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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Parwich, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.222-3 |
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| PARWICH, in Domesday
"Pevrewic," is a village and parish, 6 miles north from
Ashborne station on the North Staffordshire railway and 6 south-west
from Winster, 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 of Southwell.
The old church of St. Peter, which had existed for more than seven
centuries, was restored in 1872 to make way for the present church,
a building of stone in the Norman style, erected in 1873 at the sole
cost of Sir T. W. Evans bart. and consisting of chancel, clerestoried
nave, aisles and a western tower surmounted by a lofty spire and containing
1 bell : the old north doorway and chancel arch have been preserved;
over the doorway is an ancient tympanum of very early date, discovered
in the walls of the old church; it is carved with various symbolic
figures of animals, and has been an object of much interest to antiquaries
: there are 800 sittings. The register dates from the year 1640 and
is in good condition. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £230,
in the gift of Sir Thomas William Evans bart. and held since 1880
by the Rev. Ernest Horatio May M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge,
who is also vicar of Alsop-en-Ie-Dale. A Wesleyan chapel was erected
in 1843, and will hold about 200 persons. Beresford's Charity, left
in 1695, amounts to £38 yearly, for distribution, £34
being also paid to the minister : Gisborne's Charity of £6 10s.
yearly, left 7th May, 1818, by the Rev. Francis Gisborne, sometime
rector of Stavely, is distributed in clothing to the poor: Thurstan
Dale, in 1653, left 10s. annually for the most deserving poor; Margaret
Bincliff, in 1788, left the interest of £100 yearly, and Francis
Johnson £150 in 1800, both for the poor of this parish ; George
Dakeyne, in 1757, left £1 annually for the most needy persons
in the parish. Here are the supposed
remains of a Roman camp within which many Roman antiquities have been
found. Sir Thomas William Evans bart. K.A., D.L., J.P. of Allestree
Hall, is lord of the manor and chief landowner; and there are a few
smaller proprietors. The soil is light; subsoil, chiefly limestone.
The land is principally in pasture for dairy produce. The acreage
is 3,264; rateable value, £3,874 ; the population in 1881 was
470. Parish Clerk, John Swindell. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office. -Joseph Swindell, postmaster. Letters arrive from Ashborne at 9 a.m. Box closes at 4 p.m. There is no sunday delivery or dispatch SCHOOLS:- National (mixed), built in 1862, at the sole expense of Sir T, W, Evans bart. for 70 children; average attendance, 60 ; Fletcher Hampson, master Infants', erected in 1862, for 33 children; full average attendance; Miss Kate Droughton, mistress CARRIERS :-James Twigge, to Ashborne every sat. to Wirksworth every tues. ; Edward Brownley, to Ashborne every sat. & Derby every fri. ; Joseph Twigge, to Ashborne every sat. ; Frederick Twigge to Derby every fri Brownson Miss, Townhead May Rev. Ernest Horatio M.A.. [vicar] Millward Mrs Shaw Thomas Swindell John, The Green Twigge Thomas Nathaniel COMMERCIAL. Alsop George, farmer & wheelwright Boden John, Crown inn Brindley Fanny (Miss), shopkeeper Brownley Edward, farmer & carrier Bunting Samuel, farmer Bunting William, farmer Calladine David, farmer & grocer Calladine Hannah (Mrs.), cowkeeper Dakin William, farmer & cattle dealer Dale George, farmer, Flat stile Dale William, farmer, Dale end Ellis Ann (Miss), draper Ellis Frank, Sycamore Tree P.H Ellis William, farmer & wheelwright Etherington Mary (Mrs.), tailor [Names, second column] Evans Noah, jun. farmer Fearn Thos. Wheatsheaf P.H. & farmer Fernihough William, farmer Frith Robert, farmer & joiner Frith Rupert, farmer & stone mason Gibbs James, mason & cowkeeper Gould John & Thomas, jun. farmers, Hawkslow Greatorex Joseph, farmer High Peak Silicia Co. Sand pits Johnson William, farmer, White cliff Keeling Joseph, tinman & brazier Lees Elizabeth (Mrs.), dress maker Lemon Thomas, farmer Mather Robert, shoe maker Naylor James, farmer Prince James, farmer Prince Thomas, farmer Redfern James, farmer, Littlewood Seals John, farmer Seals Thomas, farmer Swindell Thos. & Jn. farmers, Sitterlow Smith Wm. registrar of births & deaths for Hartington district & inspector of nuisances for Ashborne rural sanitary authority & school attendance officer Swindell John, parish clerk Swindell Joseph, farmer, Post office Tomson Smith & Jas. farmers, Hill top Tomson John, farmer, Hill top Twigge James, carrier & farmer Twigge Joseph, farmer & carrier Twigge Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Twigge Thomas, farmer Twigge Thomas Nathaniel, surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, Hartington district, Ashborne union Wayne John, farmer, Gotam Webster James, farmer & cattle dealer Webster John, butcher & shopkeeper Webster Joseph, farmer Webster Wm. farmer & cattle dealer Wright Frank, farmer, Gotam Wright William, blacksmith [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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