SINFIN MOOR, an extra parochial liberty, 3 miles S. b. E. from Derby, and on which Derby races were formerly held, contains 835A. 1R. 35P. of land, including 2A. 2R. 34P. of roads, and 12A. 3R. 15P. in drains; rateable value £1,388 3s. 6d. The Grand Stand formerly stood in a field opposite to Mrs. Eliz., Bancroft’s, but has been taken down several years. This moor was enclosed in 1802, when the parishes and townships of Alvaston, Arleston, and Sinfin, Barrow, Boulton, Chellaston, Normanton, Osmaston, and Swarkeston, had right of stray upon it, and each had an allotment awarded, according to their respective size and claim. Sir J. H. Crewe, Bart., Richard Sale, Esq., Sir Robt. Wilmot, Bart., Messrs. Wright, James Sutton, Esq., Rev. Henry Des Vœux, Mrs. Eliz. Bancroft, and Mrs. Goodall, are the principal owners; with several smaller owners. The Derby canal crosses it, and occupies 8A. 3R. 23P. There are two farm houses and five cottages scattered on the common. The resident farmers are Elizabeth Bancroft and James Sherratt. The other land is occupied by farmers in the neighbouring parishes.

SHARDLOW AND GREAT WILNE form a joint township, and was made a new ecclesiastical district or parish in October, 1839.

SHARDLOW, is a considerable village on the Derby and Loughborough turnpike road, and the north bank of the river Trent, from 6 to 7 miles S.E. by E. from Derby; it contains 1,207A. 3R. 27P. of land, and in 1851 had 213 houses and 1,121 inhabitants, of whom 520 were males and 601 females; rateable value £3,393 18s. 6d. Edward A. Holder, Esq., is lord of the manor, and with James Sutton, Esq., Mr. Thos. Cowlishaw, Messrs. Soresby, the Earl of Harrington, Rev. Wm. Roby Burgin, Mr. James Hardy, and James and Charles Every Swindell, Esqs., are owners. The Trent and Mersey canal runs through the village, and joins the river Trent about half a mile below. On its banks and branches are several extensive coal and timber wharfs, with a large warehouse for iron, another for cheese, corn, and salt, and other warehouses belonging to three large carrying establishments; for many years this was an improving place, but since the opening of the Midland and other railways, the business of this place has been gradually declining. Cavendish Bridge, over the Trent, about a quarter of a mile S.E, from the village, is a substantial

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stone bridge of five elliptical arches, erected in 1771, at a cost of £3,333, It is 6 yards wide, and with the approaches 82 yards long, The Church, a handsome Gothic stone structure, with nave, chancel, a pinnacled tower and 6 bells; it is partly pewed, and a part open seats, has a gallery at the west end with an organ, was erected by voluntary contibutions, at a cost of £6,000. The living is a rectory, value £300, in the patronage of James Sutton, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. John Eaton, M.A. 82A. 0R. 8P. of glebe belong to the rector. The Baptists have a small chapel here. A school, with a residence for the master, was erected by voluntary subscriptions in 1810; in 1838 it was taken down, and a handsome parochial school, with a good house in the centre for the master, was erected of brick, at a cost of about £900, raised by voluntary subscriptions. The boys’ room will accommodate 60, average attendance 46, and the girls’ room 60, about 40 attend. Besides the childrens’ pence, the master receives £40 per annum, and the mistress £22 1s. There are 40 to each school who pay 1d. each per week, and the rest pay 2d. and 4d. The school is taught on the National plan. The Hall, a large handsome stone mansion, is the seat and property of James Sutton, Esq. Here are two Odd-Fellows’ Lodges, and a Female Benefit Society, and an extensive Poor-law Union. Feast, third Sunday after November 5th.

SHARDLOW POOR-LAW UNION was formed in 1837, and consists of 49 parishes and townships, having 57 guardians, who meet every Monday, at 10 o’clock, at the Union Workhouse. The population comprised in the union, in 1851 was 32,322, of whom 15,787 were males, and 16,535 females, and had 6,851 inhabited houses, 270 uninhabited and 19 building. 34 townships are in Derbyshire, 8 in Leicestershire, and 7 in Nottinghamshire. It is divided into two districts with relieving officers, nine medical and five registration districts. The workhouse is a large handsome brick building, in the form of the letter L, situated on the London road, 6 miles S.E. by E. from Derby, calculated to accommodate 280. The gardens and other premises occupy 2A. 2R. 10P, of land. The cost of the structure and land was £6,000.

