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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Rowsley (Great Rowsley), Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p. 294 |
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| GREAT ROWSLEY is a village, township
and parish formed 30 Oct. 1860, from the parishes of Bakewell, Darley,
and Youlgrave, with a station on the Ambergate and Manchester section
of the Midland Railway, 154 miles from London. 5½ miles from
Matlock, 3¾ south-east from Bakewell, in the Western division
of the county, hundred of High Peak, Bakewell parish, union, petty
sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Bakewell,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell ; it is situated near
the junction of the rivers Wye and Derwent, the former being crossed
by a modern stone bridge of two arches, and the latter by an ancient
bridge of four arches. The water supply is derived from a small reservoir
at Peak Tor, the property of the Duke of Rutland. The church of St.
Catherine, consecrated in 1855, is a building of stone consisting
of chancel, north aisle, south porch and a turret containing one bell,
formerly belonging to the old chapel at Haddon Hall : the north aisle
and a mortuary chapel were added in 1859; the latter contains a monument
to Catherine L. G. (Marlay), 1st wife of the present Duke of Rutland
; she died 7 April, 1854 : there are 200 sittings, The register dates
from the year 1855. The living is a vicarage, in the gift of the Duke
of Rutland, rent-charge £100, gross yearly value £186,
with residence, erected in 1857, and held since 1884 by the Rev. Edward
Chinery Parmenter M.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge. The charities
amount to about £4. Stanton Woodhouse is an ancient mansion in the Elizabethan style ; situated on an elevation and commanding a considerable view ; it was formerly one of the seats of the late Duke of Rutland K.G.; the park is extensive, and contains some fine old timber ; it is now the residence of R. W, Cory esq. The Duke of Rutland G.C.B. is lord of the manor and sole landowner. The soil is grit and sand; subsoil, gritstone and gravel. The chief crops are principally grass. The area of the township is 679 acres of land and 21 of water; rateable value, £1,870; the population of the township in 1881 was 284, and of the parish 388; the latter is now (1890) about 500. ALPORT is a hamlet in this township. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B, & Anhuity & Insurance Office. -Thomas Richards, receiver. Letters arrive through Bakewell at 8.15 a.m. (& in the summer months at 5.30 p.m.) ; dispatched at 4.50 & 8.20 p.m. Sunday letters arrive at 9 a.m. ; dispatched 5.40 p.m Church of England School (mixed). -A substantial building, erected by the Duke of Rutland in 1840, for 130 children ; average attendance, 102 ; Thomas Richards, master ; Mrs. Martha Richards, mistress Railway Station, Thomas Pitt, station master Barker Mrs. Wye Bridge Boden John J. Hall farm Bowman William, Alport Cory Richd. Wallis, Stanton Woodhouse Faulkner Mrs. Alport Levett Major Edward Melland Charles John, Alport Parmenter Rev. Edward Chinery M.A. Vicarage COMMERCIAL. Bailey Peter, coal mer. Railway station Boden John J. stone merchant, quarry Boden S. & M. (Misses), apartments, Hall farm Alport Boden Joseph (Mrs.), Derwent house Caudwell Charles & Edward, millers (water), The Mill Cooper & Dawson S & E (Misses), Peacock hotel Deeley Henry, grindstone merchant, Railway station Eades Joseph, farmer, Woodhouse Elliott James, joiner Elliott William, joiner Evans John, miller (water) & farmer, Alport Fearn Thomas, farmer, Tinkersley Gilman Charles, goods agent Hall John & Son, merchant, general merchant, Railway station Hopkinson Jas. Timber mer. & farmer Howard William, farmer Kidd Charles, farmer Prince John & Co. stone merchants Reading Rooms (Thos. Richards, sec) Strutt George, farmer Titterton Samuel, farmer Toft Henry, mine agent & spar merchant & poor rate collector, Alport Tomlinson Richard, farmer Wall George, farmer, Tinkersley Wan Samuel, blacksmith Wall Thomas, shoe maker Walton George, farmer Wheatcroft Nathaniel & Sons, coal merchants, Railway station Whitehead Richard, grocer & draper Willgoose Peter, Station inn [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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