DALE ABBEY, an extra parochial township, chapelry, and picturesque village, seven miles E. by N. from Derby, contains 1760A. lR. 35P. of land, partly clay, sand and marl; rateable value, £1625 4s., and in 1851, had 90 houses, and 442 inhabitants, of whom 233 were males, and 209 females. Earl Stanhope is lord of the manor and principal owner, and holds a court leet annually. The other owners are William Drury Lowe, Esq., Thomas Pares, Esq., Hugh Bateman, Esq., and Risley School, 15A. 3R. 20P. The Chapel is an ancient and curious structure, the interior being divided into two parts by a framework screen, with high backed pews and a heavy gallery, extending over three parts of the body. It has a small turret and one bell, and it is said the village inn was anciently under the same roof, and there was a door in the wall leading from the gallery into the house, through which the worshippers were accustomed to steal to refresh themselves. It is in the jurisdiction of the manor and peculiar court of Dale Abbey, of which Earl Stanhope is lord, and appoints the minister. The Rev. John Garton Howard, M.A., is the present minister. A neat marble tablet has been put up in the church bearing the following inscription: “Erected by the Parishioners of Dale Abbey, to the Memory of the Right Hon. Philip Henry, Earl of Stanhope, lord of the manor and lay Bishop of this Church, who died, March 2nd, 1855, aged 73. The village is situated in a valley, having a lofty range of hills on the south, commanding extensive views. The houses are mostly of brick and thatched. In 1845, a large room was erected for the use of the Men’s Friendly Sick Club, and which is also used for the Infant School, supported by the Rev. J. G. Howard. The poor have the benefit of the school founded by Rev. John Scargill, at West Hallam, and of that at Risley, by Mrs. Elizabeth Grey, eight children being allowed to go free. Here was an Abbey of the Premonstratention Order, dedicated to the Virgin Mary. The history of its foundation, as related by Maud-de-Salicosamara, left in manuscript by a monk who belonged to it, is as follows; A man, Cornelius by name, who once lived in St. Mary’s, Derby, a baker by trade, was a very devout man and gave much alms to the poor, having had a vision from the blessed Virgin to lead a solitary life in the service of her Son and herself, he left all his possessions and his native place without acquainting any one, and

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took up his abode at Depedale, where he had been sometime, when about 1135, Sir Ralph, son of Lord Geremund, being out hunting, found his course intercepted by a morass; surveying this wild and secluded scene more closely, he at length perceived a column of smoke rising above the trees; making his way with difficulty through the plants and shrubs, he reached the place and found a rudely constructed hut, before it was a fire of sticks, and by it sat an aged man with unshorn hair and untrimmed beard. After hearing his tale, Sir Ralph proceeded to Derby, where it was verified, and the next day he returned with garments and food to the Hermit of the Dale—brought him tools and endowed him with the toll of his mill at Burgh, (Borrowash,) and encouraged him to fulfill the Virgin’s pleasure. The recluse immediately commenced scooping out a habitation in the rock, which after several years labour was completed, as also an oratory at the foot of the hill for his patroness the Virgin. After living in this solitude for many years, he was found by a pilgrim attracted by the fame of his sanctity, stretched upon the floor of his cell apparently asleep, but dead. At his death, Serlo-de-Greudon, a knight of eminent valour and great wealth, who married the daughter of the above Sir Ralph, gave the place of Depedale to his godmother, who had a son, whom she educated for holy orders, that he might perform divine service in her chapel there; but a short time afterwards, and with her consent, he invited canons from Calke, and gave them Depedale. These canons having been removed for their misconduct, some white canons of the Premonstratention Order repaired thither, and to them the park of Stanley was given, when the monastery obtained the name of “De Parco Stanley,” by which it was at that period generally known. There is a legend that the king gave the canons as much land as they could encircle in a day, with a plough drawn by deer; and this story is represented on the windows of Morley church, which are supposed to have been removed from Dale Abbey. These canons, nevertheless, not having sufficient means for their support, returned to Tupholm, whence they came. William-de-Grendon, Lord of Ockbrook, supplied their place with canons from Welbeck, but they also soon deserted the new monastery, for want of sufficient sustenance. Geoffrey-de-Salicosa Mare, having procured an establishment of nine canons, from Newhouse, in Lincolnabire, they were admitted into the Premonstratention Order, and settled at the new monastery in Stanley park, and by their zeal and diligence a Noble Abbey reared its head, at a short distance from the humble structure of the first devotee, which for wealth and magnificence was among the first in the kingdom, and was endowed with the advowson of the churches of Heanor, Ilkestone, and Kirk Hallam. The Church was of stately dimensions, with several large windows on each side, and one large chancel window at the east end, the noble arch of which is still standing in a field on Mr. Malin’s farm. It is 16 feet wide, and 40 feet from the ground to the keystone, and is in a good state of preservation, some expense having been incurred by the late Lord Stanhope, to prevent its falling into decay. Dale Abbey was founded in 1204, and surrendered to the crown, 1589, when their revenues were estimated at £144 4s. per annum. Willis says that it was surrendered by John Staunton, the last abbot, and 16 monks; but it appears by the commissioners’ accounts of that date, that John Bede, the last abbot, had a pension of £26 13s. 4d., and 16 monks various smaller pensions. The whole number of abbots was 18, and the period of their government 312 years, 6 weeks, 1 day. Francis Pole, Esq., who then took possession of the site and demesnes, as lessee, probably under the crown, purchased the altar, crucifix, organ, gravestones, &c., and all the live and dead stock. In the year 1550, the abbey clock was sold for 6s.; the iron, glass, paving and grave stones, for £18. There were six bells weighing 47 cwt. In 1544, he had a grant of the abbey in fee, and the same year conveyed it to Sir John Port, one of the justices of the King’s bench. Dorothy, one of his son’s co-heiresses, brought it to her husband, Sir George Hastings. Sir Henry Willoughby, of Risley, purchased the estate of the representative of Sir George Hastings, who was afterwards Earl of Huntingdon, and died in 1605. Sir Henry Willoughby having left three daughters, co-heiresses, one of whom left no issue, the manor of Dale and the abbey demesnes were held in moieties by the noble family of Grey, and that of Dewes, into which