The places marked * are in Leicestershire, and those † in Nottinghamshire.

Alvaston, Aston, Arleston and Sinfin, †Attenborough, †Bramcote, *Breedon, Breaston, Boulton, Breadsall, Barrow, †Chilwell, Chaddesden, Chellaston, *Castle Donington, Church Wilne, Dale Abbey, Draycott, Derby Hills, *Diseworth, Elvaston, Hopwell, *Hemington, *Isley Walton, Kirk Hallam, *Kegworth, *Kingston-on-Soar, *Langley Priory, Little Eaton, Long Eaton, Littleover, *Lockington, Melbourne, Normanton, Ockbrook, Osmaston, Risley, †Ratcliffe, Shardlow, Sawley, Sandiacre, Stanley, †Stapleford, Stanton-by-Bridge, Stanton-by-Dale, Spondon, Swarkeston, †Toton, West Hallam, Weston.

Chairman to Board of Guardians, Charles Stokes, Esq.

Chaplain, Rev. J. G. Bourne.

Clerk to Board of Guardians, and Superintendent Registrar, Thomas Newbold.

Master and Matron of the Workhouse, John and Hannah Bamford.

Schoolmaster, Ambrose Gaskin.—Schoolmistress, Maria Redfern.

Registrars of Births and Deaths, M. T. Jones, Shardlow; C. Cade, Spondon; Joseph W. Cade, Breaston; Henry Day, Castle Donington; and J. Campion, Melbourne, who is the registrar of marriages.

Relieving Officers, Henry Day, Castle Donington, and Wm. Henshaw, Weston.

Surgeons, Shardlow District, M. T. Jones; Spondon, Chas. Cade; Stapleford, Yelverton, Bosquet, and Breaston, Joseph Wright Cade; Castle Donington, John Smith; Kegworth, J. Barrow; Melbourne, Richard Thos. Tasker; Normanton, Chas. Borroughs.

GREAT WILNE, a hamlet, small village, and joint township with Shardlow, ½ mile N.E. from Shardlow, and 7¾ miles S.E. by E. from Derby, contains about 250 acres of rich land. Edward A. Holden, Esq., J. & C. E. Swindell, Esqrs., with Mr. Thos. Cowlishaw and others, are owners. The river Derwent runs past this village, soon after which it has its confluence with the Trent. The New Connexion Methodists have a small brick chapel here, erected in 1816. The population of Great Wilne is given with the returns of Shardlow.

CHARITIES.—Leonard Fosbrooke, gave a legacy of £20, to he laid out in land by his

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executors, and the rents to be distributed to fhe poor of Shardlow. Camilla Burgen, had given a legacy of £40 to the poor of Shardlow. By indentures, dated 12th May, 1733, Thomas Twells, in consideration of £160 conveyed to Leonard Fosbrooke and Alpheus Burgen, as executors of the above-named donors, and their heirs, a piece of meadow ground containing 2A., called Dokey Holm, in Castle Donington, and 2R. of meadow land at Meadow Yates, and two ox pastures on the common pasture of Castle Donington. The open fields have been enclosed, and the property now consists of the Misbegotten close, (nearly three acres,) let for £9 14s. 0d. per annum, which is distributed amongst the poor.

SHARDLOW TOWNSHIP.

Post Office, at Sarah Cantrell’s. Letters arrive by mail cart from Derby at 7 A.M.; and are despatched at 8 P.M.

