HEANOR, an extensive parish, containing the townships of Heanor and Shipley, which together have 3603A. 0R. 36P, of land; rateable value, £7870 18s. 10d.; and in 1851 had 794 houses, and 4092 inhabitants, of whom 2079 were males, and 2013 females.

HEANOR, a township and large improving village, pleasantly situated on an eminence near the eastern verge of the county, on the Derby and Mansfield road, 9 miles N. E. from Derby, 10 miles N.W. from Nottingham, and 1 mile W. from Langley Mill station; contains 1533A. 2R. 16P. of land; rateable value, £3764 10s. 10d.; and in 1851 had 684 houses, and 3427 inhabitants, of whom 1742 were males, and 1685 females. The boundry of Heanor on the East is the river Erewash, which also divides this county from Nottingham. A market on Wednesday, was formerly held here; an attempt was made to revive it some few years since, but without effect. A fair and a hiring for servants is now held on the third Thursday in November. Some of the houses are very ancient, but the town has been greatly improved by new buildings within a few years. Charles Leigh Hoskins Masters, Esq., is lord of the manor, but the soil, which is rather clayey, is freehold. John Ray, Esq., A. M. Mundy, Esq., Mc Allum and Allen, Mrs. Ann Gregory, Henry Geo. Gregory, Geo. Whysall, Francis T. Howitt, and Joseph Smith, are owners. There was a church here in the Conqueror’s time, and from the history of the foundation of Dale Abbey, it seems there was a chapel as well as a church here in the reign of Henry II., and that they

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belonged to the parish of St. Mary, in the town of Derby. In the 13th year of Edward IV., it was appropriated to the abbey at Dale, from which it was separated in 1473, and a mansion and a croft given to the vicar of the value of 10s., but there is no tithe paid. The Church, dedicated to St. Lawrence, is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, chancel, south aisle, and tower with 5 bells, and a clock. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £9 10s., now £149, and has been augmented with £200 benefaction, £400 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £1,800 parliamentay grant. The Crown patron, and the Rev. Richard Whinfield, M.A., incumbent. In the church are several monuments of the Mundy family, and one to Samuel Watson, the celebrated sculptor, who was born at Heanor, where he died on the 26th March, 1715, aged 55 years, and was buried in the chancel of the church. On a very handsome mural monument in statuary marble, with cherubs and the family arms, is inscribed the following lines—

“WATSON is gone, whose skilful art display’d

To the very life whatever Nature made;

View but his wondrous works in Chatsworth hall,

Which are so gazed at, and admir’d by all,

You’ll say ‘tiz pity he should hidden lie,

And nothing said to revive his memory.—

My mournful friends, forbear your tears,

For I shall rise when Christ appears.”

Also, a very handsome memorial window of stained glass, has been put up in the north aisle, to Mr. James Woolley, of Loscoe, who died in 1855. The subjects are—the Baptism of our Saviour, and the Last Supper. The Vicarage is a neat house near the church. The Wesleyan Methodists have a neat chapel, erected in 1839, at a cost of £900, to seat 600 persons. The Primitive Methodists have a small chapel, built in 1819. The Friends, also, have a meeting-house, erected in 1834; and the General Baptists a small chapel, erected in 1849, a plain brick building. A National school, with residence for the teacher, was erected in 1848, at a cost of £600, raised by subscriptions and a grant of £220 from the National society. Average attendance, boys and girls, 60; infants, 80.

Artizan and Mechanics’ Library, established in 1842, contains about 670 vols, and is supplied with the usual periodicals. A. M. Mundy, Esq., honorary member, and 25 other members, who pay an entrance fee of 4s. each, and a subscription of ls. per quarter. Mr. Francis T. Howitt, president; and Mr. Geo. Burton, secretary and librarian.

