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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| South Wingfield, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.329-30 |
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| SOUTH WINGFIELD is
an extensive parish, pleasantly situated on an eminence, with a station
on the main line of the Midland railway, 2¼ miles west from
Alfreton, 4 north from Derby, l0¼ south from Chesterfield,
7 east from Wirksworth and 141 by rail from London, in the Mid
division of the county, Scarsdale hundred, Belper union, Alfreton
petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery
of Alfreton, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The
river Amber passes through the parish. The church of All Saints,
situated at Oakerthorpe, half a mile from the village, is a building
of stone, consisting of chancel, nave of five bays, aisles, south
porch and an embattled tower on the north-west, with pinnacles,
containing 6 bells, the first three dated 1693 and the rest respectively
1731, 1736 and 1841 : the chancel, erected about 1360, has plain
square-headed windows, formerly filled with Decorated tracery,
and is entered from without by a small doorway with an ogee-shaped
head : the main portion of the Church seems to have been rebuilt
by Sir Ralph Cromwell, 4th Baron Cromwell, of Tatshall, and the
west window is a fair example of Perpendicular work : the nave
is separated from the aisles by arcades of five pointed arches
on either side on plain circular piers : the chancel retains a
Decorated piscina with trefoil head and good crocketed carving,
and in the opposite wall is an almery : on the chancel floor is
ledger stone singularly used to commemorate three different interments,
its upper portion being incised with the rude figure of a cross-bow,
the centre bearing the initials C.M.A and the date 1634 and the
lower part an inscription to Mary Toplis (1760) ; here is also
another large slab inscribed to the Rev. Peter Cotes, vicar, d.
26 Jan. 1675 : from a beam of the south-west corner is a funeral
garland, carried at the funeral of Ann Kendall, a maiden of this
village, d. 4 May 1745 : the
original font is disused : the church was rebuilt in 1803 : the chancel
was restored by the Duke of Devonshire K.G. in 1877 : in 1885
the nave was also restored and reseated at a cost of about £320
: there are 200 sittings : in the churchyard are two sepulchral
stones of the 13th century, one a coped slab and the other bearing
in high relief the full-length effigy or a knight in a coif of
mail and wearing a hauberk. The register dates from the year 1585
for all entries and is in fair condition. The living is a vicarage,
average tithe rent-charge
£I50, net yearly value £180, including 55 acres of glebe,
with residence, in the gift or the Duke of Devonshire K.G. and held
since 1875 by the Rev. Frederick White Christian M.A. or Trinity
Hall, Cambridge. There are Wesleyan Methodist and Free Methodist
chapels here, and a Particular Baptist chapel at Birches lane. In
1685 Samuel Newton esq. of Barbadoes, bequeathed £200 for
the purchasing or land, the yearly revenue arising from which should
be distributed amongst the poor : this charity, amounting to £5
yearly, is now administered under regulations named by the Charity
Commissioners, part being given to the poor and part paid for teaching
poor children of the parish ; the original school, together with
the land, has been sold and the proceeds given by the Poor Law Board
towards the building of a Board school. An annual sum of £7
5s. received by the vicar out of the Rev. Francis Gisborne's (Staveley)
charity, left in 1818, is laid out in flannel, distributed to the
poor at Christmas : Philip Strelley's charity, amounting to £55
yearly, is administered by the Goldsmiths' Company as trustees,
in accordance with the will of the testator, dated 1603. This manor
formerly belonged to the Earls of Shrewsbury, but Edward, 8th earl,
dying 8 Feb. 1617, without male issue, the property was divided
into three parts, one of which went to the Savile family by the
marriage of Sir George Savile, of Thornhill, kt. and bart. with
the lady Mary, daughter of George, 6th Earl of Shrewsbury ; another
part was sold about 1678 to Imanuel Halton, of Grey Stock, Cumberland,
and the remaining part was bought in 1710 by Imanuel Halton and
the Leacrofts of Wirksworth. The Haltons continued to reside in
the Old Manor House until early in the present century, when Colonel
Wingfield Halton moved to the little Manor House ; his son, the
late Imanuel Halton, bequeathed the property to Miles Halton Tristram,
lineal descendant of
Lancelot Halton, only brother of the aforesaid Colonel Wingfield
Halton ; the modern Manor House is the residence of Mrs. Tristram.
