value £205, with good
residence, in the gift of trustees, and held since 1889 by the Rev.
Robert Baker Stoney M.A. of Trinity College, Dublin. At Stonebroom
is a temporary church, seating 120 persons; the Rev, Edward Thomas
Peberdy M.A. of the University of London, has been curate in charge
since 1890. There are Free Methodist and Primitive Methodist chapels
at Shirland, Baptist and Fret Methodist chapels at Stonebroom and
a Methodist New Connexion chapel at Stretton Hill Side. There are
charities of £40 yearly value to provide the poor with clothing
and bread and other purposes and Gisborn's charity of £6 13s.
yearly for flannel. Major William Gladwin Turbutt JP. of Ogston Hall,
is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is clayey ;
subsoil, chiefly clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats and some land
in pasture. The area is 2,956 acres ; rateable value, £12,204;
the population in 1871 was 2,437, and in 1881 was 3,415, including
Higham. Higham is a considerable village, three-quarters of a mile north-west of Shirland and 1½ south from Stretton station, in the Alfreton county court district. Previous to 1785 it was a market town, and the ancient cross is still standing. There is a Free Methodist chapel here. A fair for cattle is held on the first Wednesday after New Year's day. The land is owned by Major W. G. Turbutt, C. R, Palmer-Morewood esq. D.L., J.P. of Alfreton Park, and others. Hallfield Gate is a hamlet half a mile west. Parish Clerk, Samuel Hadfield, Higham. POST & M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Shirland. -William Poyzer, sub-postmaster. Letters through Alfreton arrive at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.50 p.m. ; sundays, 10.10 a.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Higham POST & T. O. Higham.-Richard Breffit, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Alfreton at 8.45 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.30 pm. & on sundays at 9.55 a.m. The nearest money order office is at Shirland. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid POST & M. O. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Stonebroom.-Charles Smith, sub-postmaster. Letters via Alfreton arrive at 8.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.15 p.m. ; sundays, 10.10 a.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Doehill railway station WALL LETTER BOX, at Hallfield Gate, cleared at 5.45 p.m School Board of 5 members was formed in 1871 for Shirland & Higham ; J. H. Unwin, Clay Cross, clerk to the board SCHOOLS:- Board, erected as a National school in 1851, at a cost of £800 & enlarged in 1884, at a cost of £1,100, for 200 boys & girls & 50 infants; average attendance, 62 boys, 68 girls & 60 infants ; Thomas Willan, head master ; Geo. Smith, assistant master ; Mrs. C. Smith, infants' mist Board, Higham (girls & infants), erected in 1853, for 120 children; average attendance, 89; Miss Caroline Street, mistress Board, Stonebroom lane, erected in 1870, for 200 boys, 150 girls & 250 infants; average attendance, 110 boys, 100 girls & 120 infants; Frederick Robinson, head master; Mrs. E. Robinson, mistress; Miss R. Smith, infants' mistress Endowed, Hallfield Gate, erected, with master's house, by Edward Revell esq. & endowed by him & others with lands producing about £25 yearly : it was enlarged in 1876 by Major W. G. Turbutt & now holds 80 children; average attendance, 60 ; William Henry Davies, master; Mrs. A. Davies, infants' mistress Shirland. Baggaley Mrs. Shirland house Creswell Mrs. Hallfield house Hurt Albert, Amber house Page Mrs Peberdy Rev, Edwd. Thos, M.A. [curate] Stoney Rev. Robt. Baker M.A. Rectory COMMERCIAL. Allen Joseph, blacksmith, Stonebroom la Baggaley Henry Charles, farmer & land surveyor, Shirland house Barber John, farmer Barratt Joseph, farmer, Delves Beasttall George, Amber hotel, Furnace Bettison William, grocer &c Blackwell Colliery Co. (Jeremiah Rhodes, manager) Booth James, grocer & provision dealer Booth Richard, farmer, Park Mill farm Bower Edward, White Bear