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• DIRECTORY.) DERBYSHIRE. CROMFORD. 133 ~ ..AshleyJohn William,King's Arms P.H Martin William, hair dresser Farnsworth Waiter, blacksmith Ashton Thomas, grocer Mellors George, boot repairer Godfrey Cyril, florist Bingham Steddon, farmer, Edge farm Mercer Alfred, chemi!t &; grocer Green J. &; Co. apartments Birch Ernest Wilfred, saddler & bar- Oldknow Samuel, grocer Hinds Thomas, Wheatsheaf P.H ness maker Parr's Bank T.imited (sub-branch to Lockie George, farmer,Thurlow booth .Boag Henry Basil, agent for the Clay Helper); opened tues. &; fri. n a.m. Momltney Herbert, Derwent commer- Cross Co.'s Cliffe quarries to 2 p.m. ; draw on head office, Bar· cial hotel Bowmer Jas. Jovial Dutchman P.H tholomew lane, London E 0 Peacock Ann & J. (Misses), drapers Bradley's, clothiers Payne Joseph, contractor Peacock William, grocer Brocklehurst Hy. farmer, Fishpond Platts Thomas, farmer, Parkbead Rackstraw Harry C. coal merchant Brown David Matthew,BlackSwan htl Radford John, farmer, Hollins farm Sanders John E. butcher Brown George, boot maker Radford Thos. farmer, Cotton farm, Sims John, farmer Burton Emily (Mrs.), farmer, The Wheatcroft Wadsworth Waiter, shopkeeper Common Rankin Hy. Joseph M.B., C.M.Glas. Wright Samuel, coal merchant Butterley Co. (The) (John P. Hamil- physician &i surgeon tYates Fredericlr, farmer ton, mgr.); quarries, Hilt quarries Ripley Provident Industrial & Co- Olay Cross Company's Cliffe Quarries operative Society Ltd. (branch) FRITCHLEY & BULL BRIDGE. (Henry Basil Boag, agent) Ross Alexander, shopkeeper (Postal address, via Ambergate). Clayton Waiter Robert, Cliff inn Boss Ellen Evangeline (Mrs.), dress Cooper Joseph, baker maker, Crich common PRIVATE RESIDENTS •• Crich Reading Room (H. Dyson, sec) Slack Henry, farmer & carter,Hill top Else Charles Joseph, Bull Bndge Critchlow Thos. Isaac, farmer, Edgmr Slaney George, farmer, Carr farm, Evan_s Waiter, Bull Bridge Crooks Sherbrooke, farmer, Plaistow Wheatcroft Ha.m1lton John Pakeuham Dakin Charles C. butcher Smith Ann (Mrs.), butcher & farmer Mason Moses William, Beech house, Dakin Thomas, farmer, The Bower Smith George, farmer, Crich cross Bull Bridge Dakin Waiter, farmer, Wheatcroft Smith James, shopkeeper Parkin John J Dawes Robert, draper Smith J oseph Roe, wheelwright Sargent Miss, Fernside Denny Lucy (Mrs.), frmr.Church frm Smith Samuel, Hull's Head P.H Wake Henry Thomas, Chestnut bank Derwent Valley Water Board (G. Southern Charles William, chemist Cooper Drabble, engineer) Sulley Joseph, greengrocer,Market pl COMMERCIAL• .Dore Samuel, farmer, Plaistow Taylor John, joiner Allsop James, farmer, Wingfield Park Fantom Arthur, boot & shoe maker Taylor Percy P. butcher farm, Fritchley Farries William, draper Taylor Thomas (Mrs.), farmer, Rock Ambergate, Crich, Bull Bridge & Gaunt Samuel, farmer, Glebe farm Terrace farm Fritchley Gas Light & Coke Co. Gibbons Daniel, farmer, Wheatoroft Taylor Vaughan, butcher, The Mount Limited (John James Parkin, sec.; Gretton Benj. farmer, Wheatcroft Thorpe Freeman, farmer, Plaistow Walt. Theodore Maskrey,manager); Hallam Waiter, shopkeeper Thorpe Thomas, farmer, Plaistow hall works, Bull Bridge Hartshorn John, farmer,Plaistow grn Turner John, farmer, Wheatcroft Bowmer John, farmer Haslam Alfred, collector of rates, Twigg George, farmer, Chase Butterley Company's Quarries & Lime Crich Common Vernon Thomas Henry, farmer Works Lim. (John Pakenham Hamil- Hawkins Sidney, farmer, Chuckstone Wetton Thomas, carter ton, agent), Bull Bridge Haynes Bros. builders &; contractors Williamson Thomas, farmer, Plaistow Davidson Georgo, grocer, draper &c Henshaw Arthur, painter Willmot Charles, blacksmith Derbyshire Jesse,farmr.BarnCiose ft.frmm Higton Mary Ann (Miss), stationer, Wilmot Robert, farmer, Chase Else Chas. Jsph. farmer, Bull Bridge Post office Wilton John, farmer,Wakebridge fatm Fletcher Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Hollingsworth Samuel, beer retailer Wragg John, news agent Fritchley Willia.m, farmer Holm~s William, shopkeeper CODDINGTON, CRICH CARR & Humphrey Mary(Mrs.),grocr.Fritc:Wey Hopkmson J. (Mrs.), frmr.Wheatcroft WAATSTANDWELL Lock Hy. Lord