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DIRECTORY.] DERBYSHIRE. OSMASTON. 329 gift of Sir Peter O. Walker bart. and held since 1880 by distance of the manor frequented by flocks of wild fowl. the Rev. Lancelot Nicholson. A vicarage house was and a fine herd of Wapiti or American elk is kept in one erected on the ground adjoining the churchyard in 188!. of the parks. Sir Peter C. Walker bart. is lord of the ! reading room was opened at the School in 1873, and is manor llnd the principal landowner. The soil is mixed; well supplied with daily papers, periodicals and magazines, subsoil, gravel and clay. The land is chiefly kept in pasture and also has a. library containing 650 volumes. Here for dairy produce. The area is 1,250 acres of land and 18 are charities amounting together to £9 lOS. 8d. annually; of water; rateable value, £2,376 10S.; the population in the vicar and churchwardens are trustees. 1891 was 264. Osmaston Manor House, the seat of Sir Peter Sexton, John Fielding. Carlaw Walker hart. D.L., J.P. is a noble mansion of dark Post, M. O. &:, T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel blue limestone, with dressings of gritstone, situated on Post, S. B. & Annuity &:, Insurance Office. John Harvey an eminence commanding extensive views of the pictur- Fielding, sub-postmaster. Letters through Ashborne esque scenery around, and is surrounded by large and arrive at 7.45 a.m.; dispatched at 5.15 p.m. week days well-kept pleasure grounds covering an area of abont 35 only acres; considerable improvements have been made within National School (mixed), erected for 100 children; avel'- the last few years, and in 1887 a billiard room was age attendance, about 60; Walter Charles Beeby, mas- added: there are four lakes with islands within a short ter; Mrs. Charlotte Hannah Beeby, mistress Bateman Mrs. The Oottage Brownson William, steward to Sir Hellaby William, farmer, Church Hall Mrs. Rose cottage Peter Oarlaw Walker bart Jackson Fdk. farmer, The Glebe fIm Nicholson Rev. Lancelot (vicar), The Charlesworth John, farmer &:, carpentr Kirkland Hannah (Mrs.), farmer Vioarage Collins Augustus, head gamekeeper to Reading Room (Sir P. O. Walker bart. Walker Sir Peter Carlaw bart. D.L., Sir Peter Oarlaw Walker bart. president; W. C. Beeby, sec) J.P. Osmaston manor Copse hill Smith William, farmer, Blake house COMMERCI.U.. Fielding John, farmer, New house Taylor Charles, shoe maker Bagshaw Brothers, farmers & coal Fielding John Harvey,shpkpr. Post off Taylor Charles, jun. clerk, Osmaston merohants, The Pastures Francis Richard &:, Son, farmers, White Estate office Bardney William, head gardener to Meadow farm Watkinson Emma (Mrs.), Shoulder of Sir Peter Oarlaw Walker bart Green Edward, farmer Mutton P.H. & farmer Brown Wm. farmer, Osmaston fields Hand John, farmer Wayne Wm. frmr. The Grange farm OS:MASTON (near Derby) is a parish I! miles south- Osmaston Hall, formerly the residence of the Re\". east from Derby (Midland) railway station, in the Sir George Lewis Wilmot-Horton bart. (d. 1887), is a Southern division of the county, hundred of Repton and mansion of brick and stone standing in a park of 250 Gresley, Derby county court district and petty sessional acres, containin~ a small lake, and was erected in 1696; division, Shardlow union, rural deanery and archdeaconry the fine collection of paintings and other works of art of Derby and diocese of Southwell. By Local Govern- have been removed and the house and grounds, which ment Board Order a detached part of Osmaston was are well wooded and command some fine prospects over transferred to Spondon in 1884. The church of All the surrounding country, have been sold to the Midland Saints is an ancient edifice of stone, consisting of chan- Railway Co. for about £86,000. The soil is light loam; eel, nave, vestry, south porch and an eastern: turret.con- subsoil, gravel and mar!. The land is principally in taining one bell, and is the successor of a church or pasture. The area is 844 acres of land and 7 of water; chantry of NorG1&n origin existing here in II27; it is rat.eable value, [10,105; the population in 1881 wa'S 14I chiefly Early English in style, but some portions of the and in 1891 was 2,067. Norman. church still r~main: the. ea~t window, ~f Late Sinfin Moor is a parish, in the hundred of Appletree, P~rpendicular date, WIth a trefoil lIght abo,:"e It, one union of Shardlow. The area is 83 8 acres; rateable 'WIndow on the north and one on ~he south SIde of the value £1,072 ' the population in 1891 was 38. chancel and two on the north SIde of the nave, are '. ' stained; in the chancel is a carved tablet of alabaster, Pal'lsh Olerk, George Rodgers, 4 Eton street. inscribed in Latin to Sir Nicholag, Wilmot kt. ob. 1682, Wilmorton Town Sub-Post &; M. O. 0., S. B. &:, Annuity besides several others of later dates, to the same family; & Insurance Office, Lond.on road.