NORBURY-WITH-ROSTON is a township, parish, and small scattered village, 16 miles W. from Derby, and 4 miles S.W. by W. from Ashbourn, pleasantly situated on the Dove, and contains 2207A. 1R. 7P. of fertile land; rateable value £4131 11s. 8d. In 1851, it had 103 houses, and 475 inhabitants, of whom 237 were males, and 238 females. The principal owners are Thomas Fitz Herbert, Esq., John Harrison, Esq., George Whitgreave, Esq., T. G. Copestake, Esq., Wm. Orpe, Esq., and John Orpe, Esq., the former is lord of the manor. The land is tithe free. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is an ancient stone structure, in the style of the 14th century. From the various styles it comprehends it is evident it has been erected at different periods. It has nave, chancel, side aisles, square tower, and three bells. The chancel, which is a fine specimen of the decorated style, extends 48 feet in length from the oak screen, separating it from the nave, and 20 feet in width lighted by 8 large pointed windows, of three bays, with curvilineal tracery, four on each aide, divided from each other by only the breadth of the buttresses which support the walls. The windows are completely filled with stained glass, which is in good taste and evidently coeval with the building. On some of them, the initials (NF) are placed, from which it is supposed the church has been altered and repaired at the expense of Nicholas Fitzherbert. In 1841 it was completely renovated at a cost of £1200, raised by subscriptions, grants, and rates. The present rector took a very active part in raising the necessary funds. In the church are several beautiful monuments to the Fitzherbert family. One near the east end, is to Sir Henry Fitzherbert, 6th Lord of Norbury, who was knight of the shire of Derby in 1298 and 1307. There are also two others of alabaster, one to Nicholas Fitzherbert, and another to Ralph Fitzherbert, the latter of whom appears in a list of noblemen who in the reign of Edward 4th, entered into an indenture to aid and assist William, Lord Hastings, and his part to take against all persons, &c. There is also one to Sir Anthony Fitzherbert, a celebrated writer on the law, who was born here and died May 27th, 1538. Some of

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these monuments have been removed from the place they first occupied, on account of their being unprotected and subject to injury. The living is a rectory, with the perpetual curacy of Snelston annexed, valued in the King’s book at £15 16s. 0½d., now £700. The Rev. Clement F. Broughton, M.A., is patron and incumbent. The rectory, a large handsome mansion, with projecting eaves and a handsome conservatory adjoining, is situated on an eminence a little south of the church. There are 58A. 1R. 28P. of glebe. A National school was erected in 1832, by subscription, aided by a small grant from the National school society. It is a neat brick building with residences for the teachers; about 60 children attend, who pay a small weekly payment. The bequest of Thomas Williams, who founded a school, and endowed it in 1678 with land now let for £18 a year, is appropriated to the National school. The North Staffordshire Railway runs through the parish about 200 yards N. W. of the church, and has a small station here. The manors of Norbury and Roston are described in Domesday survey as held by one Henry, under Henry de Ferrars. Robert de Ferrars, son of Henry, gave the manor to the prior and convent of Tutbury, who in the year 1125, conveyed it to William Fitzherbert, in fee-farm rents, subject to the yearly rent of  100s.

 

ROSTON is a considerable village, 5 miles S.W. from Ashbourn, and three-quarters of a mile S.E. from Norbury. John Harrison, Esq., of Snelston Hall, is the principal owner. The common was enclosed in 1818, and the tithes were commuted in 1844, for £210. The Primitive Methodists have a chapel here, built in 1847, the land for which was given by Mr. William Smith, of Sedsall. Birchwood Park, one mile E. from Roston, is a consider­able estate, on which it is supposed there is coal and copper, and propositions have been made to the owner for the getting of it.

