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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Sutton on the Hill, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.31-311 |
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SUTTON-ON-THE-HILL is a parish comprising the townships of
SUTTON-ON-THE-HILL, ASH and OSLESTON with THURVASTON, in the Western
division of the county, hundred of Appletree, and petty sessional
division of Sudbury, union of Burton-upon-Trent, Derby county Court
district, archdeaconry of Derby, rural deanery of Longford and diocese
of
Southwell. Sutton-on-the-Hill is 3 miles south-east from Etwall station,
on the Great Northern railway, 5 miles north-east from Tutbury station,
on the North Staffordshire railway, 8 west-by-south from Derby, and
7 north from Burton. A small brook flows through the parish. The church
of St. Michael, a building of stone in the Decorated style, is situate
on a lofty hill, about half a mile from the village, and consists
of chancel, nave of four bays, north aisle, south porch and a western
tower with spire, struck by lightning in 1841, and taken down, but
rebuilt in 1863: the tower contains 6 bells, dating from 1602, and
some stained glass: there are 170 sittings. The register dates from
the year 1575. The living is a vicarage, gross yearly value £200,
with residence, in the gift of, and held since 1885 by the Rev. Rowland
German Buckston M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford. The vicarage is
a very fine old castellated mansion, mantled with ivy. The trustees
of Chetham's Hospital are lords of the manor and principal landowners.
The soil is chiefly marl. The crops are wheat, barley, clover and
turnips. The area of the parish is 3,246 acres; rateable value, £1,776;
the population in 1881 was 695. ASH is a small hamlet and village, 1 mile south from Sutton. The sole owner of Ash is the Rev. R. G. Buckston M.A. It contained in 1881 a population of 75 ; the area is 691 acres of strong land; rateable value, £1,370. Long Lane includes Osleston, one mile north-east, and Thurvaston, 2 miles north, which form a joint township. CHRIST CHURCH, an ecclesiastical parish, was formed from parts of Brailsford, Sutton-on-the-Hill and Trusley in 1859. The church is a plain structure of brick, situated in Long lane, and consists of chancel, nave, south porch and a belfry containing 3 bells: there are two stained windows, the gift of R. W. Chandos-Pole esq. and a memorial window to Frances Brewin, erected by her father: the church affords 162 sittings. The register dates from the year 1860. The living is a vicarage, average tithe rent-charge £28, gross yearly value £62, with residence, in the gift of the vicar of Sutton-on-the-Hill, and held since 1890 by the Rev. Herbert Arthur Hodges M.A. of Oxford University. The population in 1881 was 332; rateable value £3,045. Parish Clerk, Dan F. Bevis. POST OFFICE. Dan F. Bevis, postmaster. Letters arrive from Derby at 8 a.m.; dispatched at 5.50 p.m. The nearest money order & telegraph office is at Etwall Parish School, Sutton-on-the-Hill, built in 1871, for 60 children ; average attendance, 45 ; Dan Bevis, master Christ Church National (mixed), Long lane, erected in 1866 for 50 children; average attendance, 37 ; A. Johns, master Sutton-on-the-Hill. Buckston Rev. Rowland German M.A., Vicarage Hoare _, Ash COMMERCIAL. Brassington John, farmer Bridges Hy. manager, Sutton Cheese fctry Bull Samuel, butcher Fleming Edward, Chetham's Arms P.H Fowke William, farmer, Ash Hall John & Son, millers (water) Hibbs William, farmer Lomas John, blacksmith Newham Frank, farmer Orme Reginald, farmer, Ash Rose Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer, Ash Somerfield James, farmer Sutton Cheese Factory (Henry Bridges, manager) Wainwright Thomas, farmer Walwyn Peter, wheelwright Wooddisse Ralph, farmer, Ash Osleston (or Long Lane). Archer Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Hodges Rev. Herbert Arthur M.A. Christ Church vicarage, Long lane Bestwick Thomas, shopkeeper Burnett Arthur, farmer, Nunsfield Finch John, wheelwright & shopkeeper Hardy Emma (Mrs.), farmer Hunt Thomas, farmer Kent George, farmer Knifton Joseph, farmer, Grangefield Shaw Daniel, farmer, Cropper farm Stretton Brothers, farmers Thompson Henry, farmer, Trusley wood Tunnicliff James, farmer Walker William, farmer Thurvaston (or Long Lane). Brassington Arthur, farmer Draycott Elizabeth (Mrs.), farmer Gibbs William, farmer Jeffrey Thomas, farmer Kent John, farmer Lee Richard, Three Horseshoes P. H. & farmer Smith James, farmer Sessions William, dairyman Ward James, farmer [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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