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ALLESTREE, a small well built village and parish, 2 miles N. from Derby, on the Duffield road. The parish contains 1075A. 3R. 15P. of strong rich land, and in 1851 had 109 houses and 557 inhabitants, of whom 268 were males and 289 females; rateable value £1376 2s. 5d. The principal land owners are William Mundy, Esq., M.P., Thomas Wm. Evans, Esq., and W. P. Thornhill, Esq., M.P., the former is lord of the manor. The North Midland Railway passes through this parish, and occupies 8A. 1R. 9P. of land. The Church, dedicated to St. Edmund, was formerly one of the Churches belonging to the Abbey at Darley. It is an ancient structure with a Saxon porch, a nave, chancel, side aisles, and low tower, with 3 bells. A few years ago, it was thoroughly restored and beautified, principally at the cost of the late William Evans, Esq. In 1856, a clock was put up in the Church at a cost of about £300, at the sole expense of the late W. Evans, Esq.; it is one of the finest in the county. There are several monuments to the Mundy family, and one to George Evans, aged 15, who was drowned in the river Wharf, at Thorp-Arch, May 29th, 1804. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued in the King’s book at £5, now £50, and has 2 acres of glebe. Wm. Mundy, Esq., M.P., is the patron, and the Rev. John Hullett, B.A., is the incumbent. About 14 acres of land in the parish belongs to the Church, let for £30 per annum, for its reparation. The Church yard has recently been enlarged about half an acre, one half the land was given by the late Wm. Evans, Esq. In the Church yard are two yew trees, one of which is supposed to be nearly as old as the Church, and in the S.E. corner is a stone cross or pillar, with a plain shaft, twelve feet in height, with a carved head on which there was formerly a dial. The Wesleyan Methodists have a small neat brick chapel here, erected in 1821. A neat National School in the gothic style of architecture for boys and girls was erected in 1856, at a cost of about £700, aided by a grant from Government of £207, the remainder was paid by the late Wm. Evans, Esq. The school will accommodate about 150. There is also a Sick society held in the school room, which consists of about 100 members. The manor, Adelardestreu, is described in Domesday survey, as a hamlet of the manor of Markeaton, with which it is still held. The late Francis N. C. Mundy, Esq., sold a considerable portion of Allestree estate to the late Thomas Evans, Esq., Charles Upton, Esq., and Bache Thornhill, Esq. Allestree Hall, a handsome stone mansion, in a well wooded park, was for many years the residence of the late Wm. Evans, Esq., whose public career was varied and influential. He was sheriff of the county in 1829, and represented in parliament the Borough of East Retford, for three sessions; the Borough of Leicester for three sessions; and the Northern Division of this County from 1837 till 1853, when he retired from parliamentary life. As a county magistrate Mr. Evans took a leading part, occupying himself very actively in the financial and other business, as well as in the legal portion of the magisterial duties. He died on the 8th May 1856 in the 68th year of his age. The Hall is now the seat and property of Thos. Wm. Evans, Esq.

Munday’s Charity.—(See Radbourn). The annual sum of £1 4s. is received from the incumbent of Quarndon, by the perpetual curate of Allestree, who retains 2s, for himself, pays 2s. to the churchwardens, and the remaining 20s. are distributed on the Sunday fortnight after Christmas, amongst the poor of the parish.

Church Lands.—By a decree of Commissioners of Charitable Uses, &c., taken at Derby on 16th November, 30 Charles II., it was found that certain closes situate in Markeaton, in the parish of Mackworth, called Sawry Hill, had belonged to, and the rents, until the last 28 years, been employed towards the repair of the parish Church of Allestree; and it was ordered that Gilbert Mundy should deliver up possession of the said premises to the churchwardens of Allestree, &c., and that Gilbert and Edward Mundy, administrators of John Mnndy, having assets, should pay thereout £64 13s. 4d. in respect of the rents of the said premises, received by him, to be employed in the repairs of the said Church. The Church lands consist of 3 closes, called Sawry Hill, containing about 9 acres, let for £19 3s. a year; 3 cottages and gardens in Allestree, let for £1 each; a small piece of un-inclosed land, forming part of a field, the residue belongs to Walter Evans, Esq., let to

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him for l0s, per annum; and a field of arable land, containing about 5 acres, let for £8 3s. 6d., &c. These rents are paid to the churchwarden, and carried to his general account.

