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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Codnor Park, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.100 |
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CODNOR PARK, formerly extra-parochial, now forms part of the
ecclesiastical parish of Ironville (a brook which runs under the principal
street, about half-way up, dividing the township) ; it is on the Erewash
valley railway and the Erewash and Cromford canals, and is 132 miles
from London by rail, 4 south-east from Alfreton, 3 east from Ripley,
and 8 north-east from Belper, in the Ilkeston division of the county,
hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, Basford union, Smalley petty sessional
division, Alfreton County court district, rural deanery of Alfreton,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The canals form a
junction here, and the railway, with a station at this point, is in
direct communication with the works and collieries in the neighbourhood.
Codnor Castle, formerly standing in a park, covering an area of 1,500
acres, appears to have been a large fortress, and a part of the walls
and foundations still remain: it belonged to the Lords Grey of Codnor,
and after passing through several hands, was bought, in 1712, by Sir
S. Masters, and is now the property of the Butterley Company Limited,
who have laid out 7 acres as a park and recreation ground; in the
centre of which, on the top of a hill, is a monumental pillar of stone,
70 feet high, erected in 1854 by the workmen and friends of the Butterley
Company to the memory of William Jessop esq. the founder of the works;
150 winding steps within the column lead to a gallery at the top,
from which very extensive views can be obtained; some years ago it
was struck by lightning and traces of the occurrence are visible down
the whole of one side The Butterley Co. Limited have very extensive
ironworks
here for the smelting and manufacture of steels and all descriptions
of iron, several blast-furnaces being constantly at work; the company
are also proprietors of several collieries in this county and in Nottinghamshire
and Staffordshire ; ironstone, coal and other minerals abound. A Temperance
hall, Institute and baths, were erected by the company in 1866; the
former building is now occupied by the Conservative Club. The greater
portion of the population are employed in the ironworks and collieries.
Aldercar Hall, the property of F. B. Wright esq. is the residence
of Francis Hugh Adams esq. M.A. The chief landowners are the Butterley
Company Limited, the Venerable Archdeacon Woolley, of East Bergholt,
Suffolk and F. C. Corfield esq. M.A., J.P. of Codnor. The soil is
clayey; subsoil, marl and clay. The crops are wheat and oats, but
the land is chiefly in pasture. The acreage is 1,401 ; rateable value,
£9,967; the population in 1881 was 1,073. GOLDEN VALLEY is partly in this township and partly in Riddings district. There is a school church here, served by the clergy of Ironville. Letters through Alfreton arrive at 7.30 a.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Ironville post office, which is also the nearest place for posting letters. The box is cleared at 9.15 a.m. ; 6.20 & 7.30 p.m. ; sunday, 10 a.m National Infant School, Golden Valley, erected in 1871, for 70 infants ; average attendance, 40 ; Miss Alice Davis, mistress Railway Station, George Henry Ward, station master Adams Francis Hugh M.A. Aldercar hall [letters through Langley Mill R.S.O (Notts)] Cook Joseph COMMERCIAL. Adams Francis Hugh M. A. school for the sons of gentlemen from public schools for colonial & other training, Aldercar hall [letters through Langley Mill R.S.O. (Notts)] Allsopp Geo. mngr. of monumnt. grounds Bowler Samuel, farmer Butterley Company's (Limited) Colliery Offices (F. C. Corfield, colliery manager; John Woolley, agent) Butterley Company's (Limited) Iron Works (FitzHerbert Wright, managing director) Cartledge George, grocer & provision dealer, Golden valley Codnor Park & Ironville Conservative Club (Thomas Hill, sec) Fell Henry, shopkeeper, Market place Holmes James, shoe maker, Market pl Hibbert John, head gamekeeper to FitzHerbert Wright esq Marriott Francis & Joseph, farmers Meakin John, horse dealer Potter Joseph, farmer, Knowts hall Shelton Samuel, watch ma. Market pl Steeples John, farmer, Castle farm Stevens James, shopkeeper, Forge row Taylor Robert, hair dresser, Market pl Tomlinson John & Thomas & Co. grocers & ironmongers Wallis George, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.]
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