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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
| Tansley, Derbyshire |
| 19th Century Derbyshire Directory Transcripts |
| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 314-315 |
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| TANSLEY is a township and parish,
formed in July, 1844, from the parish of Crich, and is 1 miles east
from Matlock station and 150 miles from London, in the Western division
of the county, Wirksworth hundred and county court district, Matlock
district petty sessions, Bakewell union, rural deanery of Bakewell,
archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The boundaries were
altered 19 May, 1865, so as to include part of Matlock parish (The
Cliff), which is attached to Tansley for ecclesiastical purposes.
The church of the Holy Trinity, erected in 1840, is a building of
stone, consisting of a nave of three bays, north aisle, west porch,
and a western tower with pinnacles containing a clock and one bell
: it was restored and reseated in 1869, when the north aisle was
added : there are 270 sittings, 200 being free. The register dates
from the year 1841. The living is a rectory, tithe rent-charge £42,
with 34 acres of glebe, net yearly value £190, with residence,
in the gift of the vicar of Crich, and held since 1890 by the Rev.
John Brodie Stuart Mais Lic. Theol. of Durham University. There
is a Wesleyan Methodist chapel, erected in 1829, and a Free Methodist
chapel, built in 1864, at a cost of £340. The Liberal Club,
a plain stone building, was erected in 1888, at a cost of £200.
There is a smallware manufactory and a mill for spinning lambswool,
and some bleaching works and hosiery manufactory. The principal
landowners are Childers C. Radford esq. J.P. U. Unwin-Heathcote
esq. M.A. Shepalbury, Stevenage, and the Rev. C. Wolley Dod MA of
Edge Hall, Malpas ; there are also several small freeholders. The
soil is light loam and clay ; subsoil, grit. The chief crops are
wheat, oats and grass. The area of the township is 1,137 acres ;
rateable value, £2,000 ; the population in 1881 of the
township was 678, and of the parish 930. Sexton, Samuel Holmes. POST OFFICE, Francis Dennis, receiver. Letters through Matlock Bath arrive at 9 a.m. ; dispatched at 5.50 p.m. The nearest money order office is at Matlock Green & nearest telegraph office at Matlock Bank. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. WALL LETTER BOXES:- Cliff, cleared 6.30 p.m ; Upper Tansley, cleared 6 p.m. week days only. Church National School (mixed), built, with a master's house, in 1843 & enlarged in 1890 at a cost of £400, for 300 children ; average attendance, 70 boys, 70 girls & 80 infants ; Thomas McMunn, master Marked thus * in Matlock parish [GENTRY AND CLERGY] Clark William, Holly villa *Hurd Robert Daniel, Portland grange Lowe, Robert Oak lodge *Macdonald Jas. Brimton, Portland grng Mais Rev. John. Brodie Stuart L.Th. Rectry Pike Walter, Fern bank Radford Childers Chas J.P. Tansley wood Smith Joseph Arrow, Roper house COMMERCIAL Allen William, farmer, The Moor Barber, John, rope maker Bennett Robert, wheelwright Blackwell George, shopkeeper Boden George, stone merchant, Poor Lots Grindstone quarry & at Matlock Green. See advertisement. *Briddon James, blacksmith *Briddon John, grocer &c. Bridge Andrew, stone mer. Tansley Moor *Brown Thomas, farmer, The Moor Dean Samuel, farmer, Knabb Hall farm *Drabble F. H. BLEACHER, Tansley Wood mills Dennis Francis, stationer & joiner, Post office Farnsworth Richd. Bleacher, Lumsdale *Fentem Thomas, farmer Forbes William, farm bailiff to C. C. Radford esq. Home farm Gregory Benjamin, farmer, The Moor *Gregory John, joiner & timber dealer Gregory Wm. timber mer. & saw mills Haslam, Job, farmer Higdon Thomas, farmer, Sunnyside Hole George, farmer, The Moor Hughes Andrew, farmer, The Moor *Hurd, Son & Co. hosiery manufacturers, Portland Grange mills LOWE ROBERT, smallwear manufr. Tansley mill, & wool stapler, Leawood McMunn Thomas, assistant overseer & schoolmaster *Marriott Matthew, boot maker Marsh Herbert, grocer Mycock William, hydropathic establishment, Tansley house Oscroft Harriet (Mrs.), shopkeeper *Poyser Benjamin, grocer, Cliff Roberts John, chimney sweep Shaw William,, farmer, The Moor Scholes James Howard, manager to Tansley mill Smith James, nurseryman Smith Joseph arrow, nurseryman & florist, Tansley Old nursery. See advert Spendlove Job, farmer Spendlove William, farmer STALEY WILLIAM (MRS.), comfortable apartments, with or without board, The Grove Stone Stephen (Mrs.), Gate inn, & farmer Tansley Institute & Reading Rooms (Thomas McMunn, sec.) Tansley Liberal Club (Jas. H. Scholes, sec) Taylor Benj. Farmer, Spouthouse farm Taylor George, George & Dragon P.H. *Taylor Thomas, Royal Oak P.H. & farmer; good stabling accommodatn Twigg Thomas (Mrs.), farmer Twigg William, farmer Watts David, farmer Whitaker Hannah (Miss), shopkeepr Wilson Robert, farmer, Lumsdale Wragg George, stone merchant [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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