Nelson P.H.BullBridge Jenkinson Joseph, farmer, Plaistow • Lynam Frederick J. Red Lion P.H Kay Arthur, manager to Richard Marked thus* are Coddington. Lynam James, shopkeeper, Post office Johnson & Nephew Ltd. Amber- Marked thus t are Crich Carr. Lynam Saml. farmer, Wingfield park gate wire mills, West leigh (letters Without a mark are Whatstandwell. Marriot George, boot &; shoe maker · through Ambergate, Derby) PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Radford Joseph, farmer, Fritchley King Harry, farmer, Home farm Bunting Joseph, Eden bank Radford Samuel, farmer Lee Brothers, grocers, Victoria house tCooper Mrs. W. Hill, Ludway Bank Radford Jn. W. Canal inn, Bull Brdg Lynam Thomas, Rising Sun P.H Deac.:m Maurice J.P. Chase cliffe Rowe Henrietta (Mrs.), beer retailer Lynam Wm. farmer, Moorwood moor Kirk William, Cliff villa Sayles Jsph. Fredk. shopkpr.BullBrdg Macdonald Geo. Godfrey M.D., C.M. tTaylor Edward, Carr cottage Slack George, farmer,Mount Pleasant, surgeon & medical officer & public COMMERCIAL. Fritchley vaccinator Crich, Lea & Holloway *Barber Joseph, farmer Stevenson Franllls & Co. dyers & district, Belper union Bryan John, farmer, Bent hill cleaners, Bull Bridge Marshall Arthur, famter,Plaistow grn Clarke Charles William, draper Wake Henry Thomas, dealer in anti- Marshall Arthur, grocer Dawbarn Yelverton Brothers, steam quities, Chestnut cottage Marshall Frank, farmer, Lea Moor joinery works & moulding mills, Watkins Arthur, farmer, Fritchley Whatstandwell Williamson William, farmer 'CROMFORD is a town and parish, with a station on of the Jubilee of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria and the Manchester line of the Midland railway, half a mile the centenary of the church: there are 350 sittings. south from Matlock Bath, 2 miles north from Wirks The register -dates from the year I797· The living is worth and 142 from London, in the Western division of a perpetual curacy, net yearly value ;/;3oo, including 26 the county, in the hundred, petty sessional division acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of F. C. Ark and county court -district of Wirksworth, Bakewell ~right esq. and held since 1901 by the Rev. Alfred union, rural deanery of Wirksworth, archdeaconry of Thomas Hnmphreys M.A. of Jesus College, Oxford. l>erby and diocese of Southwell. The High Peak rail St. Mark's chapel of ease, erected in 1877 at a cost of way to Stockport, now the property of the London [3,ooo, consists of chancel and nave only, and has 200 and North Western Company, terminates in this parish sittings: it is served by the parochial clergy, and has by a junction on the main line of the Midland railway an attached cemetery. Here also is a Wesleyan to Manohester. This line, together with the Cromford Methodist chapel. In 1662 Lady Armyne left a sum canal (communicating with the Erewash canal near of money for six poor widows, who now reside in alms Langley Bridge) and the Midland railway, affords houses, snd J. C. Arkwright esq. further endowed this facility for the conveyance of coal, minerals and lime charity with a sum of £2,500, which enables each in -stone to various parts of the kingdom. The ecclesiastical mate to receive ss. per week. There are other charities parish was formed 19 March, 1869, from the parishes amounting to about £13 yearly. In 1771 Sir Richard of Wirbworth and Middleton. The church of St. Arkwright kt. established a cotton factory here, the Mary, erected and endowed by Sir Richard Arkwrigh\ first in the kingdom, and in 1789 purchased the manor kt. about 1797, is a small edifice in the Gothic style, and erected spacious mi11s, a portion of which was eonsisting of chancel, nave and a square tower contain destroyed by fire 7 Nov. 1Bgo. Here are Hill's brewery ing a peal of tubular bells : it was restored and con and color works. The "Greyhound Hotel" is tliderably improved, both internally and externally, in pleasantly sitTnated in the centre of the town. Near the year 1858, by the late patron, Peter Arkwright Cromford Bridge is Willersley, the seat of Frederic esq. an<l further restored in 1897, in commemoration Charles Arkwright esq. D.L., J.P. lord of the manor .