AULT, or HAULT HUCKNALL parish includes Ault Hucknall, with the manor of Hardwick, the hamlets and villages of Astwith, Harstoft, the manor and village of Rowthorne, the manor and village of Stainsby, which keep their poor conjointly, and contain 4221A. 3R. 26P. of land, and in 1851 had 136 houses and 690 inhabitants, of whom 375 were miles and 315 females; rateable value £3262 8s. 3d. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor, and owns nearly all the parish, but here are a few small freeholders. The soil is principally a good strong clay with a portion of limestone and hazle soil.

AULT HUCKNALL is a small scattered village, situate a little S. of the Chesterfield and Mansfield road, 7 miles S.E. by S. from the former and 3½ miles S.W. from the latter. The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, situate at the north-east extremity of the

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village, is an ancient edifice with low tower, the interior being neatly fitted up. In 1828 it was repewed at a cost of £334, towards which the Duke of Devonshire subscribed £100 and the late vicar £5, the remainder being raised by a rate. It again underwent considerable repairs in 1850, when the interior was neatly painted and varnished, the cost being defrayed by subscription. In the chancel is a handsome monument, with a Latin inscription, to the memory of Anne, first Countess of Devonshire; she was the daughter and coheiress of Henry Kighley, Esq., and died in 1598; she had three sons, Gilbert, William, and James, and the same number of daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Francis; James, the youngest son, lies buried near his mother. William, Earl of Devonshire and Baron Hardwick, and sole survivor of his mother, desirous of preserving the memory of his brothers and sisters, has caused this monument to be erected, dated 1627. Near the above is a plain stone, with a Latin inscription, to the memory of Thos. Hobbes of Malmsbury, the celebrated philosopher and free-thinker, who died at Hardwick, on the 4th December, 1679, in the 92nd year of his age. This well known writer had been tutor to the second and third Earls of Devonshire, and continued to reside in this family till his death. Among his numerous publications was a Latin descriptive poem on the wonders of the Peak, De Merabilibus Pecci. A few weeks before his death, the Earl of Devonshire removing with his family from Chatsworth to Hardwick, he insisted on being removed also, and in so doing it was necessary to carry him on a feather bed. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book, at £6 0s. 5d., now, £113, has been augmented with £200 benefactions, and £800 parliamentary grant. The Duke of Devonshire is patron and impropriator, the Rev. G. H. Arkwright, incumbent, and the Rev. Thos. Stevens, curate. The Church was appropriated to the priory of Beauchief. In 1544, the impropriate rectory was granted to Francis Leake, Esq., but has long been possessed by the present noble family. Here are about 23 acres of glebe land.

The manor of Hardwick forms the south side of the parish, and is on the border of Nottinghsmshire, from which it is separated by the river Meden or Mayden, which rises at Skegby. On the south, the Erewash has its source near this point in the parish of Kirby-in-Ashfield, here forming a deep indentation on the Derbyshire border. The former stream flowing through a deep romantic glen, bounds the county for some distance to the north; the latter, running south, bounds the county till it falls into the Trent, near Long Eaton. The manor of Hardwick was granted by King John, in 1203, to Andrew de Beauchamp In the year 1288, Wm. de Stenesby held it of John le Savage, by the annual render of three pounds of cinnamon, and one of pepper. John Stenesby, his grandson, was seized of it in 1330. The Hardwicks afterwards possessed it for six generations. Elizabeth, third daughter, and (after her brother’s death) coheiress of John Hardwick, Esq., brought this to her second husband, Sir William Cavendish, from whom it has descended to its present noble possessor. When the hall of the Hardwicks was erected is uncertain, but John Hardwick died here in the nineteenth year of the reign of Henry VIII, and it is said that Cardinal Wolsey lodged one night in the house, on his way from York to Leicester Abbey, where he died, November, 1536. The present house was built in the reign of Queen Elizabeth, by the countess of Shrewsbury. She had been married twice before she became the wife of the Earl of Shrewsbury, namely to Robert Barley, Esq., and Sir William Cavendish.