Bamford John, master, Union workhouse Birkin Silas, gardener Burton Philip, coal merchant, and boat owner. Buttery George, plumber and glazier, Shardlow, wharf Chambers Thomas, schoolmaster Clarke Benjamin and Thomas, sail makers Clarke William, maltster and farmer Clifford James, general carrier, Broughton House Clifford Mr. George Clifford Samuel, boat builder Cowlishaw Charles, saddler Cowlishaw George, clerk Cowlishaw, Mrs. Hannah Cowlishaw Henry, gentleman Cowlishaw John, beerhouse & coal dealer Cowlishaw Thomas, farmer Cowlishaw Wm., coltr. of poor & highway rates and assessed taxes Daniels & Payne, iron, steel, and tin-plate merchants, Shardlow wharf; James Llewelleyn, agent Draper William, corn miller Eaton, Rev. John, M.A., rector Finlay George Arthur, agent for Bur- ton ales Finlay James, wharfinger, canal wharf Fox James, gardener Gaskin Ambrose, Union school Hardy James, gent., Grove House Henshall John, butler Hewson William, wheelwright Hinkley John, clerk Hutchinson William, beerhouse, Lock Jones Michael Thomas, surgeon & registrar of births & deaths, Shardlow wharf

Llewelleyn James, agent to Messrs. Daniels and Payne, Shardlow wharf Marshall Joseph, farmer Mc Clatchie Quinton, butcher Moore Henry, butcher Moore Thomas, farmer Mousley Robert, collar and harness maker Plackett James, butcher Ratcliff Richard, farmer Ratcliff Robert, blacksmith Ratcliff Thomas, tailor Roberts William, builder, crane maker, wheelwright, and valuer Roby Miss Ann Rose Samuel, tailor Sephton Francis, boat builder Sephton Thomas, general smith, Shardlow wharf Shardlow George, hairdresser and tailor Soar Thos., iron & steel mercht., Shardlow wharf, Thos. Sephton, agent Soresby James Stevenson, general carrier Stroud Mary Ann, National school Sutton James, Esq., The Hall Sutton & Co., general carriers, & salt mer- chants, Shardlow wharf Taft John, clerk Thacker Eliza, school Williams John Hinchley, clerk, Shardlow wharf Inns and Taverns. Dog and Dock, Elizabeth Shardlow Navigation Inn, George Moore, ( and farmer) Rose and Crown, Charles Thomas Baxter, (and farmer) Shakspear Inn, William Sison

Boot & Shoemkrs. Hewson Robert Roebotham James Simpkin Thomas Shopkeepers. Cantrell Sarah Cowlishaw John

Dickinson Henry Hutchinson William, Lock Mc Clatchie Charlotte Shardlow Ambrose Shardlow Elizabeth Simpkin Thomas Taylor John, (and baker)

Carriers by Water. North Staffordshire Railway Co’s Canal wharf; Jas. Finlay, agent. Sutton & Co., to and from Hull, Gains- bro’, Liverpool, Manchester, Che

shire Salt works, Staffordshire Pot- teries, Coventry, Dudley, Birming- ham, &c., Shard- low wharf Soresby Jas. S. & Wm Charles, Shardlow Wharf

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GREAT WILNE HAMLET.

Farmers.

Beeston Wm. Crossley

Hall Richard

Lee Samuel

Robotham Richard Hardy

STANTON-BY-DALE, a township, parish, and well built village, pleasantly situated on an eminence, 9 miles E. by N. from Derby, contains 1,491A. 1R. 17P. of land, rateable value £3,250 14s., and in 1851 had 122 houses and 689 inhabitants, of whom 366 were males and 323 females. Earl Stanhope is lord of the manor and sole owner, except of 11 acres of glebe, and 1 acre which belongs to Lord Middleton. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a neat edifice, with nave, chancel, north aisle, low pinnacled tower with 4 bells, and a gallery at the west end. The altar-piece is a painting of the entombing of Christ. There are several monumental tablets of the Pilkington family, one of which is to Matthew Pilkington, L.L.B., prebendary of Lichfield, who is buried in the chancel with several of his relatives; he died November 4th, 1765. The living is an endowed rectory. The great tithes have been commuted into an annual payment of £300 per annum, the Rev. John Garton Howard, M.A., is the incumbent, and chaplain to Earl Stanhope and, resides at the rectory house, a neat mansion, nearly rebuilt by the present incumbent. A National school for girls and infants was erected in 1855, at a cost of about £500, towards which the late Lord Stanhope gave the site and £100. It is a handsome brick building containing 2 school rooms, and a residence for the teacher, the average attendance is about 45 girls and 30 infants. The Erewash and Nutbrook canal, which belongs to Earl Stanhope runs through the parish, as does also the Erewash Branch of the Midland Railway, and has a small station at Stanton Gate, about 1 mile N. from the village. Here is a colliery, and some very extensive iron works are being carried on near the canal. Near the centre of the village, on a pedestal with four steps, stands a stone cross, having a plain octagonal shaft about 9 feet high, with a fleur de lis at the top, bearing date 1632. In 1789, a club room was erected by subscription for the use of the male and female benefit societies. Feast, Sunday before Michaelmas day. The manor was purchased in the reign of Queen Elizabeth by Michael Willoughby, Esq., from the Babingtons. The Church of Stanton belonged to the Dale Abbey, to which monastery three bovats of land had been given. Sir Henry Willoughby gave the tithes of hay to the minister, reserving a rent of 5s. yearly to himself and his heirs.

