DIRECTORY.] . BRETBY. 65 principal landuwner is Nicholas Geoffery Charlton esq. I there are ISO sittings, all being free. The register dates of Chelwell Hall; there are also some smaller owners. from the year 1707, an entry being made in 1842 t.:> the The soil is sandy loam; subsoil, clay. The ch:ef crops effect that no registries except burials and weddings are wheat, barley, grass and roots. The area of the coming to Wilne were kept in this record Ilince 1710. township is 1,480 acres; rateable value, £7,965; the The living is a rectory, annexed to Breaston. Risley Hall population in 1891 was 882. is the residence of Ernest Terah Hooley esq. Robert Parish Cle.rk, John Hales. Posnett Stevens esq. is lord of the maIl{)r, who with E. Post Office.-Matthew Plackett, SUb-postmaster. Letters T. and T. Hooley esqs. are the principal landowners. The are received thruugh ; arrive at 5.30 a.m.; dis­ area of the towllship is 1,152 acres; rateable value, patched at 6.45 p.m. !Postal orders are issued here, but £2,269; the JXlpnlation in 1891 was 248. not paid. The nearest money order '& telegraph office Parish Clerk, James Wood. is at· DraycottJ Post & Telegraph Office.-"~Irs. Mary Ann Plumb, sub­ School (girls & infants), erected in 1857, and since pn­ postmistresi;. Letters are reoeived through Derby; larged for 140 children; average attendance, 100; Mis,s arrive at 7 a.m.; dispatched at! 7.20 p.m. Postal orders Lizzie Edwards, mistress are is/sued, but not paid here. iy the neare~t Carrier.~Henry Stevenson, to , wed. & sat; money order office. to Derby, fri Schools. RISLEY is a township, I! miles from Sawley station In 15 83 Sir "\Hchael Willoughby fuunded three schools, and 1~ miles fmm Sandiacre, on the Erewash Valley a Latin S'Chool for 25 boys, English for IIO boys & railway. The church of All Saints is an ancient edifice a girls' ,school for 62 scholars, i& in 1718 Mrs. Elizabeth of stone in the Early English style, erected in 1593 and Grey gave two residences, one for the Latin master &:i consecrated in 1632 , and consists of chancel, nave, north one for the English master,& much increased the endow- ai~le, south porch and a tower with pinnacles containing ment: the schvols are free for the children of Risley &; 3 bells, dated 1690 and' 1790: a peal of 8 tubular bells seven neighbouring parishes, namely, Breaston, Sandi- were added in 1893: there are stained windows to the acre, , Stanton-by-Dale, Wilsthorpe, Dray- late Rev. John Hancock J\LA. and Roberta Mary, his cott, Little Wilden &; , the master of the Latin wife, late of Hisley Hall, and another to William Hay- school receiving £150, the, master of the English school hurst Hall, the late rectar'~ brother, d. 16 Fe,b. 1864: £80 &; the mistress of the girls' school £40 yearly the font consists of an alabaster bowl, supported on a Latin, Rev. Charles Westley Grove,s M.A. late ~cholar square pedestal of the same material: an oak screen, (\: exhibitiuner of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. beautJfully. carved" soeparates the nave from the chancel: master the organ was the gift of Miss Skipworth, late of Risley English, .lames Hollingworth Goodwin, master Hall: the church plate includes a paten and' two alms Girls', Miss Hannah Cresswell, mistress plates, with the arms of Willoughby, and is dated 1632-3: Carrier.-Arthur Speed, to Nottingham, daily BREASTON. Elliott Edwy, shopkeeper Ward Robert, farmer Gamble Urban, farmer &; ·,;oal c.caler Warren George, farmer PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Hallam .lames, farmer "'insen Edwin, Chequers P.H Castlehow Mrs. The Villas Hare Henry, relieving officer &; rullec- Woodward Bros. bakers & grocers Chappell Misses tor to the guardians for the Spondun 1I Dolman John district, union, .& V'accina-I RISLEY. &; Domleo George, Middlestead hunse bon, school attendance enquiry PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Elliott Henry, Gladstone house officer, Mona house Forman Mrs. 