CHARITIES.—Thomas Williams, in 1687, devised to the rector of Norbury and two others, two closes called Bill’s Nether Meadow, and the Under-Town-Intake, in trust; the rents and profits thereof for the maintenance of a schoolmaster, to teach all the children in the parish of Norbury, Roston, and Snelstone. New trustees have never been appointed and the whole management has devolved on the rector of Norbury for the time being. The property consists of two closes in Roston, about 11 acres, let for £16 4s. per annum. A schoolroom was built many years ago, upon the waste by the road side, out of the income of the charity, aided by subscriptions. By the award of an Inclosure Act, passed 1818, the site and a garden adjoining were set out to the school, with an allotment of nearly an acre. The house and garden are occupied by the master, and the allotment is let at 12s. per annum. In consideration of this income, all the children of the above townships are taught free.

Robert Bill, about the year 1728, gave a close called the Poor’s Croft, in Roston, containing 4A. 0R. 28P. with a dole meadow. Upon the inclosure of the common fields, the commissioners set out to Thomas Maskery, as trustee for the Poor’s land, an allotment of 1R. 3P., in respect of the Poor’s croft., and 1A. 2R. 9P. in lieu of the dole. There are no documents relating to this charity. Mr. Maskery and his ancestors have successively acted as trustees thereof. The Poor’s Croft, with a part of the meadow, was, till 1825, let for £6 per annum, but was then advanced to £15. The allotment is let for 10s., and the residue of Boston Meadow, 3R. 20P. for 30s. per annum. The amount is distributed on New Year’s day, amongst the poor of the parish.

Greensmith’s Charity.—No docuhents were to be found relating to this. The yearly sum of £2 is paid by Rev. C. F. Broughton, as being charged upon property in Roston, purchased by Samuel Evans, by whom the sum was paid in 1786. This is distributed with Bill’s charity.

Walter Copestake’s Charity.—The yearly sum of 12s. is received on account of Walter Copestake’s Charity, and 20 sixpenny loaves, on account of Henry Jackson’s charity.—(See Marston Montgomery.)

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Those marked * reside at Roston.

 

Allen Thomas, vict., Holly Bush Bettelley John & Elizabeth, National school,    Green lane Bill Arthur, parish clerk Broughton Rev, Clement Francis, M.A.,   rector of Norbury-cum-Snelston. * Harrison Thomas, shopkeeper * Hutting Joseph, shopkeeper * Kent Thomas, farrier

Orpe Mr. William, Birchwood Moor Pakeman William, brickmaker * Prince George, shopkeeper * Smith Charles, butcher Smith George, butcher, Green Lane Turner Mr. William Vinney Samuel, station master * Walker Joseph, blacksmith * Walker Thomas, shoemaker

 

Farmers. Marked 1 are Cow- keepers. * Appleby Thomas * Barlow Matthew Bull Edward, Com-   mon. * Clarke John * Clarke Mary and   John * Edwards Nathaniel * Harrison Elizabeth

* Harrison Joseph * 1 Heath Joseph Land George, Herds   Ground Maskery Thomas,   Norbury Hall * Mould Richard * Mould Thomas Orpe John, Birch-   wood Moor Pakeman John, (and   corn miller,) Nor-   bury Mill

Sampson Luke, Birch-   wood Park Sampson Luke, jun.,   High Grounds Salt George, Shep-   herd’s Wood Sillito George, Green   Lane * Smith Bartholomew   Massey * 1 Udale Matthew * Wood Thomas * Yeomans Thomas

Railway Convey- ance. The North Stafford   shire Line, (Ash-   bourn branch) from   whence there are   4 passenger trains   each way daily to   Rochester and Ash-   bourn. Saml. Vin­-   ney, station master

 

