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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Staveley, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.306-308 |
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STAVELEY is a parish,
extensive village and station on the Midland railway, pleasantly
situated on an eminence, close to the fine valley of the river Rother,
4½ miles north-east from Chesterfield and 154 from London, in the
North Eastern division of the county, Scarsdale hundred, Chesterfield
union, petty sessional division and county court district, rural
deanery of Staveley, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell.
The Chesterfield canal passes through the parish. The village is
lighted with gas by a company formed in 1861, and supplied with water
from works situated at Barlow, the property of the Chesterfield Sanitary
Authority. The church of St. John the Baptist is an edifice of stone
consisting of chancel, south chantry, nave, aisles, south porch and
a western tower, containing a clock and 8 bells, all cast either
in 1782 or 1811 : the most ancient remains in this church are some
fragments of incised slabs worked up in the window sills of two windows
in the south aisle and possibly coeval with the church existing at
the time of the Domesday Survey ; the font is also a fine and early
specimen of work, unique in some of its details and dating from the
12th century; the basement of the tower, with its irregular buttresses,
and the south doorway, appear to belong to the Early English period
; the arcade of the south aisle, consisting of five pointed arches,
is Decorated : two low arches on an octagonal pier divide the chancel
from the chantry, and above these arches is a clerestory, lighted
by six small windows : the church was much altered during the prevalence
of the debased Perpendicular style, the upper part of the tower,
with its battlements and pinnacles, bearing the date 1681: in the
south aisle is a mutilated
piscina, and built into the outer wall of the north aisle is a richly-carved
recess with a crocketed ogee arch and pinnacles ; in the upper half
is a painting, now much faded, of the" Resurrection: " on
the eastern gable of the nave is a bell-cote containing a sanctus
bell: some fragments of ancient glass linger in the cast window of
the chantry : on the north side of the chancel is an altar tomb,
bearing on the upper slab the full-length figure in brass of a knight
in plate armour, covered by a tabard, displaying the arms of Frecheville
; the head and shoulders of the figure are missing, but above are
scrolls with invocatory prayers, an emblem of the Trinity and escutcheons
of arms : on the margin is a mutilated inscription to Sir Peter Frecheville,
knighted at the battle of Pinkie or Musselburgh, 10 Sept. 1547, and
Matilda his wife; she died in 1482 ;
around the sides are shields of arms : here also is a monument with
figures of a man in armour and his wife, kneeling at desks facing
each other, eight boys in long gowns also kneeling behind the one
and seven girls behind the other; above is a figure of the Virgin
and child, and underneath all inscription to "Peyrs Frechwell, ob. 25
March 1503, and Maude his wyf: " under one of the arches of
the chancel arcade is an alabaster slab, bearing the effigy of an
armoured knight, bareheaded and with clasped hands, representing
John Frecheville, son of the foregoing Sir Peter, ob. 1509;
the remains of similar slabs, much defaced, were removed at the restoration
to the chantry, or "Frecheville quire," now containing
the later monuments of that family, including a large marble sarcophagus
to John, 1st and only Baron Frecheville, and the last of his race,
who died in 1682, and a memorial to his daughter Christian, 1st wife
of Lord St. John, of Basing, afterwards
Marquess of Winchester and Duke of Bolton; she died in 1653: behind
the monument of Lord Frecheville is a fine stained window in the
Renaissance style, dated 1676, with his arms; here also is a slab