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the other co-heiresses married. One moiety of the estate was purchased, 1716, by the trustees of Philip, then late Earl of Chesterfield, of Sir Symon Dewes, for his son Alexander, father of the first Earl of Stanhope. The other moiety was purchased, 1778, of the Earl of Stamford. The hermitage, or cave, cut in the rock by the poor baker, is a short distance S. from the church. It is a large excavation in the rock, having a rude doorway, and two windows, which latter are of modern formation. In May, 1845, two ovens or kilns were discovered, on the premises of Mr. William Hollingworth. They were used for the baking of tesselated bricks, several of which were found in them, who has also in his possession an antique sacramental cup of singular construction. The Methodists have a chapel, which was nearly destroyed by fire in 1844, but has been rebuilt. The Feast is on the Sunday before 5th November, or that day, if Sunday.

CHARITIES.—The poor of Dale Abbey are entitled to partake of the benefit of Smedley’s alms’ houses, Ilkeston; of the school at West Hallam, founded by the Rev. John Scargill; and the school at Risley, founded by Elizabeth Gray; for particulars, see places named.

Bacon, Vincent, sawyer, Cat & Fiddle Bloor John, shopkeeper Bloor Selina, infant schoolmistress Canner John, corn miller, Baldock mill Derbyshire Joshua, shopkeeper and brick- maker, Moor Gallimore Wm., blacksmith, Cat & Fiddle

Grundy William, tailor Hollingworth John, vict. and wheelwright, Carpenter’s Arms. Richardson Robert, shoemaker & shopkpr. Spencer Sarah, vict., Stanhope Arms, Flourish

Farmers. Bacon Samuel Beeston Samuel, Up- per Hagg Canner Wm., Locko Grange Cotton David, (and corn miller) Hancock Thomas, Boya Grange

Hartshorn Zacariah Hollingworth William Ling Richard, Burn- wood Malin William Smedley John, Little Hay Grange Sneap William, (and joiner,) Cat and Fiddle

Spencer Sarah, Flourish Stevens John, Boya Grange Walker Wm., Nether Hagg Winfield Thomas Winrow Isaac Winrow John, Fur- nace

Winrow John, Basset Barn Wood James, (and parish clerk) Wright Joseph, Cat and Fiddle

