Kelly's Directory of the Counties
of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland. Pub. London (1895)
pp. 287 & 291
Riber.
Riber is a small hamlet in this parish
[Matlock], situated on a lofty eminence. Here is a Free Methodist
chapel, built by the late John Smedley. Riber Castle, now a preparatory
school for boys for public schools, is an imposing structure of
local stone, situated on the brow of the hill, 860 feet above sea
level, and commands most extensive views. Riber Hall, now occupied
as a farm house, is a building of considerable antiquity. On Riber
Hill formerly stood a number of large masses of gritstone, supposed
to have been the remains of a Druidical altar.
Earp, John Oswald, Riber Lodge
Beardsley Francis, farmer, The Hall
Beresford William, farmer
Carline Alfred, farmer
Cooper Jabez, glass & earthenware dealer, basket maker &c.
Chippett Rev. John William M.A. preparatory school for boys for
public schools, Riber Castle
Eley, William, cowkeeper
Farnsworth John, farmer
Hadfield Walter, farmer, Littlemoor
Marchant William, farmer
Knowles Henry, shopkeeper
Mart John, cowkeeper
Millward John, cowkeeper
Statham Isaac, shopkeeper
Statham Solomon, farmer, Hearthstone
Wall John, farmer, The Hall
Starkholmes.
Starkholmes is a district of scattered houses
in this parish [Matlock], overlooking Matlock Bath, and has a Church
of England mission room, and a primitive Methodist chapel.
Fisher John C. E. Chindrass house
Fox William, Rose cottage
Greenhough Edward, Parkfield, Willersley road
Hardy William Henry
Speed Charles, Cliff house
Wall George, Ivy cottage
COMMERCIAL.
Barber Joseph, shopkeeper
Carline Jas. farmer, Sitches farm
Carline Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper
Elton Alfred Wm. gas manager
Fox Luke Wm. butcher & farmer
Fox, William, White Lion P.H.
Gregory Joseph, tailor
High Tor Company (Francis Clay Statham, manager; Robt. Hall, sec)
Holmes Saml. Broomhill frm
Knowles Adam, stone mason
Robinson John, shopkeeper
Statham Isaac, shopkeeper
Statham Francis Clay, manager, High Tor Company
Watts Elizabeth (Mrs.), tailoress, and post office
Woodin Samuel, boot maker
POST OFFICE, Starkholmes. - Mrs. Elizabeth Watts, sub-postmistress.
Letters through Matlock Bath, which is the nearest money order & telegraph
office. Letters are delivered about 7.45 a.m. & 5.30 p.m. & dispatched
at 8.40 a.m. & 6.10 p.m. ; Sundays, arrive 8 a.m. ; dispatched
8.30a.m. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid
An Ann Andrews transcript
Note: spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory
 Elsewhere on this site: Kelly's
Derbyshire, 1891
Also see Tansley,
1891 as Riber became part of Tansley
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