incised with the figure of an ecclesiastic, standing beneath a canopy
and supporting with one hand a pastoral staff, intended to commemorate
John Warton, a former rector: another incised slab, probably of the
12th century, bears a cross with a simply-formed circular head; the
head of a third incised cross is almost entirely concealed by the
base of a large canopied niche, designed for two figures of saints
and placed in the south-east angle: the church was restored in 1865,
when the north aisle was added and the roofs raised : there are 800
sittings : in the churchyard, near the south porch, stands a restored
cross, the original portions consisting of the base and most of the
shaft. The register dates from 1557 for all entries. The living is
a rectory, average tithe rent-charge £597, net yearly value £408,
including 92 acres of glebe, with a rectory house, in the gift of
the Duke of Devonshire K.G. and held since 1887 by the Rev. Charles
Undock Molineux. There are Free Methodist, Primitive Methodist and
Wesleyan chapels here, and a Primitive Methodist chapel at Marsden
Moor. A cemetery of 3½ acres, opened in 1884 and containing two mortuary
chapels, is under the supervision of the Rural Sanitary Authority
of Chesterfield. The Mechanics' Institute and Reading Room occupies
an ancient house near the church. The K Co. of the 2nd Volunteer
Battalion, Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment), is stationed
at Staveley. There are several bequests for the benefit of the poor
of the parish and for educational purposes, amounting annually to
about £230; this sum is at present distributed at Midsummer and Christmas,
to deserving poor not receiving parish relief. Various charities
from 1584 to 1736 were collected by Francis Gisborne, in the latter
year, and a rent-charge of £12 10s. a year was bought from the Earl
of Scarsdale. The land in this parish is of great value for its rich
minerals and its abundant produce of coal and some iron-stone, great
quantities of the former being sent away by the Midland railway,
which has a station here; the line passing close to the works of
the Staveley Iron and Coal Company at Barrow Hill. There is an old-established
brush manufactory ; spades and shovels are also made and there are
corn mills. The Duke of Devonshire K. G. who is lord of the manor
and St. John's College, Cambridge, are the principal landowners.
The soil is clay; subsoil, clay. The chief crops are wheat and oats.
The area of the township is 6,872 acres; rateable value, £35,610;
the population in 1881 was 8,194. Parish Clerk, George Mather. WOODTHORPE is a hamlet, about 1½ miles distant. Here is a hospital, with a chapel seating 130 persons, founded and endowed by Peter Frecheville by will, dated 16 Mar. 1632, for eight poor men and women, the income of which amounts to £70 yearly. Divine service is held here weekly. HANDLEY is 2 miles north-west and has a chapel of ease, built in 1838, chiefly at cost of the Duke of Devonshire K.G. with sittings for 175; divine service is conducted by the rector and curate of Staveley. WEST INKERSALL, 1 mile south of Netherthorpe, and PARK GATE, three quarters of a mile east, are other places. BARROW HILL, 1 mile west-north-west, is a village, erected in 1855 by Richard Barrow esq. J.P. consisting of upwards of 300 stone houses. Reading and news rooms with library were built in 1863, for the workmen employed at the extensive iron and coal works belonging to the Staveley Coal and Iron Company Limited, where upwards of 4,000 persons are engaged. This is considered one of the largest firms in the Midland Counties : the iron work for the Exhibition of 1862 was cast at this place. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.- Robert Sibery, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive by mail cart from Chesterfield, delivered at 7.15 a.m. & 4.35 p.m. ; dispatched at 11a.m. & 6.5 p.m POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office, Barrow Hill.