Evans Mrs. Mary, The Hall Evans Thomas William, Esq., The Hall Buxton John, vict. and builder, Red Cow Clements James, shoemaker Cooper George, flour dealer Dawson Alice, shopkeeper Dryden Thomas, gardener; h. Quarndon Fox Sarah, National School Groom Henry, coachman; h. Quarndon Hooley Joseph, tailor Houghton Thomas, parish clerk Hullett Rev. John, B.A., incumbent

Johnson Elizabeth, infant school Massey Thomas, coachman; h. Quarndon Millward John, shopkeeper Pounder Samuel, blacksmith and constable Shutt John, butler Smith Edw., secretary to Mr. Evans Smith Moses, cowkeeper and flour dealer, and manufacturer of cotton and linen baggs for dyers Tantum William, bailiff to Mr. Evans Woolley Joseph, wheelwright and builder Woolley Thomas, poor rate collector

Farmers. Clark George

Eite John Kitchen Lydia Kitchen William

Price William Simpson Thomas M. Smedley William

Tomlinson John (and road surveyor)

ASTON-UPON-TRENT, a parish, township, and large well built village, 6 miles S.E. from Derby, contains 1780A. 3R. 28P. of rich land, and in 1851, had 157 houses, and 693 inhabitants, of whom 346 were males and 347 females; rateable value £3664 15s. 11½d. The principal owners are Edward A. Holden, Esq., James Sutton, Esq., the Rev. Joseph Sikes, of Newark, Nottinghamshire, the Earl of Harrington, and Aston, and Burton poor; the former is lord of the manor. The Church, (All Saints) is an ancient gothic structure, with nave, chancel, side aisles, and embattled tower, with pinnacles, and four bells. It formerly had galleries at the west end and north side. The communion table is of black oak, handsomely carved with Exdoni Johannis Honte, 1630. Here are monuments and tablets to the Hunt, Holden, Shuttleworth, Fosbrook, and Walker families. In the year 1393, the church was appropriated to the Abbey of St. Werburgh, in Chester, notwithstanding it is now a rectory, valued in the King’s books at £29 15s., now £1,000, in the patronage of E. A. Holden, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Francis Augustus Weekes, M.A. In 1839, the presentation was sold to the Rev. — Bromley, and in 1848, it was resold to Samuel Ashton, Esq., who presented it to the present incumbent. In 1853, the church was thoroughly restored, the chancel was fitted up with neat stalls, the galleries were removed, the arch and tower thrown open, and the windows were filled with stained glass. The rectory is a large neat residence near the church. The Wesleyan Methodists have a small brick chapel erected in 1829. National Schools for boys and girls, were erected in 1845, by voluntary contributions, aided by a grant of £54 from the National School Society. The boys room will accommodate 80, average attendance 40; and the girls room will hold 50, about 30 attend. The master is allowed £45 per annum and the use of a house adjoining the school. A grant of a market and fair was obtained in 1256, both have long been disused. The market cross was taken down in 1837. Messrs. Pegg, Harper and Co., of Derby, and Mr. Robert Meakin, of Chellaston, have extensive gypsum pits in this parish. There are several lodges of Odd Fellows, and Friendly Societies. Aston Hall is a large neat modern brick mansion, painted stone colour, situated in park like grounds of considerable extent. On the north front is a stone portico, supported by two fluted pillars; the south front overlooks a beautiful lawn, the Vale of the Trent, and Donington Woods. It is the seat and property of Edward A. Holden, Esq. Aston Lodge, a neat residence, the property of James Sutton Esq., and the residence of Mrs. C. Walker. Feast, Sunday before Nov. 5th.

CHARITIES.—Samuel Mather, in the year 1706, left £40 to the poor of Aston, £30 of which was laid out in the purchase of a house then rented by John Clarke, and the remaining £10 was in the hands of Mr. Crompton, of Derby. By the award for the Aston enclosure, dated 22nd March, 1783, land in the Nether Field, at a place called the Heath,

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of the yearly value of 35s., was given in exchange for the cottage above named. The land is now enclosed, and contains about 2½A., now let for £7 per annum, which is distributed on the Sunday after Christmas day, amongst poor persons. With respect to the £10 stated to have been in the hands of Mr. Crompton, it is not known how it was apppropriated, but is supposed to have been laid out in the purchase of four poor houses in the parish.

