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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Holbrooke, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.230-231 |
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HOLBROOKE is a township, chapelry and picturesque village and
in 1863 was formed into a parish from the civil parish of Duffield ; it is 6½ miles north-east from Derby, 3 south-east from Belper,
and 1 mile north-east from Coxbench station on the Ripley branch of
the Midland railway in the Mid division of the county, hundred of
Appletree union
and petty sessional division of Belper, county court district of Belper
and Ilkeston, rural deanery of Duffield, archdeaconry of Derby and
diocese of Southwell. The church of St. Michael, erected in 1761 by
the Rev. S. Bradshaw and rebuilt and enlarged in 1841 by the late
William Evans esq. M.P. is a plain fabric of stone in the Italian
style, consisting of nave, north and south porches and a western turret
containing one bell; in 1887 it was thoroughly renovated and reseated,
a new vestry erected on the north side and the circular east window
filled with stained glass in memory of the Rev. William Leeke, late
vicar, and his wife : a clock was erected on the east wall over the
window in 1842, the works being at the west end and the connecting
apparatus running the entire length of the church. The register of
baptisms and burials dates from 1835 and of marriages from 1863. The
living is a vicarage, net yearly value £66, including 1½
acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Sir Thomas William
Evans bart. and held since 1883 by the Rev. Edmund Carr M.A of St.
John's College, Cambridge, and hon. canon of Carlisle. The vicarage,
a good residence facing the south and commanding fine views, is now
occupied by the Misses Leeke. Here are Congregational and Free Methodist
chapels. The Derby Infirmary has a convalescent home here available
for 12 patients, 8 of whom may remain free of charge for three weeks;
the home is managed by a committee of ladies : the site was given
by Sir T. W. Evans bart. and the grounds planted at the sole cost
of Fitzherbert Wright esq. ; Mr. Rowland Smith, of Duffield Hall,
is treasurer; and the Rev. Canon Edmund Carr M.A. hon. chaplain. There
are three charities for the poor of Holbrooke : (1) The charity of
John Lockoe, founded in 1676, the annual value of which, in £2¾
per Cent. Consols, standing in the name of the Official Trustees of
Charitable Funds, is about £17, and is distributed on St. Thomas'
day to the poor of the parish by trustees appointed under a scheme
of the Charity Commissioners, dated July 24th, 1877; the present trustees
are the vicar and churchwardens and three other parishioners; the
scheme provides that the charity shall be applied to the benefit of
deserving and necessitous inhabitants of Holbrooke, selected by the
trustees, by providing them with clothes, bedding, fuel, medical or
other aid in sickness, food or other articles in kind and in certain
other ways: (2) Potterell's Charity, founded in 1667, to which there
are now attached two almshouses, the residents being either married,
widows or widowers; besides a shilling a week
each, they receive from the charity gratuities of clothing and coals
at Christmas : the vicar and churchwardens are the trustees : (3)
The Webster Charity, founded in 1699 ; this charity is under the management
of a board of trustees, who meet twice a year at the Duffield Endowed
school to arrange for its distribution ; at present 12 of the aged
poor of Holbrooke receive £1 a year from it and four Holbrooke
children may have a free education at the Duffield Endowed school;
the present vicar is a trustee; for further particulars of the charity,
see Duffield. Holbrooke Hall, the residence of the Rev. Canon Edmund
Carr M.A. is delightfully situated on an eminence, commanding fine
views of the surrounding bills and valleys, with the ancient church
of Horsley in the distance. Netherlea is the residence of Mrs. Bourne;
the manor of Holbrooke is owned jointly by Sir Thomas William Evans
bart. D.L., J.P., F.R.GS. of Allestree Hall and Mrs. Meynell. Sir
Thomas William Evans bart, and Herbert Strutt esq. are the principal
landowners. The soil is sand, clay and loam; subsoil, various. The
chief crops are wheat, barley and oats, and about three-fourths pasture.
The area in acres is 890; rateable value, £2,661 ; the population
in 1881 was 1,025. BARGATE is in this township. COXBENCH, anciently called "St. Anthony's Cross," is a hamlet half a mile south, partly in this parish and partly in Holbrooke township, and has a station on the Ripley branch of the Midland railway. Here is a mission church attached to Holbrooke church. Parish Clerk, George Sims. POST OFFICE.-Mrs. Mary Sheldon, receiver. Letters from Derby at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 7.15 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Kilburne POST OFFICE. Coxbench.-Mrs. Phoebe Whiteman, receiver. Letters through Derby, arrive at 5.5 a.m: dispatched at 10.10 a.m. & 8 p.m. Little Eaton is the nearest money order & telegraph office Coxbench Railway Station, John Ravenhall, station master SCHOOLS :- National, erected in 1865, for 92 girls & 43 infants; average attendance, 84 girls & 44 infants; Miss Sarah Swatman, mistress National, The Moor, erected in 1886, for 106 boys & 62 infants ; average attendance, 101 boys & 66 infants, & is supported by Sir T. W. Evans bart. ; Alfred Smith, master Holbrooke. Bourne Mrs. Netherlea Campbell Rev. Hugh H.H. B.A. [Curate] Carr Rev. Canon Edmund M.A. [vicar], Holbrooke hall Leeke Misses, The Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Derby Infirmary Convalescent Home (Miss Martha Seal, matron) Foulk James, shopkeeper Gore John William, farmer Harrison James, boot maker Harrison William, farmer, The Moor Hartley William, shopkeeper Hicking Annie (Miss), shokpr. The Moor Hickingbotham John, builder Hollingworth Sarah (Mrs.), beer retailer, The Moor Holmes William, blacksmith Howitt Samuel, Greyhound P.H Jepson Mary (Miss). shopkpr. The Moor Marriott Thomas, shopkeeper Moore Robert, boot maker Morley John, farmer, Bargate Poundall Samuel, shopkeeper, The Moor Pugson Henry, shopkeeper Rowland Joseph, rate collector Rowland Mary (Mrs.), farmer, The Moor Sheldon Joseph, Spotted Cow P.H. & carpenter Sheldon Mary (Mrs.), grocer & butcher, Post office Sims James, farmer Smith John William, frame smith Staton William, butcher, The Moor Vallis William, farmer Vickers John, coffee rooms Watson Samuel, farmer Weston Joseph, farmer Wright Samuel, beer retailer, The Moor Coxbench. Heydon William, The Villa Meynell Mrs. Cox bench hall Bates George, butcher & farmer Batkin Horace, Fox & Hounds P.H Crookes Jabez, farmer Crookes Tom Brown, beer retailer Heydon & Co. color & paint manufacturers Knifton Enoch & William, farmers, Birchwood Knifton Francis, blacksmith Martin Henry, baker Slater W. H. & J. quarry masters Sneap Thomas, farmer, Castle farm [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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