Local Board of Health, was established in 1854, when, their first public act was the erection of WATER WORKS, to supply a deficiency which had been long and severely felt; for which purpose a suitable site was purchased of Lawrence Hall, Esq., about one mile S.W. from the town, where a good supply of fine water has been obtained at a depth of about 300 feet, which is raised by a steam engine into a reservoir, on the highest point of land in the neighbourhood, capable of holding 600,000 gallons of water, or about a week’s consumption; from whence it is conveyed to the town through pipes. The Board have power to borrow £3,700, the anticipated cost of the works, the repayment of which is spread over a term of 30 years. A. M. Mundy, Esq., is the chairman, and Mr. Geo. B. Spencer, clerk. Gas Works were erected by Mr. King in 1855, from which he supplies the shops and warehouses; the gasometer has been recently enlarged, and is now capable of holding about 5,000 cubic feet of gas. A navigable part of the Erewash river, being a continuation of the Erewash canal, passes along the eastern boundry of the parish, from which a railway proceeds to the collieries, south of the town. Hosiery and silk blond lace are manufactured here to a considerable extent. There are also several extensive collieries, and brickyards in the parish. Heanor Hall, the residence of John Ray, Esq., is a handsome mansion with pleasant grounds adjoining the village.

LANGLEY, a small village, quarter of a mile E. from Heanor. The General Baptists

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have a chapel here, built in 1839, at a cost of £300, to which was added a good school room in 1854, at a cost of £120. The Primitive Methodists have also a chapel, built in 1852; it is a small brick building, used as a school room during the week.

LANGLEY MILL, a considerable village, principally situated in the parish of Eastwood, Nottinghamshire, one mile E. from Heanor, and 4 miles S.E. from Ripley, where there is a station on the Erewash branch of the Midland railway. Here is a bridge over the Erewash, built in 1830. The Erewash canal from hence to the Trent, here forms a junction with the Cromford, Derby, and Nottingham canals. Here are large coal wharfs, a steam corn mill, and extensive brickyards, and lime kiln. The Post town is Eastwood, Nottinghamshire.

MARLPOOL, a pleasantly situated and improving village, on the Ilkeston road, quarter of a mile S.E. from Heanor, The Independents have a chapel here, erected in 1821, at a cost of £522, and was enlarged in 1833, at a cost of £308; it will now seat 500 persons, to which are attached capacious school rooms. The Rev. Edward Leighton is the pastor.

MILLHAY, another small village, three quarters of a mile E. from Heanor.

SHIPLEY, a township and small village, 2 miles S. from Heanor, and 2 miles N.W. from Ilkeston; contains 2,069A. 2R. 20P. of land, a strong cold soil abounding in coal; rateable value £4,106 8s. 0d.; and in 1851 had 110 houses and 665 inhabitants, of whom, 337 were males, and 328 females. Alfred Miller Mundy, Esq., is lord of the manor, and sole owner. The Nutbrook canal and several railroads communicate with the collieries, which are worked by the lord of the manor. Here are three seams of coal, the pits are deep, and the quality of the coal very good. Steam power equal to 500 horses are employed at these collieries. A school room was built in 1842 by the lord of the manor; it is supported by subscriptions and a small weekly payment from the children, of whom about 180 attend. A district church was erected at Cotmonhay, in 1848, to which the Rev. Edwin Wm. Symons, M.A., has been appointed. The Erewash branch of the Midland Railway runs through the township and has a small station at Shipley Gate. The Nutbrook Canal Company occupy 75 acres of land here. Shipley Hall, 1½ miles S. from Heanor, and 8 miles E. from Derby, a handsome stone mansion beautifully situated on an acclivity in the centre of a well wooded park, is the seat and property of Alfred Miller Mundy, Esq. Owlgrave is an ancient farmhouse, once the seat of a branch of the Lowe’s; also Abbotsford, Johnson House, Purdy House, Park cottage, The Lodge, &c., and several other scattered farms. The manor of Shipley (Sapeloi) at the time of Domesday survey, was held by Malger under Gilbert de Gand, by whom it was given to Sir Robert de Muskham, whose great-grandson of the same name conveyed it to Sir Robert de Vavasour, whose heiress conveyed it to the Strelleys, who were in the possession of it in 1330. Sir Anthony died, seized of it, in 1591. Sir Philip Strelley, his son, devised Shipley to be sold for the payment of his debts. Nicholas, son of Sir Philip, was the last of this elder branch of the Strelleys. In the reign of Charles the II. Shipley was the property of Sir Edward Leehe, Kt., a Master in Chancery, from whom it passed by successive female heirs to the family of Miller and Mundy.