CHARITIES.—AIms Houses were built at Stanton, in 1711, by Mrs. Winifrid Middlemore, in pursuance to the will of her husband, Joseph Middlemore, for four persons. In 1720, Mrs. W. Middlemore conveyed, on trust, certain lands to apply the yearly profits towards building alms houses, keeping them in repair, and to support such poor persons as from time to time should be placed in the said alms houses. Two others were built in 1735, by Mr. Greogry Gregory. The property conists of an estate at Sutton-in-Ashfield of 61A. 0R. 25P. of land, let for £63 16s.; and an estate in Long Bennington of 32A. 0R. 28P. of land, with a barn erected thereon, let for £41 15s. per annum. In 1825 there was a balance in the hands of Geregory Gregory, Esq., being the only surviving trustee, a new trust was created, and two additional alms houses have been built. The present trustees are Sir Robt. H. Bromley, Bart., Stoke Hall; J. S. Sherwin, Esq., Bramcote Hills; the Right Hon. Earl Stanhope; and the Rev. J. G. Howard, Stanton rectory.

Poor’s Lands.—In 1706, Matthew Smith, Esq., in consideration of £35 4s., conveyed on trust a close at Kilbourne, in the parish of Horsley, called the Blackwalls or Netherhagg; the rents of the said close to be within 10 days from the time of payment delivered to the overseers of Stanton, to be by them distributed to the poor. The property consists of three parcels of land, together about 4 acres, and a cottage built by the tenant, who for a great length of time held the same at the yearly rent of £4. Michael Baguley the acting trustee, appointed with three others in November, 1820, distributes the proceeds amongst the poor. It is not known whence the money arose with which the purchase was made.

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of which the incumbent of Stanton is ex-officio, and two parishioners are by election trustees.—(See Risley.)

Barston James, clerk Buxton Sml., station master, Stanton Gate Eversfield Rev. Thos., B.A., curate Gillott Thomas, brick maker Grundv John, blacksmith Grundy John, jun. baker Hallows Fanny, National schoolmistress Holmes George, buteher Holt William, vict. Seven Oaks Howard Rev. John Garton, M.A., Rectory Mee Samuel, shoemkr. & assistant overseer

Mee Thomas, shoemaker Morral William, collar & harness maker Riley Tho., toll colloctor, Nutbrook Junc- tion Lock Smedley John, colliery agent Stafford Elizabeth, infant school mistress Stanton Iron Works Co., Henry Hartop, manager Thurman Thomas, wheelwright & joiner Winfield Eliz., beerhouse & shopkeeper Winfield William, shopkeeper

Farmers. Abbott Thomas Baguley Edward Baguley Elizabeth Blunston John Chadwick Joseph Chadwick Thomas Cresswell Joseph

Doar William, (and grazier) Gervase Elijah Hickson Stephen Lakin Robert Meakin James Porter Henry, Stan- ton Grove

Salt John, Lodge Farm Scattergood Rd., (and vict.) StanhopeArms Railway Convey- ance. Midland Railway Co. Station, Erewash

Valley Branch, 1 mile N. from the village; trains be- tween Derby, Not- tingham, and Mans- field, 3 each way daily; on Sundays, 2 each way, Samuel Buxton, station mst

