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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Charlesworth, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.78-79 |
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CHARLESWORTH, on the borders of Cheshire, is a township and
parish, formed in 1849 from that of Glossop, including CHISWORTH and
SIMMONDLEY, in the High Peak
division of the county, hundred of High Peak civil parish, petty sessional
division, union and county court district of Glossop, rural deanery
of Glossop, archdeaconry of Derby
and diocese of Southwell. Charlesworth township is 1½ miles
west from Dinting station on the Manchester, Sheffield and Lincolnshire
railway, 2½ miles south-west from Glossop, 13 from Manchester
and 200½ from London. The church of St. John, erected in 1849
at a cost of £2,700, is a cruciform building of stone in the
Early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, north porch and
a tower on the north side forming a north transept, and containing
one bell, dated 1849: there are 480 sittings, 100 being free. The
register dates from the year 1849. The living is a vicarage, tithe
rent-charge £3, gross yearly value £200, with 3 acres
of glebe and residence, in the gift of the Crown and Bishop of Southwell
alternately, and held since 1878 by the Rev. Geo. Collins M.A. of
St. Catharine's College, Cambridge, and M.A. ad eundem Oxon.
There is a Congregational chapel (formerly a Catholic chapel), and
a Particular Baptist chapel, built in 1835. Cotton spinning and rope
and cotton band making are carried on here. Lord Howard of Glossop
is lord of the manor and the principal landowner. The soil is clay;
subsoil, sandstone. The chief crops are hay. The area is 1,463 acres;
rateable value, £4,768; the population of the township in 1881
was 1,399, and of the ecclesiastical district 2,315; acreage, 3,322;
rateable value, £4.768. POST OFFICE.-Miss Ellen Hague, receiver. Letters through Manchester via Broadbottom, which is the nearest money order & telegraph office, arrive at 8.10 a.m. & 6.15 p.m. & are dispatched at same times ; postal orders are issued, but not paid WALL LETTER BOX, cleared at 8 a.m. & 6.30 p.m.; sundays, 10a.m SCHOOLS :- Congregational. Charlesworth, erected in 1823, for 256 children; average attendance, 98 ; Thomas Ramsden Shaw, master Wesleyan, Chisworth (mixed), erected in 1871, for 130 children; average attendance, 72 ; Mrs. Phoebe Bagshaw, mistress Chisworth is a township, 4 miles south-west from Glossop and about 1 mile, by field paths, from Mottram Station. Here are cotton mills and collieries. The acreage is 794 ; rateable value, £1,782; the population in 1881 was 422. WALL LETTER BOX cleared at 8.30 a.m. & 5.45 p.m Wesleyan Methodist chapel, built in 1834, with a small burial ground attached. Simmondley is a township, partly within Glossop borough, near the Manchester and Sheffield railway, 1 mile south-west from Glossop. The acreage is 989 ; rateable value, £2,141; the population in 1881 was 506. Letters through Glossop, which is the nearest post, money order & telegraph office, arrive at 9 a.m. The nearest LETTER BOX is at Dinting The children of this place attend the day schools at Charlesworth, Dinting & Whitfield Congregational (branch) Sunday School, erected in 1884 Charlesworth. Booth George, sen. Littlefield house Booth Joseph, Spring cottage Collins Rev. George M.A. Vicarage Ratcliffe John Harrison, Woodseats Rowbottom Joseph, Lee Vale house Rowbottom James, Beech house Rowbottom Miss Smith Crosland, Lee Vale cottage COMMERCIAL. Beaumont William, shopkeeper Booth George & Sons, cotton band manufacturers, Lee Vale mill Booth John & Son, cotton band manufacturers, Lee Vale rope works Booth Charles, butcher Booth Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Lee brow Booth John, butcher Booth John, cotton band manufacturer, see George Booth & Sons Booth Joseph, farmer Booth Samuel, farmer Bowers Samuel, slater & plasterer Burdekin George, farmer, Woodseats Charlesworth & Chisworth Conservative Club (John Thomas Wooliscroft, sec) Charlesworth & Chisworth Liberal Club (Benjamin