The Andrews Pages Derbyshire> Kelly's Directory, 1891> This page Stanton-in-the Peak, Derbyshire   Derbyshire transcripts of Kelly's Directory from: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp. 305-306   Kelly's Directory, 1891 Previous Page Next Page Village Links Is the surname NUTTALL mentioned in your old Stanton wills or documents? If so, please email webmistress STANTON-IN-THE-PEAK is a township and village, and was formed out of Youlgreave into a parish in 1876, 2 miles south-west from Rowsley station on the Manchester line of the Midland railway, 4 miles south-east from Bakewell and 8 miles from Matlock, in the Western division of the county, hundred of High Peak, Bakewell union, petty sessional division and county court district, rural deanery of Bakewell, archdeaconry of Derby and Southwell diocese. The water supply is derived from springs rising in the neighbouring gritstone hills. The church, erected in 1839 by the late William Pole Thornhill esq. is a cruciform building, consisting of chancel, nave, transept, south porch and a tower at the east end with spire and containing a clock and 6 bells, dated 1838 : in 1883 a memorial window was erected by Major McCreagh Thornhill to Emma, daughter of the late Henry Bache Thornhill esq. and wife of F. S. Hurlock esq. and to her son; there are also two other stained windows, and the church affords 150 sittings. The living is a vicarage, with the chapelry of Birchover annexed, in the gift of Mrs. McCreagh-Thornhill and endowed by the late William Pole Thornhill esq. to the yearly value of £250, gross income £272, with residence near Winster, and held since 1891 by the Rev. James Edwin Jagger M.A. of St. John's College, Cambridge. There are Reformed Wesleyan and Primitive Methodist chapels here, and a small Reformed Wesleyan chapel at Stanton Lees. The cemetery here contains l½ acres. Stanton Hall, the seat of the Thornhill family, now occupied by Major McCreagh-Thornhill J.P. is a fine mansion, with several handsome terraces, and grounds are laid out with much taste ; the park contains about 130 acres, adorned with fine timber and stocked with deer: the carriage drive is 1 ¾ miles in length. Major McCreagh-Tbornhill is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The soil is light grit and sand; subsoil, stone beds. The land is principally in pasture. The area is 1,824 acres; rateable value, £3,210 ; the population in 1881 was 762 in the town ship and 818 in the parish. STANTON HILL SIDE is part of Birchover Street ; and Pillough and Stanton Lees and Congreave hamlets are in this township. Letters through Bakewell arrive at 9.30 a.m. Rowsley is the nearest money order & telegraph office. WALL LETTER BOX cleared at 5.40 p.m. Stanton Church of England School (mixed), erected in 1879 by the late Mrs. Thornhill Gell, for 150 children; average attendance, 96; George Sibson, master ; Mrs. Phoebe Sibson, mistress McCreagh-Thornhill Major Michael J.P. Stanton hall Jagger Rev. James Edwin M.A. Rowtor hall, Winster COMMERCIAL. Daniel Joseph, shoe maker Doxey Thomas, blacksmith Drabble Godfrey (Mrs.), farmer, Congreave Evans Chas. bailiff to Major McCreagh-Thornhill Fantem Richard, Farmer, Bower's hall Fryer Henry, carpenter Holmes, John, farmer, Congreave Holmes Walter farmer, Stanton Lees Prince John & Co. farmrs & stone mers Prince Albert, Flying Childers PH Prince Herbert, shopkeeper Siddell Charles, stone mason & farmer Siddell Charles jun, mason Siddell George, shoe maker Smith Samuel, farmer, Congreave Stevenson John, farmer, Stanton Lees Twyford Abraham, farmer & stone mer Twyford Ann (Mrs), farmr. & stone mer Webster George, head gamekeeper to Major McCreagh-Thornhill Wright Isaac, farmer [Note: spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.] Village Links More on site information about Stanton-in-the-Peak and the surrounding area Derbyshire's Parishes, 1811 Wolley Manuscripts, Matlock Also see Wolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire deeds, pedigrees, documents and wills Elsewhere on the Web GENUKI - Stanton Winster Ancestry Dawn Scotting has some information © 1996 - Ann Andrews (click link to contact). Transcribed March 2002 All Rights Reserved. Last Update: 28 February, 2007 About and Conditions of Use | Site Map, Genealogy and Local History | Links | Part of The Andrews Pages - www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com/