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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Bonsall, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 52-53 |
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BONSALL is a town and parish 2 miles round by road (over Masson
hill much shorter) west from Matlock Bath, 1 miles north-west from
Cromford station, and 149 miles from London, in the Western division
of the county, hundred of Wirksworth, Ashborne union, in the Matlock
petty sessional district of the Wirksworth division, Wirksworth county
court district, rural deanery of Wirksworth, archdeaconry of Derby
and diocese of Southwell. The Local Government Act of 1858 was adopted
January 20, 1863, and the town is governed by a local board of 9 members.
The church of St. James, situated on an eminence, is a building of
stone, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave of three bays, aisle,
south porch, and an embattled western tower with spire, and containing
a clock and 6 bells : the church was restored in 1863, under the direction
of Ewan Christian esq. architect, when a commemorative window was
placed in the north aisle, at the expense of the late rector and churchwardens:
the chancel retains a piscina and there are 300 sittings. The register
dates from the year 1587, and is in good condition. The living is
a rectory, [a]verage tithe rent-charge £102, net yearly value £176,
including 56 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop
of Southwell, and held since 1874 by the Rev. John Kitchingman. There
is a Baptist chapel, built in 1824, and a Free Methodist chapel ;
the Temperance hall was formerly a Primitive Methodist chapel. The
charities amount to £11 yearly, and are expended in bread and clothing.
Framework knitting is carried on to some extent ; some of the inhabitants
find occupation in various paint and color works, the merino and paper
mills, and in the limestone and chert quarries. This place once had
a market ; the market cross, which still remains, consists of a shaft
rising from a circular base of 13 steps and surmounted by a ball dated
1671, it was restored in 1870. There are several stone drinking fountains.
The Via Gellia, partly in the parish, is a beautifully wooded valley
nearly four miles in length from Cromford to Grange Mill, the road
winding along the bottom of the valley forms a level and charming
promenade and drive. The Study, the residence of Mrs. Prince, is an
ancient stone building in the Tudor style. The land is chiefly held
by various freeholders. The Rev. Fielding Arthur Woolfe Hamilton Gell
M.A. of Winslade house, Exeter and John Gilbert Crompton esq. J.P.
D.L. of Windley, are lords of the manor. The soil is sandy ; subsoil,
gritstone and limestone. The chief crops are oats and wheat, and principally
pasture. The area is 2,450 acres ; rateable value, £4,880 ; the population
in 1881 was 1,354. Sexton, Edward Seedhouse. UPPER TOWN, half-a-mile north-west, and Slaley, three-quarters of a mile south-west, are hamlets. POST & M. O., S.B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Charles Kirkland, postmaster. Letters arrive from Derby at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 6.10 p.m. The nearest telegraph office is at Cromford WALL LETTER BOX, opposite Via Gellia Mill, cleared 6.25 p.m URBAN SANITARY AUTHORITY Meet at the Local Board offices, 1st wed. in the month at 7p.m. Clerk, William Jordan, Matlock Bath Treasurer, Henry Knowles, Bonsall Medical Officer of Health, Jn. Caithness Innes, Matlock Bath Surveyor, Collector and Inspector of Nuisances, Joseph Bunting, Upper Town SCHOOLS:- Parochial, near the church, for girls & infants, for 120 children; average attendance, 94 ; Miss Julia Wardle, mistress Endowed, founded by Robert Ferne esq. & other boys, in 1717, & enlarged by the trustees in 1859, for 110 boys, attendance 78 ; the income is derived form upwards of 90 acres of land & from school pence ; here is a master's house ; Peter Lisson Peake, master [GENTRY AND CLERGY] Coates John Broxup, Nether Green house Hopwood Wilfred Francis, Beech mount, Upper town Kitchingman Rev. John, Rectory Longdon William Henry, Bonsall lodge Prince Mrs. The Study Sellors Henry George, The Cross Twigg Miss, Sycamore house Whitehead John William, High street Woodisse Mrs. The Dale COMMERCIAL Abell Adam, farmer Abell John, kings head P.H. Allsopp Charles, farmer Allsopp Thomas, farmer Axe Alfred, builder & farmer Baker James, blacksmith Bartram John, framework kitter Bates Richard, shopkeeper, Via Gellia Boam George, farmer, High street Bonsall Reading Room & Workman's Institute (Jos. Sheldon, treasurer) Bothamley & Son, grocers &c. Bowler Thomas, farmer, Slaley Bowmer George, shopkeeper Bridden Joseph, tailor Brooks Alfred, farmer, Town end Brooks Sarah (miss), infants' school, The Dale Brown Edwin, color manufactr. & farmr Bunting Job, farmer, The Dale Bunting Job, framework knitter & farmer Bunting Joseph, shopkeeper, surveyor, collector & inspector of nuisances to urban sanitary authority, Upper town Bunting Pearcey, shopkpr. Upper town Coates Richard, farmer & landowner, Brightgate Doxey, Isaac, Queens Head P.H Drabble George, saw mills, & timber merchant, Via Gellia; & at Matlock Bank and Matlock Bath. See advert Elliott Samuel, farmer, Bonsall bank Fearn John, farmer Frost John, farmer, The Dale Gratton Francis, farmer, Upper town Gratton John, farmer, Upper town Hartle Frederick, draper Hawley Wm. color manufctr. & farmer Henstock Francis, farmer, Slaley hall Henstock Thomas, farmer, Slaley Holmes Daniel, shopkeeper Housley George, farmer, Upper town Key Francis, Miners' Standard P.H. Kinder George, farmer, Puddle hill KIRKLAND CHARLES, builder, contractor, joiner & undertaker, Post off Kirkland Elizh. (Miss), draper & millnr Knowles Henry, farmer, & treasurer to the local board Loxley Thomas, rope maker Massey george (Mrs.), farmer Massey Thomas, farmer MILLWARD FRANCIS EDWIN, family grocer, tea dealer & provision merchant, dealer in drugs and patent medicines, Dale end Oliver Ann (Mrs.), Fountain inn, & shpkpr Oliver Josiah, Via Gellia inn Prince John Thos. boot & shoe maker Radford John, mason Renshaw Edward, farmer Renshaw James, farmer, Ember Lane Roper, Francis, farmer Sellors henry Geo. farmer, The Cross Sheldon John, farmer, Slaley SHELDON JOSEPH, house decorator, painter, grainer & sign writer &c. Park house Siddall Edward, farmer, Upper town Simons & Pickard, paper manufacturers Slack William & Joseph, farmers Smedley Adam, farmer Smedley Henry, farmer, Low farm Spencer, William, farmer & butcher Swindell Samuel, farmer, Dale Toplis Joseph, shopkeeper Walker Randolph, grocer Walker William, Barley Mow P.H. Wardman William, farmer, Slaley Wheatcroft Henry, colour & paint manufacturer, Via Gellia color works Wheeldon William, farmer White Charles, boot & shoe maker Wigley Joshua, farmer, Bonsall Lees farm Wright James, farmer & grocer, general stores, Dale house Wright James, farmer, Upper town Young Joseph, butcher Young William, grocer &c. [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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