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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Breaston, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.60-61 |
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BREASTON ST. MICHAEL with RISLEY were formed into an ecclesiastical
parish in 1868, in the Ilkeston division of the county, hundred of
Morleston and Litchurch, union of Shardlow,
petty sessional division and county court district of Derby, rural
deanery of Ilkeston, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
Breaston township is 7¾ miles east-south-east from Derby, 9
south-west from Nottingham, 125¼ from London, and about three-quarters
of a mile from Sawley and Draycott stations on the Midland railway.
The church of St. Michael, erected in 1650, is of stone and consists
of chancel, nave, south aisle and a western tower, with octagonal
spire, dating from 1657-9 and containing 3 bells, the upper stage
of the tower Being lighted by double lancets on each side ; there
is a piscina in a niche on the south wall of chancel : the font is
simply a bowl of Derbyshire alabaster supported on a fluted column
and dates from 1750: the church was restored in 1840 at a cost of
£200, and again in 1871 : an organ was added in 1878 and a clock
in 1887, at a cost of £110, in compliment to Mrs. Stevens, of
Breaston, on the completion of her 100th year: in the south aisle
is a stained window, to William Halliday, late of Breaston, d.
3 June, 1871 : on the exterior of the north wall are traces of a fine
Norman doorway in fine preservation: there are 250 sittings. The register
dates from the year 1750. The living is a rectory (with that of Risley
annexed), joint net yearly value £350, including 38 acres of
glebe, in the gift of the Bishop of Southwell, and held since 1879
by the Ven. Thomas Henry
Braim of St. John's College, Cambridge, D.D. Cantuar, formerly archdeacon
in Portland, Australia. There are Methodist New Connexion and Primitive
Methodist chapels here. Warp nets are made here. Robert Posnett Stevens
esq. is lord of the manor. The principal landowner is Nicholas John
Charlton esq. J.P. Goadby Lodge, near Melton Mowbray; there are also
some smaller owners. The soil is sandy loam; subsoil, clay. The chief
crops are wheat, barley, grass and roots. The area of the parish is
2,595 acres, and of the township 1,480; rateable value, £7,952
; the population of the latter in 1881 was 806. Parish Clerk, John Hales. POST OFFICE.-Matthew Plackett, receiver. Letters are received through Derby; arrive at 5.30 a.m. ; dispatched at 8 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Draycott Infant School, erected in 18,7, for 91 infants ; average attendance, 84 ; Miss Beatrice Bates, mistress CARRIER.-Henry Stevenson, to Nottingham, wed. & sat. ; to Derby, fri Risley is a township, 1½ miles from Sawley station and 1½ miles from Sandiacre, on the Erewash Valley railway. The church of All Saints is an ancient edifice of stone in the Early English style, erected in 1593 and consecrated in 1632, and consists of chancel, nave, north aisle, south porch and a tower with pinnacles containing 3 bells, dated 1690 and 1790 : there are stained windows to the late Rev. John Hancock M.A. and Roberta Mary, his wife, late of Risley Hall, and another to William Hayhurst Hall, the late rector's brother, d. 16 Feb. 1864: the font consists of an alabaster bowl, supported on a square pedestal of the same material: an oak screen, beautifully carved, separates the nave from the chancel: the organ was the gift of Miss Skipworth, late of Risley Hall: the church plate includes a paten and two alms plates, with the arms of Willoughby, and is dated 1632-3: there are 150 sittings, all being free. The register dates from the year 1707, an entry being made in 1842 to the effect that no registries except burials and weddings coming to Wilne were kept in this record since 1719. The living is a rectory, annexed to Breaston. Risley Hall is the residence of Ernest Terah Hooley esq. Robert Posnett Stevens esq. of the Manor house, is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The area of the township is 1,152 acres; rateable value, £2,321 ; the population in 1881 was 218. Parish Clerk, James Wood. POST OFFICE.