The Andrews Pages Derbyshire> This page Shirland, Derbyshire   Pigot & Co.'s Royal National and Commercial Directory and Topography of Derbyshire, Dorset ... (July, 1842), J. Pigot & Co., Fleet Street, London & Fountain Street, Manchester, pp.2-4   Genealogy & Local History Shirland Links [Part of the entry for Alfreton but only Shirland, Higham, Hallfield Gate and Stretton names have been extracted.] Abbreviations used by the webmistress - Hi = Higham | Sh = Shirland SHIRLAND is a parish, in the same hundred as Alfreton, two miles north by west from that town, situated near the railway before mentioned [the Wingfield, second class, station on the North Midlands Railway]. It contains the hamlet of HIGHAM, a place of great antiquity, and formerly a market town, but discontinued as such about 1785. The parish church of St. Leonard, contains several old monuments of the De Greys. The population of the parish is about 1,200, and that of Higham about half that number. GENTRY & CLERGY. Barlow Rev. Henry, Sh BLACKSMITHS. *marked thus are also farriers *Askew Thomas, Higham Eyre William, Sh Hill William, Higham Vardy Phillip, Stretton BOOT & SHOE MAKERS. Buxton Joseph, Sh Goodall Samuel, Sh Tomlinson Robert, Higham BUTCHERS. Tagg John, Higham CURRIERS AND LEATHER CUTTERS. Haslam William, Higham MALTSTERS. Alsop George, Higham MILLERS. Bonsall William, PARK MILL NAIL MAKERS. Haslam George, Higham SADDLERS. Lester Edward, Higham SHOPKEEPERS & DEALRS IN GROCERIES & SUNDRIES. Banks Mary, Hi Briffit Richard, Hi Bryan Joseph, Hi Hadfield Thomas, Sh Henstock George, Hi Turner William, Sh TAILORS. Hadfield John, Hi TAVERNS & PUBLIC HOUSES. Barley Mow, William Webster, Hi Black Bull, William Cheetham, Hi Greyhound, Sarah Widdowson, Hi Horns, George Holmes, Hi Plough, Samuel Cheetham, Higham Red Lion, John Hadfield, Sh Shoulder of Mutton, Js. Mather, Hallfiled Gate Wellington, William Simpkin, Sh White Bear, William Wainwright, Stretton RETAILERS OF BEER. Hadfield, Daniel, Sh Milner Elizabeth, Hi Riley Henry, Sh Rooth Samuel, Stretton WHEELWRIGHTS. Cheetham Samuel, Hi Simkin William, Sh Miscellaneous. Roberts John Shaw, tanner, Sh There is more information about Shirland on this website: Derbyshire's Parishes, 1811 The Gentleman's Magazine Library - Derbyshire to Dorset Wolley Manuscripts, Derbyshire for more information about Derbyshire deeds, pedigrees, documents and wills Shirland entry in Kelly's Directory for Derbys, Notts, Leics & Rutland, 1891. Entry is much more detailed than the above extracts Shirland Church, two photographs Our Genealogy CLAYs listed in Kelly's Directory for Derbys, Notts, Leics & Rutland, 1891 © 1996 - Ann Andrews (click link to contact). All Rights Reserved. Last Update: 14 March, 2008 About and Conditions of Use | Site Map, Genealogy and Local History | Links | Part of The Andrews Pages - www.andrewspages.dial.pipex.com