36 ATLOW. DERBYSlURE. [ KELLY'S . Wall Letter Box in Rectory wall cleared at 3.30 p.m. dren; average attendance, 18; mpported by 8ubscripo- week days only. Letters through A~hborne arri....e tion; William Dunnett, master; a Sunday school is about 9.30 a.m. Hognaston is the nearest money .:Jrder aho held here office & Ashborne the nearest telegraph office Carriers.-Bnrdis, to Del'by, every fri.; Walker, ttt National School (mixed), erected in 1863, for 60 cllil- A,hborne, ~ut Sheldon Rev. James, Rectory Edwards John, farmer Riley Thomas, farmer Booth John, farmer Fearn J osiah, farmer Tomlinsol1 Thos. farmer, Hall fields Burdis Thomas, farmer Heaton Edward, farmer Twigge Geo. "'illiam, farmer, Shayl' COX on George, farmer Hill Robert, farmer Twigge J n. Geo. farmer, Atlow Ir.oat Coxon Mary (Mrs.), farmer & miller Lamb William, wheelwright Walker ~Iary Ann (Mrs.), farmer (water), Atlow mill Melland John, farmer, Atlow Wen \Ynolley Joseph, farmer AULT (or Hault Haucknall) is a ment, hung as to its upper walls with fine Gobelins widely scattered village and parish with a station at tapestry; it contains a statue of Mary Queen of Scots, by Rowthorne, on the branch of the 1.fidland rail- Westmacott, a full length figure of Henry VIII. and way, 3~ miles from station on main line of oYer the fire-place the arms of the countess: on the .Midland railway, 7 miles south-east from Chesterfield first floor is the chapel, partly hung with tapestry, fur­ Ilnd 5!. north-~est from ManSlfield. The parish inclu.des rushing examples of very early embroidery: the pre­ Hardwlck, Stamsby, , Rowthorne and Astwlth. ..ence chamber, or state room, is a splendid apartment, and is in the Chesterfield division of the county, union 65 feet long, 33 wide and 26 high; the upper portions a'1d county court district of Mansfield, petty sessional of the walls are covered with pargeting in highly-coloured division of Chesterfield, hundred of Scarsdale, rural relief, and the lower hung with the finest tapestry; deanery of Chesterfield, archdeaconr~- of Derby and. Mary Queen of Scots' room is so called from its con­ diocese of Southwell. The church of St. John the Bap- taining the bed and other furniture used by that queen tist, situated at the northern extremity of the parish, while a prisoner from 1568 to 1584, in charge of the Earl is a building of stone in the Norman and Early Engli~h and Countess> of Shrewsbury at Sheffield and Tutbury styles, consisting of chancel with south or Hardwick chapel, castles, Wing-field manor and Chatsworth: the picture nave, aisles, vestry, and a low central battlemented gallery is a noble room 170 feet long, 40 feet wide and tower, with pinnacles at the angles, containing 5 bells, 26 in height, lighted on one side by IB windows, each. 4 dating from 1590 W 1664 and the 5th 1B87: the nave 20 feet high; on the opposite side are two chimney is separated from the narrow north aisle by two semi- pieces of various marbles, reaching to the cornice; the circular Norman arches, and at the east end of the nave, ceiling is ornamented with a geometrical design in opening to the crossing, is a fine Norman arch of con- rai8€d plaster, and the walls are covered with fine tapes­ siderable span: the ext-erior of the church also afford.. try, some of it of very early date, but almost hidden many evidences of its Norman origin, the most remark- by the pictures; in this gallery and the variouS! other able being the tympannm of the west doorway, now apartments are numerous historical and family portraits. built up, which is carved with rude mythological figures: The old hall, which adjoins the present mansion and is the west window and naVe and chancel roofs are Decor- . now in ruins, was the family .seat of the Hardwicks, ated, and the remainder of the church, including the and here" Bess of Hardwick" wai born in 1519; this tower, Perpendicular: in the Hardwick chapel, beneath II.ccomplishpd lady was married four times-to Rohert a plain slab of black marble, is the tomb of the philo- Barley esq. Sir William Cavendish, ancestor of the Dukes sopher Thomas Hobbe!