-Fred. Sherwin, sub- there is also a mural monument of marble to the East- postmaster. Letters delIvered through Derby 5 times 'Wood family, with dates from 1846 to 1874: the pulpit daily; dispatched at 9·40 a.m. &; 12.20, 1.40, 3· 15, 5.30, is of Blane, finely carved: the church plate includes an I 7.45 &; 9..50 p.m.; sunday, 7.25 p.m. Nearest telegraph Eliza~than chalice, a paten of Queen Anne'.s time and office, 1IIdland road, Derby a pewter flagon of 1629: the church was. restored in A School ~ard of 5. me~bers was formed 27 Marcll, 1880-1, at a cost of £644, and has 120 sIttings. The 1890; NlCholas TWlgge, lun. clerk to the board; W. register dates from the year 1743. The living is a rectory, Moore, attendance officer net yearly value£IIo, including 62 acres of glebe and resi- Board School, erected in 1892 a~ a cost (i?cluding site) dence, in the gift of Sir Robt. Rodney Wilmot bart. and o£ £4,000, for 143 boys, 143 guls &:, 166 mfants; 3ver- held since 1867 by the Rev. George Tisdale Hutchinson, of age attendance, 140 boys, 140 girls &:, 160 infants; Universitv College, Oxford. Here is a Wesleyan Mission William McCarthy, master; Miss J. Marsden, mis- chapel built in 1890. tress; Miss J. Redfearn, infants' mistress PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Gibson Henry, cbmmercial traveller, Smale James .A. Admiralty overseer of Hntchinso'll Rev. Thomas Edward Wilmot terrace, London road ~achinery, 14 Portland villas Mundy RA. (curate) Green George, but?her, London ro.ad SmIth Thomas, shopkpr. 5 London I'd Hlltchinson Rev. Geo. Tisdale, Rectory Gre~nhough Georgma (Mrs.), mId- Snel~on Alfred Henry, shopkeeper, WIfe, 2 Taylor ~treet Chfford streE't COMMERCIAL. Grice Wm. confectioner, London road Soar William Godfrey, clerk, 15 Port- !lien John, grocer, London road Harrison Mary plrs.), dress maker, land villas, Osmaston road !lmey !mos, milk dairy, London rd London road TweIls Arthur M. postal telegraphist, Archer Daniel, farmer, Sinfin moor Haviland Edwd. shopkpr. CliffOI'd st 7 Oaremont terrace, London road Ault .Henry, fishmong-er, London road Hayes Walter, shopkeeper, Taylor st Twigge Nicholas,superintendent regis- AverIll Leonard, farmer Hodson John Henry L.R.e.p. & trar, 6 Portland villas Bancroft Joseph, butcher, Rugby street L.R.C.S.Edin. surgeon, London road Twigge Nicholas, jun. clerk to the Bennett Vincent, butcher, London I'd HouIt Herbert, butcher, London road school board &:, registrar of births k Blackwell Edwin, Portland hotel Juffs Fdk. provision dlr.:'I T..... ondon I'd deaths for Shardlow sub-district, 6 Bott Selina (Mrs.), grocr. Dickemon st Lamb Samuel, grocer, Olifford street Portland villas Bower Wm. Navigation inn, & f.,rmr Lather Henry, jun. coal dealer, Lon- Walker Alfd. greengrcr. London road Capes Arthnr, tobacconist, London rd don road WanfoI'd Albert James, police consta- Collnmibell Joseph, boot maker, Bow- Leigh Alfred, boot maker, Archer st ble, 13 Archer street mer road &; London road ILeuty Harry, milk dealer, 3 Eton st Whysall Hannah Elizabeth (Mrs.). Craigie David, draughtsman, 9 Port- )'loffatt James, clerk, 10 Portland vils tobacconist, London road land villas Moore Alfred, shopkpr. Selborne st Wilcockson Wm. chemist, London road Derby Co-operative Provident Society PaIlitt Wm. hair dresser, 4 London I'd Willgoose Joseph, farmer Limited, London road Piggin Joseph, farmer, Sinfin moor Wilson Richard, cattle dlr. London rd Dummeller Charles, draper,London rd Sherwin Frederick, chemist &:, grocer, Wilson Thomas, farmer, Park farm Fletc'her Fredk. coal mer. Clifford st Post office, London road Woollatt Danl. farmer, Sinfin moor Frost Herbert, gTeengrcr.2 London rd Simmons Sophia (Mrs.), shopkeeper &; Wrig'ht Thomas R. watch maker. Gadsby Edwd. provision d~r.Taylor st beer retailer, Clifford street Dickenson street PACKINGTON, a parish formerly partly in this county, is now wholly in Leicestershire. :PADFIELD, see Glossop..