DUFFIELD, an extensive parish, containing 8 townships—viz., Duffield, Belper, Hazlewood, Heage, Holbrook, Shottle and Postern, Turnditch and Windley, of which four are chapelries, 15,987A. 1R. 21P. of land; rateable value, £43,832 3s. 3d.; and in 1851, had 3688 houses, and 17749 inhabitants, of whom 8730 were males, and 9019 females.

DUFFIELD is a township and well-built village, delightfully situated in the vale of the Derwent, 4 miles N. from Derby, and 3 miles S. from Belper, and contains many handsome modern residences. In 1851, it had, with the hamlets of Milford, and Makeney, 618 houses, and 2926 inhabitants, of whom 1365 were males, and 1561 females; 3090 acres of land, a red gravel; rateable value £10,968 14s. In Domesday-book it is called Dunelle, where there were at that time a church, a priest, and two mills. Henry de Ferrers, Earl

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of Derby, in the time of William the Conqueror, had a castle at the N.W. part of the village, which was demolished in 1264, by order of Henry the III., in consequence of Robert de Ferrers, the last Earl of Derby, joining the Barons in a rebellion against that monarch, and so effectually was it carried out, that not a vestige can now be traced of its ancient grandeur, nor a stone left to point out the spot where it once stood; but a piece of ground called the Castle Orchard, is supposed to have been the site. There was formerly an extensive forest at Duffield, which it appears, also belonged to the Earls of Derby, for in the 26th year of Henry III., (1242). William de Ferrers, gave to the monks of Tutbury, for the health of the soul of Agnes his wife; and those of his ancestors, tithe of all his pannage, venison, honey, and rent, arising out of the forest of Duffield. William Lord Hastings, who was beheaded by Richard III., was constable of Tutbury, chief fores­ter of Duffield, and surveyor of that honour, with the fee of £12 a year for life. Duffield once belonged to the Earls of Lancaster. The daughter of Edmund Earl of Lancaster, second son of King Henry III., had for her dower, besides other lands in Derbyshire, the manor, the advowson of the church, and the whole forest of Duffield. The tithe of Duffield, with the exception of a third part to the church, was given by Henry de Ferrers to the Priory of Tutbury. In the reign of Charles I., Duffield was granted to several persons. Sir Richard Paul Jodrell, Bart., is lord of the manor, and holds a court at Duffield. Mr. James Oldham Swettenham, is steward of the manors in the fee of Duffield. Lord Scarsdale and other principal residents are owners.

The Church, dedicated to St. Alkmund, is a handsome Gothic edifice, containing nave, north and south aisles, separated by stone piers and pointed arches, a transept, vestry, chancel, and an aisle on the north side, called the vicar’s chancel, and a tower containing six bells and a clock, surmounted by a lofty spire. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s books at £8 4s., now £163, in the patronage of the Bishop of Lichfield, and in­cumbency of the Rev. Wm. Barber, M.A. It has been endowed with £400 benefactions, £400 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £300 parliamentary grant. The church was thoroughly renovated very recently, and the south aisle was restored at the sole expense of the Misses Colville, sisters to C. R. Colville, Esq., M.P., and contains many ancient monuments, the most striking of which is one to Anthony Bradshaw, father of President John Bradshaw, who passed sentence on King Charles I. Anthony Bradshaw had two wives, and by them 23 children, 20 of whom are interred here with himself and wives. The monument con­tains figures representing the whole of the family, and there was formerly painted on the walls the sponsors to all the children. He resided at Makeney hall, and died in 1614. One to Samuel Bradshaw, of Holbrooke; he was receiver-general of the land-tax for 30 years, and during three reigns; he died in 1716. Also, a very fine altar-tomb to the memory of Sir Roger Minors, of Windle hill, in the parish of Sutton, who died in 1536, and of his lady. This tomb stands on the north aisle of the chancel, and is decorated on the sides with figures of friars sculptured in bas-relief, and at the ends with angels holding shields of arms; upon the tomb are the effigies of the knight and his lady; he is bareheaded, encased in plate armour, and decorated with a collar of SS. His head reclines upon his helmet, with crest and lamberquin. The lady is clothed with a gown and mantle, and wears the angular head dress. She has a little dog on each side of her feet. Altogether this is one of the finest monuments in the county, and is highly valuable, as illustrating the minutiæ of clothing and body armour worn during the reign of Henry VIII.

