|
Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Ballidon, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.38-39 |
|
|||
| BALLIDON is a small village, township and
chapelry, 1 mile from the Cromford and High Peak mineral railway,
5 miles north from Ashborne, which is the nearest railway station,
and 6 west from Wirksworth, in the Western division of the county,
hundred of Wirksworth, Ashborne union and petty sessional division,
Wirksworth county court district and Ashborne rural deanery, Derby
archdeaconry and diocese of Southwell. The chapel of All Saints, a
building of stone, situated in a field, affords in its structure unmistakable
evidence of the existence of a chapel here in Norman times, prior
to its subjection in 1205 to the Priory of Dunstable, as one of the
chapelries of Bradbourne: it consists of a chancel, nave and a western
bell cot, containing one bell : the chancel is entered by a plain
semi-circular Norman archway, the south doorway of the nave being
of the same date : the east window and two others on the south side
are Perpendicular : in 1883 the church was thoroughly restored and
a vestry and south porch were added at a cost of £570, raised
by subscription: there are sittings for 82 persons. The living is
a chapelry, annexed to the vicarage of Bradbourne, with a yearly stipend
of £11, in the gift of the Duke
of Devonshire K.G. and held since 1878 by the Rev. Francis Crombie
M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge, who resides at Bradbourne. Gisborne's
charity of £6 10s. yearly, left in 1818 by the Rev. Francis
Gisborne, some time rector of Staveley, is for clothing. The principal
landowners are the Earl of Mansfield, Sir T. W. Evans bart, Messrs.
Bateman, Cox, Sleigh, Etches and Edward Bradley. The soil is mixed;
subsoil, chiefly limestone and shale. The land is chiefly in pasture
for dairy produce. The area is 1,910 acres; rateable value, £1,841;
the population in 1881 was 109. Parish Clerk, John Taylor. A letter-carrier calls at 2 p.m. on week days only, for letters, there being no letter box. Letters through Ashborne arrive at 10.30 a.m. ; the nearest money order & telegraph office is at Parwich The children attend schools at Parwich & Bradbourne Atkins Henry John, farmer Carson Charles, farmer, Pike hall Flowers John, farmer Kirkham Thos, Wm. farmr. Ballidon hall Mellor Thomas, farmer Oakden John, farmer Staley Francis, farmer, Minninglow Webster Charles, farmer Wright William, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
 An Ann Andrews historical directory transcript |
||||
 Village Links |
||||
More on site information about Ballidon and the surrounding area  Derbyshire's
Parishes, 1811The Gentleman's
Magazine Library - Derbyshire to DorsetWolley
Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire
deeds, pedigrees, documents and wills |