The situation of Hardwick Hall is exceedingly picturesque and beautiful. It stands in a fine park, richly wooded with venerable oaks of the most gigantic proportions. A high ridge commands some extensive and interesting views to the west. The hall, a noble mansion, exhibits a complete specimen of the style of architecture which prevailed during the reign of Queen Elizabeth; it has undergone no alteration since its erection, and appears to have been finished about the year 1597. It is built of stone, and round the top is a parapet of open work, in which the Countess’s initials E. S. frequently occur. At each extremity is a lofty tower. The state apartments are specious and lofty, with numerous windows, admitting a profusion of light. The hall is hung with tapestry of

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exquisite workmanship, and has long been celebrated for its antique furniture. In the chapel, which is on the first floor, is a very rich and curious altar cloth, 30 feet long, hung round the rails of the altar, with figures of saints under canopies wrought in needlework. The great dining-room is on the same floor, over the chimney piece of which is the date of 1597. The most remarkable apartments in this interesting edifice, are the state room or room of audience, and the gallery; the former 64 ft. 9 in. by 33 ft., and 26 4 in. high; at one end of it is a canopy of state, and in another part a bed, the hangings of which are very ancient. This room is hung with tapestry, on which is represented the story of Ulysses; over this are figures rudely executed in plaster, in has relief, among which is a representation of Diana and her nymphs. The gallery is about 170 feet long and 26 wide, extending the whole length of the eastern side of the house, and hung with tapestry, on a part of which is a date of 1478. It is probable that this as well as many other articles of the furniture of this mansion was removed from the old Hall at Hardwick, or from Chatsworth, when that splendid mansion was rebuilt. Among other interesting portraits at Hardwick, are those of Queen Elizabeth, Lady Jane Grey, Sir Thomas More, Cardinal Pole, Bishop Gardener, the Countess of Shrewsbury, Sir William Cavendish, the first Earl of Devonshire, Colonel Charles Cavendish, and Thomas Hobbes. There are also many good paintings in various parts of the house. The delapidated shell of the ancient hall, which remains near the mansion, appears to have been a very magnificent edifice, and from the style of its architecture could not have been built any great length of time before the erection of the present mansion. it is now in a ruinous state; but one of the rooms remains entire, which is 55 ft. 6 inches by 30 ft. 6 inches, and 24 ft. 6 inches high. It is floored with terras, and the sides are fitted up to a considerable height with oak wainscoting, ornamented with Ionic pilasters, over which are ornaments in plaster, consisting of two rows of arches. Over the large stone chimney piece are colossal figures, one on each side, in Roman armour, reaching to the cornice; from which this room has obtained the appellation of “The Giant’s Chamber.” The present hall has acquired an interest from the supposition that it was one of the prisons of Mary Queen of Scots, but it was built after the death of that unfortunate princess. The second floor of this mansion is said to have been allotted for the residence of the royal prisoner, and the rooms are shown as retaining their furniture in the same state as when she inhabited them. Over the door of a bed room said to have been appropriated to her use, are the arms of the Queen of Scots, with her cypher. There is a portrait of Queen Mary in one of the apartments, said to have been painted in the tenth year of her captivity. A bed, a set of chairs, and a suit of hangings, are shown as having been the work of the royal captive; it is very probable that they were; she was very fond of needle-work, and employed many hours of the day during her captivity in that occupation. The furniture was probably used by her, and brought from Chatsworth before the old hall of that place was taken down. It is certain, if the unfortunate Mary ever was at Hardwiek, it was only during a short and occasional visit of the Earl of Shrewsbury to that place. The Countess being at Hardwick in 1577, several years before the present hall was built, wrote to the Earl, intimating her wish that he would come to Hardwick, if the Queen would give him permission. In the postcript she says, “Lette me here how you, your charge, and love doth, and commend me, I pray you. Yt were well, you sente fore or fyve pieces of the great hangings, that they might be put oup, and some carpets; I wyshe you wollde have thynges yn that redynes that you myght come w^h in 3 or fore dayes after you here from courte.” The carriage road to the hall from the Chesterfield and Mansfield road, is about a quarter of a mile east from the village of Heath. Near the hall is a school, built by the second Duke of Devonshire, in 1724, where about 20 children attend. (See Charities.)

ASTWITH, is a hamlet and small village, two miles S.W. from the parish Church.

HARSTOFT, a hamlet and small village, on the Chesterfield and Tibshelf road, 2 miles S.W. from the Church. The river Dawley rises a little S.E. of this village, and runs directly north to the Rother, on the north of Staveley. The Wesleyan Methodists have a

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small chapel here, built in 1835; it is a plain stone building, and is also used as a Sunday school.

