The Andrews Pages Derbyshire> Kelly's Directory, 1891> This page South Darley (Wensley), 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. 107-108   Kelly's Directory, 1891 Previous Page Next Page Village Links SOUTH DARLEY (or WENSLEY) is a parish, formed 20 Aug, 1845, from Darley, and comprises the hamlets of OAKERSIDE, DARLEY BRIDGE, CROSS GREEN, and SNITTERTON ; and is 153 miles from London and 4 north-west from Matlock, in the Western division of the county, hundred and county court district of Wirksworth , Matlock district of Wirksworth petty sessional division, Bakewell union and rural deanery, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. The parish is connected with North Darley by a bridge over the Derwent, and is governed by a local board of nine members, formed in 1863. The church of St. Mary, erected in 1843, is a building of stone, in the Norman style, consisting of a chancel, nave of one bay and a tower on the south-west, containing one bell : the chancel was added in 1886: there are 150 sittings. The register dates from the year 1845. The living is a vicarage, net yearly value £105, including 10 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the rector of Darley, and held since 1882 by the Rev. John William Watney Booth M.A. of Pembroke College, Oxford. There is a Wesleyan chapel at Wensley, and another at Oakerside, built in 1854. The Oakerhill and Cross Green inclosure charity of 97 acres, let at £213 13s. yearly, is applied in part payment of the poor rates, the ratepayers paying a very small rate for the remainder. The parish participates with North Darley in Garratt's and Gisborne's charities. Ann Phynney's charity now consists of four cottages in Wensley Dale for the poor widows. In the parish is a lead mine, one of the richest in the kingdom. Miss Ashworth is the principal landowner, and Frederic C. Arkwright esq. J.P. of Willersley, is lord of the manor. The soil is loam; subsoil, limestone. The chief crop is grass. The acreage is 2,005 ; rateable value, £3,823 ; the population in 1881 was 679, chiefly employed in mining. Parish Clerk, Charles Allison. POST OFFICE, Wensley.- Miss Mary S. Harrison, receiver. Letters are delivered at Wensley by postman from Matlock Bath about 9.40 a.m. (Cross Green and Darley Bridge about 9 a.m.) ; dispatched at 6 p.m. week days only. Winster is the nearest money order & telegraph office. Postal orders are issued here, but not paid. LETTER BOX at Bridge Town, , cleared at 6.10 p.m ; Oakerhill, at 6.30 p.m. LOCAL BOARD The Board meet at the Schoolroom, Cross Green, the first thursday in the month at 6.30 p.m.Clerk & Collector, John K. Coleman, Wensley Treasurer, B.W. Millward, Matlock Bridge Medical Officer of Health, Matthew Cantrell, Winster Surveyors of the Members of the Board, Inspector of Nuisances, John J. Coleman, jun. Wensley School (mixed), built by subscription in 1862, for 97 children; average attendance, 95 with a Sunday school attached; George Frederick Porter, master PRIVATE RESIDENTS Alvey Samuel, The Beeches, Oaker side Bentham Henry, Cross green Booth Rev. John Williams Watney MA [vicar], Vicarage, Cross Green Brown Miss, Wensley hall Ellis Thos. Beech Tree house, Oaker side Shaw James, Prospect cottage, Wensley Sleigh John J.p. Eversleigh Vickers Jonathan, Rock villa, Wensley Walters Thomas, Brook vale, Oaker side Whittaker Hy. Derwent co. Oaker side Wright Tom, Bank house COMMERCIAL Allen William, farmer, Cross green Allsop Hy. Red Lion P.H. & farmr. Wensley Alsop Anthony McLean, agent to the barmaster for the soke and wapentake of Wirkswrth Armistead Robt. farmer, Snitterton hall Brailsford James, shopkpr. Darley bridge Butler Abraham, house decorator & painter, Snitterton Carline Herbert, shopkpr. Darley bridge Clay Adam, farmer, Wensley Clay Benjamin, farmer, Wensley Clay William, shopkeeper, Wensley COLEMAN JOHN KEANE, tea dealer, grocer, draper & general warehouseman, & clerk & collector to the urban sanitary authority, Wensley Coleman John K. jun. inspector of nuisances, Wensley Dale John (Mrs.), farmer, Savinghay Derbyshire John, farmer, Wensley Hadfield William, farmer, Oaker side Hardy William, farmer, Wensley Harrison Mary S. (Miss), shopkeepr, Post office, Wensley Haynes Jn. carpntr. & farmr, Oaker side Hill, Joseph, farmer, Darley bridge Monk John, Three Stags' Heads P.H. Mountney William, farmer, Snitterton Petts George, manager to the Mill Close Stoop Lead Mine Potter Chas. wheelwright, Darley bridge Potter Jane (Mrs.), farmer, Wensley Potter Jonathan, wheelwright Potter Joseph Marsden, farmer, Wensley Reading Room (John K. Coleman, jun hon. sec.), Wensley Sheldon James Meakin, farmer, Tearsall Stafford Maria (Mrs.), shopkpr. Snitterton Stevenson John, mineral agent & assistant overseer, Wensley Stevenson William, farmer, Oaker side Wagstaff George, farmer, Wensley Wain William, farmer, Cowley hall Walker William Henry, tailor, Derwent View, Oaker side WASS & SON (trustees of) (Anthony M. Alsop, agent), Mill Close Stoop Lead Mine & Smelting Works, Lea Young Francis, farmer, Oaker side [Note: spelling, case and punctuation are as they appear in the Directory.] Village Links More on site information about Wensley and the surrounding area Derbyshire's Parishes, 1811 Wolley Manuscripts, Matlock now includes the Wensley deeds in Volume 6669 Also see Wolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire deeds, pedigrees, documents and wills Elsewhere on the Web GENUKI - Wensley Wensleydale Peter Dell's website about this Derbyshire parish © 1996 - Ann Andrews (click link to contact). 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