Joseph Percival, of Winchester, by will proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, October 1715, bequeathed £100 to the poor of the parish of Aston, to be laid out at interest by the minister, overseers, and churchwardens. In respect of this legacy, there is a sum of £97 9s. 3d. old South-sea annuities, part of a sum of £1180 16s. 6d. stock, standing in the name of the Accountant General of the Court of Chancery, to the credit of the cause of the Dean of Winchester against Holden. The dividends payable to the poor of this parish have not been paid for many years; the last supposed to have been paid on the 10th October, 1794. At the time of our enquiry, August, 1826, little was known in the parish as to this charity, &c. Upon enquiry at the Accountant General’s office, it appears the arrears of interest may be received, on the proper application being made by the minister, churchwardens, and overseers of Aston, and this we have recommended should be done. The arrears of interest will amount to about £90, and it seems advisable they should be invested in the funds, and the dividends distributed to the poor with the yearly dividends of South sea annuities.

Elizabeth Cooper, by will, 1728, whose charity for the parish of Spondon—(See Spondon)—left lands, &c., for the poor of Aston, which consisted of one moiety of a field of about an acre, called the Green Leas, and three small parcels of land in the Common Meadow. At the time of the enclosure, there was allotted in respect of these three parcels 2A. 13P. in a field called Thornborough Field, not enclosed, and lies open to the rest of the field, which is the property of Mrs. Cock, to whom also an undivided moiety of the Green Leas belongs. The yearly rent of £2 l0s. is paid by the tenant in respect of so much of the land as belongs this charity, which is distributed by the trustee amongst the poor, he retaining 5s. for his expences. We recommended the appointment of new trustees for this and the Spondon charity.

Robert Cowper, by will 1720, gave to ten of the poorest people of the town of Aston the sum of 5s. to be paid yearly for ever, out of a parcel of ground called the Green Leas, This sum has not been paid for 20 or 30 years past. The last payment was by Mrs. Cowlishaw. There are several parcels of land of that name, and we have not been able to discover which was the property so described in the will.

Jane Shepherd left, in 1734, a rent charge of 12s. a-year, to pay for two children at Aston school. It is upwards of 40 years since this was paid. The estate supposed to be charged therewith is situate at Chellaston, and was, at the time the last payment was made, in the possession of Mrs. Bayle and Mrs. Hardinge; it now belongs to Mr. T. Brown Dummelow, of Chellaston, but there does not seem sufficient evidence to prove that this is the estate liable thereto.

Holden Edward Anthony Esq., The Hall Astle Thomas, wheelwright Briggs John, farmer Buxton John, vict., Coach & Horses Clementson Thomas, parish clerk Cook Mr. Thomas Edwards Frederick and Jane, National School Frearson John, joiner Gaskin Charles, vict., White Hart Harper Mrs. Ann Holladay Mr. John Holladay John & Joseph, bricklayers

Holladay Mary, blacksmith Joynes John, tailor and draper Johnson Catherine, school Ludlow John & Joseph, maltsters Ludlow Wm., brick and tile maker Martyn Thomas, boatman Martyn Thomas, jun., wheelwright and builder of all kinds of light traps, carpen- ter and blacksmith Murphy Michael, manager, plaster mines Murphy Rev. Richard Holdcn Nix John, gardener Oldershaw John, baker

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Ordish William, gamekeeper Pegg, Harper & Co., plaster mines Smith Jacob, butcher and grazier Walker Mrs. Constantia, The Lodge

Weekes Rev. Francis Augustus, M.A., Rectory Whyman John, painter Young Reuben, joiner

Boot & Shoe Mkrs Greaves Thomas Holbrook John, (& beerhouse) Slater Robert Smedley John Farmers. Bancroft Wm., Fox Cover

Botham Elizabeth Botham Jacob Bowmer George, Marsh Flatts Burton Joseph Gregory Thomas Henshaw James, Cottage Marple Robert, Rec- tory Farm, Aston Hill

Murphy Michael Parker William Radford Robert Stevenson Richard, Aston Hill Shopkeepers. Astle William, (and baker & joiner)

Hawkes Thomas Wall Joseph Whyman Catherine Carriers to Derby. Thomas Bull, daily Wm. Hallam, Friday

BARROW-ON-TRENT parish, contains the township of Barrow-on-Trent, in the Morleston and Litchurch Hundred, and the townships of Sinfin-with-Arleston, and Twyford-with-Stenson, in the Appletree Hundred, which together contain 3500A. 0R. 30P. of land, and in 1851 had 126 houses, and 577 inhabitants, of whom 308 were males, and 269 females; rateable value, £7,525 9s. 3d.