>, known all "Hobbes of Malmes- of Devonshire, Newcastle and Portland, Sir William St. bury," born there 15 April, 1588, and subsequently tutor I.oe and lastly (18 Nov. 1590) tD George, 6th Earl of to the 2nd and 3rd Earls of Devonshire and to the young: Shrewsbury, and died 13 Feb. 16°7: the park extends Prince Charles i his most famous philosophical work was over 620 acres, and contains sDme old oak and other the celebrated "Leviathan," but he is better known to trees and is stocked with deer. The Duke of Devon­ readerS! as the author of a descriptive Latin shire K.G., P.C. is lord of the manor and principal land­ poem called "De Mirabilibus Pecci;" he died at Hard- owner. The soil is a light mixed; subsoil, clay. The wick Hall, 4 Dec. 1679, aged 91: at the east end of the chief crops are wheat, oats and barley. The aerea!!e chapel is the wmb of Anne (Keighley), wife of William, is 4,300; rateable value, £10,660; the population in first Earl of Devonshire, ob. 1628, and in the chancel a 1891 was 1,3 8B . slab with inscription in brass to Richard Pallison or Parish Clerk, William SneH. Pauson, a. former vicar of Hucknall, dated 1536 : the Ch- · II 1 th' th· th Letters are forwarded from esterfield. all Letter chape1 retams a 8ma a mery; . ere IS ana er In e B H d . kId t k"'v d 1 . 1 d' th hIE 1 E li h . . ox, ar WIC , C eare a 4· 4'i p.m. wee ays on v; north all' e, an Hl e c ance an .ar y ng s plscma; H d t ft I d t - k d I T'h . th t . f t f . t 11 ax So, c earl' a 3.5 0 p.m. wee ays on v. e In eves ry IS a ragmen 0 an anCIen screen, as we t d & t 1 h ffi . t H 'th " 1 ft' th t' d f th th neares money or er e egrap 0 ce IS a· ea as the ongma on: In e eas wm ow 0 . e sou chapel are the remains of good ancient stained glass, Schools. with precatory inscripti?ns, to John Savage, ~ichard A School Board of 7 members- "Was formed in 1893 for PaUSOIl and John Hardwlck (152B), father of ElIzabeth, the United District of , , &; CountesS' of S~rewsbury, and the emblazoned coats of Heath, A. Barker, Prin~ss street, Chesterfield, clerk Savage, Hardwlck and others: the church was restored to the board who are (1895) erecting a school at and reseated in 1887 by the present Duke of Dev?n~hire , K.G., P ..C., at a cost of £2,650: there are 250 IllttH~gS. Board School, Rowthorne (mixed), for 50 children; The ~e~ste: dat~s from the year. 1660 for all entne~. average attendance, 25; Mrs. Sarah Snell, mistress T~e livmg IS' a VIcarage, average trthe rent-charge £74, Doe Lea Colliery, erected in 1885, for 80 children; aver- ~Ith 46 a:cres of glebe ~alue £D.v., net .yearly value £126, age attendance, 35; ~Iiss M. A. Williams, mistress ' l~ the gIft of the Duke o,f ev.onshlre K.G. and held Free, Stainsby, founded in 1729 by Mr. Thomas W"hiteo smc~ ,1893 by the Rev:. Frederlc:r-- Brodh.urst ~.A. of head, & endowed by Mr. John PhiHips in 1734 with Colle~e, Chnst s CambrIdge, who 18 also vIcar of. Heath, £40 lOS. applied to the payment of the master & the ,where he reSIdes. The SUlll of £3 3 8 • 6d. belll~ the purchase of books; this endowment has been increased mterest of £~05 18s. 2d. left by Mr. ·W. De~rey, ~s to by a subsequent bequest of £6 lOS. from the Re,. be annua.HY gIven at Easter to th~ poor of thIs, pansh. F. Gisborne, of Staveley; the school holds 80 boys 1;.; Hardwlck J:Iall, a se.at of the Duke ?f Devonshlr~ K. G., girls; average attendance, 70 ; \Villiam Snel!, master P.C. er~cted m the reIgn of Queen Ehza~eth by ElIzabeth Church of , Hardstoft, built in 1854, for 80 (~ardwlck), Co~ntes~ of Shrewsbury, IS a noble .man- children; average attendance 6o· Miss Elizabeth !Own of stone WIth SIX towers, the number and SIze of Brunt mistre ', the "Windows giving it a peculiarly elegant and striking , ss appearance: the great hall is a lofty wainscoted apart- Railway Station, Rowthorne & Hardwick Devonshire Duke of,K.G., P.C., LL.D. Brunt James, jun. farmer, Eaton Geo.carpenter to the Hardwick Hardwick hall; & Devonshire house, Brunt John, farmer, Hardstoft Hall estate Piccadilly W; Reform, Brooks' & Cartwright Joseph, farmer, ..&stwith Farnsworth Elizh.(Mrs.), farmr. Hagg Devonshire clubs SW & Oity Liberal Cartwright Sam!' farmer, Hardstoft Farnsworth Wm. farmer, Stainsby club EC London Clay Edward, butcher, Hardstoft Fisher Edward, farmer, Rowthorne Alexander Rev. Jas. Fredk. (curate) Clay Edwin, farmer, Hardstoft Fisher Thomas, farm bailiff, Sheep- COMMERCIAL. Clay Sarnpsun, Shoulder of Mutton bridge Coal Co Bee John, tobacconist, Hardstoft P.H. & farmer, Hardstoft Fretwell Edward, farmer Blanksby John, farmer, Ast"With Clay 'Villiam, farmer, Timber lane Fretwell Geo. flour dealer, Stainsby Blanksby William G. Hardwick inn Clayton Robert, farmer, Timber lane fretwell John, farmer, Stainsby Broadhead. Thos. carpenter, Stainsby CDX Wm. Saniforth, farmr.Rowthorne Fretwell Louisa (Mrs.), frmr.Stainsby Brown John, farmer, Hardstoft Cutler Thomas, farmer Fretwell Mary (~rrs.), farmr.Stainsl,y