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CLOWN is a large and well
built village and scattered parish, 8 miles E.N.E. from Chesterfield, and 4
miles E. from Staveley station, contains 1919A. 2R. 13P. of land, a strong rich
fertile soil, partly on lime and partly on gritstone, principally arable, and
had in 1851, 156 houses and 660 inhabitants, of which number the males and
females were equal; rateable value, £2344 1s. 8d. The village is pleasantly
situated in a fine open situation sheltered from the N. winds by a gentle
acclivity. The Duke of Portland is lord of the manor, which is partly copyhold,
and he with Hy. Bowdon, Esq., the Venerable. Archdeacon Hill, and Mr. John
Ludlow, are the principal owners. Here are also several smaller owners. The
Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is an ancient edifice, partly in the
Norman and partly in the later style of architecture; it is situated about ¼ mile
E. from the village, and consists of side aisles, a square embattled tower,
with four pinnacles and three bells. The living
is a rectory, valued in the King’s book. at £7 0s. 10d., now £311, is in
the patronage of the Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. Chas. Walter Whiter
M.A., who resides at the Rectory, a commodious brick residence a short distance
from the church, and has 65A. 1R. 8P.
of glebe. Tithes have been commuted and thc parish lands were enclosed in
1780. The Wesleyan Methodists have a small neat stone chapel here, erected by
subscription in 1837, at a cost of £80, which will seat 60 persons. The
Wesleyan Association chapel, situated nearly in the centre of the village is a
neat brick building, and will hold about 100; and the Primitive Methodists have
a small stone chapel, erected in 1834, which will accommodate about 80. Here is
an Endowed school, erected in 1726,—(see charities),—a small ancient building,
situated at the east end of the village. Harlesthorpe
is a small hamlet and village, about ¾ mile, north, from the Church. Whitebrick-moor consists of several
scattered farms, of which two are in this parish. Romely House is a neat mansion, pleasantly situated about 3 miles
S. from Eckington. In the tastefully laid out pleasure grounds are two avenues
of yew frees, remarkable for their curious growth; the shrubberies contain a
great variety of beautiful fir trees; it is the property of the Venerable
Archdeacon Hill, and residence of Godfrey Croft, Esq. Southgate House, the seat and property of Henry Bowdon Esq., is a
handsome modern mansion, fronting the east on the Chesterfield and Worksop
road, 1 mile N.N.E. from Clown church, and 9 miles E. by N. from Chesterfield,
is delightfully situated in a fine and healthy country surrounded by thriving woods
and plantations; it is within the ancient manor of Harlesthorpe, of which Mr.
Bowdon is the proprietor. The family of Bowdon is of great antiquity, in the
county of Derby, and was resident for four centuries at Bowdon Hall, near
Chapel-en-le-Frith; that estate however, passed from the family, through an
heiress, in 1680. From that time the family has been chiefly resident either at
Beighton Fields, in the parish of Barlborough, or at Southgate House. Mr.
Bowdon is the representative of the family in male descent. The first of this
family we have on record is Thomas Bowdon, of Bowdon Hall, living in 1450,
although the family had been resident there from 1317, in which year they built
the chancel of the church at Chapel-en-le-Frith, and from that time it was
commonly called Chapel Bowdon. Thomas was succeeded by his son George, of
Bowdon, who married Barbara, daughter of Nicholas Bagshaw, of Abney. He left a
son, George, of Bowdon, living in 1550, who married Ellen, daughter of Austin
Pole, of Langley, who was succceded by his son Thomas, of Bowdon, who married
Anne daughter of Henry Bagshaw, of Ridge. He left with other children Nicholas
and George. Nicholas, the eldest, married the heiress of Barnby, and had three
sons, all of whom died without issue, when the Bowdon Hall estate passed to his
brother George, who left two daughters, and who carried the estate out of the
family. Thomas Bowdon, (the second surviving son of Thomas, who married Anne
Bagshaw,) married Ellen Shrigley, and settled at Whetstone; he left two sons,
Henry and John, the former of whom married the sister and heiress of John
Alleyne, of Whetstone Hall; John, his brother, married the daughter of Richard
Beard, of Beard Hall, and died of the plague in 1665, without issue. Henry left
a son (Henry) who however did not take any benefit from his uncle Alleyne’s
bequest of the Whetstone property, as the protestant