-Daniel Preston, postmaster. Letters arrive by rail from Chesterfield at 6.55 a.m. & 2.50 p.m. ; dispatched at 5.30 & 7.55 p.m. ; on sundays at 4.25 p.m POST OFFICE, Norbriggs.-Joseph Hopkinson, receiver. Letters arrive by mail cart from Chesterfield at 7 a.m. ; dispatched at 6 p.m.; 3 p.m., on sundays, Staveley is the nearest telegraph office POST OFFICE, Middle Handley.-Mrs. Ann Turner, receiver. Letters arrive by mail cart from Chesterfield at 8 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.30 p.m. week days only. North Whittington is the nearest money order & telegraph office WALL LETTER Box, Lowgates, cleared at 6 p.m WALL LETTER Box, Marsden Moor, cleared at 5.45 p. m. ; sundays 2.45 p.m Cemetery, Thomas Simpson, keeper Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regiment), 2nd Volunteer Battalion (K Company); Capt. F. A. Turner, commandant; Josiah Court, surgeon; Sergt. A. W. Keats, drill instructor PUBLIC OFFICERS :- Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, Staveley district, Chesterfield union, Josiah Court L.R.C.P. Lond Assistant Overseer & Collector of Rates & Taxes, George Coward Crofts Surveyors of Highways, Francis Thornton, John A. Crofts, Enoch Banister & James Howe SCHOOLS :- Endowed, founded in 1572 & buildings erected by Margaret Fretcheville; the endowment, formerly £8 yearly, has been augmented to £30; there are 45 boys &; the scheme of education is classical & general ; Francis Albert Turner B.A. head master National, Staveley erected in1844 & enlarged in 1870, for 270 boys, 230 girls & 100 infants : average attendance, 225 boys, 200 girls & 98 infants; Joseph Craven, master; Miss Ann Swanson, mistress ; Miss Minnie Kent, infants' mistress: the girls' school has the benefit of a bequest of £100, left by Mrs. Jane Foxlowe in 1846 National, Handley, erected by the Duke of Devonshire K.G. with residence for master, for 200 children; average attendance, 62 boys, 63 girls & 38 infants; Samuel Hooke, master ; Mrs. Hooke, infants' mistress Church, Woodthorpe, with master's residence, erected by the Duke of Devonshire in 1862, for 258 children; average attendance, 76 boys, 59 girls & 44 infants; Jerrison Frith, master ; Mrs. Lucy Frith, mistress ; Miss Harriet Newham, infants' mistress ; the school receives annual subscriptions from the Duke of Devonshire & the Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Limited National, Marsden Moor (mixed), built in 1879, for 157 children; average attendance, 135; Miss Sarah Ede, mistress Staveley Works Schools, Barrow Hill, erected in 1857, for 300 boys, 209 girls & 143 infants ; average attendance, 250 boys, 205 girls &; 143 infants; William Ridgway, master; Miss Mary E. Baggaley, mistress ; Mrs. Ellen Robotham, infants' mistress RAILWAY STATIONS :- Barrow Hill, Richard Eaton, station master Netherthorpe, John Cash, station master CARRIER TO CHESTERFIELD.-Jenkinson, wed. & sat Do. Do. from Marsden Moor, Greaves, sat Staveley. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Barrow John Burton M.A., J.P. Ringwood hall Court Josiah Crawshaw Robt. Wilkinson, The Hagge Crofts Francis, Lowgates Crofts Mrs. Rose cottage Ferguson Edgar C. C.E. Lowgates Fisher Mrs. High street Fletcher Charles, Old Rectory Fletcher James, Netherthorpe hall Harrison Joseph, Lowgates Knight Edwin Smith, Lowgates Marples Paul, Lowgates Molineux Rev, Charles Hurlock, The Rectory Robinson Mrs. High street Rodgers Mrs. New house Sharman Rev. William [Primitive Methodist], Lowgates Turner Francis Albert B.A. Netherthorpe Waugh Rev. Joseph [curate], Woodthorpe hall Winder Rev. William R. [Catholic], The Poplars COMMERCIAL. Anderson Matilda (Miss), farmer, Woodthorpe Arthur George, farmer, Woodthorpe Askew John, woodman, Netherthorpe Baker Edward, Albert inn, Woodthorpe Baker Marrianne (Mrs.), tailor & beer ret Banister Enoch, brick maker, farmer & surveyor of highways Bennett Abraham (trustees of), farmer, Inkersall green Bennett Jane Ann (Mrs.), out door beer retailer, Lowgates Beresford Enoch, blacksmith, Lowgates Booth John, insurance agent