OSMASTON, a township, parish, and village, pleasantly situated on an acclivity 2½ miles S.E. from Ashbourn, contains 1,192 acres of land, sand and gravel, with portions of clay on the high grounds, and is principally used for grazing purposes; rateable value £1,851 15s. 6d. In 1851 it had 68 houses and 366 inhabitants, of whom 179 were males, and 187 females. Francis Wright Esq , is lord of the manor, and principal owner, but Mrs. Sarah Greaves, Robert and Francis Johnson, Esqrs., are also owners. The Church, dedicated to St. Martin, was built at the sole expense of Fras. Wright, Esq., in place of the former dilapidated structure, at a cost of £8000, and was opened for divine service, June, 1845 It is a beautiful edifice, in the decorated style, as it prevailed in the middle of the 14th century, and consists of nave, chancel, side aisles, west tower, south porch, and vestry; the extreme length being 94 feet by 42 feet wide. The main portion of the wall is built of dark mountain limestone, the windows, doorways, and ornamental parts being carved in cream coloured freestone, the dark grey of the one agreeably contrasting with the light and lively tone of the other. The pulpit, desk, and fittings are all of oak, the former being filled with pannelled tracery. The font, of Roche Abbey stone, is a large circular bowl, with a continuous lotus ornament on the upper part. The tower contains a peal of 5 bells and a handsome clock by Whitehurst, of Derby. The first stone of the old church was laid in 1400, but in consequence of the unsettled state of the country, was not finished till 1600. The village was then called Whitestone, afterwards Osmaston-in-the-Wood. The tithe was commuted in 1837, for £107, and there are 23A. 2R. 20P. of glebe land, belong­ing to the incumbent. The living is a perpetual curacy. Francis Wright, Esq., is the patron, the Rev. Walter Shirley, incumbent, and the Rev. Gerard Smith, B.A., resident curate. The school with the school house, erected together with the church, at an expense of about £1000, is a suitable adjunct to that building, and is capable of accommodating 100 scholars. The average attendance is 83. Mr. John S. Marshall is the master.

Osmaston Manor, 1 mile S.W. from the church, is one of the most splendid mansions in the county, and was erected by Fras. Wright, Esq., at an expense of above £80,000. The building is in the pure Elizabethan style, 330 feet in length by 192 feet, and with the terraces covers 4 acres of ground. Henry J. Stevens, Esq., of Derby was the architect. The first stone was laid on the 22nd May, 1846, and the manor became the family residence on the 11th July, 1849. This mansion is an object of general attraction to the lovers of nature and art, and is distinguished, no less, by a generous Christian hospitality. A part of the

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parapet of the central tower will be observed to form the following sentence, in stone wrought capitals—“THE WORKS OF OUR HANDS ARE VANITY, BUT WHATSOEVER GOD DOETH IT SHALL BE FOR EVER.” The venerable yew trees and rich plantations of timber and shrubs greatly add to the beauty of the scenery. In the centre of the park is a fine reservoir, supplied by a water wheel, at the south end of the lake, and supplying the manor, the fountains, and the grounds with water. This manor, Osmundestune, was held with Brailsford, under Henry de Ferrars, at the Domesday survey. Alsin de Brailsford gave it to the priory of Tutbury. Matthew Kniveton died seized of the manor in 1562; after which, it passed with the Bradley estate to Godfrey Meynell, Esq., and eventually came into the possession of Fras. Wright, Esq. The Methodists have a chapel here. Feast first Sunday after November 11th, or on that day, if Sunday.

CHARITIES.—Edward Pegge, in 1666, gave £5 4s. yearly, to be given by 2s. a week, to buy twelve loaves, half to be given to six poor people in Ashbourn, and the other 6 loaves to poor people in Osmaston, every Sabbath day, in Osmaston church. And he granted the yearly rent of £5 8s., to be issuing out of certain premises in Sturston, one half to be paid to the churchwardens and overseers of Ashbourn, and the other half to those of Osmaston for the time being. And gave 4s., residue of the above sum, to the clerks of the two parishes, 2s. each. Mr. Joseph Bradley, of Ashbourn, pays the money, which is distributed as above.

Thomas Kniveton, in 1712, beqneathed a yearly rent issuing forth of his messuages in Osmaston, to be paid by the owners thereof; and directed that 26s. thereof should be paid to the officiating minister, for preaching a sermon in Osmaston church, on Ascension day and on St. Thomas’s day; the money in default thereof, to be given to the poor. And he directed that 20s., the other part, should be yearly paid to eight poor families, in Osmaston, on St. Thomas’s day. The sums are regularly paid from two small farms in the parish.