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heir succeeded in wresting the estate from
him by means of the penal law against Catholics then in force. The above
mentioned Henry married the only daughter and heiress of John Hewet, of
Beighton Fields, from whom he acquired that estate, and which still remains in
the family. He left a son John, who had three wives, leaving issue by all of
them, the eldest son (John) by the first wife Mary, daughter of John Barker, of
Barlborough House, married Alice, daughter of George Johnson, of Shelfield, in
Warwickshire, an elder sister of his father’s third wife, and left a son, Henry
Bowdon, of Southgate House and Beighton Fields, he married Mary, daughter and
heiress of Joseph Erdeswick, of Hartley, representative of the ancient family
of that name of Sandon Hall, in Staffordshire; he left an only son, John Bruno
Bowdon, of Southgate House and Beighton Fields, who married Mary Martha, eldest
daughter of Edward Ferrers, Esq., of Baddesley Clinton, in Warwickshire,
representative in the mail line of that ancient and noble family. The above
named John B. Bowdon served the office of high sheriff in 1841, be left at his
death in 1850, two sons and four daughters, Henry the eldest,, a magistrate and
deputy lieutenant for the county of Derby, married in 1853, Henrietta Matilda,
daughter of Michael Henry Blount, Esq., of Mapledurham by his wife Elizabeth,
daughter of Charles, tenth Lord Petre, and has a daughter Alice; John the
second son, inherited the Pleasington Hall estate, Lancashire; by the bequest
of his cousin, Mary Anne Butler, and married in 1849, Amelia, daughter of
George Whitgreave, Esq., of Moseley Court, Staffordshire, and has a son,
Erderswick, and other children. He is a magistrate and deputy lieutenant of
Lancashire. Helena, the eldest daughter, married Peter Constable Maxwell, Esq.,
third son of Marmadule C. Maxwell, Esq., of Everingham Park. Barbara married
Edward Wright, Esq., of Kelvedon Hall. Fanny is a nun in the convent at
Oulton, in Staffordshire.
CHARITIES.—Elizabeth Slater, in 1706, left £5, whereof £2 was employed in building the poor’s seat
in the church—3s. in respect of the remainder is paid out of the estate of
Henry Bowdon, Esq.
Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity.—(See Bradley.)—The annual sum of £5 10s., received by the incumbent, is
laid out in warm clothing and given to the poor.
SCHOOL—John Slater, in 1727, gave 40s. yearly,
charged on Hooker Pitts close and Gascoyne Pingles, to poor widows, until there
should be a schoolmaster in Clown, and then for the instruction of six
children.
Charles Basseldine, in 1730, surrendered certain lands in Bolsover, and
directed the rents to be given to a schoolmaster. The property belonging the
school consists of a house, orchard, and croft, together about 3 acres,
Damsbrook Meadow closes, called Stone Top and the Esps, with an allotment of
5A. 1R. 6P. in lieu of common right, in consideration of the rents, the master instructs
20 children, and 4 for Slater’s donation.
Church Lands.—In the parish book there is a statement of various
lands left for the repairs of the church, the whole contains about 5A., let for
£3 6s. 8d. which is carried to the churchwardens’ general account.
William Wilkson, in 1666, left a rent charge of £5 out of the moor close, in the parish
of Bolsover, to be given to the poor.
Edward Woodhead, in 1697, gave to the poor 20s. yearly, out of Romely close.
Andrew Clayton, in 1701, left 20s. yearly, out of lands at Romely. The poor have also 5s. per annum, from the bequest of
John Watkinson, left in 1704, and 10s. left by Richard Johnson, in 1714.
Frances Tomkin, in 1705, gave to the poor Saffer’s close, let for £3 per annum; the
land was open to an adjoining field, but stones are fixed to mark the boundary.
Elizabeth Denham, in 1720, left a house at Clown, the rents to be divided amongst poor
widows of Clown and Eckington. A house and croft in Clown, occupied by a widow
named Lowde, and claimed as her own, are the premises supposed to be given by
Mrs. Denham. It appears Mrs. Lowde’s mother,
a poor woman, was by the parish permitted to occupy them rent free, many years,
till the daughter claims them as her own. An allotment of 1A. 3R. 1P. was
awarded at the enclosure, now let for £1 18s. per annum, which is divided
between the two parishes.
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Rev. George Chantrey, in 1722, left 20s. yearly, charged on High Cross
closes, in Barlborough, to be given to ten of the poorest families in Clown.
Post Office at Richard Revill’s, letters arrive from Chesterfield by gig mail, at
8.30, a.m., and are despatched at 5.15, p.m.
