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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Derwent-Woodlands, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.182-183 |
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DERWENT-WOODLANDS is a parish formed in 1872 from parts of
the civil parishes of Hathersage and Hope, and composed of the townships
of Derwent and Hope-Woodlands; it is on the borders of Yorkshire,
5 miles north-east from Hope and 14½ south-east, from Glossop,
in the High Peak division of the county, High Peak hundred, Chapel-en-le-Frith
petty sessional division, union and county court district, rural deanery
of Eyam, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The Derwent,
which separates the townships, is spanned by an ancient bridge of
two arches, which is 2 miles south from Derwent, on the road to Sheffield
and Glossop. Yorkshire bridge, of two arches, is situated 3 miles
south from Derwent and 1½ miles from Bamford, and leads to
Sheffield. The church of SS. James and John, belonging at an early
period to the Abbey of Welbeck, subsequently rebuilt in 1757, and
again in 1867 and following years, was consecrated August 18th, 1869,
and is
now an admirably proportioned building of stone in the Geometric Decorated
style, consisting of chancel, nave, north aisle with an arcade of
three arches, south porch and a western tower with spire, containing
1 bell, added in 1873 : the ancient stone font, dated 1670 and bearing
the arms of Balguy, stood for some time in the gardens of Derwent
Hall, but has been replaced in the church: the church plate includes
a fine silver-gilt chalice of 1584-5, and a silver paten of 1763-4,
presented by Dr. Denman : there is also a small library connected
with the church, which affords 140 sittings : in the churchyard, near
the south entrance, is a sun-dial, the work of Daniel Rose, clerk
of Derwent in the 18th century. The register of baptisms dates from
the year 1813, and of marriages and burials from 1869. The living
is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £7, net yearly value
£182, including 80 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift
of the Duke of Devonshire, and held since 1888 by the Rev.
John Edmund Andrew B.A. of Caius College, Cambridge. The Catholic
chapel, built by the Duke of Norfolk K.G. in 1877 and dedicated to
St. Henry, is an edifice in the Early English style, and will seat
90. There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel at Ashopton, built in 1840,
and seating 60. Joan Morton's (Aston) Charity provides £12 4s.
for the poor of this parish: Turie's is of £2 yearly value :
there are also two small charities, Barber's and Frost's. Derwent
Hall, one of the seats of the Duke of Norfolk K.G. is a fine old gabled
mansion of rough tooled stone, built in 1672, and has since received
many additions, the last containing the drawing room, having been
erected in 1878 : the principal front, facing the east, is nearly
covered with ivy and overlooks a beautiful lawn and gardens, bounded
by immense hedges of holly on the side adjoining the highway: many
of the rooms are lined with dark oak wainscoting, which has alone
cost not less than £6,000 : the inclosed grounds are of no very
great extent, but are naturally, as well as artifically, attractive:
along the south side, less than 100 feet from the Hall, runs the river
Derwent, while in front is a gently rising ground, forming the base
of a high and rugged eminence ; on the north side the ground is equally
high, thickly covered with timber and brush wood. The principal landowners
are the Duke of Devonshire K.G. who is lord of the manors of Derwent
and Woodlands, and
the Duke of Norfolk K.G. The soil is various; subsoil, gritstone.
The chief crops are hay and oats, but the greater portion is in pasture.
The area of Hope-Woodlands is 20,529 acres of land and 85 of water,
and Derwent 3,533 acres ; rateable value of Hope-Woodlands £3,648,
and Derwent £1,413; the population in 1881 of Hope-Woodlands
was 220, and of Derwent 187, and of the parish 396. Parish Clerk, James Dronfield. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- William Ferns, sub-postmaster. Letters through Sheffield, arrive at 10 a.m. ; departure 4 p.m. week days only WALL LETTER BOX, Ashopton, cleared 4.45 p.m SCHOOLS:- Endowed with master's residence, a building of rough-hewn stone, erected in 1877, & has an annual income of £9, left by Francis Newdigate esq. August 3, 1857, besides a rent charge of £4 16s. left by John Eyre in 1772; it will hold 80 children ; average attendance, 36; William Ferns, master; Mrs. M. Ferns, sewing mistress Catholic erected in 1881,for 80 children; average attendance, 15; Mrs. L. Pollard, mistress CARRIERS TO SHEFFIELD.-William Elliott, from Derwent ; Aaron Thorpe, A. Bradbury & David Ollerenshaw, from Ashopton Derwent. Norfolk Duke of E.M., K.G. Derwent hall; & Norfolk house, 31 St. James' square, London S W Andrew Rev. John Edmd. B.A. [vicar] Beardshaw Jonathan, Lady bower Cotterill Mrs Dronfield Mrs. Cottage Firth Mrs. Moscar lodge Hayward Rev. Francis M. [Catholic] Thorp Mrs. Grain foot COMMERCIAL. Cameron Dougal, head gamekeeper to the Duke of Norfolk, Howden Cotterill Jonathan (exors. of), farmers & landowners Elliott Joseph, farmer, The Ashes Elliott Joseph, jun. farmer, High house Ellis Chas. Hy. blacksmith, Ashopton Ellis Swain Mager, Lady Bower inn & fmr Ellison Michael Joseph, agent to the Duke of Norfolk, Shireowlers Hoggarth Thomas, farmer & gamekeeper to the Duke of Norfolk Lessons John, farmer Marsden James, Ashopton family & commercial hotel & posting house, & farmer Marshall Ebor, joiner Marshall Joseph, wheelwright, Ashopton Oates Allan, farmer, Hollin clough Oates William, farmer, Hancock farm Thorp Benjamin, farmer, Walker houses Thorp David, farmer, Old house Thorp George, farmer, Well head Thorpe Ephraim, farmer, Tin wood Thorpe Henry, farmer Twigg John, farmer, Moscar farm Walker Mark, farmer, Riding house Wilson Alexander, head gardener to the Duke of Norfolk, The Lodge Hope-Woodlands. Allott David, farmer & gamekeeper, Locker brook Allott John, farmer, Upper Ashop Ashton Benjamin, farmer Ashton William, farmer, Underbank Bradbury Aaron, shopkeeper, Ashopton Bridge Charles, farmer, Hagg Lee Bridge John (Mrs.), farmer, Hagg Cotterill Robert, farmer, Gores Cotterill William, farmer, Fair holmes Eyre Jacob, farmer, Mare bottom Eyre Jonathan, farmer, Allport Eyre Samuel, farmer, Bank top Greaves Charles, farmer, Rowlee Hadfield Joseph, farmer, Gillatt Hay Hallam Joseph, farmer Longden Benjamin, farmer, Ridge Longden, Benjamin, farmer, Hagg Newton John, farmer Priestley Sophia (Mrs.), farmer, Ashoptn Rowarth Isaac, Snake P.H. & farmer Shepherd Joel, farmer, Bridge end Tagg Thos. & Samuel, farmers, Ronksley Thorpe Aaron, frmr. shopkpr. & carrier Thorpe John, farmer, Ashopton Thorpe Thomas, farmer, Parkin field Wain David, farmer, Birchin lee Wain Thomas, farmer, West end Walker John, farmer, Elmin pits Webster Benjamin, farmer, Allport Wilcockson John, farmer Wilcockson Thomas John, farmer, Grimber Carr Wilson Dennis, farmer, Two Thorn field [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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