Gospel Greave Close.—A sum of £50, supposed to have been given for the benefit of the poor, but by whom is unknown, appears to have been laid out in the purchase of this close. The conveyance is dated 27th July, 1782—whereby Thomas Pares con­veyed to certain trustees and their heirs, the above close, containing 1A. 3R. 32P., in trust, to let the same at 12 o’clock on every 25th of December, in the church, to pay the rents thereof amongst such of the poor of Osmaston as the minister, churchwardens, and overseers should direct. The close is now let for £2 10s. per annum, which is dis­tributed on St. Thomas’s day,

 

Post Office, at Mr. John S. Marshall’s; letters arrive from Ashbourn at 7.30. a.m. and are despatched at 5.30. p.m.

 

Wright Francis, Eaq., Osmaston Manor Aulton Samuel, vict., Shoulder of Mutton Barnett John, joiner Charlesworth John, joiner Cayzer John, stone mason Doxey John, stone mason Doxey William. stone mason Hand William, gamekeeper Johnson Mrs Alice Johnson Francis, gent Kirkland John, cowkeeper Lamb George, gardener, Copse Hill

Marsden Alexander, wheelwright Marshall John S., schoolmaster Routledge Robert, farm steward Selby William, blacksmith Skinner George, joiner Smith Rev. Gerard, B.A., curate, Copse Hill Smith James, fitter Taylor Charles, shoemaker Tomlinson John, blacksmith Trivitt Robert, joiner Wibberley Bryan, shpkpr. & wheelwright Wheatley William, parish clerk

 

Farmers. Allsop Thomas, Blake   House Aulton Samuel

Baker Herbert, (& tlr) Bestwick George Brown W. Tinkers Inn Hall Thomas, New   Farm

Hallsworth John Jackson George Lee George, (& black-   smith) Pastures

Massey Richard Millward Thomas, (&   relieving officer) Prince Henry Sherwin Thomas

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RADBOURN, a parish and small scattered village, 4½ miles W. from Derby, contains 1923 acres of strong clay land; rateable value, £2146 10s.; and in 1851, had 47 houses and 230 inhabitants, of whom 118 were males and 112 females. Edward Sacheverel Chandos Pole, Esq., is lord of the manor, and sole owner, who resides at the Hall, a large and handsome brick and stone mansion, erected about 1740, in the Grecian style of architecture; it is pleasantly situated on a good elevation, in a well wooded park, and commands some beautiful and extensive views of the adjacent country. The Church, dedicated to St. Andrew, is a stone edifice, with nave, chancel, north aisle, low tower, and three bells: was re-pewed and new roofed in 1826. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s books at £8 3s. 4d., now £372. E. S. Chandos-Pole, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. Reginald Chandos-Pole, M.A. rector. The rectory is a good mansion, near the church, to which there are 130 acres of ancient glebe. The tithe was commuted in 1842, for £225. Here is a splendid monument to German Pole, Esq., (who died, in 1683,) and Ann, his wife. One to Ralph Pole, Esq., and several others of the Pole family. Radbourn was, at the Domesday survey, one of the manors of Henry de Ferrars. The co-heiresses of Robert Fitz-Walkelin, who lived in the twelfth century married Chandos and Stafford; and this manor, probably by the purchase of Stafford’s portion, became vested in Chandos. After the death of Sir John Chandos, the celebrated warrior, without male issue, in 1370, this estate passed to his representatives in the female line, and eventually to Sir Peter de la Pole, who married his niece, Elizabeth, daughter of Sir John Lawton. Sir Peter was one of the Knights of the shire in 1400. Ralph Pole, his son, was one of the Justices of the common pleas in the reign of Henry VI. German Pole, who died in 1683, founded and endowed a school for four poor children, agreeable to the will of his mother, Ann Pole. The income, £26 1s. 11d., is now paid to a schoolmaster appointed by the rector, who erected a house for the master in 1850. It is now a mixed school, with about 30 scholars, 10 of which are free—the rest pay from 3d. to 6d. per week each. The school is on the Common, about one mile from the village. Old Park House, a good residence, half-a-mile S.E. by S. from tile village, is the residence of E. S. Chandos-Pole, Jun., Esq. The parish was enclosed in 1793.