CHARITIES.—John Clark in 1681 gave £60 to poor widows of Heanor not receiving parochial relief. The annual produce was in 1786 stated to be £2 8s., arising from land vested in Thomas Newton. Thomas Howitt, in 1793, purchased the premises, subject to the above payment; 16s. thereof he distributed to poor persons in Heanor, and 32s. to the poor of Codnor and Loscoe.

Christopher Colclough, in 1754, gave to the poor of Heanor, Langley, Mill Hay, Codnor, Loscoe, and Codnor Park, 20s. yearly, to be distributed to the most needful persons of those places in threepenny loaves, in Heanor church porch, 10s. on every Whitsunday, and 10s, on every Sunday before Christmas-day.

Samuel Colclough, in 1813, devised a messuage and the closes called Godkin House Farm, l9½ acres, to his grand grandfather, William Brough, and his heirs, subject to the

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annual payment of £2. This sum is laid out in bread, and distributed at the vestry-room on the 5th of June, the anniversary of the donor’s death.

Rev. Francis Gisbourne’s charity.—(See Bradley.) The yearly sum of £7 10s. is received on account of this charity, and distributed to the poor, in cloth and flannel as under: viz., £2 to the inhabitants of the township of Codnor and Loscoe; £1 to the inhabitants of the township of Shipley; and the remainder to those of the township of Heanor. Smalley School, founded by John and Samuel Richardson, (see Smalley Morley parish,) 8 boys of Heanor township are appointed to this school. Samuel Richardson’s charity for poor colliers, (see Smalley.) In case there are not 10 poor colliers in Smalley, this township is entiled to partake of the charity.

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Post Office, at Mrs. Phœbe Redgate’s. Letters arrive from Belper at 10 A.M.; and are despatched at 5 P.M.

Abbott Mr. John, Marlpool Aldred Samuel, currier and leather cutter, Westhill Allen Harriet, dressmaker, Westhill Bailey Frederick, saddle and harness maker, Westhill Bakewell John, gardener and seedsman, Langley Mill Bonnington Chpr., gamekeeper, Marlpool Buxton Joseph, sinker maker, Langley Cowlishaw William, parish clerk Dicken Wm., vetnry. surgeon, Loscoe Road Dunn Rev. Christopher B., curate Eley Thomas, colliery agent, Marlpool Flint William, tallow chandler Frearson Mr. Henry, Tagghill Gregory Mr. Henry George, Godkin House Gregory Thomas, confectioner, Westhill Hardy Wm. & Thos., ale, portr., & hop mchts Harrold Wm., stone mason, Westhill Holbrook John, farm bailiff Hewitt Mr. Francis T.

Howitt John B., general dealer in hoisery, smallwares, &c., music seller, and boot & shoe manufacturer, wholesale & retail, West hill Kenning Abraham, earthenware dealer. Leighton Rev. Edward, (Inpt.) Marlpool Milnes John F., manager at Patent Brick- works, Mill Hay Osborne Adam, furniture broker Poundhall Thomas, hosiery manfr. Ray John, Esq., The Hall Rhodes Benjn., colliery agent, Langley Soar William, framesmith, Wood End Scott Julius, clock maker Smith Mr. Joseph, Fall House Valentine John, clerk, Common Waterson Wm., statn. mster., Langley Mill West Henry, clerk, Marlpool Whinfield Rev. Richard, M.A., vicar Wilkinson Jph., scrap iron dlr., Loscoe Rd. Whysall Mr. George

Inns & Taverns. Crown, Sarah Parkin Horse & Jockey, Edw. Bonner, Heanor Lane King of Prussia, John Hardy Mundy’s Arms, Eliza Burton, Marlpool Nag’s Head, Wm. Roe, Westhill Navigation Inn, Eliz. Bowes, (& baker) Langley Mill Old Jolly Colliers, Thos Rimmington, West hill Red Lion, Jph. Heath Beerhouses. Abbott Hbt., Westhill Alton John, Marlpool