The Vicarage is a neat mansion west of the church. The Wesleyan Reformers, late the Wesleyan Methodist chapel, is a handsome stone structure, erected in 1843, at a cost of £800, will seat 400 persons. The Wesleyan Methodist old chapel was rebuilt and enlarged in 1855, and will now seat 200 hearers. It had long been used as a Sunday school, and was the oldest chapel on the circuit. A General Baptist chapel, was erected in 1830, of brick and stone, at a cost of £500. Here is an excellent endowed school—(ace charities) at which about 80 children are instructed. It is a handsome stone building, with residence for the master, Mr. Wm, Bland.

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The Literary and Mutual Improvement Society, established in 1855, is held in the building which was formerly used as a Unitarian chapel, at the nominal rent of 1s., to C. R. Colville, Esq., M.P., the owner. The institution is supplied with the usual periodi­cals, and the London and Provincial newspapers, to which also is about to be added a—Library. Lectures are given every fortnight during the winter season, which are free to all. There are about 60 members. Mr. Isaac Johnson is the secretary.

Fairs are held on the Thursday after New Year’s day, and March 1st. The feast is on the first Sunday after All Saints. The Midland Railway passes through Duffield, and has a station here.

Farnah Hall, 2½ miles N.W. from Duffield, a large elegant mansion situate in a fine park, near the Wirksworth road, is the property and seat of the Right Hon. Lord Scarsdale.

Duffield Hall, an ancient stone mansion of the Elizabethan order, four miles N. from Derby, is the residence of John Bell Crompton, Esq. In the grounds at the back of the hall, is one of the largest cedar trees in England.

Duffield House, a good modern mansion, the residence of John Balguy, Esq., Q.C., Recorder of Derby.

Duffield Bank House, 4½ miles N.E. from Derby, a beautiful residence on the banks of the Derwent, in the occupation of Mrs. C. E. Horsfall.

Burley, l½ miles S. of Duffield, a few scattered farms.

Cowper’s Lane, a few scattered houses, 1 mile W. from Duffield.

MAKENEY, a hamlet and small village on the Belper road, 1½ miles N. by E. from Duffield, and the same distance from Belper. The Old Hall, now a farm house, is noted for the birth-place of John Bradshaw, president of the council who passed sentence on Charles I., and son of Anthony Bradshaw, Esq. The present Hall, a handsome mansion, is the seat of Anthony Strutt, Esq. The Lord President died in the latter part of the year 1659. He had many years before recovered the estates belonging to the family, in the Court of Common Pleas. He left his estates to a niece, who married Colonel Sydenham, son of Lord Falconbridge, one of the best officers in the King’s party.

Makeney Lodge, 6 miles N. from Derby, and 2 miles S. from Belper, is a newly erected stone mansion, the property and residence of A. Holmes, Esq.

MILFORD, a hamlet and considerable village in the township of Belper, 1½ miles N. from Duffield, and 6 miles N. from Derby, was in 1846 formed into a new ecclesi­astical district or parish, with a population of 1,933 souls in 1851. The Church dedicated to the Holy Trinity was built in 1847-8, on a site given by Messrs. Strutt. The cost of the erection was about £2400, defrayed by grants and private benefactions. It is a handsome stone edifice in the Early English style, with lancet windows, and consists of nave, one aisle, and chancel, the windows in which are of stained glass, turret, and one bell. The Living is a perpetual curacy, value £150 in the patronage of the Crown and the Bishop of Lichfield, alternately, and incumbency of the Rev. Robert Leigh, for whom they are building a new parsonage.

The Baptists have a neat chapel, erected in 1849 at a cost of £360. It is a good stone edifice with school rooms attached, and will seat about 140 persons. The Wesleyans, Wesleyan Reformers, and Primitive Methodists have each places of worship here. The inhabitants are almost wholly employed at the cotton mills, bleaching and dye works, &c., of the Messrs. Strutt, who support a large school in connexion with the establishment, at which about 310 children of both sexes receive instruction; they have also constructed a large swimming and shower bath for the use of the workpeople, the charge for which is merely nominal. It is plentifully supplied both with warm and cold water. Here is also a Mechanic’s Institute, under the liberal patronage of the Managers of the Works. Lectures are given occasionally during the winter months, and the Library contains about 350 volumes. The room is open three nights a week as a Reading Room, and is well supplied with the London and Provincial Newspapers, several of which are furnished by Mr. Geo. H. Strutt and Mr. A. Holmes.