CHARITIES.—German Pole, by his will, in 1682, directed that his executors, within 12 months after his decease should purchase land of the clear ycarly value of £48, to hold to feofees, Sir Thomas Crosby, Bart., and six others, and their heirs, on trust that they should yearly, with the said monies, set forth six poor children to be apprentices to some trade such as they, with the advice of the ministers and churchwardens, should deem suitable, in the manner thereinafter mentioned, viz.; 1 for the town of Radbourn, 1 for Markeaton, 1 for Mickleover, 1 for Mackworth, 1 for Mercaston, and 1 for the town of Dalbury Lees; and should pay £8 a piece for the binding them apprentices, and directed they should be put forth in May or June in every year; and in case there were no children, male or female, fit to be bound apprentice, he directed that the money should be given to the poor in that town.

By deed, dated 1st January, 1687, Ann Pole, relict of German Pole, enfeoffed to trus­tees, property in Marston Montgomery, that they should out of the rents pay £48 yearly, without any deduction, for the above-named charity; and upon further trust that they should pay to the minister and churchwardens of Radbourn 10s. yearly, on St. Thomas’s day, for the poor of the said parish, which was in discharge for £5 which Henry Hemings gave to the poor of Radbourn. The property at Marston-Montgomery now lets for £120 per annum, and the dole of H. Hemings charity has been increased accordingly.

The said Ann Pole, in 1703, directed Samuel Pole, Esq., of Radbourn, and his heirs, to lay out £200 in the purchase of lands or a good rent charge, to make good the charity of £48 left by her late husband; 40s. per annum to defray the charges of the trustees; and the overplus she gave to the said Samuel Pole and his heirs.

In the years 1786 and 1787, timber was sold off the estate for £240 ; and the money afterwards vested in the funds; but in 1807 the stock was sold, and the money expended in

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the repairs of the buildings which had been set out on 5th April, 1801, as belonging to this charity. The farm was then let for £87 12s. per annum. In August, 1815, it was let on lease for 21 years, for £100 for the first 14 years, and £120 for the residue, with covenant for good husbandry, and to keep the buildings in repair, rough timber and bricks being found by the lessors; but owing to bad times several abatements of rent have been made. £12 12s. have been allowed as premiums, but as there are some balances remaining, and if the full rent be in future received, it is intended to give a larger premium for providing a good situation.

Adrian Munday, who died 1677, by will, gave to the poor of Markeaton, Mackworth, Allestree, Quarndon and Radbourn, to each town 20s. a year, to be distributed as the ministers and churchwardens should think fit; and he gave 4s. to each of the ministers and churchwardens for their trouble. He also gave to the town of Quarndon £3 a year, towards the hiring of a minister to read divine service at the chapel, and 20s. a year to the clerk; but directed that if there should be no minister, the sum of £4 should, during such vacancy, be distributed amongst the poor of the above-named towns, 16s. each to be paid at the same time as the 20s. For the payment he gave his mill and lands, at or near Ashover, to his kinsman, Gilbert Munday, of Allestree, and his heirs for ever, provided they should pay the said £10. The owner of the mill at Ashover pays the £10 to the minister of Quarndon, and 24s. is transmitted by him to Radbourn.

German and Millicent Pole, in 1682, gave a rent charge of £4 per annum to the poor of Radbourn. The yearly sum of £4 10s. is paid from the Radbourn estate to the rector, and distributed at Christmas. Probably the 10s. may be for Hemings charity, before noticed. 45s. a year is received from Hough’s charity. (See Dalbury.)