Bower David, farmer, Woodside Bower Thos. White, frmr. Woodthorpe Bowler Charles W. farmer, Inkersall Bowmer Benjamin, hair dresser, photographer & tobacconist Bradley John, beer retailr. Netherthorpe Brocksop John, farmer, Netherthorpe Brooke Isabella (Mrs.), grocer &c Buxton George, shopkpr. Netherthorpe Calow John Thomas, joiner Cemetery (Thomas Simpson, keeper) Clater Thomas, sec. to Church of England Working Men's Society & English Church Union, Lowgates Clayton Sarah (Mrs.), dress maker Cooke Edward, butcher Cooper Herbert, grocer &c Cooper Thomas, draper Court Josiah L.R.C.P. Lond. surgeon & medical officer & public vaccinator, Staveley district, Chesterfield Union Cowley Argus, cowkeeper, Moor Top Cox John, wood turner Cox John, jun. shopkeeper Cox Reuben, shoe maker Cragg Hy. Preston, saddler &: harness ma Crawshaw Robert Wilkinson, farmer, The Hagge Crofts George Coward, assistant overseer & collector of rates & taxes Crofts John A. surveyor of highways Crofts Jn. Johnson, frmr. Hawthorn hi Crofts WiIliam, Elm Tree P.H Cross George, joiner & out door beer retailer, Woodthorpe Crossland Thos. Speedwell inn, Lowgates Cutts Jsph. Hy. farmer, Chesterfield rd Dewsnap Frederick James, watch maker Dickens William, farmer, Pipe lane Doughty Reuben, farmer Dunnicliffe Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeepr Elliott John, grocer, Lowgates Fidler Francis, farmer, Woodthorpe Fletcher Jn. & Sons, general brush mnfrs Fletcher & Sons, tanners & curriers Flint Robert, pork butcher Fox Ann (Miss), dress maker Frith Robert, brush manufacturer & insurance agent Frith William, farmer, Netherthorpe Grieves John Thomas, butcher Hardy William J. butcher HARRISON JOSEPH, coal factor & cultural & building lime, milling & other timber & all kinds of colliery stores, Lowgates Helmstock Thos, beer ret. Netherthorpe Hewitt James, New inn, & farmer, Netherthorpe Hollingworth William, farmer Hollis Matthew, farmer, Inkersall Hopkinson Anthony, sewing machine depot, Porter street Horseman Henry, grocer & general dlr Howe James, farmer & surveyor of highways, Breck Hudson Henry, Smiths' Arms P. H. & farmer, Netherthorpe Jarvis Sarah (Mrs.), cowkeeper, Woodthorpe Jenkinson Jonathan, shopkeeper Jervis Joshua, shoe maker Johnson George, farmer, Woodthorpe Keeling John, beer & wine retailer Keeton Wm. Boot & shoe ma. Netherthorpe Kirkham Sarah A. (Mrs.), greengrocer Knighton Hy. foundry foreman, Beech ho Knighton Thos. Wm. chemist & druggist Lee John & Joseph, farmers, Woodthorpe Lee John Thos. miller (water) & farmer Lievesley Thomas, Foresters' inn Lingard John, Old Nag's Head P.H Longmete James, drilling machine proprietor & farmer, Chesterfield road Lowgates Football Club (R. Madin, hon. sec) Marples Herbert & Paul,farmrs. Hugistall Marples Frederick, grocer & draper Marples Herbert, farmer & butcher Marples Paul, butcher Marriott Matthew, medical student, Lowgates Marsden George, farmer, Handley wood Marsh John Wheatcroft, grocer Marson James, shoe maker Martin Thomas, monumental mason Mead William, shopkeeper Mechanics' Institute (Thomas Till, librarian & secretary) Middleton Maria (Mrs.), shopkeeper Milner Wm. butchr. & farmr. Woodthorpe Morris Arthur, shopkpr. Netherthorpe Mullins Wm. joiner, builder & saw mills Naylor Thomas, pawnbroker & clothier Newbury William, shopkpr. Lowgates Norman Edward, blacksmith, Lowgates Nuttall John, farmer Nuttall William, butcher Paramore Theresa (Mrs.), shopkeeper Parsons Edwd. pork butcher & farmer Pattison John, farmer, Merrians Pattison Mark, Devonshire Arms P.H Payton Richard, grocer, Seymour Peabody Wm. draper & furniture dealer Pearson John W. grocer & provsn, dlr Peel Roger, grcr. & out-door beer retlr Plant John Thomas, blacksmith Redican Francis, wardrobe dealer Renshaw Joseph, farmer, Woodthorpe Riley Fanny (Miss), dress maker Rimmington Mary (Mrs.), butcher & grcr Robinson Mark, grocer Rodgers Jn. (Mrs.), farmer, Netherthorpe Rodgers Mark, tailor, Lowgates Rodgers Thos. baker & provision dealer Shaw Charles