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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Langwith Bassett (Upper Langwith), Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.247 |
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LANGWITH BASSETT (or UPPER LANGWITH) is a parish and small
straggling village on the borders of Nottinghamshire, 9 miles east
from Chesterfield, 6 north-west from Mansfield, 150 from London and
3 east from Bolsover, in the Chesterfield division of the county,
Scarsdale hundred, Chesterfield petty sessional division, Mansfield
union and county court district, rural deanery of Staveley, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The Mansfield and Worksop branch
of the Midland railway has a station here, over which the Manchester,
Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway Company have running powers. The
church of the Holy Cross is a building of stone, in the Early English
style, consisting of chancel, nave, porch and a western turret containing
2 bells, recast in 1878 : the porch is groined in stone and appears
to have belonged to a larger edifice : there is a monument to Mrs.
Vaughan and one to members of the Briggs family, erected in 1821:
the nave retains a plain piscina and there is a handsome stone font,
given by Admiral the Hon. Francis Egerton J.P.. F.R.G.S. and Lady
Louisa Egerton in 1878, when the church was restored, the chancel
being enlarged and entirely rebuilt and an addition made to the nave,
at a cost of £1,570: there are 150 sittings. The register of
baptisms dates from the year 1686 ; of marriages
1726; and of burials, 1685. The living is a rectory, tithes commuted
at £194, net yearly value £181, with 43 acres of glebe,
value £63, and residence, in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire
K.G. and held since 1886 by the Rev. Edwin Herbert Mullins, who is
also vicar of Scarcliff. The charities consist of a few bequests by
the Cavendish family and £3 a year for clothing the poor, bequeathed
in 1821 by Mrs. Vaughan, which are distributed on St. Thomas' day.
The Duke of Devonshire K.G. is lord of the manor and chief landowner.
The soil is chiefly limestone; subsoil, limestone, sand and strong
red clay. The crops are wheat, oats, barley and roots. The area is
1,492 acres; rateable value, £2,222 ; the population in 1881
was 205. Parish Clerk, Absolom Mellors. LETTER BOX cleared at 4 p.m. Letters through Mansfield. The nearest money order office is at Whaley Thorns, & telegraph office at Langwith station Infants' School, endowed by a late Duchess of Devonshire ; Miss Mary Ann Turner, mistress The elder children of this parish attend the National school at Scarcliff Railway Station, John Whitaker, station master CARRIER TO MANSFIELD (& back).-C. Timons, thurs Mullins Rev. Edwin Herbert, Rectory COMMERCIAL. Ashley George, market gardener Barton Thomas, farmer Bennett Jn. managr. of Langwith colliery Brown William & James, farmers Burkitt W. & S. maltsters Burton William, blacksmith & Devonshire Arms P.H Charlesworth John, farmer Duckmanton Samuel, The Gate hotel Farnsworth James, farmer Green George, farmer, Rose1and Heath Thomas, farmer Jarvis Matthew, broom maker Jarvis John, assistant overseer Langwith Colliery (Sheepbridge Coal & Iron Co. Limited, proprietors ; John Bennett, manager) Timons Charles, shopkeeper & carrier Wood William, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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