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Kelly's Directory, Derbyshire, 1891> This page |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.276 - 277 |
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SOUTH NORMANTON is a parish, 2¼ miles east from Alfreton,
7 south-west from Mansfield, 1½ east from Alfreton station
on the main line of the Midland railway, in the Mid division of the
county, Scarsdale hundred, Mansfield union, Alfreton petty sessional
division and county court district, rural deanery of Alfreton, archdeaconry
of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The parish is well supplied with
gas and water. The church, supposed to have been dedicated to St.
Mary, is an edifice in the Decorated and Perpendicular styles, consisting
of chancel, nave of three bays, aisles, organ chamber and vestry,
south porch and an embattled Western tower with pinnacles and containing
a clock and 5 bells, dating from 1654 to 1813 : the doorway on the
south side is Norman and the porch Decorated ; the arcade of three
arches on two octagonal piers separating the nave and aisle is also
of this period, during which the greater part of the fabric underwent
much alteration: the windows are mostly Perpendicular, to which style
the tower also belongs, and may date from 1440 : the four crocketed
pinnacles were added in 1813: the chancel retains two piscinæ
in its south wall and has a stained east window ; there is another
stained window at the west end: in the north aisle is a large and
costly tomb to Robert Revel (1714) and Ann his wife, and in the porch
an incised slab of the 12th century : the church was entirely rebuilt
with the exception of the tower and north aisle in 1878, a south aisle
together with organ chamber and vestry being added, at a total cost
of about £3,000 ; during the restoration a very perfect priest's
door, with dogtooth mouldings, was discovered in the south chancel
wall : the church plate is of silver, and dates from 1713 : there
are 400 sittings. The register dates from the year 1540 and contains
a copy of the order for keeping parish registers. The living is a
rectory, average tithe rent-charge £203, net yearly value £290,
with residence and 39 acres of glebe, in the gift of the Rev. John
Bird M.A. rector of Walton, and held since 1871 by the Rev. John Cooke
Massey M.A. of Exeter College, Oxford, prebendary of Southwell, rural
dean of Alfreton and surrogate. There is also a chapel of ease, seating
120 persons, and a church Sunday school, erected in 1840. There are
Primitive and Wesleyan Methodist chapels and two Free Methodist chapels.
The Blackwell Colliery Company have coal pits partly in this parish.
Gisborne's charity of £6 12s. yearly, left by the Rev. Francis
Gisborne, sometime rector of Staveley, in 1818, is for clothing for
the poor : the Rev. Frederick Doveton's charity - being the interest
of £400 given in 1873 by Miss Doveton, in memory of her brother,
the late rector - is distributed among persons professing the doctrines
of the Church of England, at the discretion of the rector and churchwarden.
A Market is held here every Saturday. The parish is well supplied
with gas and water. Carnfield Hall, the seat of Vaughan Hobbs Radford
esq. is an ancient and substantial mansion in the Elizabethan style,
situated in a demesne of about 50 acres. V. H. Radford esq. and William
Sacheverell Coke esq. D.L., J.P. of Brookhill HalI, Alfreton, are
joint lords of the manor and principal landowners. The soil is mixed;
subsoil, chiefly clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats, turnips, clover
and some land in pasture. The acreage is 1,934 ; rateable value, £13,165
; the population in 1871 was 1,812, and in 1881 was 3,205. Parish Clerk, William Barrowcliff. POST & M. 0. 0., S. B. & Annuity & Insurance Office.- William Farnsworth, sub-postmaster. Letters arrive from Alfreton at 8 a.m. & 3.40 p.m. ; dispatched at 9-30 a.m. & 5.40 p.m. Nearest Telegraph office is at Alfreton. SCHOOLS :- A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1876 ; Henry Thurman, clerk to the board. Board School, erected in 1878, for 170 boys, 140 girls & 180 infants ; average attendance, 136 boys, 108 girls & 100 infants ; Charles Green, master ; Miss C. S. Jackson, mistress ; Miss E. W. Roe, infants mistress. The late National School is also utilized by the board as an intermediary (mixed) school; it will seat 160 ; average attendance, 120 ; Mrs. Dorothy Arch, mistress. CARRIERS :- Edwd. Birkin, to Mansfield every thurs. & Sutton every sat. William Naylor, to Mansfield every thurs. Branson Neville, The Common Gelsthorpe John, sen. Carter