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| Youlgreave, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.336-7 |
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| YOULGRAVE, anciently, "Giolgrave,"
is a parish, 5 miles south from Bakewell, 4 from Rowsley station on
the Ambergate and Manchester section of the Midland railway, and 157
from London, in the Western division of the county, hundred of High
Peak, petty sessional division, union and county court district of
Bakewell, rural deanery of Bakewell, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese
of Southwell. The rivers Bradford and Lathkill flow through the parish
uniting at Alport. The water supply for the inhabitants of the parish
is derived from springs rising in Blackley wood. The church of All
Saints, a building in mixed styles, from the Norman work of the 12th
century down to the debased alterations of the 15th, consists of chancel,
nave, aisles, south porch and a massive and lofty embattled tower
with pinnacles, containing 8 bells recast, with additions from the
former peal of 5, and hung at Easter, 1870, at the cost of Mr. and
Mrs. Thornhill, of Stanton Hall : of the Early Norman church, probably
erected between the years 1130 and 1150, the circular Norman piers
supporting the arcades of both aisles remain ; the arches on the south
side are Norman, built on the north Decorated : the south aisle, widened
late in the 13th century, has three Early English windows ; the south
doorway porch and one in the north aisle are also of this date ; the
chancel arch is Decorated, but the chancel itself appears to have
been rebuilt throughout in the Perpendicular period, when various
windows were inserted in other parts at the building, the nave lengthened
westward, the tower erected and the whole church new roofed, the total
interior length being, with these alterations, 125 feet : in the east
wall or the north aisle are the mutilated remains of a piscina ; another,
square-headed, remains in the south aisle, removed from the chancel
in 1869 : close to the western pier in the north wall of the nave
is a niche containing a draped figure carved in stone: the font, dating
from c. 1150-1200, consists of a basin of porous red sandstone, with
a small projecting stoup cut from the same block and held, as it were,
in the jaws or a dragon, sculptured in relief on the side of the basin,
which is supported on a circular base, with four surrounding circular
shafts on moulded bases : the most ancient monument in the church
is the stone effigy of a cross-legged knight, holding a heart in his
clasped hands and girt with a cross-hilted sword ; it is now placed
on a substantial stone base against the north wall of the chancel,
and is supposed to represent Sir John Rossington, of Rossington,
near Doncaster; more exquisite, as a monument, is a small altar tomb
of alabaster, 3½ feet only in length, on which is the figure
of a man in armour, finely and skilfully carved, with his head resting
upon a helmet and wearing round his neck a Yorkist collar of suns
and roses ; this effigy represents Thomas Cokayne, who died 1488 ;
and was carefully restored and the tomb adorned with emblazoned shields
in 1873 by the present representatives of the family : in the north
aisle is a remarkable mural monument with twenty-one small figures
carved in relief and a marginal inscription to Robert Gilbert, of
Youlgreave, and Joan his wife (1492), and recording the erection,
by him, or a screen round the east end of the south aisle, where is
now a small brass, with effigy, to Fridswide Gilbert (1620) : in the
north aisle is a monument, once richly coloured, with kneeling figures,
of Roger Rowe, of Alport, in this parish, and his wife, and an inscription,
dated 1613 ; and in the tower is an inscribed stone to Raphael Bradbury,
of Youlgreave (1685) : the east window has been filled with stained
glass from a very fine design by Mr. Burne Jones : in 1869-70 the
church was admirably restored under the direction of R. Norman Shaw
esq. R.A. involving the insertion or several new windows, new benches,
flooring &c. at a cost of £4,650 : there are 500 sittings
: south of the church remain the steps or an old cross, with its base,
now supporting a sundial. The registers date from the year 1558 for
all entries, and are for the most part in excellent preservation.
The churchwardens' accounts are exceptionally perfect for a long period,
beginning in 1604 and continuing to 1755, and from 1722 to 1786 :
the constables accounts extend from 1702 to 1829, and those of the
overseers from 1713 to 1754 : there are besides many other parochial
documents classified and bound in separate volumes. The living is
a vicarage, gross yearly value £210, including 71 acres of glebe,
with residence, in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire, and held since
1871 by the Rev. Richard Clarke Roy M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge.
There are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist, Reformed Wesleyan and Congregational
chapels, with schools attached. In the year 1857 a reading room was
erected by subscription at a cost or £220, on a site given by
the late W. P. Thornhill esq. for the gratuitous use of the members
of the Literary Society. The charities, respectively left by the Rev.
Francis Gisborne, sometime rector of Staveley, and Messrs. Hancock
and Roberts, amount to £12 yearly. The Duke of Rutland G.C.B.,
P.C. is lord of the manor. The principal landowners are the Duke of
Devonshire K.G. the Duke of Rutland, Thomas William Bateman esq. of
Middleton Hall and Major Michael McCreagh-Thornhill, of Stanton-in-the-Peak.
