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(DERBY.] PINXTON. 120 POST OFFICE bells,----------------------------------------------------------------------------- and contains several ancient monuments, among plain and ancient building, and was erected by the last which is one to the memory of Edmund Horne, Esq., of Earl of Devonshire. In 1817 there were serious dis Butterley Hall, who died in 1673. There is a Parochial turbances here, and several houses were pulled down. school, built by a former Duke of Devonshire, and prin- CoDNOR GATE, CoNEYGREE (a Roman establishment), cipally supported by voluntary contributions. The Cat- WIRB MILL, W AINSGROVES1 and PBASB HILL, are vinists have a place ef worship here; it is a very places here. Maycock Rev. William [curate], Eley Edward, farmer, Wainsgroves Smedley Richard, farmer Vicarage Fletcher James, farmer, Asherfields Stanley George, miller, Pease hill TRADERS. Fletcher Jas. ' Spaniel Dog,' & carpntr Storer John, farmer Ash ton Jo11eph, boot & shoe maker Fletcher John, draper Sutton Robert, farmer Beighton John, fanner Fletcher Jonathan, miiJer Topham Edwin, grocer & schoolmaster Booth Ferdinand, farmer Fletcher Sampson, farmer Topham :Mary Ann (Miss), farmer Booth George, farmer Godber Anthony, farmer, Wire mill Turner John, blacksmith Booth Bugh, 'Deconshire Arm~,' &. Bicking James, farmer, Wainsgroves Turner Jonathan, blacksmith farmer Lowe John, farmer, Wainsgroves Turton Edwin, shoemaker Booth Job, farmer Machinl\lary(Mr8.),farmer,Codnorgate Watkinson Eliza (Mrs.), shopkeeper Booth Samuel, farmer Moore James, bricklayer Woore Joseph, tailor Booth William, farmer, Coneygree I Moore John, stonemason Letters through Bel per. The nearest Bowler John, farmer, Codnor gate Power John, butcher money order office is at Alfreton Parochial School, Edwin Topham, master PJ:NXTON, a township, railway station, and parish, in Esq.; tl1e Rev. Ellis Williams is the incumbent. The the Hundred of Scarsdale, Union of Mansfield, North church of St. Belen is a small building, standing on a Derbyshire, 3l miles east of Alfreton, 39 from Leicester, height in the middle of the parish, and consists of a tower, 6 south-south-west of Mansfield. and Uli from London, nawe, and chancel, in which are tablets to the Coke family. situate on the Erewash Valley railway, which has a station There are two Methodist chapels and a Parochial school. about three-quarters of a mile from the village, and on a Brook Hill Hall, the seat of D'Ewes Coke, Esq., the lord of branch of the Erewash canal, contained, in 1851, 943 the manor, is a large, handsome building, surrounded by inhabitants, and 1,240 acres of land. The Jiving is a rectory, well-planted grounds. Here are extensive coal works, in the archdeaconry of Derby, dioce8e of Licbfield, of the belonging to Messrs. Coke and Co. The land is chiefly annual nlue of £280, in the patronage of D'Ewes Coke, pasture. Nails are made here. Coke D'Ewes esq. Brook bill hall Elliott Benjamin, boot & shoe maker Marriott William, farmer Williams Re't'. Ellis Elliott William, t~hopkeeper Mycroft Ann (Mrs.), farmer TRADERS. Epperson Wm. 'Boat,' Pinxton wharf Reynolds Tbos. g"rocer, Pinxtoo wharf Bingham John, blacksmith Evans Thomas, farmer & postmaster Riley Jo~epb, New inn, & farmer, Bland James, farmer Farmsworth Richard, farmer Pinxton wharf Branston Josiah, farmer Fisher Thomas, blacksmith Sharley George, 'Sun,' l!r. farmer Chadbom Misses, ladies' boarding schl Goodall John, bricklayer & farmer, Shields John, farmer Cbadborn Becket Truman, manager of Pinxton wharf Smith Benjamin, nail manufacturer Pinxton collieries, Sleights Bill John, farmer Stoppard William, shopkeeper Clayton Henry, shopkeeper Hill Robert, farmer Straw William, shopkeeper & butcher Coke & Co. coal owners (Becket Tru- Hill Thomas, shoemaker Street Robert, nail manufacturer man Cbadburn, manager), Pinxton Knowles Israel, shoemaker White Ann (Mrs.), farmer collieries Langham Thomas, manager of coal Wild Elizabeth (Mrs.), shopkeeper Coup John, farmer works, Birchwood Wild Geo. blacksmith l!r. beer retailer Cree William, farmer & butcher Lomas Ralph, farmer Wild William, carpenter Cutler William, farmer ! Marriott Jamffl, farmer Yeoman Thomas, tiumer PosT OPPICB.