WESTON-UPON-TRENT is a small rural village and parish, 7 miles S.E. by S. from Derby, contains about 2,000 acres of strong fertile clay land, 77 houses, and 399 inhabitants, of whom 202 were males, and 197 females; rateable value, £3,832 3s. 5d. Sir Robert Wilmot Bart., is lord of the manor and principal owner, Thomas Pares, Esq., and E. A. Holden, Esq., are also owners. The Trent and Mersey Canal passes through the parish, and occupies 24A. 1R. 28P. of land, for which it is rated at the value of £600. The Church, dedicated to St. Mary, is a rectory, valued in the King’s book £11 16s. 3d., now £594. Lawrence Hall, Esq., patron, Rev. Robert N. French, incumbent, for whom the Rev. F. W. Moore, officiates. It is a venerable stone edifice, embosomed in trees near the cliff, and has nave, chancel, side aisles, and embattled tower, surmounted by a spire with three bells. The seats are principally open. In the chancel is a splendid monument of Richard Sale, L.L.B., prebendary of Lichfield and rector of Weston, who died in 1625, and of Dorothy his wife. It is in three compartments, occupied by a male and female figures, and eight children, all kneeling. There is also one to the Rev. Robert Holden, rector, who died in 1739. The rector has 307A. of glebe and tithe allotment. The Baptists and Wesleyans have small chapels here, the former erected in 1845, and the latter in 1846. A. school was established in 1844, and Sir Robert Wilmot, Bart., pays for 6 boys. The Hall, a large old brick mansion with stone dressings, is now occupied as a farm-house. It was formerly a seat of the Roper family, by whom it was built in the early part of the 17th century. It was afterwards in the family of Lee; of whom it was purchased by Thomas Pares, Esq., about the year 1790. The house and about 6A. of land was surrounded by a deep moat. We understand that only one third of the house was built; had the original plan been carried out, it would have been an immense pile of buildings. In 1847, Mr. George Towle, the present occupier, found three handsome carved oak shields amongst the rubbish, in one of the lumber rooms, all of which were painted blue; upon having them cleaned they were found to contain respectively the arms of Charles II, Sir Thomas Fairfax, and Lord Huntingtower. They are still in Mr. Towle’s possession. Cliff Inn, a noted place, half a mile west, stands on a cliff, near which the canal and river Trent pass. At this cliff is an excellent quarry of good building stone, occupied by Mr. Wm. Shreeve, and a ferry to King’s Newton. The scenery round Weston is very picturesque, and particularly from Weston Hill Farm. At Domesday survey this manor was in the hands of. the Crown, it was

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given afterwards to Hugh Lupus, and by him to the abbot and convent of Chester. After the Reformation it was granted to Sir William Paget, it afterwards came into the Holden family; about the year 1649, an ancestor of Sir Robert Wilmot purchased the greatest part of the estate.

CHARITIES.—Ann Holden, in 1766, gave to the rector and churchwardens of Weston £50, to be disposed of by them in such proportions towards the relief and maintenance of the poor, as they should deem most proper. This legacy, with the sum of £10 given by some person unknown, is in the Derby Savings’ bank.

Critchley Ellen, baker Dollman Thomas, blacksmith Fitchett Elizabeth, school Henshaw Elizabeth, shopkeeper Henshaw James, vict., and plough maker, Plough Henshaw Wm., relieving officer Joynes Judith, school Knight James, shoemaker Moore Rev. Francis W., curate, Rectory

Mosedale Joseph, wheelwright Newbold Matthew, shopkeeper Plant Mary, vict., Cliff Inn Rose Thomas, shoemaker Rose Wm., vict., and parish clerk; Old Gate Inn Shreeve William, stone mason, builder, and quarry owner Weston William, lock keeper