 

Chandos-Pole Edward Sach-   everell, Esq., Hall Boole James, schoolmaster Botham James, cowkeeper Chandos-Pole Edward Sach-   everell, Jun., Esq., Old   Park House         Chandos-Pole Rev. Reginald,   M.A., rector Lee Robert, blacksmith Mc Pherson Jno., landscape   gardener

Smith Thos. parish clerk Wilson James, farm bailiff,   Common              Wilson Jas., butler, Hall Woods Sarah, vict., Hare and   Hounds   Farmers. Bacon Thomas, Common Burnett Thomas Goodwin and Harper

Hinkley Hbrt., (& veterinary   surgeon) Pedley Thos., Common Thompson Thomas Walker Jno., Tyrrel Hay Wallace Jno., Silver Hill Wilson Jno., Common Winfield Wm., Common Woods Sarah WoolleyThos., Potlock Farm

 

SCROPTON-WITH-FOSTON, a parish, and large village, on the northern bank of the Dove, 11½ miles W.S.W. from Derby, and 7 miles N.W. from Burton-upon-­Trent, contains 3248A. 1R. 39P. of fertile land; rateable value, £5501; and in 1851 had 110 houses, and 515 inhabitants, of whom 274 were males, and 241 females. 468A. 3R. 13P. of the above quantity of land was awarded to this parish under the Needwood Forest En­closure Act, which passed in 1801, but not completed till 1811. Needwood Forest now forms one of the most beautiful and highly-cultivated territories in the honour of Tutbury, (Staffordshire,) and contains, exclusive of the public roads, 9437A. 2R. 31P. of land. It forms a separate ecclesiastical jurisdiction; and for the use of the inhabitants a handsome church, dedicated to Christ, was erected wider the powers of an act passed in 1805, and endowed by the King with 10 acres for the site of the church, parsonage-house, and churchyard, and 150 acres for the support of the minister, whose duty it is to baptize the young, visit the sick, and bury the dead. For baptism and burial double fees are paid, of which one-half is claimed by the incumbent of that parish from which they arise. The principal land owners are, John Broadhurst, Esq., Messrs. Wm. Shipton, Robert Shipton, and Thomas Shipton, Mrs. Sarah Eld, Mrs. Priscilla Jackson, Duke of Devonshire, Mr. Jph. Hellaby, and others. The Church, dedicated to St. Paul, an ancient edifice, having become much dilapidated, was taken down in 1855, and a handsome Gothic structure was erected on the

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site at a cost of £1600. It has a nave, chancel, and tower with three bells, and sittings for about 300 persons, the greater portion of which are free; The living is a perpetual curacy, certified at £49. John Broadhurst, Esq., is the patron, and the Rev. John William Jones, B.A., incumbent, for whom the Rev. Jas. Alex. Wood, B.A., officiates. The church is a peculiar, and the rectory was appropriated to a chantry in the parish church. Here are 15 acres of glebe, and the tithe was commuted in 1847 for £125 6s. 4d. John Broadhurst, Esq., is the impropriator. A National school was erected in 1850, at a cost of £450, raised by subscription, and a grant from the National Society; the site (1½ acres) was given by John Broadhurst, Esq. Average attendance, 40 boys, and 20 girls. The North Staffordshire Railway runs through the parish and has a station here. The Feast is on the nearest Sunday to St. Paul’s day. The manors of Scrotun and Farulueston, at Domesday survey, belonged to Henry de Ferrars. The paramount manor afterwards, in the Earls and Dukes of Lancaster, was granted in 1628, to Wise and others. Brook House, near the Church, is an ancient half-timbered building with pointed gables, the property of John Broadhurst, Esq., and the residence of Mr. John Jackson.

FOSTON, a pleasant well-built village on the Derby and Uttoxeter road, 11 miles W.S.W. from Derby, and 7 miles E. by S. from Uttoxeter, had in 1851, 30 houses, and 140 inhabi­tants, of whom 74 were males, and 66 females. Jno. Broadhurst, Esq., is principal owner and lord of the manor. Foston Hall, a large handsome mansion, was totally de­stroyed by fire in 1836, and the only vestiges remaining are the coach house and stables. In the village is a good inn, in the occupation of Mr. Joseph Kniveton, where a lodge of the ancient order of Foresters is held. A considerable portion of the land is arable. Arthur Agard, born at Foston in 1540, was 45 years deputy chamberlain of the exche­quer and member of the original society of antiquaries; he died in 1615. This family held the manor as early as 1310. Their seat being at Foston, John Agard, Esq., sold the estate by the name of the Manor of Scropton and Foston, to Richard Bate, Esq., of whose descendant, Brownlow Bate, Esq., they were purchased by John Broadhurst, Esq.

