Codnor Park. [Derby.] Codnor Pab.K

DIRECTORY. 47 CODNOR PARK. [DERBY.] CODNOR PAB.K. is an extra-parochial liberty in the blast-furnace!l are constantly at work ; the company are also ecclesiastical district of Ironville, situate on the Erewa~h proprietors of the Butterley, Bircbwood, Codnor Park, Valley railway and the Ere wash and Cromford canals, dibtant Hart<~hay, Lanl{ley and Portland collierJe.._ The greater ]38~ m1les from London, 36 from Leicester, 3 from Alfreton portion of the population are employed by the company in south-east, and 5 from Belper north-west, in the Hundred. the works. There is a pottery for stone-ware. ALDBCAR of Morleston aud Litchcburch, Basford Union, Lichtield PARK, the residence of George Jessop, Esq., is situated berP. bishopric, South Derbyshire. Codnor Castle formerly stood The canals form a junction here; and the railway, which in an extensive park, coverin~r an area of 3,000 acres; it has a station here, is in direct communication with the workR appears to have been a large fortress ; part of the walls and and collieries in the neil!hbourhood. Ironstone, coal and foundations rPmain; it belonged to Lord Grey of Codnor, other minerals abound. The popalation, in 1851, was 73tJ; and after passing through several hands was hought, iu1712, acreage, 1,300; rateable value, £1,76!. Fraacis Wright, by SirS. Masters; it iJ now the property of the Butterley Esq., of Osmaston, and George Jessop, Esq., of Aldercar Company, who l1ave very extensive iron works here for the Hull, are the lords of the manor. smelting and manufacture of all descriptions of iron; four GENTRY. Daykin Samuel, farmer Wallis Joseph, farmer Jessop Charles Scott,esq. Aldecar hall Evans George, farmer Waiter~ James, draper Jessop George, esq. Aldecar hall Heanley Wm. Wright, beer retailer Whitehou~e William, New inn TRADERS. Holes James, tailor Winson Thomas, boot & shoe maker, & Bourne Joseph & Son, stone bottle Martin Thoma!', farmer beer retailer makers, & at Denby &. Shiplev Richardson Tboma~, farmer Wragge Thos. 'Crown,' Golden valley Butterley Company's Ironworks. Roberts Sarah(l\Irs.), tobacco pipe mkr Letters through Alfreton, which is Peter Bonrne, manager Smith Thomas, farmer also the nearest money order office Cartlidge George,grocer, Golden valley Thornley Wm. grocer, & at Ridding INSURANCE AGENT-Mutual Life, J. C. Royston, Stoneyford colliery COTON-In-tbe-ELMS is a township and chapelry in M.A., is incumbent. Here is a school supported by Lady the Hundred of Repton and Gresley, pari:-lh of Lullington, Wilmot Horton, of Catton Hall, who is also lady of the Burton-on-Trent Union, South Derbyshire, 6 miles south manor. The area isl,IOO acres, and the population, in 1851, from Burton-on-Trent, 2 north-west from Oakley station, 6 was 376. north-by-east from Tamworth, and US from London. The OVER FIELDs, Church Flats, and Crosses are in tbi11 chapel of ease to Lullington, newly erected, is a neat Gothic township. building, with a square tower; the Rev. Theodore Echalaz, Palmer Rev. Thomas Fletcber Thomas, farmer Mallaber Edwin, farmer TRADERS. Fletcher William, blacksmith Mallaber Hannah (Mrs.), tailor Atkins Benj. wheelwri~ht& blacksmith Goodall Thomas, plumber & glazier Mallaber John, collar maker Bach Sarah (Mrs.), farmer Hinckley George, farmer Redfem Thomas, shopkeeper Bach Thomas, farmer & maltster Hinckley James, farmer, Overfields Skermer John, farmer, Church :flats Barnes Thomas, 'Queen's Head' Holmes Abraham, 'Shoulder of Mut- Stonehouse James, shoemaker Crossley Thomas, shoemaker ton,' & butcher Turner Joseph, bricklayer Davis 1\'Iary (Mre.), farmer Hove Robert, miller & baker Letter~ received through Burton Dooley Sarah (Mrs.), miatress of Insley William, farmer, Crosses upon-Trent, which ia also the nearest Charity school Lest er William. 