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Bowdon Henry,
Esq., Southgate house House |
Shaw Mary,
school Smith Thomas,
proprietor of steam thrash- ing machines, Hollin-hill Walker Mrs.
Ann Whitehead
Geo., Esq., Romely House Whiter Rev.
Chas. Walter, M.A., Rectory Woodhead Mrs.
Mary Inns and Taverns. Anchor, George
Coupe Angel, Samuel
Jepson Bowdon’s Arms,
Geo. Roberts Nag’s Head,
Thos. Woodhead |
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Beerhouses. Bellamy John Woodhead John Blacksmiths. Littlewood
Abel Williams Wm Butchers. Roberts George Shields
William Farmers. Alletson Mary Booth Henry Coupe George Cree John Froggatt
George Glossop John Hind Thomas, White Brickmoor Jackson Wm., Dams- brook
House Jepson Samuel Keeton Richard Limb Wm. Damsbrook |
Ludlow John Oxley Wm., Romely Old Hall Mellors John Milner Geo., Harles- thorpe Morton Charles Pepper Chas.
& Geo Platts John, White brick
moor Reddish Edmund Revill Richard Roberts George Rodgers Wm Salvin Thos Shacklock Hy.
Beaver Shacklock Jph Shields Wm Smith Sml.
Richardson West Henry Wood Sarah Woodhead Thos Woolley George Woolley Isaac Woolley Wm |
Grocers. Corker Thomas Goacher John Hickling
George, (and draper) Revill Richard Rodgers John Woodhead Geo.,
(and baker & miller) Joiners and Wheelwrights Clarkson Henry Hibbert Hannah Hibbert Luke Holmes Samuel Shoe Makers. Brown John Consterdine
Thos Deakin George,
(and seedsman) Hickling Geo.,
(dealer only) Pottrey James Revill Michael Revill Thomas |
Tailors. Mrkd. * are Drapers also. Cooke John Corker Thomas * Hickling
George Revill Joseph Revill Richard Revill Richard * Rodgers John * Rodgers
Joseph Carriers. To
Chesterffeld, Chas. & Geo. Pepper and John Turner, Tue., Th., & Sat. To Mansfield,
C. & G. Pepper & J. Turner Thursday To Sheffield,
C. & G. Pepper & J. Turner Tu. and Sat To Worksop, C.
& G. Pepper & J. Turner Wednesday |
DORE PARISH forms the north west extremity of the Scarsdale Hundred, being bounded on the north by the river Sheaf and the Yorkshire moors, it has the parish of Hathersage on the west, from which the Sheffield and Bakewell road partly separates it. It contains the townships of Dore and Totley, with 5083A. 1R. 11P. of land, and in 1851, had 207 houses, and 977 inhabitants, of whom 545 were males, and 432 females; rateable value, £4,639 12s. 1d. It was enclosed under an act, 49th of Geo. III., and the award signed 10th April, 1823. By an order of Council, 31st January, 1844, agreeable to the plans of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, it was formed into a distinct parish for all civil and ecclesiastical purposes, previous to which they formed a part of the parish of Dronfield, and was subject to one quarter of the rates for the parish church. It is in the Ecclesall Bierlow Union of the parish of Sheffield.
DORE, is a large scattered
village and township, on the verge of the Yorkshire moors, 5 miles S.S.W. from
Sheffield, contains 3271A. 2R. 7P of land, which since the enclosure has been
greatly improved, and in 1851 had 124 houses, and 574 inhabitants, of whom
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317 were males, and 257 females; rateable
value, £2,828 8s. 9d. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor and principal
owner. The Exors. of the late D’Ewes Coke, Esq., Henry Hancock and R. N. Shaw,
Esqrs., are also owners. The Church, dedicated to Christ, is a small neat
Gothic stone structure, with a low embattled square tower, and was rebuilt on a
more convenient site, in the year 1828, for which land was given by the Duke of
Devonshire, the cost, £1,000, was partly raised by rate and partly by
subscription, aided by a grant of £300 from the Church Building Society; it
contains 600 sittings, of which about one half are free. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £90,
and in 1720 and 1777, was augmented with Queen Anne’s bounty to meet
benefactions—in 1810, with £200,—and in 1820, with £600 parliamentary grant.