CHARITIES.—Thomas Wall, by will, in 1807, bequeathed to four trustees £160 on trust, to be placed as good security, to apply the interest as follows, viz, that they should keep his monument in repair, and pay to the parish clerk of Scropton, 10s. 6d. yearly on the 2nd of February, for his trouble of keeping the same clean, and that they should purchase six tammy gowns yearly for ever, to be given to six poor widows of the hamlet of Foston and township of Scropton on the said day, and pay the residue to the churchwardens and overseers, to be laid out in bread and beef, to be distributed amongst the poor of the said places. It was determined at a meeting of the trustees, in July, 1826, that the money should be invested in the funds.

 

SCROPTON.

Those marked 1 reside at Heath Top; 2 Needwood Forest.

Allen Charles, plumber & glazier Archer John, shoemaker Barrows James, beerhouse & blacksmith Bartlett Richard Davis, station master Cotton Joseph, parish clerk

Lea Mr. Henry John 2 Mosley Tonman, Esq., East Lodge Turner Susan, schoolmistress Twigg William, beerhouse & shopkeeper

 

Farmers. Allen David, Scrop-   ton farm Bullock Thomas 1 Blagshaw William Faulkner James 1 Harper Thomas Jackson Ann

Jackson John, Brook   House 2 Orme George Reeve Francis Reeve John 2 Riddall William Shipton Robert Shipton Thomas Shipton, William

Stanley Edward Stretton John Tipper George Webb Dorothy   Railway Convey- ance. The North Stafford-

shire Railway Co   Station, from which   there are two trains   each way, between   Derby & Uttoxeter,   daily; Richard D.   Bartlett, station   master

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FOSTON.

 

Allsop William, wheelwright Bennett Thomas, shopkeeper Francis John, shopkeeper Kniveton Joseph, victualer, Crown Inn Marshall Sarah, cowkeeper

Moorcroft John, joiner Reeve Thomas, shopkeeper Sutton Joseph, blacksmith Thawley Joseph, cowkeeper Wood Rev. James Alexander, B.A., curate

 

Farmers. Allen Wm, High Lea Clamp Edwin, Hay   Lane

Kniveton Joseph Moore John, Brook   House Porter Francis, Hall   Farm

Reeve John, Rymes   Farm Salt Joseph, (and corn   miller)

Slater William Whittaker Richard,   Broon Hill farm

 

SHIRLEY parish contains the townships of Shirley, Stydd, and Yeavely; 2,911A. 0R. 8P. of land; rateable value £4,051, and in 1851 had 134 houses, and 659 inhabitants, of whom, 352 were males and 307 females.