BARROW-ON-TRENT is a small pleasant village and township, six miles S. from Derby, and in the vicinity of the Grand Trunk Canal, which intersects this parish. It contains 1,150A. 2R. 10P. of light land, and in 1851 had 65 houses, and 286 souls, of whom 147 were males, and 139 females; rateable value, £2,220 11s. 8d. The Rev. Henry des Væux, the Hon. Mrs. Mary Beaumont, Sir John Harpur Crewe, Bart., William and Richard Sale, Esqrs., and Mr. James Bentley, are the principal owners. The former is lord of the manor, and has a fishery on the Trent. The Trent and Mersey canal occupies six acres, and 1A. 2R. belongs to the Church, which is dedicated to St. Wilfred. It is a venerable stone edifice, with nave, chancel, side aisles, and embattled tower, in which are three bells, and a gallery at the west end. In 1818, it was thoroughly restored and a few new pews added. Here is an alabaster monument to William Sale, who died in 1663, with a neat tablet to Richard Sale, who died in 1808, John Mather, who died in 1836, with other neat tablets to the Bancroft and Beaumont families, several of whom are interred in the church. The oldest existing monument at Barrow, is to John Bothe, who died in 1413; also, upon an alabaster slab, at the entrance into the chancel is the effigy of a man in armour, who by the inscription appears to be John Bothe, who died in 1482. In the south wall of the south aisle is the figure of an ecclesiastic in rich vestments. Several monuments have been destroyed by alterations. The living is a vicarage, valued in the king’s book at £5 8s. 5½d., now £105. It was formerly appropriated to the Prior and Convent of St. John, of Jerusalem, and has been augmented with £200 Queen Anne’s bounty, laid out in 8A. 3R. of land. A. Moore, Esq., patron, and the Rev. J. Edwards, incumbent, for whom a vicarage house is about to be erected midway betwixt Barrow and Twyford. The vicar has 36A. 2R. 20P. of glebe, and 1A. 3R. 28P. on Sinfin moor. The Wesleyan Methodists and Independents have neat brick chapels, erected in 1839; the former was built by Mr. Jas. Bently, and is his own property. A National school was erected in 1843, at a cost of £150, raised by subscription. The land being given by Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart.; six girls from Mrs, Elizh. Sale’s charity are educated free, others pay 1d. per week for reading, and 2d. per week for writing. Mrs. R. Sale is the principal supporter of it. Barrow Hall a large stuccoed mansion, with a circular entrance-hall and staircase lighted from a dome top, the front overlooking the vale of the Trent, amidst neat shrubberies and pleasure grounds. It was built on the site of an ancient house, in 1808-9, by the late John Beaumont, Esq., it is now the property of the Hon. Mrs. Mary Beaumont, of Derby, and the seat of Mrs. Mary Arkwright.. Wm. and Richard Sale, Esqrs., have also neat residences here. Feast on the

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Sunday before 29th Oct. In Barruue (Barrow), says Domesday, Godwin and Corlineg had three oxgangs of land and a half, to be taxed: it is waste. One villane has there four oxen and eight acres of meadow. In Bareue are twelve oxgangs of land to be taxed. Soke to Mileburne (Melbourne). There is a priest and a church, and one sokeman with half a plough and eighteen acres of meadow.

SINFIN and ARLESTON form a joint township, returned in 1851 as being in the Appletree Hundred, and contains together 791A. 1R. 33P. of land, 12 houses, and 69 souls, of whom 40 were males, and 29 females; rateable value, £1317 18s. 6d. Sinfin, two and a half miles S. from Derby, contains two farm and two cottage houses. Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart., is the sole owner. Sinfin house is a neat residence occupied by Mrs. Eliz. Bancroft, farmer, whose family have resided in Barrow parish upwards of 300 years. Arleston, four and a half miles S. by W. from Derby, contains two farm and six scattered cottage houses, Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart., is owner. Arleston house, is a very ancient building, supposed to have formerly been a chapel. The front is supported by stone buttresses, and in the interior is a place in which was a bell. On the north side formerly stood a large hall or castle, which was taken down some years ago. The Trent and Mersey canal occupies 8A. 2R. 34P. of land. Merrybower, quarter-mile S., was formerly an open common, and was about 100 years ago noted for a public house upon it, kept by George Clay, who had a cock-pit here, and was celebrated as a deer stealer. His house was a noted rendezvous for similar characters.