'fhe Villas Harriman Enoch, farmer, High fields Arnold William, 'fhe Cottage Gawn Rev. WilfredWilson B.A. (cur3t·~) Hatherley Miller, farmer Brothers Arthnr George, The Ferns Gregory Charles, Bridge house !Hind George, farmer Cliff Arthur Winrow, Fairmead Harper Mrs. The Villas :J ames Job, shopkeeper Goodwin James Hollingworth (master­ Harrison Mrs. The Firs IJ owett Edwin, ironmonger of Risley English school) Harrison Thomas C. J. The Firs Lee 'Villiam, boot maker Groves Rev. CharleS! Westley M.A. Hill Miss ~Ierry Thomas, farmer (head master of Risley Latin school} Jackson John Foster, Hawthorns Newbold Joseph, farmer HooIey Ernest Terah, Risley hall Macdonald Harry, The Villas Nurse James Howe, tailor Hooley Terah J.P. Risley lodge Macdonald Lemuel, The Elms Peters Herbert, building surveyor to' Hutchinson Thomas Marshall Arthur, Ryehill house , Petersruhe Jackson William, 'White honse Middleton Omar Plackett .lames &; Son, farmers Massey Rev. John Cooke M.A. (rector,.. Oakley Harwood Plackett Alice E. & Ann :M. (Misses), canan of Southwell &. surrogatet Peters Herbert, Petersruhe dress makers Rectory PlackettJ, Harry Plackett Charlotte E. (Miss), dress ma Russell Mrs. Bostock lane Plackett William, Gladstone villa Plackett Frederick, shoe maker Yabs William Sissling Poxon Mrs. Hartington house Plackett .lames,shopkeeper &:; plumber, Shipley Henry, Brookfield villa &; assistant overseer &:; !'atF collector COMMERCIAL. Smith Andrew, Ivy house &; collector of income tax & clerk tn Bagsbaw Samuel, shoe maker Smith Graham the parish council Beals Thomas, Blue Ball P.R Watson Mrs. Breaston house Plackett Matthew, sub-postmast"r Buckingham George, farmer,Manor ho- Watson William John, The Olives Plackett Sarah (Miss), dress maker Bunting .Tas. farmer,Peat MeadoW' frm Wigglesworth Mrs. The Villas Plackett William, warp net maker Cooper Reuben, farmer COMMERCI.AL. Salt Robert, butcher Dawson Stephen, blacksmith &; farmr Abbott Charles, farmer Shaw Rhoda (Mr~.), shopkeeper Daykin William, farmer Abbott G1lorge, painter Shipley German Wheatcroft, C0mmer- Eyre Hy. Jas. farmer, Goldbrook farm Bates Mary (Miss), dress maker cial traveller, Brookfield house Hawley Hannah (Mrs.), farmpr Breaston Co-operative Stores Limited. Slater Thomas, farmer ::\IerrimanThomas,farmer,Paradise CGt (Miss Eliz:a Rowland, manageress) Smedley Frederick, miller (steam) Piekering Joseph, farmer Chappell Ethel (Miss) &; Harper :Edith Smith Graham, surgeon Plumb :r-.lary Ann (Mrs.), shopke2per,. (Miss), ladies' school Smith Henry, butcher & limb-postmistress Chappell Jsph.Wright,frmr.& lndownr Stevenson Henry, carrier Reeve John 'Vinrow, farmer Cholerton MarY' (Mrs.), dress maker Stevenson Henry, wheelwright Saville 'Walter, farmer &:; shopkeeper Stevenson John Flint, farmer Speed Arthur, carrier, Salshury cot Cooper Eliza (Mrs.), Navigation iun Stevenson Sam!. blacksmith &; farrier 'Yard Robert, farmer, Park Drake William, Bull's Head P.H Stevenson William, wheelwrigilt Woodcock Arthur,farmcr,Maywood fm BRETBY is a chapelry in the parish of Repton, 2i Countess of Chesterfield, and consists of chancel, nave, IIliles south from Repton, 10! south-east from Derby, 3i north aisle, south porch and a low tower at the west east-by-north from Burton-upon-Trent railway station, end, containing 5 modern bells: the east window is a in the Southern division of the county, hundred of memorial to George Augustus Frederick, 6th Earl of Repron and Gresley, Repton petty sessional division, Chesterfield, d. 1 June, 1866, and there are similar union and county court district of Burton-upon-Trent. memorials to George Philip Cecil Arthnr, 71h Earl of The church of St. Wystan is a small but handsome Chesterfield, d. 21 Od. 1883, and to hill sister and edifice of stone in the Early English style, entirely re- heiress Evelyn, 1st wife of Henry, late Earl of Carnar­ built in 1877-8, at the cost of £3,845, by the Jate von; she d. 27 Jan. 1875: there is also a tablet to Benja- DERBYSHIRE 5