[Part of the entry for Alfreton but only Shirland, Higham, Hallfield Gate and Stretton names have been extracted.]
SHIRLAND is a parish, in the same hundred as Alfreton, two miles north by west from that town, situated near the railway before
mentioned [the Wingfield, second class, station on the North Midlands Railway]. It contains the hamlet of HIGHAM, a place of great antiquity,
and formerly a market town, but discontinued as such about 1785. The parish church of St. Leonard, contains several old monuments of the
De Greys. The population of the parish is about 1,200, and that of Higham about half that number.
GENTRY & CLERGY.
Barlow Rev. Henry, Shirland
BLACKSMITHS.
*marked thus are also farriers
*Askew Thomas, Higham
Eyre William, Shirland
Hill William, Higham
Vardy Phillip, Stretton
BOOT & SHOE MAKERS.
Buxton Joseph, Shirland
Goodall Samuel, Shirland
Tomlinson Robert, Higham
BUTCHERS.
Tagg John, Higham
CURRIERS AND LEATHER CUTTERS.
Haslam William, Higham
MALTSTERS.
Alsop George, Higham
MILLERS.
Bonsall William, PARK MILL
NAIL MAKERS.
Haslam George, Higham
SADDLERS.
Lester Edward, Higham
SHOPKEEPERS & DEALRS IN GROCERIES & SUNDRIES.
Banks Mary, Higham
Briffit Richard, Higham
Bryan Joseph, Higham
Hadfield Thomas, Shirland
Henstock George, Higham
Turner William, Shirland
TAILORS.
Hadfield John, Higham
TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES.
Barley Mow, William Webster, Higham
Black Bull, William Cheetham, Higham
Greyhound, Sarah Widdowson, Higham
Horns, George Holmes, Higham
Plough, Samuel Cheetham, Higham
Red Lion, John Hadfield, Shirland
Shoulder of Mutton, Js. Mather, Hallfield Gate
Wellington, William Simpkin, Shirland
White Bear, William Wainwright, Stretton
RETAILERS OF BEER.
Hadfield, Daniel, Shirland
Milner Elizabeth, Higham
Riley Henry, Shirland
Rooth Samuel, Stretton
WHEELWRIGHTS.
Cheetham Samuel, Higham
Simkin William, Shirland
Miscellaneous.
Roberts John Shaw, tanner, Shirland
There is more information about Shirland on this website:
 Derbyshire's
Parishes, 1811
The
Gentleman's Magazine Library - Derbyshire to Dorset
Wolley
Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire
deeds, pedigrees, documents and wills.
Transcribed by Ann Andrews October 2007.
Note: spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.
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