TWYFORD and STENSON form a joint township and chapelry, returned in 1851 as being in the Appletree Hundred, contains together, 1658A. 2R. 20P. of good fertile land, 49 houses, and 222 inhabitants, of whom 121 were males, and 101 females; rateable value, £3,786 19s. 1d. Twyford, a small scattered village on the north bank of the Trent, 5½ miles from Derby. Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart., is lord of the manor, and principal owner. The Church is an ancient structure with a square tower, short spire, and three bells, the nave is built of brick, and was pewed in 1775. A fine Norman arch divides the nave and chancel. Here are neat monumental tablets to the Harpur, Vernon, and Bristowe families. A National school was erected in 1842 by voluntary subscription; it is a neat brick building with stone dressings, and cost £125, the land being given by the lord of the manor. Twyford house is a large stuccoed mansion on the banks the Trent, which with 95 acres of land, is the property of S. E. Bristowe, Esq. About half a mile east from the village is a large tumulus, which is said to contain the remains of persons slain in the battle fought near the place during the civil wars. Here was a family of the name of Kirkman, of which three boys had only one hat, and he who rose first in the morning had it for the day. One of these brothers aftetwards went to London, about 1780, and became Lord Mayor.

STENSON a small village, 4½ miles S.S.W. from Derby. Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart., S. E. Bristowe, Esq., and Mrs. Eliz. Shaw, are the principal owners. The Trent and Mersey canal occupies 4A. 2R. 24P., and the Birmingham railway passes near the village, and takes 18A. 29P. In 1841, about 200 acres of open field land was enclosed, since which the Field house has been erected by Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart. The Wesleyan Methodists have a neat brick chapel, erected in 1845, at a cost of £150. It will seat about 160 persons. Mrs. Ann Redfern’s family have resided in this parish upwards of three centuries.

CHARITIES.—Elizabeth Sale gave £2 14s. for the benefit of a school, for which 8 girls are instructed in reading, knitting, and, sewing. She also gave £1 6s., which is laid out in the purchase of six twopenny loaves every alternate Sunday, distributed after divine service at the church, amongst the poor of the parish, both exclusive of the chapelry at Twyford-with-Stenson. Both the above sums are paid by the Rev. Henry Des Vœux, of Carlton house, near Newark.

Twyford and Stenson Chapelry.—John Harpur, lord of the manor, by indenture dated 28th Nov., 1710, and various other persons, freeholders within the manor, and Sir Robert Burdett, Samuel Sale, and Robert Wilmot, &c., on the third part, in pursuance

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of an award made by Robert Wilmot the elder, and Isaac Hawkins, Esq., dated 20th Oct., 1696, and for settling an annuity of £15 for the benefit of the poor of the manor of Twyford and Stenson, the said John Harpur, with the consent of the said freeholders, granted to the said Sir Robert Burdett and others, their heirs, rent charges amounting to £15, being part of the waste grounds belonging to the manor, and intended to be set out to the several parties hereinafter named, as their portion of the waste grounds of the said manor, viz.: John Ward, a rent charge of £1 7s. 4d. out of Cocken Nook; Samuel Bristow, of £1 18s., out of a close called the Upper End of the Half Acres; John Harpur, £1 10s. 5d., out of Smithy Halt; Joseph Wright, in respect of the land of the late Joseph Holmes, 15s. 2d.; said John Harper, £9 9s. 1d., out of a close called the Thoroughs, with a house and a close called William-a-Green. The principal part of this income is applied to binding out apprentices, sons of poor persons of the chapelry, a part sometimes being distributed, in money to the poor.

Stenson Township—The poor of this township are entitled to the benefit of the school founded by John Allsop, at Findern, in the parish of Mickleover.—Which see.

BARROW-ON-TRENT TOWNSHIP.

Arkwright Mrs. Mary, The Hall Bancroft Mrs. Ann Bancroft, Sarah, shopkeeper Belcher Mrs. Catherine, The Cottage Camp Isaac, shoemaker Camp Robert, tailor Edwards Rev. John, vicar Garrett George, wheelwright Haynes Joseph, blacksmith

Kent John, shoemaker Porter Mrs. Elizabeth Prince Emma, schoolmistress Sale William, Esq. Sheffield Richard, joiner Spencer William, shoemaker Wilson Samuel, shopkeeper and baker Wood Thomas, gardener, Hall lodge

Farmers. Bently James Bucknall John, (and butcher)

Camp Thomas Garratt Thomas Jordon John, Hall Farm

Lakin William Lane Henry Lane John Lane William Sale Richard

Sale Richard, junior Cottage Wagg Stephen Williamson John

SINFIN AND ARLESTON TOWNSHIP.