P.H. Brierley James, shopkeeper Calow Mary (Mrs.), Shoulder of Mutton P.H. Hallfield gate Cartlidge Samuel, shopkeeper, Furnace Cupit Hannah (Mrs.), Hay hotel Cupit Thomas, farmer, Stretton Hill side Deville John, farmer, Delves Hardy Alfred, butcher & farmer Hardy Sarah (Mrs.), butcher Hill George, shopkeeper Holmes Francis Longford, beer retailer & road surveyor Holmes James, grocer, draper &c Holmes Samuel, shopkeeper Hutchinson Edward, farmer, The Park Lamb John, Red Lion P.H Lamb James, builder & wheelwright Lamb Robert, farmer & timber merchant Mason Robert, shopkeeper Moore Christopher, shopkeeper Mycroft George, jun. blacksmith shopkeeper, Furnace North Isaac, tinman & furniture dealer Parr Robert, farmer Poyzer Wm. boot & shoe ma. Post office Radford Daniel, farmer, Park lane Radford Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Reader Frederick, baker Reddish William, frmr. Stonebroom lane Rhodes Jeremiah, farmer & colliery mngr Rhodes John, Duke of Wellington P.H Shirland, Hallfield Gate & Higham Gaslight & Coke Go. Limited (Richard Breffitt, jun. sec) Silkstone William, boot & shoe maker Simpkin John, farmer Souter George, farmr. Stretton Hillside Swain Hannah (Mrs.), farmer, Fumace Tagg Herbert, butcher Tagg John, farmer Tagg John, jun. farmer, Park Thompson Jsph. frmr. Stretton Hill side Vardy James, higgler & farmer, Stonebroom lane Walker John, farmer, Stretton Hill side Webster Jn.farmer, Shirland Lodge farm Wilson Joseph, farmer, Stonebroom la Woolley Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wragg Wm. boot maker, Hallfield gate Higham. Eden Rt. Henley Hildyard, Higham cliffe COMMERCIAL. Barber Samuel, Crown inn & farmer Brefitt Richard, grocer, Post office Cooper Henry, farmer Cupit Ellen (Mrs.), farmer Cutts Archer, mason Devonport John, farmer Hadfield Joseph, blacksmith Haslam George, butcher Haslam Thomas, shopkeeper Haslam William, farmer, Bull farm Henstock Samuel, farmer Higham Dairy & Produce Co. (Robert Eden, manager), Higham mill Hitchcock Matthew, farmer Holmes William, builder &c Kay Vincent, boot & shoe ma. New Higham Mycroft Matthew, frmr. & rate collector, & Conservative registration agent for Clay Cross & Tupton polling district Rawson Joseph, grocer & provision dealer Shemwell Herbt. Greyhound P.H. & frmr Simpson William, shopkeeper Skull George, farmer Tagg George, farmer & butcher Tagg William, plumber Wardle William, shopkeeper White Ann (Mrs.), shopkpr. New Higham Wragg William, farmer Stonebroom. Harrison John Towndrow, Westbourne Pegler Louis Wellesley Hemmington M.D. Ellenborough house Stafford Rev Jn. [Methodist Free Church] Wetton Thomas, Stonebroom house COMMERCIAL. Beaumont Edward T. grocer Blankley John, shopkeeper Checkland Joseph, agent Victoria Legal Friendly Society Checklin William, shopkeeper Davis George, shopkeeper Gabbitas John Thomas, chemist Green John, beer retailer Hall William, fishmonger Hardy Alfred, butcher Harrison John Towndrow, wholesale & retail grocer, provision dealer, beef, mutton & pork butcher & ham & bacon factor & farmer Hartlett Josiah, ironmonger Holden Peter, boot & shoe maker Holmes Thomas, confectioner Jones George E. marine store dealer Merry Alice (Miss), glass & china dealr Merry John, tailor & draper Mosley George, Star inn Pegler Louis Wellesley Hemmington M.D., C.M. surgeon, & medical officer &public vaccinator, Shirland dist. Chesterfield union, EIlenborough house Radford Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Reader Ann (Mrs.), baker & confectn Reddington Thomas, draper & stationer Reddish William, farmer Riggott Reuben, hair dresser Roberts Sydney, pianoforte tuner Salmon William, beer retailer & shopkpr Shaw Eli, beer retailer Silkstone George, shopkeeper Smith Charles, boot maker, Post office Tagg John, farmer Thorpe Alexander, beer retailer Wetton George, joiner & builder White Charlotte (Mrs.), grocer & farmer Wilbourn Emma (Mrs.), tinman, brazr. &c Williams Frederick, boot & shoe maker [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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