DENBY, is a township, extensive parish, and large scattered village, the houses of which are mostly thatched, 3 miles S.E. by E. from Belper, and 4 miles N.E. from Duffield, contains 2355A. 3R. 15P. of clay land; rateable value £2569 15s.; and in 1851 had 240 houses and 1208 inhabitants, of whom 656 were males and 552 females. The principal owners are Wm. Drury Lowe, Esq., and Strelley’s Trustees, the former is lord of the manor, and patron of the living, a perpetual curacy, valued in the King’s book at £9, now £118, has been endowed with £200 benefactions, £200 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £1200 parliamentary grant. The Rev. Jas. Mockler, M.A., is the incumbent, and has 28A. 3R. of glebe. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, an ancient stone edifice in the early English style, has nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower, with 4 bells, surmounted by a spire. In 1838, the Church was enlarged, by the the erection of a gallery on the north side, by which 160 additional free sittings were obtained, and on the 16th Dec., 1852, the spire was struck with lightning, the restoration of which cost £159 15s. 9d. raised by subscriptions and rate. In 1854, an organ was put up by subscription, at a cost of £60. In the chancel are several neat marble tablets to the Lowe family, one of which is to the memory of Anne, grandmother of Wm. D. Lowe, of Locko Park, Esq., who died the 13th Nov., 1848, aged 104 years. Also an ancient monument richly gilt, on which are two full length figures in the attitude of prayer, surmounted by the family arms, supposed to belong to the Zouch family. Sir Henry Wilmot, Bart., is impropriator, and the tithe has been commuted for

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£283. The Methodists have a neat stone chapel, erected in 1841, at a cost of £700, which will seat 400 persons. Denby is noted for its coal, considered generally not to be surpassed in the kingdom, and superior malting cokes are made. The lord of the manor works the collieries, in which several hundred persons are, employed, aided by steam engines of 150 horses’ power. In one part the coals are conveyed above 400 yards under ground, from the workings to the shaft. There are four miles of gangway, including that to Belper wharf; besides using 14 miles belonging to the Derby canal company. There is a wharf in Denby, besides which several others in the neighbourhood are well supplied. Excellent bricks, tiles, drain pipes, chimney pots, and a superior white brick, solid and hollow, are made on this estate. This parish is also noted for its manufacture of stone bottles, jars, and figured wares of all descriptions near Smithy houses, by Messrs. Joseph Bourne and Son, who have similar works at Codnor Park. From the closeness of the texture of this vitrified clay, there is no need for the pernicious mineral glazes too generally used in the manufacture of such articles, They are warranted not to absorb liquid acids. Fourteen ovens are used to burn the articles manufactured, which are sent to London, and other parts of the kingdom. A Floral and Horticultural Society was established, and their first show held here on the 22nd July, 1856, under the presidency of the Rev. James Mockler. Mr. W. J. Abel, secretary. The Ripley branch of the Midland Railway runs through the parish, and is anticipated will be of essential benefit to the district, by offering additional facilities for the disposal of large quantities of coal and ironstone, with which it abounds. It was opened for passengers Sept. 1st, 1856, and the station is at Smithy Houses; there are three passenger trains each way daily.

DENBY appears to have been a place of some importance about the commencement of the 14th century, as Richard Lord Grey of Codnor in the eighth year of Edward III. obtained a charter for a market at Denby, with a fair on the eve and nativity of the blessed Virgin, these are obsolete, a feast is kept on the first Sunday in September. It disputes with Derby the honour of giving birth to that great and celebrated astronomer, John Flamstead. He was born in 1646, and died at Greenwich in 1707.—(See Eminent men.) Flamstead House is about 1 mile S.E. from the village. Mr. Joseph Shaw’s residence, of Openwoodgate, is a very ancient building, and can be traced to the time of Queen Anne, and is probably much older.

SMITHY HOUSES, on the Derby and Alfreton road, 1½ miles S.W. from Denby, where Mr. Lowe’s offices are, in which is shewn a small portion of a piece of coal got in 1790, and taken by Thomas Noon, of Horsley, and put into his cellar, and of which he desired a fire might be made on the day of his funeral, which happened in 1843, and the coal then burned as cheerfully as though it had been fresh got. The old man had been in the employ of Mr. Lowe and his ancestors upwards of 70 years, with but few intermissions. A charity school was founded here by Mrs. Jane Massey, about the year 1739, with lands now producing £47 10s. per annum. The master has a house and garden.