ROWTHORNE a small village one mile E. from the Church, and 7½ S.E, from Chesterfield. The manor of Rugetorn, at Domesday survey, was the property of Roger de Bush. It afterwards belonged to the family of Tilly, whose heiress married Savage. Robt. de Lexington, to whom it had been conveyed by the last mentioned family, gave it to the abbot and convent of Newstead, in Nottinghamshire. In the year 1563, this manor was vested in the coheiress of Roger Greenhalgh. In 1583, Lord Chancellor Bromley, acting it is supposed as trustee, conveyed it to Sir Wm. Cavendish, ancestor of the present noble owner. The last four deaths in this village up to the first of June, 1856, are as follows: Wm. Bromley, aged 88, Rd. Marriott, 92, Richard Shaw, 77, and Wm. Fisher, 95, the four making a total of 352 years.

STAINSBY, a small village 1 mile W. from the church, and 6 miles S.S.E. from Chesterfield. The manor of Stanesby was held at Domesday survey by Roger de Poiton. In the reign of King John it was in the family of Savage, and in the year 1235, William, son of Walkelin de Savage, held it by the annual render of a sore hawk (a hawk of the first year). In 1580 or 1581, John Savage conveyed this manor to Lord Chancellor Bromley, by whom it is probable it was again conveyed, about the same time as Rowthorne, to Sir William Cavendish. A feast is held first Sunday in July.

CHARITIES.—Hardwick School.—Thomas Whitehead, in 1720, gave his dwelling at Moor Heigh, with 20A. of land, then valued at £8 per annum, on trust, and directed 10s. a year to be expended in books, and the remainder to be given to the schoolmaster. The property consists of a good farm house, and 21A. 1R. 9P. of land, let for £23 15s 2d. per annum, the whole of which is paid to the schoolmaster. The master also receives £2 10s. from Phillips’ charity, and an annual gratuity from the Duke of Devonshire. In respect of these sums, all the poor children of the parish are instructed on payment of two-pence per week. The school is kept in a house rented by the Duke of Devonshire, which has lately been adapted for the residence of the master, out of the funds of the charity founded by the Countess and Earl of Devonshire. (See Edensor.)

William Derry, 1794, directed his personal property to be converted into money for the use of the poor. In 1797, the sum of £59 8s, 10d. which was laid out in the purchase of £105 18s. 2d. three per cent. console. The dividends, amounting to £3 3s. 6d. are distributed to the poor.

Rev. Francis Gisborne’s Charity.—(See Bradley.) The annual sum of £5 10s. received by the vicar, is laid out in warm clothing, and distributed among the poor.

Marked 1 are at Astwith, 2 Hardwick, 3 Harstoft, 4 Rowthorne, and 5 Stainsby.

4 Bramley George, wheelwright 5 Broadhead Edward, joiner Brown Jonth., stone mason 3 Cope Joseph, engineer and machinist 2 Cottingham John Gregory, agent, and Chesterfield Davenport John, framework knitter 2 Fisher Ephraim farm bailiff 5 Fretwell Wm., sen., stone mason 2 Hallam Henry, schoolmaster 5 Haynes Wm., woodman 2 Hibbert George, gamekeeper 2 Holmes George, gardener

5 Hutchinson Joseph, stone mason 4 Pearson George, farm bailiff Pickard William, foreman brickmaker 4 Stevens Rev. Thomas, curate Swallow Thomas, butcher 5 Thornally Joshua, colliery owner, Holmwood Colliery Inns and Taverns. 2 Hardwick Inn, Joseph Overton Shoulder of Mutton, Mary Clay

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Farmers. 1 Aivey John 1 Bacon John 5 Bacon Joseph 4 Bramley Elizabeth, (cowkeeper) Brook Humphrey 1 Brough George Brown Sarah 1 Brunt William 1 Cartwright Robt. Clay James Clay Mary Clay Sampson Davenport Sarah 3 Davenport Wm. 1 Fisher Ephraim 4 Fisher William

Fox Joseph Fretwell — 5 Fretwell Septimns 5 Fretwell William 5 Goodwin Chas. Jno. 1 Gregory Joseph 5 Gregory Thomas Haslam Wm., (and whitesmith) 2 Hodgkinson John, (& regr. of births, & deaths for Pleasley district 4 Hodgkinson Joseph 1 Hollingworth Mtha. 1 Jepson John, Holm- wood 1 Johnson John