Earl Fitzwilliam is patron, and the Rev. J. T. F. Aldred, M.A., incumbent, who
resides at the Parsonage, a large handsome brick mansion, erected in 1841 by
Earl Fitzwilliam; it is situated a short distance from the church. At the
enclosure, 94 acres of land were awarded to the vicar of Dronfield, for tithe
and other land to the impropriator. Here is a Free school,—(see charities),
built 1821, on the site of the old chapel, and endowed by the Rev. Robert
Turrie, and others. The master receives £40 per annum, for which he instructs
as many poor children as that sum will pay for at 3d. per week. Here are a few
scythe and saw handle manufacturers, and a copperas manufactory near Ringing Low. Abbeydale Villa is a large
handsome mansion, pleasantly situated about 4½ miles from Sheffield, on the
Abbeydale road,—is the seat and property of John Roberts, Esq.
TOTLEY is a small pleasant
village and scattered township, forming the south side of the parish, on a low
eminence, on the Bakewell road, 3½ miles W.N.W. from Dronfield, and 6 miles
S.W. from Sheffield; it contains 1811A. 3R. 4P. of land, and in 1851 had 83
houses and 403 inhabitants, of whom 228 were males and 175 females; rateable
value, £1,328 2s. ld. Lord Middleton is lord of the manor and a small owner; G.
B. Greaves, Esq., the Exors. of the late D’Ewes Coke, Esq., and Mr. Jph. Ward,
are also owners. This was formerly a bleak moory district, which since the
enclosure has been greatly improved by cultivation; the population has kept
increasing with the improvements in agriculture, by which they are mostly
employed. In 1839, the tithe of the old enclosure was commuted for £18 6s.
11d, to the impropriator, and £2 7s. to the vicar of Dronfield, and the new was
exonerated by allotments at the enclosure. Near the Sheffield road is an
ancient cupola, for smelting lead. Messrs. T. Tinker & Co. have extensive
Chemical works here, on the Bakewell road, about 5½ miles from Sheffield. An Infant school—(see charities)—was
built in 1827, by D’Ewes Coke, Esq., and is endowed with lands situate at
Totley and Coal Aston. Feast, first Sunday after Midsummer day. The Bents, half a mile N.W. from Totley,
consists of a few scattered farms and cottages. Totley Vale House is a neat residence, about three-quarters of a
mile from Dore church, the property of J. G. Waterfall, Esq., and the seat of
John Wheat, Esq.
CHARITIES.—DORE SCHOOL—Rev.
Robert Turie, gave £40 for the benefit
of the chapelry of Dore, two-thirds of this sum was expended in 1747, in
enclosing a piece of common on Dore moor side, the remainder was laid out in
enclosing land on Totley common, the proceeds are given to a schoolmaster.
John Dewce gave a yearly sum of, £1 4s. for the instruction of three poor
children, and 12s. to be distributed in bread; 12s. per annum was also given by
Eliz. Dewce, for the like purpose. At the enclosure, the commissioners were
directed to award so much of the waste as in their judgment should be worth £30
per annum, for the benefit of a schoolmaster, within the manor of Dore. The
lands set out at the award consist of 55A.
3R. 15P., let for £35 14s. per annum. The schoolmaster now receives
about £40 a year, for which he instructs as many children as it will pay for at
3d. a week; 30s. per annum is laid out in bread, and distributed to the poor,
from the bequest of Joseph Wolstenholme, in 1764; and 24s. is paid in
satisfaction of the charities of Richard and Elizabeth Dewce.
John Raworth, in 1804, left the produce of £20 for a distribution of bread to four
poor widows of Dore.
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Isaac Shepherd, in 1811, left £20 for a distribution of bread, and £20 for the education
of two poor children of Dore. Mr. Heald Unwin holds the legacies at 5 per cent.
which are given, as directed.
Totley School.—By indentures, 1753, a piece of waste land, about 4
acres, was conveyed to trustees, in order that a school might be erected upon
it, the intention was never carried into effect, and the land is let for £6
10s. per annum, which is paid for the instruction of six poor children. Some
time ago, the inhabitants proposed to build a school, by subscription, the plan
was however abandoned, and a school was built by the late D’Ewes Coke, Esq., on
his own land. A sum of £125, raised towards building the school, was expended
in the purchase of land, at Coal Aston, now let for £6 per annum, which is also
given to the schoolmaster or schoolmistress, for the instruction of six other
poor children.
William Green, 1786, left a rent charge of 12s. yearly, out of his house and croft in
Totley, for a distribution of bread, at Dore chapel, every fourth Sunday.
DORE TOWNSHIP.