Farmers. Audinwood Mark, Grange Beck James

Goodman Thomas, Glebe Farm Henshaw John, New Closes Marple Thomas

Neville Charles, Weston Field Rose William Scott Joseph, Church Farm

Towle George, The Hall Wilkins Charles Wilkins William Wright James, Weston Hill

WILLINGTON, is a pleasant well-built village and parish, situated on the north bank of the Trent, 6½ miles S.W. from Derby, and 4½ N.E. from Burton-upon-Trent. Here are several neat mansions, occupied by the Rev. Francis Ward Spilsbury, George Smallwood, Esq., and Mrs. Francis Allsopp. The two first named are the property of the Rev. F. W. Spilsbury. The parish contains, 1,193A. 0R. 38P. of light fertile land, and in 1851 had 109 houses, and 442 inhabitants, of whom 227 were males, and 215 females; rateable value, £3,743 6s. Sir Robert Burdett, Bart., is lord of the manor and principal owner. Etwall and Repton corporation and the Rev. F. W. Spilsbury, are also owners. The Grand Trunk canal passes near the north side of the village, on which Messrs. Bass and Smith, of Horninglow, have a large warehouse and coal wharf. The Birmingham and Derby railway (West branch of the Midland) passes through the village, and occupies 15A. of land, and has a neat station. The booking office is a small brick building, the roof of which is just level with the rails, on account of the height of the embankment, and the line crossing two of the streets, by stone bridges, the means of approach from the booking office to the platform, is by a flight of 31 stone steps, near which are two good inns, with stabling and every other convenience, viz, the Rising Sun and Green Man. In 1839, a good substantial bridge of 5 arches was erected across the Trent to Repton, on which there is a toll house; it was built by subscription, at a cost of £9,000, and the approaches to it about £3,000, for the construction of which the public are much indebted to Mr. Stephen Glover, of Derby. The Church, dedicated to St. Michael, is an ancient stone edifice, with nave, chancel, and pinnacled tower, in which are three bells, and contains several neat tablets. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £4 17s. 3d., now £82, has been augmented with £800 Queen Anne’s bounty, vested in land at Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire. The corporation of Etwall and Repton are patrons, and the Rev. Wm. Findlay, incumbent, for whom a vicarage is about to be erected. The Baptists and Wesleyan Methodists have each places of worship here. A small school was erected in 1831, by the Rev. F. W. Spilsbury, who principally supports the same. The Odd Fellows have a lodge, and there is also a Sick society here. The feast is held first Sunday after the 19th Sept.

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The manor at Domesday survey belonged partly to the King and partly to Ralph Fitz-hubert. King Henry II. gave a manor to Burton Abbey. The other manor appears to have been given with the church by the family of Willington, to the prior and convent of Repton, to whom the tithes were appropriated in 1223. Wm. Westcote conveyed this manor, about the year 1554, to Sir John Porte; founder of Repton school

CHARITIES.—Sudbury Rent Charge.—The yearly sum of £2 is paid by the agent of Lord Vernon, as a rent charge on some part of the Sudbury estate, which is distributed on St. Thomas’s day.

In the Parliamentary Returns of 1786, 10s. per annum is mentioned, supposed to be a charge on some property at Barrow. The sum is paid through the Burton bank and distributed on St. Thomas’s day. There is also mention of a donation of land by some person unknown, producing £1 per annum. The sum is now paid by Mr. Holbrooke, tanner, at Repton, and distributed as above.

Benjamin Spilsbury, in 1815, left a rent charge of £5, out of a building in Willington and a piece of land used as a wharf, upon trust that they should distribute the same to poor men and women belonging to the parish of Willington. This sum is given to 20 poor men or women about February.

John Gisborne’s Charity.—(See St. Werburgh, Derby.)—The portion applicable to this parish is for buying coats or gowns, and a distribution of money,

Findern School.—(See Mickleover.)—The poor of this parish are entitled to send their children to this school.

Post Office, at Mr. Wm. Cantrell’s. Letters arrive by foot post from Burton-upon-Trent at 9.30 A.M., and are despatched at 4.30 P.M.

Allsopp Mrs. Francis, The Hall Backhouse Ellen, school Barker Mrs. Elizabeth Bats & Smith, coal, brick, tile, drain pipe, lath, and salt merchants, Canal wharf Bayley Miss Maria Ann Boast Charles, thrashing machine &c. owner Burrows C., coal, tile, lath, and drain pipe dealer Cantrell William, station master, and post office Clarke Mr. Job Cope John, agent to Messrs. Bass & Smith, Canal wharf Findlay, Rev. William, vicar Gaskin Edward, bricklayer

Gaskin Frederick, bricklayer & builder<