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Milford House, a large handsome mansion South of the village, is the seat of George Henry Strutt, Esq.

Derwent House, a neat stone residence on the East bank of the Derwent is the pro­perty and residence of Messrs. Henry and Charles Elmes.

Post Office at William Tempest’s; letters arrive from Derby at 7.45. am., and are dispatched at 6.30. p.m. Money Orders granted and paid from 10 o’clock a.m. to 5 o’clock p.m. daily (Sundays excepted).

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MAKENEY HAMLET.

MILFORD HAMLET.

Post Office, at Wm. Needham’s, letters arrive from Derby at 8 30 a.m., and are despatched at 6 10 p.m.

BELPER, an improving market town and chapelry, in the parish of Duffield, is pleasantly situated on the eastern bank of the river Derwent, over which it is crossed at the N.W. by a handsome stone bridge of three arches; distant 7 miles N. from Derby, and 8 miles S.W. from Alfreton. It contains 2700 acres of land, mostly a red sandy soil, rateable value £17,312, and in 1851 had 1987 inhabited houses, 75 uninhabited, and 6 building; 10,082 inhabitants, of whom 4890 were males, and 5192 females. Of this num­ber 205 were in the Union Workhouse. It is an irregularly built town, with several streets well paved, and lighted with gas, and amply supplied with water; the principal of which are Bridge street and King street, containing some excellent shops and private residences.

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Sir Richard Paul Jodrell, Bart.; is lord of the manor and owner, the other principal owners are John Strutt, Esq., Geo. Hy. Strutt, Esq., Chas. Robt. Colville, Esq., M.P., Rev. Jno. Bannister, Messrs. Thos. and Jas. Harrison, John Harrison, Esq., and Moore’s trustees.  The Church, in Church street, dedicated to St. Peter, is a handsome stone edifice, in the decorated style of English architecture, and contains nave, chancel, north and south galleries, with a lofty tower, surmounted with pinnacles. The east window is partly filled with stained glass. It contains 1804 sittings, of which 1,204 are free; and was erected in 1824, at a cost of £1,200, raised by subscriptions and Parliamentary grant. The living is a per­petual curacy, valued in the King’s book at £3, now £158, it has been endowed with £800 Queen Anne’s bounty, £300 benefactions, and £2,300 Parliamentary grants. The vicar of Duffield is patron, and the Rev. Robert Hey, M.A., incumbent. The original chapel, built by John of Gaunt, is now used as a Sunday school. The burial ground attached is still used, in which are some very old yew trees. A short time ago, on opening a grave, some ancient coins were turned up, of the reigns of the Edward’s and Elizabeth. It is supposed that they were interred with the bodies of those who had died of the plague, and buried with their clothes on.

Christ Church, Bridge Hill, was erected in 1850, at a cost of about £3000, raised by grants to the amount of £1065, from the different church building societies, and the rest by an appeal made to the county at large, by the incumbent. It is a plain structure, in the early English style, with turret, and three bells, an organ, purchased from Kirkstall Church, near Leeds; and a handsome font. It contains sittings for 600 persons, 452 of which are free and unappropriated. The Living is a perpetual curacy, in the alternate patronage of the Crown, and Bishop of Lichfield, value £150. The Rev. John Bannister, M.A., the first and present incumbent, through whose exertions the Church was built, and who is about erecting a Parsonage house adjoining it. Until 1845, the town made but one ecclesi­astical district; in that year, the part to the west of the Midland Railway, was by an Order in Council, formed into a separate district, and became a new parish, for all ecclesiastical purposes.

The Wesleyan Chapel, Chapel street, is a handsome stone building, erected in 1807, and will seat 1,400 persons. In 1841, a large school-room was erected behind the chapel, at which 100 children attend, and on Sunday, 200. In 1844, an organ was placed in the gallery behind the pulpit, and two large burial grounds are attached, with a house for the minister. The whole cost has been about £5,500.

Wesleyan Chapel, Pottery, a plain stone building, erected in 1816, will seat 500 persons.

Wesleyan Reform Chapel, Market-street Lane, now in course of erection, at a cost of about £1000, is intended to seat about 700 persons.

The Primitve Methodist Chapel, at Field Head, is a neat stone building, built in 1822, on the site of a smaller chapel, erected in 1817. It cost about £1000, and will seat about 700 persons.