'Black Horae,' brick- money order office Emery Robert, farmer maker & carrier Charity School, 1\lrs. Sarah Dooley, mistress CARRIER TO & PROM BURTON-ON-TRENT-William Lester, every tbursday CB.ICH is a town, township, and extensive parish, 4! milPs the parish ; and at Whatstandwell bridge is a station west-by-south from Alfreton, 5 north from B ... lper, 2 north- belonging to the Rowsley btancb of the same line. This west from Awbergate station, I north from What!ltandwell railway and the Cromford canal pass along the south bridge station, 144 from London, 13! from Derby, 16~ from western border of this parish. TheButterley Iron Company Cbe~terfield, 28! from Nottingham, :32~ from Sheffield, 6'2 have extensive quarries here; and at Bull Bridge, near the from Leeds, 70 from Manchester, and 5 from Matlock. It Amber!{ate railway station, are the lime-works of the Clay contains the town~hip of Crich, in the Hundred of Morleston Cro:.s Corn pony, al~o Curtis and H arvey's gunpowder maga and Litchchurch, Belper Union, North Derbyshire, the zine. A market was formerly held there; there are still townMbip and chupelryof Tamley, and the township of Wes- fairs on the 6th of April and 11th of October, for sheep and sington. The entire parish contained, in 1851, 3,1170 inhabi- cattle, the latter of which is well-attended. The Duke of tants, and about 6,180 acres of land, ricb in mineral'~, a11d Devonshire, Earl of Thanet, Francis Hurt, Esq.,and several of every variety of soil. The are11 of the township of others. are lords of the manor. The yearly sum of £7 os., Crich ia 3,667 acres, and the population, in 1851, was 2,562. from Rev. Francis Gisborne's charity, is received by the The living i~ a vicarage~ in the arcbdeaconry of Derby vicar, and laid out in the purchase of flannel for the poor. and diocese of Lichfield, of the yearly value of £100, In 1562 John Kirkland left £2 per annum to the poor of this and iu the patronage of Sir Alexander Dixie, Bart. The parish for ever, which is distributed on St. Thomas' day. church of St. Michael is a handsome building, situated on a The Independents and Primitive Methodista have places of commanding height; it consists of a navf', chancel, and worship at Fritchley, 1 mile to the south-east, and the Pri aisles, wltb a tower containing 5 bells, surmounted by a mitive Methodists at Crich Carr. A National school has spire, and has several old monuments to the Dixie family. been recently erected, but for the present it is closed. On Here are places of worship for General B.tptists and Primi- Crich Stand, which has an elevation of about 700 feet, is a tive and Wesleyan Methodists. The inhabitants are prin- circular tower, 50 feet in height, erected by Francis cipally employed in the lead mine~, or lime-burning, and in Hurt, Esq. the adjacent quarries, which produce limestone of a superior P.LA.ISTOW, Lea Sbaw, Thorpe Hill, Wbeatcroft, Cod quality, a cousiflerable quantity bdng sent to London and dington, Potbouse, Bent Hill, Linway, Cliff, Parkhead, Manchester. The manufacture of stockings is also carried Amber Green, Hi~h Moor, Edge Moor, Chace, Calland, on to a considerable extent. Sickle sticks are made here. Over Holloway, Hollins, and Wakebridge, are places in the The Midland railway passes along the south-eastern side of township. GENTRY. IBlunstone Frank, butcher Bunting John, blacksmith, Wbat~taml Fletcher Mrs Boa~ Robert, farmer well bridge Jessop Michael, e3q Bollington Wm. boot & 11boe maker Bunting Robert, shopkeeper & tailor Saxton Leopold Richardson, esq Bower Charle~, miller, Bull bridge Burley Ann (Mrs.), Bull'6 Head inn, Smith Mr. Charles Bower Samuel,' Black Swan' & farmer, Whatstandwell bridge TRADERS. Bow mer John, farmer, Fritchley Burton Jeremiah, farmer & grocer Allsop John, jun. farmer, Plai:.tow gn Bowmer Joseph, farmer, Fritcbley Butler Samuel, farmer, L!nway lane Allsop Robert, carrier Bowmer Thomas, miller, Fritchley ButterleyCompany'• Quarrie•t Lime Alsop Luke, la.nd surveyor & bar master Bow mer Thomas, -.en. farmer, Fritchley Works, Peter William Bowne, agent, Arnott Thomas, farmer, Lea Sha.w B 1wn John, shovkeeper Bull bridge Askew John, ' Wheatsheaf,' Car Bradley Francis, farmer, Wbeatcroft Cheetham William, sbopkeepe1' Baker Chas. ' Wheatshe~t;• & farmer Broadhurst Ddmel, farmer, Coddington Chell George, millwright, Fritchley Barrott William, beer retailer, Fritl'hley Brown ThomllR, f~trmer, Pothou11e Chell John, millwright &: shopkeeper, Beswick Henry, furmer, Thorpe hill Bryan Hannah (Miss), filrmer, Bent hill Fritchley .

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