CHARITIES.—Jane Massie, by will, in 1728, left certain sums of money for procuring Queen Anne’s bounty for the parish church of Denby, and the residue towards erecting and endowing a free school in Denby. In 1838, land consisting of 37A. 0R. lP. were conveyed to trustees for the use of the sehool, let for £47 10s. The school premises consist of a dwelling-house and garden occupied by the schoolmaster, who has 30 guineas a year, and an allowance of £6 for providing a person to teach the girls to knit and sew. 36 children of the parish are taught reading and writing free, and the girls knitting and sewing. Books are provided for the scholars.

Mary Lowe, as stated by the parliamentary returns of 1786, gave to poor widows £1 per annum, arising from land then vested in Henry Greatorex, &c. William Drury Lowe, Esq., who purchased the estate about 1796, states his grandmother was one of the co-heiresses of the said estate, but that she sold her third part of it, and that he never heard of any charge for charitable purposes upon this estate.

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Francis Gisborne’s charity,—(See Bradley.) The yearly sum £5 10s. received by the incumbent is expended in cloth, which he distributes to the poor.

Adams Thos., farm bailiff, Flamstead House Bourne Joseph and Son, stone bottle and earthenware manufacturers, Denby Pot- teries and Codnor Park; and 17, Mac- clesfield street, City road, London Burgoin Joseph, brick maker Davenport Mrs. Grace, Old Hall Denby Colliery offices, Smithy Houses, William D. Lowe, Esq., proptr.; Benj Pym & J. H. Sharpe, agts. Ford Jph., blacksmith, Smithy Houses Hogg Thomas, beerhouse, Smithy Houses Hunt Daniel, vict., Union Inn, Smithy Houses

Mockler Rev. James, M.A., incumbent, The Hall Parker Robert S., Esq., Old Hall Parkin James, shoemaker, Smithy Houses Pym Benjamin, colliery agent, Salterwood Rogers James, butcher Sharpe John H., colliery agent and income tax collector, Smithy Houses Shaw Joseph, brewer, Openwood Gate Stenson David, master of endowed school Vallance John, blacksmith, College Weston Richard, vict. and shoemaker, Bull’s Head, Common Weston Robert, vict. Black Bull’s Head

Farmers. Abel Jane Abel Thomas Abel William Joseph, Salterwood Barber Ben., (and beer house) Common Bardill Edward Brown Geo., (& btchr) Openwood Gate Day Henry, Robey Field Fletcher Ralph, Com- mon

Haynes Fras., High Park Hodgkinson German, Bush Farm Hogton Ralph, Park Meadow Horsley Beaumont, Park Meadow Hunt Rosanna, Sal- terwood Land William, God- ber Lumb Moore Robt. Fletcher, Common

Poundall Christopher, Park Hall Radford Charles Richardson Hy., Car Shaw Ann Smith Arthur Smith Jno. Ticknall ln Smith Jph. Rye Field Smith Wm. Red Moor Ward Rebecca, Stripe Weston Sml., Car Whysall Wm. & Isaac, Old Hall Woodhouse Charles John, Common

Shopkeepers. Brown Joseph Hall Samuel, College Hogton Ralph, Park Meadow Lander Charles Parker Samuel Smith Aden Smith Arthur Woodhouse Charles John Common CARRIER to Derby, Joseph Fisher, Fri.