The soil is light limestone ; subsoil, shale and stone beds. The crops
are chiefly pasturage. The acreage of the township is 2,398 ; rateable
value, £3,479 ; the population in 1881 was 1,105, and of the
parish 1,361. Middleton, with SMERRIL, forms a township in the parish of Youlgrave, a mile and a half south-west from Youlgrave, in the hundred of Wirksworth. The village is supplied with water from the Bradford spring, the water being pumped up to a reservoir and led to the village in pipes ; the works were constructed by T. W. Bateman esq. Middleton Hall is the seat of Thomas William Bateman esq. who is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The late T. Bateman esq. pursued for a considerable time the investigation of the antiquities of the county, and formed a large museum, now lent to the Weston Park Museum, Sheffield. Here are Primitive Methodist and Congregational chapels, erected in 1826 by the late Thomas Bateman esq. who, together with his wife, was interred at the back of the Congregational chapel. In this parish is a perfect Druidical circle, known as "Arbor Low," 150 feet in diameter and formed of a number of immense stones, now lying flat, and in the centre are masses of stone, perhaps originally forming a cromlech; the circle is surrounded by a fosse 18 feet wide and a rampart 6 or 8 yards in height from the inner base : there are north and south entrances, and about 300 yards distant and connected with the circle by a continuous earth bank, is a sepulchre mound, called "Gib Hill," which has been examined : here are also many barrows, in which Celtic antiquities have been discovered. The acreage is 2,956 ; rateable value, £2,660 ; in 1881 the population was 218. Parish Clerk, John Garratt. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. -William Teasdale, postmaster. Letters arrive from Bakewell at 9 a.m.; box closes at 5.55 p.m. ; no delivery or collection on sunday WALL LETTER BOXES :-Alport, closes at 6.5 p.m.; Coldwell End, closes 5.45 p.m.; Middleton, 5.35 p.m SCHOOLS :- Church of England (mixed), erected in 1861, for 300 children; average attendance, 174 ; Eli Throp, master ; Mrs. Lavinia Throp, mistress Parochial (mixed), Middleton, built in 1882 by the late Thomas Bateman esq. for 60 children; average attendance, 28 Frederic Thompsett, master Youlgrave. Allwood Miss Bowman Miss Goward Rev. Charles [Congregational] Greenhough Vernon John B.A., M.B Knowles Miss Roy Rev. Richard Clarke M.A. Vicarage Walker Alfred, The Cottage Walker Thomas, Lomberdale hall COMMERCIAL. Bentley Thomas, Bull's Head P.H. Billinge Edwin, shoe maker Birds Thomas, timber dealer & farmer Birds Thomas, jun. farmer Bonsall Jesse, farmer, Calling low Botham George, tailor Botham John, tailor Buxton John, sewing machine agent Coates Thomas, farmer Cook Joseph, joiner & builder Dakin Sarah (Mrs.) & Sons, farmers, Moorstone Dale Matthew, farmer, Conksbury Evans Edwin, joiner & wheelwright Evans Francis, shoe maker Evans James, Prudential insurance agt Frost George, wheelwright & smith Garratt George, farmer Garratt Henry, farmer, Millfield Garratt William, Alport hotel Greenhough Vernon John M.B. & C.M. Edin., B.A. Camb. surgeon Hadfield George, butcher & farmer Holland Margaret (Mrs.), butcher Kenworthy Jas. farmer & wheelwright Kenworthy Thomas, Thornhill Arms P.H. & farmer Long Rake Lead & Spar Mining Co. Lim Mawston Mining Go. Limited (William Bowman, manager) Rowland Benjamin, brazier Rowland Benjamin, George inn Rowland George, farmer, Conksbury Rowland Hannah (Mrs.),Farm Yard P.H Rowland James, brazier Shimwell Wm. & Son, monumntl. msns Shimwell Ezra, farmer & shopkeeper Shimwell Henry, watch & clock maker Slaney Horatio, grocer Slaney Thomas, wheelwright Slaney William, grocer Teasdale Wm. draper & grocer, Post office Thompson David, shopkeeper Toft Albert, inspector of nuisances for Bakewell rural sanitary district & highway surveyor for district roads Toft Eli, blacksmith Toft John Milton, relieving officer for south district, Bakewell union Toft George & William, masons Wallwin Geo. frmr. Meadows Place farm Youlgrave Industrial & Co-operative Society Limited, & agents for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants (George FowIer, manager) Middleton. Bateman Thos. William, Middleton hall Parke Mrs. Rock cottage COMMERCIAL. Birds Arthur, farmer, Smerril Bunting Joseph, blacksmith Grindy John, farmer, Oldhams Heywood Abraham, farmer Marsden Anthony, Bateman's Arms P.H Needham William, farmer Parker Henry, agent to T. W. Bateman esq. Kenslow farm Prime Daniel, farmer & clock cleaner Pursglove Joseph & Henry, farmer Pursglove John, farmer, Woodside Pursglove John, jun. farmer Pursglove William, farmer Titterton John Thomas & Wm. (Bros.), farmers, Dale farm Wain William, farmer Warrilow John, farmer, Green croft [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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