4 Johnson Richard 4 King Thomas Limb Samuel 1 Marriott Frederick 4 Metcalf Joseph Oldfield Lydia 2 Overton Joseph 4 Rowley John J. 1 Saunders Thos., sen. 5 Saunders Thos., (& corn miller) Swallow Elizabeth 5 Swift John Taylor Edw., Hagg 5 Thornally Joshua 1 Turner Thomas, Bramley Lane 1 Wass John

1 Wilbourn Wm., (& beerhouse) Wilson William Shoemakers. 1 Bowler George Fox Joseph 5 Goodwin Henry 5 Goodwin Thomas 5 Hardwick Thomas Shopkeepers. 1 Heath Thomas 5 Pemberton Thos. Tailors. 4 Bower William 1 Heath Thomas 3 Pemberton Thos.

BARLBOROUGH, is a considerable village and parish, 8 miles N.E. from Chesterfield, 10 miles S.E. from Sheffield, and 2 miles E. from Eckington station; contains 3,268 acres of land and in 1851 had 177 houses and 933 inhabitants, of whom 495 were males and 438 females; rateable value £7,580. W. H. de Rodes, and E. S. C. Pole, Esqrs., are the principal owners and joint lords of the manor, which is freehold. Here are also several small freeholders. The northern part of the parish is divided from Yorkshire by a small rivulet, that runs into Pebley Ponds, which covers an area of 52 acres, mostly in this county. The turnpike roads from Chesterfield to Worksop, and from Sheffield to Mansfield, cross here at right angles. The Church, St. James’, which stands on an eminence in the centre of the village is a large ancient edifice, with nave, chancel, north aisle, square embattled tower and five bells. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £10 1s. 5½d., now £750, in the patronage of W. H. de Rodes, Esq., and incumbency of the Rev. Martin Stapylton, M.A., who resides at the Rectory, a; large handsome modern mansion, opposite the church. The tithes are paid by a rent charge. Here are 73A. 2R. of glebe land. In 1795, an act was obtained for enclosing the commons, and the award was made in 1798. The land has a bold undulating surface, with a variety of soils, and wheat and oats are extensively grown. There are several extensive collieries and ironstone mines in the vicinity, and lime burning is carried on to a considerable extent. Mr. Charles Brown, has extensive saw mills here for the manufacture of wood hoops, edge-tool handles, spade, shovel, tool, fork, and other shafts. Axe, adze, &c., and all other kinds of plain or fancy handles, ornamental turning, &c. The Mechanics’ Library, (at Thos. Lenthall’s), established in 1856, by Mr. Charles Brown, contains about 300 volumes of carefully selected books in various branches of literature, which afford the means for social, intellectual, and moral elevation. It is open to all classes, the subscriptions being 4s. per annum, a reading room is about being added, which will be supplied with both daily, weekly, and monthly papers, periodicals, &c. The late Mr. George Boaler left by will, the sum of £50 towards the erection of a Wesleyan Chapel here, but it has not yet been applied for that purpose. There are two schools in the village, both of which are well attended. The village is about to be lighted with gas. Here is an Hospital for six poor persons, founded by Margaret and Mary Pole, in 1752, and endowed with an estate now producing £72 per annum.—(See Charities.) Feast, first Sunday in July.

Barlborough Hall, 1 mile N. of the village, and near the verge of the county, is a spacious Elizabethan structure, with a semi-octagonal projection at each corner and in the centre, which being carried to a considerable height, gives it an imposing appearance. A

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beautiful avenue of lofty limes stands in front of the hall, and the noble trees, profusely scattered in the adjoining grounds, add greatly to the picturesque beauties of the surrounding scenery. It is the seat and property of William Hatfield de Rodes, Esq. The family of Rodes is of great antiquity and has flourished upwards of 600 years in the counties of Lincoln, Nottingham, York, and Derby. They are lineally descended from Gerard de Rodes, a baron who lived in the reigns of Kings Henry II., Richard I., John, and Henry III., and received great favours from each of them, and by King John was sent an ambassador into foreign parts. Balbro’ Hall was erected, and became the family seat, from the time of Sir John Rodes, son of Judge Rodes. Sir Francis, his son, who was the thirteenth generation from the above Gerard de Rodes, was, on the 9th of August, 1641, knighted, and five days afterwards was created a baronet. Sir Francis Rodes, the second baronet married the daughter of Grevase Clifton, of Clifton, in the county of Nottingham, and died in the year 1651. Sir Francis Rodes, his son, married the daughter of William Thornton, of Grantham; he was succeeded by Sir John Rodes, his son, at whose decease in 1743, the title became extinct; his sister, Frances, married Gilbert Heathcote, M.D., whose grandson inherited this estate, and took the name of Rodes, and died in 1768, when his nephew, Cornelius Heathcote, Esq., who took the name of Rodes in 1776, succeeded to the estate, at whose demise, the estate again passed to a nephew, the late Rev. Cornelius Heathcote Reaston, who took the name of Rodes, from whom it again passed to a nephew, William Hatfield Gossip, who has taken the name of De Rodes, and attained his majority in 1785.