Harrison Rowbottom,sec) Co-operative Stores (Thos. Hallas, sec) Cooper Edwin, com. traveller, Mayhouse Cooper George, shoe maker & farmer Cooper Moses, tailor, grocer & farmer Cooper Rhoda (Mrs.), draper Cooper Sarah (Mrs.), Horse Shoe inn Dakin Reuben, grocer & corn Drinkwater William, farmer Garlick Edward, beer retailer & farmer Garside William, shoe maker Goddard James, farmer Hague Charles, grocer, Post office Hallas James, George & Dragon P.H Handforth Mary (Mrs.), farmer Harrison John, farmer, Coombs farm Harrison William, farmer, Hargate hill Higton Thomas, farmer Higginbottom Joseph, farmer Higginbottom Samuel, besom maker Higginbottom Wright, farmer Hunt William Henry, surgeon Jackson John, joiner Jackson Joseph, farmer Jackson William, farmer Lowndes John, farmer, Warehouse fold Moss Robert, grocer & corn dealer Neal Edward, greengrocer Ratcliffe John Harrison, cotton spinner & cotton band manfr. Kinderlee mills Ratcliffe Jn. Harrison, farmr. Woodseats Redford Samuel, farmer, Hargate hill Rowbottom James, cotton spinner & doubler & cotton band manufacturer, Holehouse mills Rowbottom James, farmer Rowbottom Peter, grocer & draper Rowbottom Thomas, farmer Shaw John, tailor Shepley David, shoe maker Shepley Thos. hide & skin dlr. & farmer Sidebottom Andrew (Mrs.), farmer Sidebottom William, farmer Smith Crosland, Cotton band manufactr Smith John, farmer, Woodseats Sykes Jonathan & Thomas Beard, slaters & plasterers Swallow James, quarry owner Taylor William, joiner Thornley Alice (Mrs.), grocer Thornley James, wheelwright Wainwright John, farmer, Stockwell frm Walker Thomas, farmer Wharam Walter, Bulls' Head P.H Wild John, farmer Wild William, farmer Wood John, wheelwright & smith Chisworth. Brown James, Chisworth house Clayton Abel Hett George, Fair view Ratcliffe Mrs. Rarewood house Rowbottom George, Chewwood COMMERCIAL. Ashton Hannah (Mrs.), farmr. Sandy la Bedford Alice (Mrs.), shopkeeper Booth Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmr. Holehouse Booth Fredk. farm bailiff to Mrs. Ratcliffe Bradbury Robert, farmer Bradley Henry, shopkeeper Brown James, bleacher Clayton Abel, colliery owner & min. enginr Clayton James, farmer Cooper Caleb, farmer, Hill Top farm Cooper Mary Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Hill top Co-operative Stores (George Hallas, sec) Crowshaw John, shopkeeper Hallas George, Commercial inn Hallas Jonathan, farmer Hett Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker Higginbottom Joseph, quarry owner Ratcliffe Jas. Thos. farmer, Sandy lane Reece James, farmer Rowbottom James, cotton doubler, Chewwood Rowbottom Jesse, farmer, Moorside Salt Alfred (Mrs.), farmer, Boarfold Salt Charles, farmer, Sandy lane Salt James, farmer, Boarfold Sidebottom Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Sandy la Thornley Eli, grocer & corn dealer Thornley James, farmer Thornley Jas. jun. farmer, Intakes frm Varley Selina (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wild Joseph, farmer Simmondley. Smith Alfred COMMERCIAL. Bennett James, farmer Bennett John, farmer, Plainstead Bennett Randle, farmer, Cownedge Buckley George, farmer Charlesworth William, farmer Dewsnap Samuel, farmer & beer retailr Dixon Peter, farmer Hadfield Charles, farmer, Cownedge Harrison Abel, milleral water manufacturer, Simmondley springs Higginbottom Hugh, farmer, Rose farm Hill Jane (Miss), farmer Hurst Chas. farmr. Simmondley Hall fm Hurst William, farmer Jackson Albert, farmer Lyne William & Sons, picker maker & cotton band manufacturer Lyne George, picker maker & cotton band manufr. see William Lyne & Sons Lyne George, farmer Lyne Thomas, picker makers & cotton band manufrs. see Wm. Lyne & Sons Lyne Thomas, farmer Marshall Thomas, farmer Newton Robert, slater & plasterer Redford Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Robinson Samuel, farmer Shaw John James, cattle dealer Smith Alfred, farmer Thorne Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Wardle Aaron, farmer, Sitch farm White Thomas, shopkeeper [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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