SHIRLEY, a township and pleasant village, 10 miles N.W. from Derby, and 4½ miles S.E. by S. from Ashbourn, contains 1582A. 3R. 6P. of land (a strong marl), rateable value, £2,269 13s. 8d., and in 1851 had 74 houses, and 387 inhabitants, of whom, 207 were males and 180 females. Earl Ferrers is lord of the manor and a considerable owner. Fras. Wright, Esq., Rev. Thos. C. Brown, Mrs. Greaves and Messrs. Joseph Wibberley, Wm. Leedham, John Hitchcock, and Thos. Metcalf are also owners. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, an ancient edifice, contains chancel, side aisles, and tower with three bells; it was thoroughly repaired and the tower taken down, and rebuilt in 1842, at a cost of upwards of £600, raised by subscriptions and grants. The living is a Vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £6 13s. 4d., now £200, has been augmented with £200 benefactions, and £800 parliamentary grant. Earl Ferrers is the patron and impropriator; and the Rev. Eardley Wilmot Michell, B.C.L., Vicar, who resides at the Vicarage, a handsome mansion, a quarter of a mile N.E. from the church with 9 acres of glebe. In the centre aisle of the church is an ancient stone font, and in the churchyard an old stone cross; also a fine yew tree. In the north aisle is a handsome marble Tablet to the Right Rev. W. A. Shirley, Bishop of Sodor and Man, and for some years previous Archdeacon of Derby, and Vicar of this parish. He died April 22nd, 1847. The tithe is commuted for £150. The National school with residence for the teacher, was opened in 1845, it is a neat Gothic building, and is attended by about 45 children, attached to which is a small library for the use of the parishioners. The Primitive Methodists and the New Connexion Methodists have each a chapel here, the former built in 1842, and the latter in 1855. In the Manor House, or Old Hall, the residence of the Shirleys, who settled here in the reign of Henry II, still remains one of the rooms which is wainscotted throughout—has the arms of the Ferrers carved in oak over the fire-place. It is nearly surrounded with a moat, and is occupied by Mr. William Goodall, whose family, with the exception of 25 years, have resided in it upwards of 450 years. This manor, Sireli, belonged to Henry de Ferrars. In the reign of Henry II., it was held under that family, by the immediate ancestor of Earl Ferrars, who seating himself here, took the name of Shirley. Soswallo or Sewall, the ancestor, occurs in Domesday, as holding manors (but not Shirley) under superior lords. Sir Thomas Shirley, who died in 1382, was a distinguished military character. His son, Sir Hugh, was slain at the battle of Shrewsbury. Sir Ralph, son of Sir Hugh, was a commander at the battle of Agincourt. Their descendant, Sir George, was created a baronet in 1611; and his great grandson, in 1677, had been declared Lord Ferrers, of Chartley, in virtue of his descent from that noble family, through one of the coheiresses of Deveroux. The Earl of Essex was in 1711 created Viscount Tamworth and Earl Ferrers. The church of Shirley was given to Darley Abbey, by Fletcher de Ireton, and confirmed by James de Sherley, about the year 1230.

 

STYDD township, and tithe and toll free liberty, contains 313 acres of strong fertile land, mostly pasture, 5 houses, and 34 inhabitants—of whom 17 were males, and 17

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females; rateable value, £400. Mrs. Goodall, John Potter, John Harrison and Joseph Frearson, Esqs., are the owners. The hall, 5 miles S. by W. from Ashbourn, in a picturesque and retired situation, belongs to Mrs. Goodall. Here was formerly a preceptory of knights hospitallers, dedicated to St. Mary and St. John the Baptist, to which Sir William Meynell was a great benefactor, in 1268, and at the dissolution had a revenue of £93 3s. 4d. The chapel has long been a ruin. A small portion of the wall and font still remain. Ralph le Fun, in the reign of Richard I., gave the hermitage of Stydd to the knights hospitallers of St. John of Jerusalem, on condition that he should inhabit it during his life. The site was granted by Henry VIII., in 1513, to Charles Lord Mountjoy conveyed by his son, in 1557, to Ralph Brown, and by him, in 1559, to Francis Colwich; it was afterwards in the family of Hurd, and then the property of John Walker, Esq.

YEAVELEY, a township and chapelry, 4 miles S. from Ashbourn, contains 1,015A. 1R. 2P. of fertile land; rateable value, £1,381 5s. 4d. and in 1851, had 55 houses and 238 inhabitants, of whom 128 were males, and 110 females. Earl Ferrers is lord of the manor. The principal owners are John Harrison, Esq., Rev. German Buckston, Thomas Skevington, and William Robinson, Esqrs. The Church, dedicated to the Holy Trinity, is a neat brick structure, with a tower and one bell, erected in 1840, and contains 154 sittings, of which 74 are free. The cost was about £500, raised by subscriptions and a grant from the Incorporated Society. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £51. The Vicar of Shirley, patron, and Rev. Henry S. Pearson, B.A., incumbent. The tithe was commuted in 1839— £50 for the large tithe, to Mrs. Kinnersley, the impropriator, and £20 the small tithe, to which the Vicar of Shirley adds £25 for the minister. The common was enclosed in 1840. The parsonage is a neat Gothic building, erected at a cost of about £1,000. A National school was erected in 1840; and the Independents have a chapel, in which they have service on a portion of the Sunday, and the Primitive Methodists occupy it o