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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Swarkston, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.313-314 |
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SWARKESTON is a parish and village extending some distance
along the north bank of the Trent; the Trent and Mersey canal passes
through the parish and is here joined by the Derby canal : it is 5
miles south-by-east from Derby and 1 south from Chellaston station
on the Derby and Ashby-de-la-Zouch branch of the Midland railway,
in the Southern division of the county, hundred of Repton aud Gresley,
Derby petty sessional division and county court district, Shardlow
union, rural deanery of Melbourne, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese
of Southwell. The church of St. James is a building of stone, consisting
of chancel, nave of three bays, north aisle and an embattled western
tower with pinnacles, containing 3 bells, dated respectively 1847,
1688 and 1860 : the tower, in the Late Perpendicular style, together
with the Harpur mortuary chapel, constitute all that is left standing
of the old church since the restoration and rebuilding in 1876; this
chapel, situated on the south side of the chancel, contains two monuments
in alabaster, one to Richard Harpur, Justice of the Common Pleas,
ob. 29 Jan. 1577 and Jane (Fynderne), his wife, with recumbent
effigies, that of the judge being in official robes with a collar
of SS ; surrounding the tomb is a fillet of brass, with engraved figures
of boars, dogs &c. ; the other tomb has also recumbent effigies,
one in armour, of Sir John Harpur kt. son of the judge, ob.
7 Oct. 1627, his head resting on his helmet, and the other to Isabella
(Pierpont), his first wife; on the front of this tomb, and carved
in relief, is a double prayer desk, with open books thereon, and the
kneeling figures of seven sons on one side and five daughters on the
other; above each are their names and shields of arms : against the
south wall, above the tomb is a curious tablet, with an inscription
to both, surrounded with floriated work and objects in colour, and
against the east wall of this chapel is a mural monument to Frances,
eldest daughter of William, 6th Baron Willoughby of Parham and wife
1st of Sir John Harpur kt. who died in 1714, surviving three husbands:
on the north side is a canopied tomb to the Rolleston family, the
top of which is incised with figures of John Rolleston, ob.
1482, in plate armour, and his wife, ob. 1460 ; on the front
are carved in relief the figures of seven sons and seven daughters
: in the wall under this arch is a small niche :the font
is apparently Norman: the east window and a small one at the west
end of the church are stained : a fine Norman arch ornamented with
chevron moulding, separates the chancel from the nave, and several
pieces of Norman stonework, of the 12th century were found during
the rebuilding, one of these being a jamb of the original south doorway;
they are now built into the interior wall : in 1828 the church received
an addition of 100 sittings, of which 70 are free, and in 1876 underwent
a thorough restoration. The register dates from the year 1604, but
several intervals occur, and the record is much torn. The living is
a rectory, annexed to that of Stanton-by-Bridge, joint gross yearly
value £530, derived from 321 acres of glebe, in the gift of
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe bart. and held since 1888 by the Rev. Charles
Henry Carlisle, who resides at Stanton; the Rev. John Joseph Wardle
B.A. of Jesus College, Cambridge, is curate in charge, and is resident
at Barrow-on-Trent. The site of Swarkeston Old Hall is now occupied
by a farm house, and considerable remains of the old mansion still
exist. The Cuttle is a large inclosure surrounded by a stone wall
about 3 feet high and is supposed to have been an arena for bull baiting
and such like sports; it stood close to the Hall, and the ruins seem
to indicate the existence of an amphitheatre, or some such structure
; it is now used as a paddock for sheep. Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe
bart. of Calke, is lord of the manor and the principal landowner.
The soil is mixed ; subsoil, gravel. The chief crops are oats, wheat,
barley and pasture. The acreage is 850; rateable value, £2,018
; the population in 1881 was 209. Sexton, Robert Bates. SWARKES LOWES is now only a farm, but takes its name from five mounds, formerly known as barrows or lowes, two only of which now remain, the other three having been nearly levelled by ploughing. POST OFFICE.-Thomas Parkes, receiver. Letters through Derby 5.40 a.m.; dispatched at 7.15 p.m. Nearest money order office at Chellaston & telegraph office at Chellaston railway station The children of this parish attend school at Stanton & Barrow-upon-Trent COMMERCIAL. Bates Robert, shoe maker Bentley John, farmer Bentley Thomas James, wheelwright & blacksmith Camp Emma (Mrs.), shoe maker Lakin Thomas, Crewe & Harpur Arms family & commercial hotel; good hunting boxes Fisher John, farmer Laycock R.C.R. corn, cake & salt mer Ordish John, farmer Osborne William, butter factory, & condensed milk manufacturer Parkes Thos. shopkeeper, Post Office Potts Samuel, shoe maker Rowbotham Elizabeth (Mrs.), agent to the Derby Canal Co Roberts John, farmer Smith David, farmer Stevens Charles, agent to the Trent & Mersey Canal Co Tomlinson Samuel, farmer, Lowes farm [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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