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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Spondon, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - p.303 |
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SPONDON is a parish and township on the Derby and Nottingham
road, with a station half a mile south from the village on the main
line of the Midland railway, 129½ miles from London, 3½
east-by-south from Derby, in the Southern division of the county,
hundred of Appletree, Shardlow union and
Derby petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery
of Ilkeston, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The church
formerly known as St. Mary's but recently (1890) discovered to have
been dedicated to St. Werburgh, is a large building of stone chiefly
in the Decorated style, consisting of chancel, nave of three bays,
aisles, north porch and an embattled western tower with spire 114
ft. high, of the Early English period, containing a clock and 5 bells,
the 2nd, 3rd and 5th dating from 1613 and the 1st and 4th from 1848:
in the north aisle is a mural monument with female bust to Elizabeth,
wife of Henry Gilbert, of Locko, and daughter of Sir John Bernard,
of Abington, ob. 15 Jan. 1665; the inscribed slab belonging
to this monument is now placed on the floor under the west gallery
: there are three stone stalls in the chancel and a piscina in the
east wall : the communion plate was given by H. Gilbert and bears
his name and crest: there are 700 sittings. The register of baptisms
dates from the year 1580, of marriages from 1714 and of burials from
1653. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £250, net
£220, derived from 87½ acres of glebe, with residence,
in the gift of William D. N. Drury-Lowe esq. D.L., J.P. and held since
1886 by the Rev. Reginald Fawkes M.A. of Trinity College, Cambridge.
There is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel built in 1877. A cemetery of
1½ acres was formed in 1880 at a cost of £1,100, with
one mortuary chapel, and is under the control of a burial board of
9 members. The charities amount to about £282 yearly
for distribution in fuel, clothing and money. There are four almshouses
in Sawpit lane, the gift of Mrs. Barrow, of Beach House, in 1873.
Messrs. Leech, Neal and Co. Limited are extensive colour manufacturers
here. Spondon Hall, a square mansion or red brick, is the seat of
William Thomas Edwards Cox esq. J.P. Locko Park, about 300 acres in
extent, containing a herd of deer and a small lake, is the seat of
William Drury Nathaniel Drury-Lowe esq. D.L., J.P. who is lord of
the manor. The principal landowners are William D. N. Drury-Lowe esq.
and William Thomas Edwards Cox esq. J.P. and there are several small
owners. The soil is loam, clay and gravel; subsoil, clay and gravel.
The chief crops are wheat and some land in pasture. The acreage of
Spondon township is 3,203; rateable value, £ 15,803 ; the population
in 1881 was 1,757. The acreage of Stanley chapelry is 1,026; rateable
value, £3,279; the population in 1881 was 846 ; that of the
entire parish 2,603 inhabitants, with an area of 4,229 acres. STANLEY will be found under a separate head. Parish Clerk, William Antill. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- Mrs. Ann Jerram, receiver. Letters received through the Derby office, arrive at 5.32 a.m. ; dispatched at 11.42 a.m. 4.50 & 8.15 p.m; sundays, arrive 7.35 a.m. ; dispatched 9p.m National School (mixed), erected in 1839, enlarged in 1887 cost over £1,000, for 600 children; average attendance, 120 boys, 90 girls & 110 infants; David George Douglass, master; Miss Georgina Smith, mistress Railway Station, James C. Chidgey, station master CARRIER TO DERBY.