Post Office, at Elijah Parker’s; letters
arrive from Sheffield, by footpost, at 11 a.m., and are despatched at 4 p.m.;
Frances Swift, postmistress.
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Aldred Rev.
John Thos. Foster, M.A., in- cumbent, Parsonage Bamford
Samuel, tailor Brown Samuel,
quarry owner, The Bridge Buxton William,
schoolmaster Elliott Henry,
vict., and stone mason, Hare and Hounds Elliott
Robert, assistant overseer Everson &
Jackson, copperas mfrs., Daniel Marriott, manager Farnsworth,
Wm., butcher Freeman Thos.,
vict., Dore Moor Inn Furness
Richd., reg. of births & deaths |
Lowe John,
farm bailiff to Mr. Knock Nadin Mary,
school Oates Geo.,
stone mason Osborne Geo.
Henry, fire brick and tile maker Peet Henry,
broom maker Read John,
Esq., Moorbottom House Roberts John,
Esq., Abbeydale Villa Swift Samuel,
cowkeeper Taylor Wm.,
stone mason Wilson John,
wheelwright Wilson Wm.,
snuff mnfr., Abbey View |
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Blacksmiths. Ford Samuel Vardy Philip Farmers. Ashby Samuel Biggin Thos. Bingham John Bishop Thos.,
(& cow leech) Booker Thomas Coates John,
(& cattle dealer) Cowlishaw
Edward EarnshawThos.
Sheep Hill Fearnchough
Sarah Flint John
& Henry Flint Joseph Frith John Furness George Godber Samuel |
Godber Thos. Greaves John Hague Joseph, White Cottage Hall Jonth., Stoney Ridge Hancock Joseph Lee Elizabeth Moseley Joseph Moseley Mrs. — Oates John Peace George Pinder Peter Pinder Sarah Pryor Hy., Standhill Reeve Thos., White House Swift Ann, Ronset Taylor Geo. Taylor
Wm.(& quarry owner) Dore
Hall Unwin Heald Unwin Robt.
(& millr) |
Vickers Chas.,
Rye- croft Ward Jph.
Bennett Wilbraham
John, (& colliery
owner) Saw Handle Mkrs. Eades Thos. Fletcher Jph. Hague Joseph, White Cottage Lowe Hy. &
Leonard Scythe, &c. Mfrs. Biggin Thos. Bishop Thos. Fernyhough
Thos. Taylor Wm. Shoe Makers. Farnsworth
Jph. Flint John Lee Edwin |
Makin
Alexander Savage Thomas Shopkeepers. Bamford Thos. Coates Phillip
S. Parker Elijah Reancy John Omnibuses. Mr. Godber’s,
from the Hare & Hounds, to Sheffield, on Tues- days & Saturdays, at
9 a.m. A Buss from
Castleton to Sheffield calls at the Dore Moor Inn, on Tues. Thurs. & Satur. at 8.30 a.m., and leaves for Cas- tleton, in return, at 5 p.m. |
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TOTLEY
TOWNSHIP.
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Coulton John, gardener to J. J. Wheat, Esq. Green Jacob,
tailor Hill Geo.,
fire brick maker Hodgkinson
Sampson, millwright Padley Ann,
schoolmistress Tinker Tedbar,
& Co., manufacturing che- mists, Totley
Chemical works Ward Mr.
Joseph, Brook Hall |
Watson John,
blacksmith Wheat John
James, solicitor Inns and Taverns. Cross Scythes,
Job Green Crown, George Dalton Fleur De Lis,
John Green |
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Beerhouses. Elliott
Geo., (& mason & builder) Hattersley
Wm. Farmers. Allsop
Chas., Totley Hall Barton
John Baxby
Leta Fisher
Thomas, Hall Field Green
John |
Hill
Henry Hopkinson
Thos. Howard
John Mitchell
Jonth. Bents Newbold
Edw. Bents Pearson
Saml. Wainwright
John Saw Handle Mkrs. Green
Jas., (& joiner) Wainwright
Geo. Wainwright
Thos. |
Ward
Geo. Wragg
John Scythe Makers. Mountford
Geo., (and hay & straw knife) Wolstenholme
Geo. Shoemakers. Dalton
John, Bents Turner
Edwin Shopkeepers. Baxby
Leta |
Green
John Green
Keturah Green
Mary Wilkins
Thos. Coaches. The
Coaches to Bake- well, Buxton, Shef- field, &c,, call at the Cross Scythes Inn |