- Thomas Evans, postmaster. Letters J thereto at 6 p.m. The nearest money order office is at arrive from Alfreton at l past 9 a.m. l!r. are dispatched Alfreton Parochial School, John Walker, master; Mrs. Elizabeth Walker, mistress p:r,m.a.s:r.mv, is a township and parish, and compact the lower mill was consumed in 1846; they have been and pleasant village on the road from Mansfield to Ches entirely rebuilt of stone, on a most extensive scale, each terfield, 3 miles north-west of Mansfield, 9 south-cast of mill being a handsome range of buildings; they furnish Chesterfield, in the Hundred of Scarsdale, Mansfield employment for 400 or 500 bands. The situation is a re Union, North Derbyshire, comprising, with Shirebrook tired nlley, through which the river Meden or Mayden and Stoney Houghton, 4,630 acres of laud, 224 of which winds its course for a mile, and previous to its reaching are woodland; the inhabitants at the last census were the first mill, it spreads itself into a wide sheet; both 654, but have considernbly increased. It appears a market water and steam power are employed in the mills. The was held here formerly on Mondays, but hns for many mansion of W. Bollis, Esq., at this spot, stands on a slight years been left off; the stone market-cross still remains eminence commanding a view of the river. On the north on the brow of the hill near the village. The church, St. east side of the lower mills are precipitous rocks, or ra Michael, is a long narrow building with an ill-proportioned vines of limestone. Near the mills is a dnily school, tower; the cbancel was rebuilt in 1847, and a new vestry promoted and supported by W. Hollis, Esq., more par room added; there is a very old yew-tree growing in the ticularly for the use of those who are employed at the churchyard. The living is a rectory, value £493, in the works; also a Mechanic's Instituteaud library of 500 books; gift of W. P. Thornhill, Esq.; the incumbent is the Rev. also a Sunday school well-attended, and the Methodists William Horace Thrupp, M.A., who resides near the are allowed to assemble in the school-room on Sundays church, and has 55 acres of glebe. There is a small for religious service. Two fairs are held for cattle, horses, school in the 'Village for both 11exes. Pleasley Vale is a and sheep, May 6th, and October 29th. There is a small romantic spot, extending 1! to 11 miles north-east of the chapel of ease at Shirebrook, 2 miles north-east, a plain Yillage, where are two extensive and handsome mills of Wil stone building, erected in 1843 at a cost of £1,000, liam Hollis, Esq., used for cotton and merino spinning; the and defrayed chiefly by private subscription ; Rev. two former mills were both destroyed by accidental fire, Thomas Cargill, H.A., curate. the first occurring on the last day of December, 1839, and STONEY HOUGHTON is a hamlet. Cargill Rev. Thomas, H.A. [curate], BeardJohn,bootmaker,StoneyHoughtn Dean George, boot &. shoe maker, Shirebrook Belfield Thomas, farmer,' Nag'• Head,' Sbirebrook Hollios William, esq. Pleasley vale & postmaster Dodsley Ann (Mrs.), farmer, Stoney Thropp Rev. Horace William, K.A. Bowmer Josph. farmer,StoneyHoughtn Houghtoo [curate] Bullifint William, farmer, Shirebrook Farnswortb Joseph, farmer, Sbirebrook TRADERS. CharlesworthJohn, parish clerk, Shire- Farnsworth Thomas, shopkeeper,Stoney Adams William2 boot ok shoe maker, brook Hooghton Shirebrook Dean Sarah (Mre.), farmer Flint J ames, grocer & farmer .