The New Connexion Methodists, had a neat brick chapel, in Short Row, which was destroyed by fire, in 1843. The fire happened in the night, and was supposed to be the work of an incendiary. A suit in chancery was the consequence. It was rebuilt in 1849, but is not now used.

The Independent Chapel, is pleasantly situated in Market-street Lane. It is a large stone building, with galleries all round, and will seat about 600 persons, erected in 1799. The Rev. J. Whewell is the pastor.

The General Baptist Chapel, Bridge street, a neat stone building, erected in 1820, at a cost of £800, will seat upwards of 400 persons.

The Unitarian Chapel, Field Row, erected by the late Messrs. Stubbs, in 1788, and still supported by the family. The Rev. R. L. Lloyd, is the pastor. They have also a neat stuccoed building, in Market-street Lane, which is used for a Sunday school; it was built in 1721, and enlarged in 1855.

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National Schools, (St. Peter’s,) the Butts, erected in 1849, at a cost of about £1000, raised by subscriptions, and grants from the National Society of £536. It is a neat Gothic building, and consists of one large room, 80 ft. by 70 ft., divided in the centre by a wooden partition, and will accommodate about 400 children, the average attendance is about 150 boys, and 130 girls.

Lancasterian Schools, erected by the Messrs. Strutts, near their factory, where about 600 children, including infants, are educated, who pay ld. and 2d. per week. There are spacious play-grounds attached.

Infant School, High street, in a convenient room to hold 100 children, established 22 years since, supported by subscription and the payments of the children. Average attendance, 55.

Congregational School, Cow Hill, a good stone building, erected in 1844, for a Sunday school and occasional preaching. In connexion with which, a British School was opened, Oct. 14th, 1849. Average attendance, 50.

Literary Institution, Library, and News Room, established in 1854, is held in the National School room, Butts. There are about 200 volumes in the library, and the news­room is well supplied with the London and Provincial newspapers, periodicals, &c. Rev. Robert Hey, M.A., president; Mr. Jno. Morley, librarian.

The Town’s News Room, at Mr. Pegg’s, Market place, was established in 1852, and consists of 20 members, who pay £1 1s. 0d. annually. It is open from 8 o’clock in the morning, until ten in the evening. Half-members or subscribers are admitted from 4 o’clock in the afternoon, until 10 in the evening, on payment of 10s. 6d. annually.

The Savings’ Bank, was established in 1818, at the Old Chapel, but since, removed to a more suitable building, in Bridge street, and on 24th November, 1855, there were 1,056 depositors, having deposits amounting to £40,000, besides 9 charitable societies with about £305, and 39 friendly societies with upwards of £2000. Mr. John Hunter is the actuary. The bank is open every Saturday, from 1.30 to 3 o’clock.

There are a great many Friendly and Odd Fellows’ societies in the town, which have tended much to keep down the poor’s rate.

Gas Works, Derby road, adjoining the Railway station, were erected in 1848, by a Company with a capital of £3,500, in 350 shares, of £10 each. The works contain a gasometer capable of holding 17,000 cubic feet of gas, and 12 retorts, but it is intended to have them enlarged, they being found too small for the requirements of the town, previous to the erection of which the town was lighted from the works of Messrs. Strutt.

Baths, Nottingham road, were established in 1848, by Mr. J. C. Topham, and consist of slipper, shower, and swimming baths, neatly fitted up with every requisite, and which during the season are most liberally and deservedly supported. Mr. Thomas Seavern, is the proprietor.

Lockup, on the Matlock road, erected in 1848, is a substantial stone building and contains four cells. Mr. Adam Ryde, keeper; and Mr. John Hawkins, superintendent constable.

Town’s Office, Church street, for the receipt and payment of rates, meetings of the overseers, and the general business of the township. Mr. Joseph Taylor, assistant overseer.

Inland Revenue Office, is at the Lion Hotel, Bridge street.

Petty Sessions are held every Wednesday at the Office, Bridge street. The attending magistrates are Francis Hurt, Thomas Peach, A. R. Strutt, G. H. Strutt, and T. W. Evans, Esqrs. Mr. George Pym is their clerk.

The Market Place is small and inconveniently arranged, but the market which is held on Saturday, is well supplied with meat, fruit, vegetables, butter, eggs, and poultry, &c. Fairs are held May 12th, and Oct. 31st, and a hiring for servants, Nov. 1st. The Feast, first Sunday after St. Peter.