The old Manor House, now an interesting ruin, was a splendid and
spacious edifice, enlarged and beautified by Sir Ralph Cromwell,
4th Baron Cromwell, of Tatshall, and treasurer to Henry VI. ; it
afterwards came into the possession of the Talbots, Earls of Shrewsbury,
and Mary Queen of Scots, while in the custody of George, the sixth
earl, passed several months here in 1569 ; at the commencement of
the Civil War the mansion was garrisoned for the Parliament, but
was taken by the Earl of Newcastle in 1643: in 1644 it sustained
a siege, ultimately surrendering to the Parliamentary troops, and
in 1646 was dismantled by order of Oliver Cromwell, Colonel Molineux
being left in possession, and at the end of the year it was again
in the hands of the Parliament. The principal landowners are Francis
Nicholas Smith esq. J.P. John Pearson esq. and the trustees of Miles
Halton Tristram esq. The soil is loamy ; subsoil, chiefly clay,
and rutchel stone abounds in many parts. The chief crops are wheat
and pasture. The acreage is 3,364 ; rateable value, £10,387;
the population in 1881 was 1,226. Oakerthorpe is a township in this parish. The South Wingfield station on the Midland railway is situated here. In the cellars of the Peacock hotel is an ancient and substantially built underground passage, which has been explored by the present landlord (Mr. James Mountney) for some 50 yards ; it is believed to have originally communicated with the Manor House ; underneath the present stables is a crypt connected with the house by an underground passage; the house itself has internally some remarkable features and formerly had an entrance hall of large size. The Duke of Devonshire K.G. who is lay impropriator of the Great tithes of Oakerthorpe, and R. C. Strelley esq. are the chief land-owners. The population is returned with the parish. Parish Clerk, George Hawksley. POST OFFICE, South Wingfield.-William Henry Wragg, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Alfreton at 7.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.45 p.m ; sundays, dispatched at 8.55 a.m. The nearest telegraph & money order office is at Alfreton. POST OFFICE, Oakerthorpe.-Matthew Saxton, receiver. Letters arrive at 7.40 a.m. ; dispatched at 6 p.m. ; sundays, dispatched at 9.30 a.m A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1877 ; Henry Thurman, Alfreton, clerk. Board School, erected in 1875, for 120 boys, 120 girls, 80 infants ; average attendance, 74 boys, 68 girls & 46 infants; Arthur Johnson, master; Miss Margaret GelIetly, girls' mistress ; Miss Ada Handley, infants' mistress. Wingfield Railway Station, Oakerthorpe, George Smith Cunnington, station master South Wingfield. [Names marked thus * receive letters via Crich.] Appleton William, The Manor cottage Caudwell John, Rock house Pearson Major Henry Pearson John Smith Francis Nicholas J.P. Wingfield park [letters should be addressed Pentrich, Derby] Towlson Thomas Henry, Park Tristram Mrs. The Manor house Wildsmith Samuel COMMERCIAL. Anthony William, farmer, Park Barker Samson, farmer, miller (water) & thrashing machine proprietor Barrett William, farmer, Garner lane Beardsley William, farmer Bland Thomas, Horse & Jockey P.H Booth Charles, boot & shoe maker Booth James, Manor hotel, farmer & butcher, good stabling accommodation & horse & trap on hire, every accommodation for pleasure parties & visitors Booth Joseph, shopkeeper Booth Ormond, news agent Bower Charles & Son, millers (water & steam) & corn merchants, Wingfield mill & 29 King street, Alfreton ; Nottingham road, Shipley & Somercotes *Bowmer Thomas, farmer, Park Bradley Elizh. (Mrs.), shopkpr. Birches la Bramley Albert, monumental mason, stone merchant & quarry proprietor, dealer in all kinds of Hopton wood & Colburn stone for fonts, monuments, chimney pieces &c. ; bones ground & sold for agricultural purposes, Stone quarry, South Wingfield park Bramley Thedocia (Mrs.), farmer, Park