Robert, butcher Shelton George, farmer, Lowgates Sherwood Foresters (Derbyshire Regt.), and Volunteer Battalion (K Co.) (Capt. F. A. Turner, commandant ; Sergeant A. W. Keats, drill instrctr) Shipstone John, cowkpr. Inkersall green Siddall Henry, farmer, Moor top Simpson Edmund, storekeeper, Staveley works, Lowgates Singleton Frances (Mrs.), confectioner Slagg Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Red lodge Smith George, grocer & draper Staveley Coke & Gas Light Co. Limited (Edmund Simpson, sec) Staveley Cricket Club (Joseph Barrow, hon. sec) Staveley Football Club (Geo. Ha y, hon.sec) Staveley Free Labour & Industrial Provident Co-operative Society Limited (AIbert Rodgers, manager) Stead John, chemist & draper, Lowgates Stone George, shopkeeper Stone Samuel, joiner & builder Stubbins Benjamin, farmer, Woodthorpe Swift Jas. blacksmith & out-door beer ret Taylor Richard, grocer & draper Taylor William, cowkeeper, Pipe lane Thornton Francis, surveyor of highways Trigg Benjamin, stationer & newsagent Tudsbury Marmaduke, stationer & printer Tudsbury William Henry, hair dresser & photographer Turner Francis Albert, grammar school, Nettlethorpe Turner John, cowkeeper, Nettlethorpe Turton Henry, farmer Turton Jas. farmer, Chesterfield road Turton John, farmer, Inkersall Turton Joseph, wheelwright & joiner Vickers Priscilla (Mrs.), farmr. Parkgate Wakefield John, glass & china dealer Walker John, shopkeeper, Woodthorpe Wetton Alfred, Crown P.H Widdowson & Jarvis, butchers Widdowson James, farmer, Moor top Widdowson Joseph, farmer, Inkersall Widdowson William, farmer, Park ho Williamson Albert, beer retlr. Canal row Woodhead John, shopkeeper, Mill green Wright Robert, farmer, Woodthorpe Wroe Joseph, shopkeeper, Lowgates Yorkshire Penny Bank (branch) (open mondays 7 to 8 p.m.), National school Young Robert, butcher Barrow Hill. Coleman Rev. William Laxton [curate], The Cottage Hale Thomas Frederick Humble Joseph, White lodge Westlake Henry COMMERCIAL. Barnes Alfred Winter, colliery manager, Staveley works Booker George, farmer Hale Thomas Frederick, surgeon Hunt Benjamin, shopkeeper Knighton Jsph. mangr. at Staveley wks Millard Abraham, butcher Monks James, grocer & beer retailer Nicholson John Brown, cashier, StaveIey works Peatman James, grocer Preston Dan. draper & grocer, Post office Price Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Reading & News Rooms & Library (Jn. Stevens, sec. & librarian) Richardson Isaiah, grocer Smith Samuel, butcher Stacey Jonathan, shopkeeper Staveley Coal & Iron Co. Limited, coal & ironmasters, manufacturers, engineers &c. (Henry Westlake. sec) Sterling John, shopkeeper Thorley Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Westlake Charles, traffic manager, Staveley works Westlake Hy. sec. Staveley works Wetherall James, news agent Williamson Edwin, Barrow Hill hotel Handley. Crawshaw Miss, Southgate lodge MacFarlane Mrs. Uplands Marples Fredk. A. Devonshire Arms P.H Middle Handley. Barber Paul, farmer Evans Charles, blacksmith Steele Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Turner George, carpenter & wheelwright Nether Handley. Frith James, cow keeper Hoyle Thomas Albert, farmer Knighton George Henry, engineer Walker John, farmer West Handley. Bargh Robert, farmer Cowley Henry, farmer Cross Ernest, shopkeeper Keller Thomas, greengrocer Siddall Charles, farmer Vickers James, shopkeeper Marsden Moor. Bacon John, cowkeeper Goodwin John, beer retailer Greaves Charles, carrier Hall Godfrey, cow keeper Holmes John, grocer Johnson Moses, cowkeeper Keeton Mary Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Miller Charlotte (Mrs.), Gate inn Rimmington William, shopkeeper & outdoor beer retailer Robinson John, Jolly Colliers P.H Widdowson George, cowkeeper Norbriggs. Dudley John Richard, Norbriggs house Royston Misses, Holly bank DUDLEY & SON, spade, shovel & steel fork manufacturers, Norbriggs work [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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