-Richard Joseph Dedman, tues & fri PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bayliss Richard C.E Blandford Rev. Josiah Jessop B.A. (one of her Majesty's inspectors of schools) Brown Frank Bowley John, The Beeches Brown Robert Major M.A., M.B. cam Cade Thomas Charles, The Homestead Cooke Charles William Cox William Thomas Edwards J.P. Spondon hall Devas Edwd. Thos. Holden J.P. The Hall Devas Horace J.P. The Hall Downs Miss, Bank side Drury-Lowe William Drury Nathaniel D.L., J.P. Locko park Elson Richard, Townsend cottage Fawkes Rev. Reginald M.A. Vicarage Fenn Mrs. Rock house Fletcher William Hall Mrs. West house Bolt Francis, Beech house Jobson Mrs. The Cottage Lewty John Alexander, Ingle nook Lilly Oliver Hutchinson, Borrowfield ho Lilly Oliver Morgan, The Croft Little Mrs Meakin James Robinson, The Grange Meakin Misses Medley Miss Morley William Potter John Holland Parry Francis Joseph (chief constable for the county), Stoney cross Priestland Rev. Edward M.A. Spondon ho Sandys Capt. H. Stair R.N. The Old hall Sant Mrs Staples Henry John, Prospect house Strickland Samuel, The Beeches Taylor John Thompson William, Thornhill house Walker Benjamin Wellings Charles COMMERCIAL. Astley William, land steward to Wm. Drury Nathaniel Drury-Lowe esq Baker Henry, Malt Shovel P.H Barton William & Son, butchers Bayliss Richard, civil engineer Boothway Thomas, market gardener Bradbury Joseph, tailor Brown Robert Major M.A., M.B. Camb. surgeon Cade Thos. Charles, surgeon, & medical officer & public vaccinator, Spondon district, Shardlow union, certifying factory surgeon, & registrar of births & deaths for Spondon sub-district Cemetery (David George Douglass, clerk to local board) Clews John, farmer Clews Joseph, farmer Conservative Club (Thomas Moult, sec) Cooper Alfred, butcher Co-operative Stores (Miss Emma Jane Watson, manageress) Cox George, plumber & glazier Coxon Charles, blacksmith Coxon Peter, White Swan P.H Curtis Charles, boot maker & shopkpr Dedman Rd. Jsph. carrier & cab propr Dedman William, Anglers' Arms P.H Elson E. (Mrs.), shopkeeper Elson Thomas, shoe maker & shopkeepr Fowkes Herbert, farmer Frost Elisha, farmer Gaskin William, coal mer. & beer retailr Holloway Thomas, beer retailer Hoskinson Thomas, beer retailer Kirkland William & Joseph, joiners Lather Henry, coal dealer Lather James, tailor Leech, Neal & Co. Lim. color manufrs. offices, City rd. Derby. See advert. Little Luke, shopkeeper Liewsley Amos, grocer Maddock Joseph, bricklayer Maddock William, bricklayer Meakin Edward, builder Measham Charles, market gardener Merrin Richard, farmer Morley Alfred, butcher Peat Elizabeth (Mrs.), butcher Porter Joseph, baker & shopkeeper Potter Sarah & Copeland Elizabeth Jane (Misses), preparatory school for young gentlemen Potter Isaac, farmer Potter John Holland, farmer Priestland Rev. Edward M.A. preparatory school, Spondon house Raynes Mary (Miss), dress maker Rose William, draper & baker Rowbottom Isaac, maltster Sandys Capt. H. Stair R.M. inspector of weights & measures for South Derbysh Shelley Henry, joiner Sims Alice (Mrs.), farmer, Springfield Spenlove John, farmer, Wood farm Spondon Gas Light & Coke Co. Limited (James Albert Stevenson sec) Stone Matthew & Son, farmers, Burrow Wood farm Stubbs William, farmer Thompson Edward, painter Thompson George, joiner & builder Topham William, grocer & draper Walker Benjamin L.R.C.P. Edin. surgn Walker Charles, tailor Walker Samuel, shoe maker Ward Frederick Lewis Union inn Wood John, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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deeds, pedigrees, documents and willsPlease note: About 1890 it was discovered that the church at Spondon, having been for a long time been called St. Mary's, had been originally dedicated to St. Werburgh. So the name of the church was changed back to St. Werburgh. It has subsequently reverted to St. Mary. |