Cresswell Jh. Langley Knighton George, Westhill Salisbury George, Langley SearsonJoseph, Lang- ley Mill Smith John, Alder- car Lane Soar John, Westhill Swan Joseph, Alder- car Lane Academies. Mkd. * take Boardrs. * Abbott Miss Sarah, Marlpool Infants, Cath. Glover, Loscoe Road Martin Jph., Langley National, Mry. Ann Dawe, Loscoe Road * Roseoe Miss Lydia

Soar Elizabeth Blacksmiths. Allen Wm., Tagghill Hill Edmund Robinson James Boot & Shoe Mkrs. Alton John, Marlpool Argile William Gillett John, Westhill Hewitt John Benjn., (wholesale & retail) Westhill Hunt Henry, Langley Martin Christopher Osborne Jno. Common Prince Hezkh., Los- coe Road Saxon Abrhm., (shoe dealer) Westhill Spray John, Langley

Brick and Tile Makers. Butler Tim. Marlpool King Jno. Heanorgate Mc Callum & Allen, patnt. steambrick & pipe mfrs., & Terra Cotta works, Lang- ley Mill Marshall Robert Spray Levi, Langley Spray Wm., Langley Woodward & Hors- field, Langley Mill Butchers. Allen Amy, Westhill Cresswell Joseph Gillett John, Langley Horridge John, Marl- pool Hunt Isaac, Heanor Lane

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Holmes Jno., Westhill Thorpe, Jno. Westhill Turner Samuel Turton Job Chemists & Drgts. Chapman Frederick, Westhill Manfall Stephen, Loscoe Road Roscoe Thos. Seddon, (and bookseller) Colliery Owners. Butterley Company, Langley Mill Dunstead Colliery, A. M. Mundy, Esq. Eley Henry, Westhill Gould, Checkland, & Marshall, Marlpool Heanor Common Col- liery, Jas. Bircum- shaw, propr. Corn Millers. Abbott Geo. Marlpool Argyle John, Westhill Bowes John Gething & Co., (and mchts.) Langley Mill Farmers. Abbott Geo. Marlpool Argyle Jno, Westhill Beardsley Samuel, Aldercar Lane Bonner Edward, Hea- nor Lane Bowes Elizh., Lang- ley Mill Butler Dnl. Marlpool Burton George, (and malster) Eley Henry, Westhill Eley Wm., Marlpool Fletcher Robert, Mill Hay Fletcher Wm. (& lime burner,) Langley Mill Greatorex Benjamin, Langley Lane

Gregory Mrs. Ann, Godkin House Gregory Geo. Brough Hufton John Millington Ann, Lacey Fields Nelson James, Loscoe Road Towson Eliz., Alder- car Lane Towson John, Mill Hay Fire & Life Offices. Atlas, Thos. S. Roscoe Royal, Wm. & Thos. Hardy Glass and China Dealers. Eley Henry, Westhill Kenning Abraham Grocers. Butler Tim. Marlpool Eley Edw., Marlpool Hobley Joseph, and talw. chdlr. Langley Holmes John (& bakr.) Westhill King Jno.Heanorgate Marshall Robert Nelson John, Loscoe Road Sheldon Rbt. Westhill Hair Dressers. Bircumshaw Isaac Prince Henry, Loscoe Road Iron & Brassfoun- ders & Engnrs. Woodward and Hors- field, Langley Mill Joiners & Builders. Brough William, Langley Mill Bunting Thos., Mill Hay Hawley Jno. Westhill Roe Wm., Westhill

Taylor Jph., Langley Watson Joseph, (and saw mill) Lace (Net) Mfrs. Bryan Wltr., Westhill Calladine, Thomas Eley Geo., Westhill Eley Thos., Marlpool Hunt Charles King John, Hea- norgate Prince Thomas Rowland George Linen Drapers. Booth Rbn., Westhill Butler Tim. Marlpool Hardy Thos. (& hatter) Nelson John, Loscoe Road Needle Makers. Smallwood John, Tagghill Trueman John, Tagghill Plumbers, Glazrs. and Painters. Abbott Hrbt. Westhill Draper Fletcher, Tagghill Shopkeepers. Allen Amy, Westhill Bestwick Jermh., (and baker) Westhill Bestwick John, West- hill Chapman Frederick, Westhill Coupe Jno., (& cooper) Tagghill Cresswell Joseph Draper F., Langley Earnshaw Keyworth, (& bricklayer)