EGGINTON a pleasant but straggling village and parish, situated on a stream which flows into the river Dove, 4½ miles N.N.E. from Burton-on-Trent, and 7½ miles W.S.W. from Derby, contains 2,293A. 2R. 24P. of land, partly light and partly good rich soil, and an 1851 had 74 houses, and 374 inhabitants, of whom 187 were males, and 187 females; rateable value, £5150 8s. Sir Henry Flower Every, Bart., is lord of the manor, and owns nearly all the parish; Repton and Etwall corporation, Mr. Richard Bennett Godwin, Sir Richard Burdett, Bart., and A. N. E. Moseley, Esq., are also owners. The Trent and Mersey canal occupies 21A. 2R. 30P., and the Birmingham railway 12A., with a few other small freeholders. The river Dove passes through this parish, and is crossed by a stone bridge of four arches, called Monks Bridge, on the Derby and Burton-upon-Trent road, which is also the Ikenield Street, or Roman road, soon after which at the south extremity of the parish, the Dove has its confluence with the Trent. The Trent and Mersey canal, which was completed in 1770, crosses the Dove near Monks Bridge, by an aqueduct of 12 arches, about half-mile E., from which the Birmingham railway also crosses the Dove, by a bridge constructed of wood, with two piers to break the force of the water. The Church, dedicated to St. Wilfred, is an ancient Gothic edifice, with nave, chancel, side aisles, and handsome low tower, in which there are three bells. In the church are several monuments to the Every family, and several neat tablets to other persons. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £8 2s. 8½d., now ££450. The patrons are, Sir Henry Flower Every, Bart., E. S. C. Pole, and Joseph Leigh, Esqs.; the former has two presentations, and the latter, two conjointly. The Rev. Jno. Leigh, M.A. is the incumbent. The Hall, 4½ miles N.N.E. from Burton-upon-Trent, and 7 miles W.S.W. from Derby, is a neat brick mansion, with a stone balustrade round the parapet, and a circular centre with a dome, lighted from the top; it is pleasantly situated on the banks of the Dove, and has extensive pleasure grounds and plantations, which occupy

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about 10A., the lawn about 30A., the gardens 2A., and on the south front of the house is a fine fish pond covering about 10A. which runs into the river Dove. It is the seat and property of Sir Henry Flower Every, Bart., who succeeded his grandfather, the late Sir Henry Every, who died 28th December, 1855, and was interred in the church on the 11th January, 1856: this family came originally from Somersetshire; and Sir Simon, who was created a Baronet by King Charles I., in the 17th year of his reign, was born at Chard, in that county. He became possessed of the estates at Egginton by marrying the eldest daughter and co-heiress of Sir Henry Leigh, of Egginton, Knt. The estate continued in the possession of his lineal descendants till about 1760, when the Rev. John Every, the last direct heir, dying without issue, the property was claimed by Mr. Edward Every. an attorney, of Derby, a descendant of a son of the first possessor, who lived at Burton, and in his family the estate at present continues. In the year 1736, a fire consumed the greatest part of the house in which Sir S. Every then lived, and the present mansion was soon afterwards erected in its stead. The manor of Eghintune, which had belonged to Tochi, was at the Domesday survey held by Azelin, under Geoffrey Alselin: and here was a priest and a church and one mill of five shillings and six farmers, paying fourteen shillings and fourpence. William Fitz Ralph, founder of Dale Abbey, gave it to his nephew William de Grendon, in exchange for Stanley near Dale Abbey; from him it passed by marriage to Sir John Chandos, upon the death of whose descendant, Sir John Chandos, the celebrated warrior, in 1370, a moiety of the manor passed to his niece Elizabeth, daugther of Sir John Lawton, and wife of Sir Peter De La Pole, who was one of the knights of the shire in 1400. Ermetrude, the other co-heiress, married Sir William de Stafford, whose son Robert left five daughters co-heiresses; in consequence this moiety became divided into several shares. These having been re-united by purchase, were vested in the family of Lathbury. A co-heiress brought this moiety to Robert Leigh. On the death of Sir Henry Leigh, of Egginton, in the reign of James I., this estate passed to his daughter and co-heiress Anne, married to Simon Every, Esq., of Chard, in Somersetshire, who was created a Baronet in 1641. The manor of Hargate, formerly called Heath House, is supposed to be a portion not granted by William Fitz Ralph to his nephew; it was subsequently purchased by the Leighs. In March, 1644, a battle was fought on Egginton Heath, between the Royalists and Sir John Gell’s forces, commanded by Major Molanus and Captain Rodes. The royalists are said to have been defeated, and driven across the Trent. It is said that Walcheline de Ferraries, and Margaret Peverel, his wife, formerly lived at Egginton. The North Staffordshire railway has a small station here, situated about three-quarters of a mile from the village on the Derby road; it is a branch from Marston junction to Willington, opened in June 1849. There are four passenger trains each way daily, except Sunday, when there are only two.