-Mrs. Mary Ann Plumb, receiver. Letters are received through Derby; arrive at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 7.20 p.m. Sandiacre is the nearest money order & telegraph office SCHOOLS :- In 1583 Sir Michael Willoughby founded three schools, a Latin school for 28 boys, English for 110 boys & a girls' school for 62 scholars, & in 1718 Mrs. Elizabeth Grey gave two residences, one for the Latin master & one for the English master, & much increased the endowment: the schools are free for the children of Risley & seven neighbouring parishes, namely, Breaston, Sandiacre, Dale Abbey, Stanton-by-Dale, Wilsthorpe, Draycott, Little Wilden & Hopwell, the master of the Latin School receiving £150, the master of the English school £100 & the mistress of the girls' school £50 yearly Latin, Rev. Charles Westley Groves M.A. late scholar & exhibitioner of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, master English, James Hollingworth Goodwin, master Girls', Miss Hannah Cresswell, mistress Breaston. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Broad Thomas Benjamin Cooling John Elliott Henry, Gladstone house Forman Mrs Forbes Robt. Thomson M.B. Manor ho Harper Mrs Harrison Mrs Hill Misses Johnson John B Macdonald Lemuel, The Elms, Petersruhe Peters Herbert Plackett Mrs. Gladstone villa Plackett William, Brookfield house Poxon Rev. John [Methodist New Connexion], Hartington house Smith Andrew, Ivy house Thompson Mrs. Middlestead house Watson Mrs Watson William John Whitehead William COMMERCIAL. Abbott Charles, farmer Abbott George, painter Bates Mary (Miss), dress maker Breaston Co-operative Stores Limited (Miss Eliza Rowland, manageress) Broad Thomas Benjamin, surgeon-dentist ; & at Derby & Ilkeston Chappell Jsph. Wright, farmr. & landownr Cooper Robert, Navigation inn Cholerton Mary (Mrs.), dress maker Dolman John, warp net maker Drake William, Bull's Head P.H Flint Martha (Miss), dress maker Forbes Robert Thomson M.B., C.M. physician & surgeon, Manor house Gamble William, shopkeeper Hallam John, farmer Harriman Enoch, farmer, High fields Hind George, farmer Hind Joseph, farmer James Job, shopkeeper Johnson Annie (Mrs.), dress maker Jowett Edwin, ironmonger Kent Elizabeth (Mrs.), miller (steam) Lee William, boot maker Merry Thomas, farmer Nurse James Howe, tailor Peters Herbert, building surveyor to Midland Railway, Petersrube Plackett James & Frederick, farmers Plackett Henry & Wm. warp net makrs Plackett James, shopkeeper & plumber Plackett Richard, coal dealer Plackett Sarah (Miss), dress maker Salt Robert, butcher Shipley German Wheatcroft, commercial traveller, Rye Hill house Slater Thomas, farmer Stevenson Enoch, butcher Stevenson Henry, carrier Stevenson Henry, wheelwright Stevenson John Flint, farmer Stevenson Samuel, blacksmith & farrier Stevenson William, wheelwright Warwick Gertrude (Miss), private schl Winsen Edwin, Chequers P.H Woodward John, baker Risley. Braim Ven. Thomas Hy. D.D. Rectory Goodwin James Hollingworth Groves Rev. Charles Westley M.A. (head master of Risley Latin school) Hooley Ernest Terah, Risley hall Hooley Terah J.P. Risley lodge Hutchinson Thomas Jackson William Latham Thomas William Neep Rev. William Henry [curate of All Saints'] Pinder Mrs. Fairmead Stevens Robert Posnett, Manor house COMMERCIAL. Bagshaw Samuel, shoe maker Beale Thomas, Flytche Arms P.H Brown George, farmer, Brook farm Cooper Alfred, farmer, Maywood farm Cundcliffe Henry Simon, cowkeeper, Salsbury cottage Dawson Stephen, blacksmith & farmer Daykin William, farmer Hancock Thomas, farmer, Lodge farm Hawley Thomas, farmer Just Charles, farmer Parker William, farmer, Goldbrook fm Pickering Joseph, farmer Plumb Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeaper, Post office Smith James, farmer, Paradise cottage Spendlove Jn. farmer, Sandburo' farm Ward Robert, farmer, Park Walton Richard, cowkeeper [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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