The ancient name of the town was Beaupoire, or Belle Piere, signifying Fair stone

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from the whiteness of the stone in its quarries. Edmund Crouchback, Earl of Lancaster, who died in 1296, had the manor of Belper, previous to which there is no mention of a manor, and it is supposed that it originated in his enclosing a park and building a hunting seat, to which, from its beautiful situation, he gave the name of Beau Repaire—afterwards corrupted to Belper. It has been handed down from time immemorial, that John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster, and son of Edward III. once resided here, but no confirmation of the fact has been acquired. A few fragments of old walls, of great thickness, have been discovered in the coppice near a dwelling called the Manor House, which has long been down, but which show it to have been a large establishment, with an extensive park, and said to have been a favourite sporting establishment of its founder, John of Gaunt. A farm house has been built on part of the site. An antique stone from this house is placed in the gable of Mr. Jessop’s house, Belper lane.

The ancient bridge over the river Derwent, on which, from the arms placed in the centre, was thought to have been built by John of Gaunt, was destroyed by a great flood in 1795, and succeeded by the present handsome stone bridge of three arches.

Bridge Hill House, a large handsome stone mansion, delightfully situated on a com­manding eminence in park like grounds, is the property of the Messrs. Strutt, and the seat of John Strutt, Esq. It was erected by the late G. B. Strutt, Esq., in 1794.

TRADE.—The original staple manufacture of Belper, is nails. The horse nails made here are much in demand, arising from the peculiar quality of the iron and coal in the neighbourhood. About 500 persons are employed in making common nails, and 300 in making horse nails. In 1777, cotton spinning was introduced by Messrs. Strutts, whose successors have an extensive establishment in Bridge street, for cotton spinning, with establishments for bleaching, dyeing, founderies, and machine making, all done on their own premises. They also have a large establishment at Milford, 1½ miles lower down the river. The whole fitted up with the newest and most approved machinery. The manufacture of cotton and silk hosiery and gloves was introduced here about 60 years ago by the firm of Ward, Brettle and Ward, which is now continued by two firms,—George Brettle and Co., of 119, Wood street, Cheapside, London; and Ward, Sturt and Sharp, 89, Wood street, Cheapside, London. The machinery employed by these firms is scattered over the country for 20 miles round, but is chiefly within 10 miles of Belper. The employment of labour in hosiery fluctuates a good deal, and the total number of persons, men, women, and children employed, may vary from 4,000 to 5,000. The number of framework knitters in Belper and its immediate neighbourhood, is about 400.

The Midland Railway passes through the centre of the town and has a neat stone station with waiting rooms and convenient offices on the Derby road; and the numerous bridges caused by the railway have given the town a very striking appearance.

The Cromford Canal is about 2 miles north of the town, and the High Peak railway about 6 miles distant.

The New Small Debts Act, or County Courts—This important act, which superseded the Court of Requests, came into operation on the 15th March, 1847.

Belper County Court is held at the New Inn, Market Place, monthly, and the district comprises the following places, viz.—Belper, Denby, Duffield, Hazlewood, Heage, Heanor, Hillcliff Lane, Holbrook, Horsley, Horsley Woodhouse, Ilkestone, Kilbourne, Little Hallam, Loscoe, Makeney, Mapperley, Milford, Morley, Shipley, Shottle & Postern, Smalley, Turnditch, Windley.

Judge, J. T. Cantrell, Esq.

Clerk, Mr. M. W. Ingle, Church street; office open from 10 till 4 o’clock.

High Bailiff; Mr. Thomas Jennison.

Belper Poor Law Union consists of 35 parishes and townships, and has 53 guardians, who meet every Saturday, at 1 30 p.m., in the Board room. The Union is divided into 6 registration districts, viz.—Alfreton, Belper, Wirksworth, Duffield, Horsley, and Ripley. The Workhouse is a large stone building, in the Elizabethan style, east of the Derwent, on

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the Derby road, and near the railway Station; erected at a cost of £12,000, and is capable of accommodating 340 persons, but the average number is 220. The Union includes an area of 66,590 acres, with a population in 1851, of 46,872, which in 1841 was 46,188. The total expenditure for the year ending March, 1856, was £1,449, (not including out door relief.) The average weekly cost of the indoor paupers for the last year, was, (in­cluding rations of officers) 2s. 6d., each, and for clothes, 3½d.