CHARITIES.—Thomas Bugbury, in 1723, devised to Thos. Middleton and his heirs, a close in Blackfordby, in the county of Leicester, called Smathorne, and all his lands there, in trust that he should lay out 52s. yearly, viz.:—1s, every Sunday in 12 penny loaves to be put upon a shelf in the parish church of Egginton, to be distributed by the parish clerk to 12 persons as the trustees should appoint, that should come to church and receive them, and to pay to the clerk 6s. yearly for his trouble, and that a stone should be set up to record the charity, &c. The Hon. M. Shirley, the owner of the estate, remits the money to Mr. Wm. Smith, of Tutbury, who transmits it to the churchwardens of the parish, and it is distributed as above.

William Newton, in 1820, being desirous to make a provision for the poor of his native town, transferred to Ashton Nicholas Moseley, and Thomas Thornewill, Esqrs., and their heirs, &c., £2,000 three per cent. bank annuities, upon trust to receive the dividends and apply the same amongst all the poor, &c., as they should consider proper objects, &c. The dividends, £60 per annum, are received half-yearly, and distributed by the trustees shortly afterwards, in sums varying from £1 to £4, preference being given to such as are

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aged. A sum of £10 10s. has been laid out in erecting a monumental tablet in the church to the memory of the donor.

Egginton and Rolleston Church Land, with some allotments at the enclosure, consists of 3A. 2R. 26P., let for 69s. per annum, which is divided equally between this parish and that of Rolleston, in Staffordshire.

Parish Lands.—Beside the above, there was a farm containing 47A. 1R. 7P., which lands were allotted upon the Egginton enclosure, about 1791, in lieu of lands dispersed in the common fields; the rent of which was always carried to the general account of the poor. About 1806, the farm was sold to the late Sir Henry Every, Bart., for £1,431 15s.; of which, £1,000 was lent on mortgage, and the residue, with a small addition made by the parish, on the whole £443 1s. 3d., was applied in building a school room and eight cottages for the poor, on 1A. 3R. 20P. of land belonging the parish. The interest is carried to the overseers’ account.

Post Office, at John Woodward’s. Letters arrive from Burton-on-Trent, by foot post, at 8.30 A.M.; and are despatched at 5.0 P.M.

Every Sir Henry Flower, Bart., The Hall Adams William, vict., Every Arms, Bur- ton road Barber John, Esq., Park Hill Bond John, tailor Barrows John, timber merchant Gillham Alfred, gardener, The Hall Leigh Rev. John, M.A., rectory Ling Julia, schoolmistress Ling Samuel & Thos., shoemakers

Lowe James, coachman, The Hall Lowe John, footman, The Hall Scott Jabez, station master Smedley Catherine, blacksmith Tacey Henry, butler, The Hall Trowell, John baker Webster Thomas, gamekeeper Woodward Robert, wheelwright Woodward John, tailor and shopkeeper, and Post office

Farmers. Adams John Adams William Bull James Bull William Bullock Thomas Dicken Richard

Holmes James, Toad Hole Harobin Samuel Hulland Thos. John Jackson James Porter Thomas Radford Thomas Smith Ratcliff William

Railway. The North Stafford- shire Railway Co.’s station, There are 4 Passenger trains each way, daily; Jabez Scott, station master

Carrier. Wm. Baldwin, to Bur- ton - upon - Trent, Thurs.; & Derby, on Fri.

ELVASTON is a small village and parish, pleasantly situated 4 miles S.E. by E. from Derby. It contains the hamlets of Ambaston and Thulston, and has 2,303A. 0R. 10P, of land, in 1851 there were 108 houses, and 498 souls, of whom 244 were males and 254 females; rateable value, £3,678 4s. 8d. The Earl of Harrington is lord of the manor and owner of the whole parish, except 60 acres and a small portion of glebe. Near the river it is a rich alluvial soil, and the other sandy, on a sub-stratum of strong gravel. The Church, which is nearly covered with ivy, is dedicated to St. Bartholomew, and is a large ancient structure, with nave, chancel, south aisle, lofty pinnacled tower, and four bells; a beautiful carved oak screen separates the chancel from the nave. In 1847 it underwent considerable restoration, the tower was gutted, two bells were re-cast, and the roof of one aisle had the iron bosses bolted and screwed. The east side of the tower, which is about 100 feet high, is supported by two buttresses, built from projections above, and clear from the roof of the church, The churchyard was beautifully enclosed with lofty lime trees, looked on as the poor man’s monument—oft watched with tearful eye—as marking the resting place of some dear departed one, but most of which the present Earl, without authority, cut down and sold. In the church are several monuments, one to Sir John Stanhope, who died in 1610, with his effigy in armour, and that of his lady, with another to the same family; also, one to Charles, third Earl of Harrington, representing Grief, &c., which was erected by his children, in 1833; he died the 11th of September,

