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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Shirley, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.300 |
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| SHIRLEY is a township, parish and picturesque
village, 4 miles south-east from Ashborne station on the Churnet Valley
section of the North Staffordshire railway and north-west from Derby,
in the Western division of the county, Appletree hundred, in the petty
sessional division, union and county court district of Ashborne, rural
dean of Ashborne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The church of St. Matthew, a building of stone, situated upon an acclivity,
consists or chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, south porch and an
embattled tower with four pinnacles, erected in 1861. and containing
3 bells, two of which are dated 1688 : in 1842 the north aisle was
added and the church refitted, the chancel arch, the only remnant
of the Early Norman church, being replaced by a Pointed arch ; all
the ancient parts of the church now remaining, include the south aisle
and its windows, and the arcade separating it from the nave, are Decorated
: the chancel retains a piscina and in the opposite wall an almery
; there is also a piscina the south aisle : the font is an octagonal
work of the 15th century : such ancient monuments as remained appear
to have been destroyed in the repairs or 1842 : at the east end of
the north aisle is a portion of the Norman tympanum, once placed over
the principal entrance : in the north aisle is a handsome marble monument
to the Right Rev. W.A. Shirley, Bishop of Sodor and Man, and previously
archdeacon of Derby and vicar of Shirley, d. April 21, 1847 : and
in 1873 a brass was erected to the late Canon Walter Waddington Shirley
of Christ Church, Oxford : some of the communion plate is dated 1620
; but two pieces date from the reign of Henry VIl. : the chancel,
which [with the great tithes] became the property of Sir Andrew B.
Walker bart. on purchasing the Osmaston estate, was redecorated by
him in 1886, and there is a brass plate to that effect within the
chancel : there are 200 sittings, half of which are free. The churchyard
contains the remains of an ancient stone pillar monument, and a fine
yew tree, the circumference of which, at four feet from the ground,
is 17 feet. The register dates from the year 1658 for all entries,
and is in excellent condition. The living is a vicarage, average tithe
rent-charge £195, with 9 acres of glebe, value £25, net
yearly value £247, with residence, in the gift of Mrs. Shirley's
trustees, and held since 1886 by the Rev. William Richardson Linton
M.A. of Corpus Christi college, Oxford. The vicarage is situated about
a quarter of a mile from the church. Here is a Wesleyan chapel. A
reading room was opened January 1st, 1877, and is well supplied with
daily papers, periodicals and magazines, and possesses also a library
containing over 160 volumes : the vicar is president. Here are charities
amounting to £1 6s. 8d. yearly. Mrs. Shirley is lady of the
manor. Sir Andrew Barclay Walker bart. of Osmaston, and the trustees
of the late Rev. W. W. Shirley D.D. are chief landowners. The soil
is light; subsoil, gravel and sand. The land is chiefly kept in pasture
for dairy produce. The acreage is 1,611 ; rateable value, £2,770
; the population in 1881 was 243 in the township. Parish Clerk, Samuel
Goodall. WALL LETTER BOX, in school wall, cleared at 6 p.m. Letters through Derby via Brailsford, which is the nearest money order & telegraph office arrive at 9 a.m National School (mixed), erected with residence in 1844, by subscription, assisted by a parliamentary grant, for 60 children; average attendance, 40; Miss Cath. Moore, mist Linton Rev. William Richardson [vicar], Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Balnbrigge Eli, butcher Blore George, farmer Bott Sarah (Mrs.), shopkeeper Cresswell Robert, farmer, Shirley hall Dakin Wm. farmer, Shirley common Darbyshire George, farmer Gilman James, farmer Gilman Letitia (Mrs.),farmr. Mt. Pleasnt Goodall Leah (Miss), milliner & dress ma Goodall Richard, farmer Howard George, poultry dealer Jackson Joseph, yeoman Mansfield Francis, farmer Maskery John, boot & shoe maker Maskery Joseph, framer Maskery Mary (Miss), dress maker Maskery William, farmer & carpenter Mason Willam, farmer Massey Joseph, farmer, Shirley lodge Mellor Elizabeth (Mrs.),.Saracen's Head Osborne Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Cottage frm Reading Room (Rev. W.R. Linton M.A. president) Redshaw Wm. farmer, Old Park farm Strong Thomas William, grocer& farmer Swindell Samuel, miller (water) & farmer Tunstall Daniel, brick maker Wheeldon Alfred, farmer Wheeldon Charles, farmer Wheeldon Thomas, farmer, Flat farm Wheeldon William, farmer Wibberley Frederick, farmer, Wormsey [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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