Park Hall, is an ancient mansion 2 miles N.N.W. of the village, the residance of Mrs. Middleton. Knitacre Hill, a farm, 1 mile N.E. Pebley Inn, 1¼ miles N., a noted Inn, on the ancient Sheffield and London road, near which is Pebley dam. Whitebrick Moor, 1 mile E.N.E., consists of a few scattered farms.

The manor of Barleburgh was given to Burton Abbey by Wulfric Spott; at the Domesday survey it was included in the same manor as Whitwell, and there were a priest, a church, and one servant; it belonged to Ralph Fitzhubert; under whom it was held by Robert, most probably ancestor of Robert de Meinell, one of whose coheiresses brought Barlborough to Sir Matthew de Hathersage; the cobeiresses of Hathersage brought it in moieties to Goushill and Longford about the latter end of the reign of Henry III., and was held by those families for several generations. Anthony Wingfield, who had married a coheiress of Sir Robert Goushill, suffered a recovery in 1513. Thomas, Earl of Derby died seized of a manor in Barlborough, which appears to have been this moiety, in 1521, and was held by Edward Stanley, Lord Monteagle, his uncle, in 1523. Sir William Holles, some time Lord Mayor of London, died seized of a manor, which seems to have been this moiety. Queen Mary, in 1554, granted to Dame Ann Stanhope the manor of Barlborough, which had belonged to the Earl of Derby; Sir Thomas Stanhope sold this manor in 1571, to Sir Richard Pype, who died seized of it, with the advowson of the rectory, in 1387. Francis Rodes, Esq., one of the Justices of the Common Pleas, in 1585, purchased of the family of Selioke an estate, described as the manor of Barlborough, which had belonged to the Constables. Sir John Rodes, son of the judge, had a Chancery suit with Humphrey Pype, Esq., son of Sir Richard, who claimed to be lord of the. manor, and asserted the estate of the Seliokes was freehold, but not manorial, and it is probable they afterwards purchased Pype’s moiety. The other moiety passed with a coheiress of Nicholas Longford, Esq., who died in 1610, to a younger son of the Poles of Wakebridg, Park Hall, in Barlborough, which continued to be the property and seat of this branch of the Pole family till the death of the last survivor of two maiden ladies, in 1755. It then passed by will to a younger son of the Radborne family, and has since devolved to the elder branch. A survey, of the year 1630, describes three parks in Barlborough, containing about 400 acres.

CHARITIES.—Godfrey Godley, who died in 1629, left £30, the interest to be given to tho poor. Since 1757, the yearly turn of £1 10s. has been paid by the Rodes family.

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Christopher Slater, who died in March, 1649, left £1, to be paid yearly on St. Thomas’s day. In respect of this charity, 5s. is paid by Mr. Rodes, and 6s. 8d. from another estate.

William Cooke, who died in 1640, heft £20, the interest to be given to the poor. There are also various other benefactors, mentioned on a tablet in the church, of which the whole amount is £102, which appears to have been vested in two dwellings, and the Poor’s Close, 3A. 2R. 23P., for which, till the enclosure in 1797, the annual rent of £6 7s. was paid. By the award, 15th September, 1798, an allotment was made of 7A. 2R. 3P. on Hollingworth Common, and set to the overseers of the poor, for the above premises; also an allotment was made to the overseers, in lieu of all their interest in the lands, of 3A. 5P. This land is now let for £10 per annum, and given in sums varying from 1s. to 7s.

George Sloter, in 1640, left £1 per annum. The owner of an estate here pays the above sum, which is distributed amongst eight poor widows.