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1829, aged 76 years. In the west end of the interior of the tower is a handsome stained glass window, by Warrington, which was placed there to the memory of Charles, fourth Earl of Harrington, by his widow, in 1851. The subjects in the three lights are, the good Samaritan, feeding the hungry, and clothing the naked. There is also a handsome carved oak screen on the east side, erected as a voluntary memorial to the same Earl. Here also is a monument restored by Nicholas Stone, in 1741, representing a reclining figure in armour, erected to the memory of Sir Charles Stanhope. In the chancel is a reclining figure, by Westmacott, erected by his mother, to Algernon Russell Stanhope, son of the present Earl. There is also a stained window by the present Earl, placed there to the memory of his mother, it is by Ballie, and represents Christ blessing little children. The living is a discharged vicarage, value £15 4s. 0d. from the time of Henry VIII., with a few small additional payments till 1852, when, after long litigation, commenced amicably, between the present incumbent and the late Earl, it was finally settled by compromise, the present Earl paying a rent charge of £235 17s. 5d., instead of £15 4s. 0d., and the other small tithe owners raised in proportion. The present value of the living is £241 17s. 5d. (rent charge) with glebe land amounting to £115, and other small payments amounting to £12 per annum; the Earl of Harrington is patron, and the Rev. Frederick Nathaniel Highmore, M.A. incumbent. In 1844 the old Vicarage was exchanged for Thulston Grange, a handsome brick residence, 5 miles S.E. from Derby, with about 3½ acres of land. The church had been to given the priory of Shelford in Nottinghamshire, by Ralph Hanselyn its founder; was granted to Michael Stanhope in 1539. The manors of Avoldestun, Emboldstun, and Torelfestune, which belonged, in the reign of Edward the Confessor, to Toschi, were held at Domesday survey by Geoffrey Alslin, whose descendent, Hanselyn, brought the manor to the Bardolfs. It afterwards belonged to the family of Blount, Lord Mountjoy, and at a later period to the Stanhopes. it was one of the seats of Sir John Stanhope. Thomas Stanhope, Esq., of Elvaston, grandson of Sir John John Stanhope the younger, had three sons; Willliam, the youngest, who succeeded to the estate on the death of his elder brothers, having been employed in many important negociations with foreign courts, was created a peer in 1729, by the title of Baron Harrington. He afterwards twice filled the office of one of the principal secretaries of state, and was in 1742, created Viscount Petersham and Earl of Harrington. A neat National school with a house for the master, was erected of brick in 1852, by the Earl of Harrington, it will accommodate about 60, and the average attendance is 50. The feast is the nearest Sunday to St. Bartholomew. Elvaston Castle is a large Gothic mansion, pleasantly situated in a well-wooded park of about 140 acres, the seat of the Earl of Harrington, who succeeded his brother on the 3rd of March, 1851. The late Earl greatly enlarged and beautified the grounds, by the addition of plantations and shrubberies, in which neat lodges in the Chinese style were erected for the domestics. On the East is an avenue of stately elms, about 1 mile in length, through which may be seen the Gotham hills. At the southern entrance from the park to the shrubberies, are the celebrated golden gates which originally belonged to Napoleon Bonaparte, and occupied a station near the royal palace at Paris. They were purchased by the late Earl, and were set up here in 1819. They are of wrought iron very ornamentally decorated with scroll work, which with the spear-headed points at the top, were richly gilt; on each side are correspondiug iron gilt railings, each 48 feet long, terminated by a large pillar of Derbyshire granite spar. On these pillars is the figure of Hercules slaying the lion; he is in two attitudes, parts of these are richly gilt. The railings, supports for the gates, are about 15 feet high, and of Birmingham manufacture. Within the last few years the whole of the gilt work has been covered with blue paint, which has entirely destroyed the original beauty of these gates. In 1643, Elvaston Hall then the seat of Lady Stanhope, was plundered by Sir John Gell’s soldiers, who demolished a costly monument newly made for Sir John Stanhope, and committed great outrages in the family vault. Mrs.