Lane house Massey Rev. John Cooke M.A. [prebendary of Southwell & Rural dean of Alfreton & surrogate], Rectory Radford Vaughan Hobbs, Carnfield hall Sampson Stephen, Prospect house COMMERCIAL. Alvey Thomas, blacksmith Alvey William, shopkeeper Bacon George, farmer Bacon James, butcher, Market place Bacon James, shopkeeper, The Common Bacon Samuel, butcher, Church street Bailey Joseph Machin, Devonshire Arms P.H. & farmer, High street Ballard Walt. Elijah, fishmonger, High st Bardill & Barker, boot & shoe rnakers, High street Bent William, Shoulder of Mutton P.H. Bingham John Joseph M.D. surgeon Bingham William, Miners' Arms P.H. Bircumshaw William, draper, milliner, clothier & general outfitter ; & large assortment of hats, caps, ties, collars &c. ; millinery in the latest fashions ; funerals completely furnished ; Manchester house & at Newton Birkin Edward, greengrocer, High at Bradshaw Enoch, stationer, Alfreton rd Brooks Herbert, grocer, Church street Brown & Hudson, furn. dlrs. Alfreton rd Burdett Charles, tailor, hatter, hosier, woolen drpr. & gen. outfttr. Market pl Bust Frederick, shopkeeper, Bride st Charles Edward, beer retailer & shopkeeper, Market place Dannah Joseph, shopkeeper, Water la Daykin Arthur Lomas, butcher, High st Dakin George, farmer, The Common Dakin Wm. farmer & corn dIr. High st Draper Robert, grocer, Market street Dronfield Fras. Wm. shoe maker, High st Drury Geo. draper & beer ret. Alfreton rd Elliott Joseph, hair dresser Ellis James, grocer, High street Farnsworth William, chemist & druggist, & agent for W. & A. Gilbey, wine & spirit merchants, & insurance agent, Post Office, High street Fletcher William, grocer, Berestow pI Flint William, greengrocer, Water lane Fox John Godfrey, draper, Water lane Gelsthorpe John & Sons, maltsters & brick makers Gelsthorpe Jn. sen. frmr. Carter Lane ho Gelsthorpe John, jun. miller (wind) Gent Edmund, farmer Gent Herbert, farmer Gent William, farmer Gibson Richard, shopkeeper, New st Gibson Wm. draper & clothier, High st Goodall Arthur Wm. beer retlr. Church st Goodall William, beer retailer Greensill Edward Merrick, chemist, druggist, dentist & accoucheur Hardy Joseph, shopkeeper, Alfreton rd Haslam Chas. provision dealr. Alfreton rd Haslam William, draper, High street Haywood Joseph, shopkeeper, King st Hemsley Arthur, draper, Church street Henson Jn. beer retlr. & btchr. Church st Herrod Geo. thrashing machine owner Hill George, shopkeeper Hill Joseph, shopkeeper, High Street Jenkins Aaron, pork butcher, High st. Jenkins Richard, shopkpr. Alfreton rd Limb John, stone mason, The Common Machin Joseph, Devonshire Arms P.H. High .tree Malvey William, shopkeeper, High st Mansfield John, shopkeeper, New street Marriott William, farmer Mart William, shopkeeper, High st Martin James, beer retailer, High street Merry Thomas, tailor & draper, High st Mugglestone Stephen, farmer Newsom Arthur, grocer, High st Page Abraham, stationer, Victoria st Page William, builder Palethorpe Richd. grocer, Alfreton rd Patten Wm. hair dresser, High street Peat Geo. plumber & gasfitter, High st Prime Wm. watch & clock ma. High st Prince George, shopkeeper Raynes Sidney Herbert L.R.C.P. Lond. physician surgeon, Church street Renshaw Thomas, shopkeeper Scales & Sons, boot & shoe mas. High st Shardlow Henry, butcher, High street Simeon Edward A. assistant surgeon to Dr. John J. Bingham, Alfreton road Slater George, farmer Smedley Edwin, tripe dresser Smedley Geo. carpntr. & buildr. Church st South Normanton District Permanent Land Society Limited (Charles Tomlinson, sec) Spencer lsaac, beer retailer Spencer Octavius, White Hart P.H. Church street Stock William, shopkeeper, Ball hill Strickland Rebecca (Mrs.), grocer & provision dealer, Market street Swann Fletcher, Prince of Wales P.H. Water lane Tarven Ephraim, shopkeeper, New st Taylor George, shopkeeper & agent to the Refuge Assurance Co. New street Taylor Gervase, shopkeeper & coal dealer, New street Taylor Matthew, grocer, Water lane Thompson Henry, Swan P.H. Thorpe Robert, shopkeeper, The Common Thurran Hy. clerk to the school board Tomlinson Charles, shopkeeper & rate collector, Ball hill Vardy William, shopkeeper, High st Wainright John, shopkeeper Walker Samuel, beer retailer, High st Ward Solomon, confectioner, High st Wass Thomas, miller (wind) West Aaron, smallware dealer, High st Weston Richard, builder, Alfreton rd Wilkinson William, beer retailer Wright Mary (Mrs.), farmer, Hill top Yeomans William, agent to the Queen Fire & Life, Alfreton road [Note: spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.] |
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