Brighouse William, joiner & builder Brown Sarah (Mrs.), Blue Bell P.H Bunting William, farmer Butler Samuel, farmer, Manor farm Carln Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Caudwell John, farmer, Rock house *Clarke James, farmer & blacksmith, Morewood moor Clayton Ellen (Mrs.), farmer, Morewood moor *Cooper George, farmer, Morewood moor Cooper John, farmer, Park Cupit Elizh. (Mrs.), farmr. Catchills hill Davenport John & Matthew Henry, farmers, Lodge Hill farm [letters should be addressed Pentrich, Derby] *Dickens Thos. farmer, Morewood moor *Flint William, farmer, Morewood moor Fox John, farmer Goodwin George, farmr. Inns House fm Gregory George, shopkeeper Harvey William, butcher Hawksley Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper *Hawksley James, The White Hart P.H. & farmer, Morewood moor Hawksley Moses, farmer Hawksley Robert, shopkeeper *Hinde Joseph, farmer, Park Hopkinson Ann (Miss), shopkeeper Hopkinson Harold, blacksmith & general smith Hunt George Hurt, farmer & grocer Hunt William, farmer, Park Jackson Joseph, farmer, Park James Joseph, tailor *Key Wm. cowkeeper, Morewood moor Lee Ann (Mrs.), boot & shoe dealer Lee William, shoe maker, Birches lane Lomas John, farmer, Park *Ludlam John, farmer, Morewood moor *Lynam Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Tithe farm, Park Marriott Harriet (Mrs.), farmer Marsden George, farmer, Park Nix Adam, farmer *Parnham Benjamin, farmer, Park end Platts Mary (Mrs.), farmer & grocer Purdy Thomas, farmer, Park Robinson Alfd. Jn. Rt. yeast merchant *Rogers Aaron, farmer, Morewood moor *Slack Henry, farmer, Hill top Smith John, grocer, Birches lane Smithurst Elizh. Ann (Miss), dress ma Swindall Samuel, farmer, Park *Taylor John, farmer &: pig dealer Morewood moor Taylor Samuel Arthur, butcher & farmr *Thorpe William, farmer, Hill top Towlson & Co. cotton doublers & lace thread manufacturers, Park mill Towndrow (Benjamin) & Sims (Frank), farmers Truman Richard, stone mason Turner Daniel, beer retailer & shopkpr Turner Florence (Miss), dress maker Walters Peter, grocer Wetton Samuel, joiner & builder & assistant overseer & collector of poor's rates & agent for Liverpool & London & Globe Fire & Life Wood John, farmer, Hill Top farm Wragg Wm. Hy. farmer & postmaster Oakerthorpe. Christian Rev. Frederick White, M.A. South Wingfield vicarage Strelley Richard Charles, Hollybank ho Wilson James Buck J.P. Dale house COMMERCIAL. Beastall John Wm. Anchor P.H. & farmr Beastall William, farmer, Shaw wood Beech Joseph, farmer, Ufton field Cartwright Robert, manager of Manor Colliery Co. Lim. Oakerthorpe colliery Clarke Peter, brewers' agent Evans Thomas, farmer, Long croft Handley Elizabeth (Mrs.), Crown P.H. & farmer Harvey Catherine (Mrs.), farmer Hawksley Aaron, farmer Hodgkinson Thos.Harrison, blacksmith Lynam James, farmer Manor Colliery Co. Lim. (Robert Cartwright, manager ), Oakerthorpe colliery Marsh Benjamin, farmer, Highfield Mountney James, Peacock hotel, horse dealer & farmer Nelson John, farmer, Ufton fields Oakerthorpe Colliery Co. (Aaron Hawksley, manager) Saxton Matthew, wheelwright, post office Strelley Richard Charles, farmer & land owner, Hollybank house Taylor George, Gate inn, & market grdnr Wildgoose Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Winfield John, Old Butchers' Arms P.H. & farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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More on site information about South Wingfield and the surrounding area  Derbyshire's Parishes, 1811The Gentleman's Magazine Library - Derbyshire to DorsetFuneral Garland at Matlock Church describes an ancient custom that accompanied
the burial of a maidenWolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire
deeds, pedigrees, documents and willsSouth Wingfield Association, 1796, or the prosecution of felons. Also included nearby
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