Margaret and Mary Pole’s Hospital—By indenture, dated 11th October, 1752, the said ladies conveyed to Francis Bower and six others, a messuage and a piece of ground, to be forever used as an hospital for six poor persons, with various other tenements and lands, amounting to 46 acres, on trust. Out of the estate at Froggatt to pay to each inmate, weekly, the sum of 2s., and provide for each two stack loads of coals, and out of the residue keep the hospital in repair. The Hospital, situate in the village of Barlborough, consists of six dwellings of two rooms each, and a small garden to each. The property now consists of 88A. 1R. 26P. of hand, of which 33A. 3R. 23P. was an allotment to the Froggatt estate, made under the Baslow inclosure act, in 1824, let for some time rent free on condition of the tenant fencing it, but it will make a valuable addition to the charity. The alms people now receive 3s. 6d. a week, and twice in the year a load of coals. Mr. Rodes, in respect of a sum of £25, either given or left by will, by Mr. Heathcote, his half brother, pays 25s. annually to the alms people.

Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charities.—(See Bradley.) The annual suns of £5 10s., is received by the vicar, and laid out in coarse woollen cloth and flannel, which he distributes to the poor about Christmas.

Woodthorpe Hospital.—Poor persons of this parish are eligible to this hospital as well as those of Staveley.

Post Office, at James Brown’s; letters arrive by gig mail from Chesterfield at 8 a.m., and are despatched at 5.45 p.m.

De Rodes Wm. Hatfield, Esq., The Hall Alderson Miss Mary Arthur Robert, saddler Barber Miles, contractor and builder, fire brick and tile maker, and colliery owner Bowdon Mrs. Mary, Beighton Fields Bradley John, agent to Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Insurance Co. Bradley Wm., linen & woollen draper Brown Charles & Co., timber, and general merchants, and manufacturers of wood hoops, edge tool handles, spade, shovel, tool and fork shafts, Barlbro’ Saw Mills Chester Mrs. Mary, Ash Cottage Froggatt John, gardener, The Hall

Goodwin Jph., painter, plumber & glazier Hague Samuel, ground bailiff, Hazlewell House Mennell John, gardener Middleton Mrs.—, Park Hall Smith Ellis, engineer, and Ann, dressmaker Stapylton Rev. Martin, M.A., Rectory Inns and Taverns. Apollo, George Hallet Pattinson Clock Wheel, William Whitworth Dusty Miller, George Walker Pebley Inn, Ann Roberts Rodes Arms, John Gosling Rose and Crown, George Hodgkinson

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Academies. De Rodes’s, William Bates Endowed, Jno. Parker (& agt. to North of England Insurance Company) Goodwin Ann Beerhouses. Camm William Haigh Hannah Blacksmiths. Godfrey Christopher Whitworth William Brick & Tile Mkr. Barber Miles, (fire brick) Gosling John Woodhead Samuel Butchers. Arthur John Hibbard George Hibbard Thomas Hodgkinson Samuel

Coal Masters. Appleby Fras. & Co., Cottam Colliery Barber Miles Gosling John Wells Rich. Geo, and Jph., Park Colliery Farmers. Ancliff Septimus, Knitacre Hill Arthur John Barber Miles Boaler Robert Brown James Camm William Carr Benjamin Clark John Dawes Gervase, Pebley Grove Eccles Richard, Hol- linwood Ellis Henry Goacher John, Thros- tle Hall Gosling John Gould James

Haynes Thomas Heane Harrison Hibbard George Hibbard Stephen Hibbard Thomas Hodgkinson George Hodgkinson Samuel Kay Godfrey Mallindar Luke Morley Joseph, Park Hall Pattinson George H. Roberts Ann, Pebley Inn Rudiforth John Shaw Robert Taylor William Vickers Chas. Gibson Vickers William Walker George Widdowson John, Common Willoughby John Wilson George, Field House Grocers. Barber Miles

Bark William Goodwin Joseph Lenthall Thomas Stevenson William Story Rebecca Turner George Turner Samuel Joiners, &c. Cumming William Hibbard Stephen Lime Burners. Barber Miles Gosling John Hodgkinson George Shoemakers. Barber Henry, Spink Hill Clark William Oxley George Turner William Tailors. Bark William Milner John Unwin Samuel