Bancroft Elizh., farmer, Sinfin house Bancroft Gilbert, farmer Hague John, farmer, Moor end

Sale Richard, jun., farmer, Arleston Hall; h. Barrow Wragg William, farmer

TWYFORD AND STENSON TOWNSHIP.

Marked * are at Stenson.

* Baldwin Joseph, lock keeper Camp Thomas, jun., rate collector Hicklin Samuel, butcher Holmes William, gardener

* Pegg William, shoemaker Potts Sarah, National school Towle Edward, blacksmith

Farmers. Camp Thomas, senior, Old hall Fisher Thomas, (and Ferry house)

Forman James, Twy- ford Hall * Forman Richard Goodwin Thomas * Gratidge Richard, Stenson Farm

Hicklin John Millis George Poyser James * Radford Richard, Wallnut House

* Redfern Ann, Field House * Stych John, Stenson House

CODNOR and LOSCOE, a joint township and Ecclesiastical parish, contains 1894A. 1R. 15P. of strong clay land, and in 1851 had 373 houses and 1890 inhabitants, of whom 982 were males and 908 females; rateable value £5430 3s. 5d. The principal owners are The Butterley Compy., Chas. V. Hunter, Esq., Rev. John Wood, Messrs. Jas. C. Roystone, Joseph Stirland, — Peet, Samuel White, John Woolley, Geo. Woolley, Samuel Woolley, and several others. The inhabitants are principally employed in the collieries and at the iron stone mines, with which this district abounds.

CODNOR, a considerable and improving village, on the Alfreton and Nottingham road, 5 miles S. E. from Alfreton, and 5 miles W. from Helper, and in 1851 had 283 houses

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and 1439 inhabitants, of whom 749 were males and 690 females. The Church, dedicated to St. James, is situated on the crown of the hill, about midway between the two villages. It is a plain stone building, with nave, chancel, tower, and one bell. It was built in 1844, at a cost of £2000 raised by subscriptions and grants, and will seat 400 persons, of which 250 are free and unappropriated. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £150, in the patronage of the Crown and Bishop of Lichfield, alternately; the Rev. Henry Middleton, incumbent, for whom a new parsonage house is being erected, near the Church. Handsome National Schools were built at the same time, and are included in the cost of the Church, about 90 children attend. The Wesleyan Methodists have a chapel, built in 1827, and the Wesleysn Reformers a neat chapel, built of brick in 1854, at a cost of about £350.

LOSCOE, a small village which forms the south extremity of the parish, about 1 mile from Codnor, contains 90 houses and 451 inhabitants, of whom 233 were males, and 218 females The Butterley Compy have a colliery here, from which hard and soft coal of good quality is obtained. The Baptists have a chapel, erected in 1848, at a cost of £476, raised by subscription. It is a good brick building and will seat about 400 persons. The old chapel having become too small and much dilapidated, the present one was erected on the site; the Rev. W. J. Stuart is the pastor. Loscoe dam, when full, covers about 24 acres of ground. Loscoe Park was for several generations the seat of the Draycott family, but it has long been broken up, and the house taken down.

CHARITIES.—Jonathan Tantum, in 1732 devised to his executors the moiety of a messuage, &c., garden, orchard, and Webster’s croft, situate in Loscoe, upon trust that they should pay full two-third parts of the rents to the poor of Codnor and Loscoe, (charges for repairs deducted), and one-third part to the trustees belonging the Breach Meeting in Codnor, commonly called the Quakers, to dispose thereof as they should think proper. The property consists of a dwelling-house, which was rebuilt in 1810, at an expense of £113 18s. 4d. defrayed by reserving the rents, a small garden, a warehouse, a garden inclosure, now let for £22 per annum. One moiety of which is paid to the trustees of the charity, and one-third of such moiety is applied for the use of the Breach Meeting, and the residue is distributed at the tenant’s house, on the Monday before Christmas day, amongst poor persons of Codnor and Loscoe generally, in sums varying from 2s. to 5s.

Those marked 1 reside at Codnor, the others at Loscoe.

Butterley Company, Colliery owners, iron

founders & manufacturers, & Codnor Park;

Joseph Hicking, agent