28 . . [KEtLY'B Post, M. 0. &i T. Office, .A.lvaston.-William H. Mose­ Retire in April, 1913. dale, sub-postmaster. Letters are received from John Close j Samuel Wildsmith at 4·5 a.m. & 1.30 & 5·30 p.m. ; dispatched at Thomas W arrert 9 & 11.30 a.m. & 1.3o, 2.55, 5·45. 7.3o & 8 p.m.; Retire in .April, 1914. sundays, 6.25 p.m • William Ford William Radford Charles Greatorex ALLENTON, in the hamlet; of. Alvaston, consists of about 150 houses, about I mile west-by-south from Retire in .April, 1915. Alvaston. William Chadwick I George Webb Smith • Parish Clerk of .A.lvaston, Orlando Smith; and of George Morley Boulton, WilHam Lowe. Officials. Clerk, William John Holbrook, solicitor, Exeter cham­ Post Office, .A.llenton.-William Beardsall, sub-post­ master. Letters through Derby received at 4.50 bers, Full street, Derby Treasurer, Samuel .A.ttwood, London City & Midland a.m.; dispatched 8.40 p.m. Nearest money order Bank Limited, Wardwick, Derby office is at Alvaston, Derby, &; telegraph office at Old Medical Officer of Health, William Henry Wright M.D._ N ormanton, 2 miles distant M.R.C.S.Eng. Cleveland house, Pear Tree road, Derb7 Wall Letter Boxes.-Alvaston street, cleared 7·45 a.m. Surveyor & Inspector of Nuisances, James Robinson, & 3.40 & 7·45 p.m.; Hardlow road, cleared 7·I5 a.m. :r253 London road, .A.lvaston & 4.10 & 8.25 p.m.; sundays, 6.30 p.m. &; Boulton, Collector, Herbert Varley Collins, Field lane, Alvaston cleared 8 a.m. & 4.20 & 7 p.m Schools. Police Station, John Dickson, sergeant Public Elementary, Allenton, purchased by the late Board from Mr. Alien, by whom it was erected & URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL. enlarged 1899; it will hold 245 children; average Council Room, Alvaston. attendance, 190; William Croall Walton, masterr Meeting day, 1st monday in month, 7.30 p.m. Publi() Elementary, erected, together with a master's • house, in x85g, at a cost of [,I,ooo, for 140, & since Members. ] enlarged for 200 boys, girls & infants; average attend­ Chairman, Charles Greatotex. ance, 165 boys, girls & infants; .Arthur Spencer, Vice-Chairman, George Morley. master; Miss Warden, assistant mistress ALVASTON. COMMEROIA..L. Mosedale William H. shopkeeper Annable Samuel, Orown hotel P. H. Radford Charles, milk seller PRIVATE B.BSIDElfTI. Allenton Selby Eliza Jane (Miss), shopkeeper, Annable Albert Edward, Salisbury ho. Austin Thos. shopkeeper, London rd 12 Alvaston street London road Bancroft Mary (Mrs.), farmer Sherwin John, shopkeeper, .A.llenton Battelle Arthur, Alvaston street Barker Eli, market gardener, Shelton Smith Isabella (Miss), dress maker, Bower Samuel, Woodbine cottage Lock London road Burton Mrs. The Pines Bloor George, butcher Smith Geo. Webb, farmer, The Hall Chappell Joseph, Oak vils. London rd Bosworth Charles (registrar of births Smith Philip, farmer Drew Charles, The Elms, London rd & deaths), Alvaston street Spiers Ellen (Mrs. ),shpkpr.London rd Garton Miss, The Elms Briggs Robert, farmer, Alvaston st Warren George, farmer Hairs Rev. Thomas Charles, Vicarage Chapman John, slwpkeeper White John, gardener Harrison David, The Grange Collins Herbert Varley, collector to Wibberley William, dairyman Ri11 Harry Frederick, Hawthorne, Urban District Council, Field lane, Wildman Wallace Charles, main road London road Alvaston surveyor for Derby district to the Holt Thomas, Linden Flowers Elizabeth (Miss), shopkeeper County Council Jordan Charles, The Limes Ford William, farmer, Wood Josiah, gardener Kirkham J sph. Monroville, London rd Frearson William,milk seller,Field la Wragg & Hamblin, bakers, Allenton Owen Arthur John, White cottage Greatorex Charles, farmer,Manor frm Wright Waiter, insurance agent Porter JO!eph, The Court, London Td Hamblin Harry, baker, see Wragg & Riley Thos. The Firs, London road Hamblin BOULTON. Sandwith Major Lincoln,Nunsfield ho Harrison David, farmer, The Grange, Holbrook Wm. John, Woodthorpe lo Skevington Mrs. The Walnuts London road Potter Rev. Henry Lynden M.A. Smith George Webb, The Hall Hatton Robert, fried fish dealer (vicar), The Vicarage Smith Hardy, Clovelly, London road Hicklin Hy. wheelwright, London rd Radford Richard Smith Herbert D. The Poplars Holden Jsph.chimney swpr.Alvaston st COMMERCIAL. Smith Jas. Thorn grange, London rd Holt Thomas, farmer, London road Greatorex Charles, farmer Spencer .A.rthur, Oak viis. London rd Johnson William & Richard, green- Gregory George, market gardener Taylor John, Osborne cot. London rd grocers, .Alvaston street Morley George, cattle dealer & farmr Thompson William,Branksome house, Lingard Albert, boot repairer Radford William Edwin, farmer London road Meakin Thomas H. Bridge inn, Shel- Sherwin Wm. & Sons, wheelwrights Warde Louis Philip, The Sycamores ton Lock Sherwin Joseph, farmer Wood Waiter, The Lodge Middleton Mary (Mrs.), shopkeeper Sherwin Percy, farmer Morley George, farmer, Alvaston st Stevenson John, farmer . AMBASTON, see Elvaston. A.MBERGATE, see Heage. APPLEBY is a township, formerly partly in and prin- (51 and 52 Vict. c. 41), the Derbyshire portion waa England and Wales) .Act, 1888" ASHBOURNE ASHBOURNE (or .Ashborne) (mentioned in Domesday Urban District Council was established. Under the Book as "Esseburn," and in Queen Elizabeth's time "Local Government Act, 1894.'' and the "Divided -styled "Ashburns"), on the slope of a hill, is a market Parishes .Acts, 1876 and 1882," by Lo.cal Governmen~ and union town, pari11h, township and head of a petty ses­ Board Order No. 32,243, the urban parts of Clifton and sional division and county court district ; it is the ter­ Compton, Offcote and Underwood and Sturston, were minus of the branch of the North Staffordshire railway added to .A.shbourne parish, thus making the Urban from Rocester, and has also a. station on the branch of district of Ashbourne one parish fur all administrative the London and North Western railway from Buxton; it purposes. The town has one main street running pa,;t is I47l miles from London by railway and 139 by road, and west, and a square open space to the north-Pa<~t, 23! from Burton, 32! from Ashby-de-la-Zouch, 30! from forming the Market-place: the house~ are nearly a·l built Derby by railway and 13 by road, 56! from Glossop, 11 of red brick and the street11 paved and lighted with gal from Uttoxeter and 9 south-west from Wirksworth, in from works situated in MayfiPiti road, the 1-''·uperty of the the Western division of the county, Wirksworth hundred, Ashbourne Gas Company ; the water supply is derived rural deanery of Ashbourne, archdeaconry of Derby and from wells in the neighbourhood. -diocese . of Southwell. Compton, which lies on the The church of St. Oswald, King and Martyr, so dedi· opposite side of the Hemnore stream, is now a part of cated, as appears from an ancient brass aflixt'd to one of the parish of Ashbourne. The town was governed by a the columns in the south transept, by Hugb de Pateshul, Local Board from 1868 until under the provisions of the Bishop of Coventry A.D. 1241, is a crucifonn building, "''Local Government Act, 1894" (56 & 57 Vict. c. 73), an consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, south aisle,