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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Snelston, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.302 |
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SNELSTON is a parish and village, on the river Dove, on the
borders of Staffordshire, 2½ miles south-west from Ashborne,
1¼ south-west from Clifton station, 1½ north-east from
Norbury station, both on the Churnet Valley section of the North Staffordshire
railway, and 145 from London, in the Western division of the county,
Appletree hundred, Ashborne petty sessional division, union and county
court district, rural deanery of Ashborne, archdeaconry of Derby and
diocese of Southwell. The church of St. Peter, situated within the
grounds of Snelston Park, is a building of stone covered with ivy,
and was remodelled and rebuilt almost from the foundation about 1825,
and now consists of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle, western
porch and a low embattled tower at the north-west angle, surmounted
with four pinnacles, and containing a clock and 3 bells, dated respectively
1635, 1755 and 1668: the alterations of 1825 included the destruction
of the nave arcade and the ceiling of the whole church with flat plaster
roofs; the ancient font, an octagon of the Decorated period, c.
1300, was restored in 1884 during the incumbency of the late Rev.
H. T. Ross D.D. rector: on the walls of the church are monuments to
James Sadler (1800), Frances his wife (1797) and two children; and
in the vestry is a marble tablet to Robert Docksey esq. (lord of the
manor of Snelston), Frances his wife and two children (1699) : the
church will seat 120 persons: in the churchyard is a magnificent old
yew tree. The register dates from the year 1572. The living, formerly
annexed to Norbury, is a rectory, average yearly value from tithe
rent-charge £180, net income £198, including 43 acres
of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Mrs. Ross, and held since
1887 by the Rev. Arthur Evans M.A, of Pembroke College, Oxford : the
rectory is about half a mile from the church, on the Norbury road.
The church library, bequeathed by the Rev. Simon Mills in the 18th
century, is kept at the rectory. Charities : Robert Docksey, in 1704,
left a yearly sum of £2 from Townsend Croft, to be given in
coals, charged on land now held by John Harrison esq. ; Henry Bould
conveyed to trustees land now producing about £22 yearly for
the benefit of the industrious poor of Snelston ; this money is distributed
in December and May. Snelston Hall, the seat of John Harrison esq,
was erected in 1827 from designs by L. N. Cottingham esq. John Harrison
esq. is lord of the manor and chief landowner, The soil is mixed ;
subsoil, chiefly gravel and clay. The land is chiefly in pasture for
dairy produce. The area is 2,178 acres of land and 19 of water; rateable
value, £3,881; the population in 1881 was 319 Sexton, William Kirkland. POST OFFICE,-John Yeoman, receiver. Letters through Ashborne arrive at 8.15 a.m. ; dispatched at 4.40 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Mayfield National School (mixed), erected, with residence for mistress, in 1847, by John Harrison esq. & wholly supported by him, for 60 children; average attendance, 44 ; Miss Mary Ann Wilson, mistress Evans Rev. Arthur M.A., Rectory Harrison John, Snelston hall Slatter Henry E COMMERCIAL. Allsop Jn. & Frank, farmrs, Mt. Pleasant Blood Arthur, farmer, Headlow fields Boden John, farmer & cattle dealer Bull Charles Wigglesworth, farmer Chatfield John, farmer, The Grange Cook Laban, steward to Jn. Harrison esq Coxon Edward, farmer Coxon Thomas, Queen Adelaide P.H Eaton Arthur, tailor Frost Samuel, blacksmith & farmer Harrison William, farmer Hope George, farmer Kendrick John, Snelston inn Lygo George, wheelwright Moult WillIam, farmer, School farm Mycock Thomas, farmer Nash George, shoe maker Newbury Oliver, gamekeeper to John Harrison Oakden William Shirwin, farmer, Brook farm Prince Uriah, farmer, Ashton close Ratcliffe John, cowkeeper Roe Henry, farmer Salt Henry, farmer, Thorney Hill farm Shirlock Mary (Mrs.), farmer Smith Thomas, shopkeeper THORLEY WILLIAM, builder, contractor, surveyor, miller (water) & farmer, Side mills Whiting Isaac, farmer, Overton farm Wigley Daniel, cowkeeper Wilson John, farmer, Windmill farm [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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