The places are Alderwasley, Alfreton, Allestree, Ashley-hay, Belper, Crich, Denby, Dethick, Lea, Holloway, Duffield, Hazlewood, Heage, Holbrook, Horsley, Horsley-Wood­house, Idridgehay, Ireton Wood, Kedleston, Kilbourne, Kirk Langley, Meynell Langley, Mackworth, Markheaton, Mapperley, Morley, Mugginton, Pentrich, Quarndon, Ravensdale Park, Ripley, Shottle and Postern, Smalley, South Wingfield, Turnditch, Weston, Under­wood, Windley, and Wirksworth.

Chairman to Board of Guardians, John Strutt, Esq.

Chaplain, Rev. Robert Leigh, B.A.

Clerk to Board of Guardians and Superintendent Registrar, Mr. George Pym.

Master and Matron of the Workhouse, Robert and Mary Wheatland.

Registrar of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, Mr. Wm. Cantrell.

Surgeon, Richard Rowland Allen, Belper.

Relieving Officers, John Weston, Horsley Woodhouse, and John Bacon, Crich Carr.

BELPER CHARITIES.

John Lockoe, of Holbrooke, in 1676, conveyed to trustees and their heirs, an estate of 10 acres, at Kilborne, for the uses following—viz., 40s. to be distributed yearly to the poor of Belper, 10s. yearly to Kilborne, 20s. yearly to Horsley Woodhouse, and 20s. yearly to the poor of Horsley, to be paid out of the rents of the said cottage and premises. In 1809, the property, 12 acres, was let for 21 years at the yearly rent of £15. Belper re­ceives four-ninths, £6 13s. 4d., which is distributed on Christmas-eve.

Henry Smith, of Whitemoor, in 1705, gave all his lands, called Cawoods, lying in Belper, on trust, to pay yearly the sum of £4 to the poor of Belper, also £4 to the curate or officiating minister. The premises consist of a farm house and 17½ acres of land, be­tween two and three acres, an allotment from Belper common, which is let for £6 per annum, and the house and residue for £24 per annum. One moiety is paid to the per­petual curate, and the other distributed to the poor on Christmas-eve.

John Taylor, in 1746, left one acre of land, lying on the upper side of the Round Meadow, in the Milly Laund, in Belper, the rent to be distributed to the poor. 19s. 2d. is received from the Messrs. Strutt, who have owned the land since 1810, when it was pur­chased, subject to that payment.

Matthew Smith, by will in 1713, reciting that he had built two alms houses in Belper for two poor people, and devised four closes lying in the Hoppings, containing 13 acres, and one pingle near the Cow-hill, of half-an-acre, which were of the value of £8 per annum, and directed the rents thereof to be employed towards the relief of two poor people. The two alms houses have small gardens adjoining, and the lands, which contain 14A. 0R. 28P. are now (1826), let for £21 per annum. The alms houses which were very dilapidated, were rebuilt by Mr. Gregory, the acting trustee, in 1829, at the cost of about £130, towards which there was a balance in his hands of £84 5s. 6d.

James Sims gave, by his will two alms houses and coals. The income, in 1786, was 12s. per annum. Two houses, supposed to be these, fell into decay, and were claimed by the parish, who rebuilt the houses out of the poor-rates, and the tenants pay rent. It is said the coal-money was payable from land in Belper, now not known

John Taylor, in 1714, left £40, the interest to be distributed to the poor. This gift is mentioned in the returns of 1786, as being withheld, and we have not been able to get any information relating to it.

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Rev. Francis Gisborne’s Charity,—( see Bradley) —The annual sum of £5 10s. re­ceived by the minister, is laid out in coarse cloth and flannel, and given to the poor.

Post Office, King street; Mr. Matthew Ellis Sowray, post master.

Letters arrive from the North at 12.6 midnight, and 4.55 A.M., and are despatched at 1.10 A.M., 10.30 A.M., and 1.30 P.M.

Letters from the South arrive at 1.10 A.M. and 1.30 P.M., and are despatched at 4.55    A.M. and 9.45 P.M.

Letters from Scotland, Ireland, Wales, Cumberland, Westmoreland, Cheshire, Lancashire, Shropshire, and America, arrive at 5.30 A.M., and are despatched at 8.15 P.M.

F Money Orders are granted and paid from 9.0 A.M. to 6.0 P.M.

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