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| Mapleton, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.250-251 |
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MAPLETON is a village and parish, on the borders of Staffordshire,
1¾ miles north-west from Ashborne station, on the Chumet Valley
section of the North Staffordshire railway, and 148 from London, in
the Western division of the county, Wirksworth hundred, Ashborne union,
petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery
of Ashborne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese or Southwell. The church
of St. Mary, erected about the beginning of the last century, on the
site of the ancient church, is a small oblong building of stone, consisting
of nave, western porch, and a dome, surmounted by a small campanile,
containing one bell, dated 1842 ; there are a few fragments of stained
glass and on the north side of the church is a marble monument with
a brass tablet, to Henry John Goodwin B A. d. 23 May, 1863:
the church was restored in 1876, and will seat 120 persons. The register
dates from the year 1704, and is kept at Ashborne. The living is a
rectory, consolidated with the vicarage of Ashborne, average tithe
rent-charge £79, with 14 acres of glebe, gross income £340,
joint net yearly value £80, in the gift of the Bishop of Southwell,
and held since 1878 by the Rev. Francis Jourdain M.A. of Pembroke
College, Oxford, and chaplain of Ashborne union, who resides at Ashborne.
Rowland Okeover, by will dated
24th October, 1727, left the residue of certain lands and premises
to be applied in building a convenient house arranged as a residence
for three widows of clergymen of the Church of England, assigning
to each the sum of £30 annually. The river Dove furnishes excellent
sport for the angler, and good quarters will be found at the Okeover
Arms, Temperance Hotel, in this village. Mapleton Cottage, the residence
of Lady Waterpark, and Hinchley Wood House, the residence of Mrs.
Goodwin, are pleasantly situated in the village. The Rev. Henry Buckston
M.A. vicar of Hope, is lord of the manor; H. C. Okeover esq. J.P.
of Okeover Hall, is chief landowner. The soil is clay; subsoil, gravel,
clay and limestone. The land is chiefly kept in pasture for dairy
produce. The acreage is 778; rateable value, £2,045 ; the population
in 1881 was 196. Parish Clerk, John Twigg. POST OFFICE.-Mrs. Fanny Grindey, sub-postmistress. Letters arrive from Ashborne at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.40 p.m. ; there is no sunday delivery. Ashborne is the nearest money order & telegraph office National School (mixed), erected in 1876, for 50 children; average attendance, 30; Miss Amelia Hooper, mistress PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Capper Col. Harcourt (1st Herefordshire Volunteers), Callow hall Foster Philip, Rose cottage Goodwin-Gladwin Capt. Richard Henry J.P. Hinchley wood Goodwin Mrs. Hinchley Wood house Heather Mrs Hurd Miss Murray Mrs Waterpark Lady, Mapleton cottage Wheen Richard COMMERCIAL. Barnes Joseph Charles, grocer tea dealer & provision merchant farmer & miller (water) Bassett Arthur, joiner &c Bassett John, farmer Bentley Samuel, blacksmith Dale George, farmer, Manor house Grindey Fanny (Mrs.), Okeover Arms Temperance hotel ; within a few yards of the river Dove; first-class accommodation for anglers &c. Post office. See advertisement Harrison Julia (Miss), dress maker Hollis James, farmer, Callow Hooper Georgina (Miss), dress maker Mapleton Fishing Station (Joseph Cooper, river keeper), Okeover Arms Temperance hotel Maskery Thomas, farmer, Butlers hole Murphy John, farmer Swindell Robert, farmer, Callow Thompson William, farmer, Gate farm Twigg John, shoe maker Waterfall Thomas, farmer, Red house Watson Francis, farmer Webster William, farmer & cattle dealer Whilock Francis, farmer, Haywood farm [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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