BARLOW (GREAT) is a large village and parish, situated on a bold eminence, and commanding a most extensive view of the finely cultivated country, 4 miles N. W. by W. from Chesterfield, and 10 miles S. from Sheffield. It includes part of the township of Little Barlow, in Dronfield parish. The parish forms a romantic district of lofty hills and deep ravines, having some extensive and thriving plantations; the soil is of an indifferent quality, and mostly arable. It contains 3335A. 1R. 11P. of land, and in 1851 had 128 houses, and 636 inhabitants, of whom 342 were males, and 294 females; rateable value £2511 1s. The Duke of Rutland is lord of thc manor and principal owner, here are also several small freeholder. The Church, a perpetual curacy, valued in the King’s book at £6 now £98, has been augmented with £400 and £10 per annum benefactions, £400 Queen Anne’s bounty, and £1,300 parliamentary grant. The rector of Staveley is the patron, it having been formerly considered a chapelry in that parish, from which it is separated by the intervention of the parish of Whittington. The Rev. George Shipton, is the incumbent. The Church, situated on an eminence on the S.E. side of the parish, is a small ancient edifice, with a square wooden turret, mantled with ivy, a little west of which is the parsonage, a good substantial stone building, situated within the township of Little Barlow, besides which, several other houses are similarly situated. In the church are monuments and other memorials to the Barlow family, but they are much defaced; one represents a Knight in armour, and is the tomb of Robert Barlow, who died in 1467. The manor of Barlow was held, with Staveley, by the Musards; it was afterwards in the ancient family of Abitot, a branch of which, on settling here, is supposed to have taken their name from the place. The family of Barlow, or Barley, possessed it for several generations. James Barley, Esq., sold it in 1593, to George Earl of Shrewsbury; the Earl of Newcastle purchased it of the Shrewsbury family in the reign of James or Charles I.; having passed by descent to his Grace the Duke of Portland, it was in 1813, exchanged with the Duke of Rutland for the manor of Whitwell. Feast, second Sunday in August.

Bole Hill, ½ mile south of the village, contains a few cottages and a boarding and day school erected in 1677, and situated on a commanding eminence having a beautiful prospect

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of the ccuntty around. In 1831 a good substantial stone house for the master was erected by the Duke of Rutland for the accommodation of boarders, which has since been enlarged at the sole expense of the present master, Mr. Edward Straw, who has occupied it for the last 36 years; the average attendance of boarding and day scholars is 55. In connection with the school is a library, established in 1830, which contains about 600 volumes. Mr. Edward Straw, is librarian. It was at Bole Hill that Montgomery wrote his poem “Bole Hill Trees.” Barlow Woodseats Hall, 2 miles N.W. from the church, is an ancient and commodious farm residence, the property of Charles Thorold, Esq., and occupied by Mr. Robert Bradbury. The parish contains many other scattered hamlets and farms which are given in the directory.

CHARITIES.—Robert Mower, in 1775, gave a yearly sum of 20s., which is distributed about Christmas. The poor have also the interest of £5 given by John Mellor in 1735.

The interest of £50 given by Thomas Stephenson, in 1743, is distributed on St. Thomas’s day amongst poor housekeepers.

Susannah Stephenson, in 1752, left 40s. yearly for the instruction of five poor boys. By indenture, 1781, a close in Newbold was conveyed to trustees for the school and the poor, supposed to be in satisfaction of the above donation. The land, about 3 acres, is let for £6 per annum, £2 14s. of which, is paid to a schoolmaster, and the residue is given to the poor. A school was erected many years ago, and in 1817, a house for the residence of the master was built by subscription.

John Crashaw, in 1816, left the interest of £20 to be distributed to the poor.

Thc poor also have bread to the amount of 10s. per annum from the bequest of John Bargh.

Rev. Francis Gisborne’s Charity.—(See Bradley)—The annual sum of £5 10s. received by the incumbent, is laid out in warm clothing, and distributed to the poor about Christmas.

Marked 1 are at Little Barlow, 2, Barlow Grange, 3 Grange Wood, 4 Joney Gate, 5 Moorhall, 6 Newgate, 7 Oxstone Rake, 8 Rumbling St., and 9 Willdey Green.

Post Office at Owen Featherstone’s. Letters arrive from Chesterfield at 9 am., and are despatched at 5.30 p.m.

Cowley Dennis, gent., Newgate

Haigae George, wood turner

Harlow Joseph, engineer, Woodseats Hall

Hollely Mr. John, Lees

8 Lings Levi, timber valuer