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390 WlRKSWORTH. . [ K~LLY'S , th'e 'interest to be divided on the 5th of March in 'each of Merry Oak, Southampton, is the impropriator. Hop. yoor, amongst such poor persons not receiving alms or ton was the property and residence of that Par. parish relief. . liamentary officer, Sir John Gell bart. who, when The almshouses for six poor men are near the Grammar Charles 1. had raised a royal standard at Not. school. tingham, proceeded to , assembled a strong The late Alfred Arkwright esq. of , pre­ body of troops for the Parliament~ and performed a con. sented about 8 acres of land, near Miller's Green, for the spicuous part throughout the war. There are extensive purposes of a. recreation ground, which also contains a stone quarries in the neighbourhood. In 1719 Sir Philip cricket ground. Gell bart. endowed 1Il1mshouses for four poor persons; Frederic Charles Arkwright esq. of Willersley, Mrs. and directed a rent-charge of £22 6s. yearly to be paid John B. Wood, of Henley Hall, Ludlow, the trustees of them out of his manor, called Griff Grange: they were Alfred Arkwright esq. (d. 1887), Joseph Wheatcroft esq. first occupied Sept. 1722. Hopton Hall, " mansion of Maj. Edward R. Leacroft, of Rowberrow Manor, Somer­ ancient origiR, is now the seat of Henry ClulIldos-Po:e. set, H. Chando·s-Pole-Gell esq. of Hopton Hall, Joseph Gell esq. J.P. Griggs esq. of Mountfield, Loughboro', and John Shaw Griff Grange, 2 miles north, formerly extra-parochia~ esq. of Rock Villa, Wirksworth, are the principal land­ is now included in this township. Henry Chandos-Pole· owners. Gell esq. is the principal landowner. The acreage i. The area of the township is 3,020 acres of land and 7 1,45°; ratea.ble value, £1,414; the population in 1891 of water; rateable value, £13,210; the population in 1891 was 99. was 3,725, which forms the urban district. ASHLEYH.A.Y is a township comprising several farms in Verger, Charles Hanson. the parish of Wirksworth, hundred of Appletree, 11 miles south-east from Wirksworth; it is bounded on the west by OALLOW is a. township in the parish of Wirksworth the line of railway and on the east by . Here and union of Ashborne, 2 miles south-west from Wirks- are Primitive Methodist and Wesleyan chapels. Lieut.• worth. H. Chandos-Pole-Gell esq. J.P. and H. lraltha~l Col. Albert Frederick Hurt D.L., J.P. of Alderwasley, who Walthall esq. M.A., J.P. of Alton Manor, are the sole is lord of the manor; Henry Walthall Walthall esq. of landQwners. The area. is 1,259 acres; ra,teab:e value,. Alum, Dr. Adsetts and Henry Swingler esq. D.L., J.P. £1,5°9; tbe population in 1891 was 68. of Edge Hill, Duffield, are the principal landowners. The HOPTON, with Griff Grange, form a township, in the acreage is 1,393; rateable value, £1,805; the population parish of Wirksworth, union of Ashborne, .the former 2 in 1891 was 173· ,' miles west-by-south from Wirksworth station, the latter ALDERWASLEY is given under a separate heading and about 2} miles. north-west. George Henry Errington esq. Biggin is annexed to Hulland. : OFFICIAL ESTABLISHMENTS, LOOAL INSTITUTION S &c. Post, M. O. &; T. 0., T. M. 0., Express Delivery, Parcel' Bonsall, Cromford, North Darley, Dethick, Lea &; Hol. Post, S. B. &; Annuity &; Insurance Office, Church st. lowny, Matiock, Tansley, Wensley &; Snitterton (South (Sub-Office. Letters should have S.O, DerbysJ:1ire Darley) added).-Mrs. Hannah Allen, postmistress URBAN DISTRICT OOUNCIL. Letters arrive from London &; all parts from Matlock Bath, at 5.30 a.m. &; from Derby 1&;5 p.m.; deliveries com­ Offices, Town hall. mence at 6.10 /I..m. &; 1.30 &; 5.30 p.m. Middleton, Meets 4th monday in the month at 6.30 p.m. Hopton, Carsington, Brassington, Alton, Bole Hill, Wig­ Councillors. well, Ashleyhay &; Alderwasley are supplied from here by Chairman, John Millington. rural postmen, who leave at 6.10 a.m. Box doses 8.20 • a.m. &; for mid-day dispatch at 12.30 (extra id. stamp, Retire in April, 1900. 12.45), &; for evening dispatch at 7.20 p.m. (extra id. John l\IilIington I Joseph Walker stamp, 7.4Q); dispatch on sundays, 7.10. Office is James Smith I open on sunday from 8 to 10 a.m. Money orders are Retire in April, 1901. granted &; paid frpm 8 a.m. till 8 p.m. daily, except on John Bown I WiIIiam Shaw sunday Charles Hanson Post Office, Bole Hill.-Mrs. Lavinia Lee, sub-postmis­ tress. LetteI'S received through Wirksworth 8.0.; Retire in April, 1902. dispatched 6,3° p.m. Postal orders are issued here, Charles Barker IChristopher Barker S)'monds but not paid. Wirksworth, I mile distant, is the near­ William Henry est money order & telegraph office Wall Boxes.-St. John street, cleared at 6.50 p.m.; Crom­ Officers. ford road, cleared 6.45 p.m.; Bole Hill, cleared 6.25 Clerk, John Gratton, 25 Cromford road !l.m.; Steeple Grange, cleared 6.40 p.m.; West end, Treasurer, T. E. Gandy, Crompton &; Evans' Union Bank cleared at 6.50 p.m Limited ~Iedical Officer of Health, Arthur Erdswick Broster COU:KTY MAGISTRATES FOR WIRKSlrORTH M.R.O.S.Eng. Coldwell street PETTY SESSIO:KAL DIVISIO:N. Surveyor, Sanitary & Water Inspector, Charles Henrr Hurt Lieut.·Col. Albert Frederic D.L. .Alderwasley hall, Lawton C.S.l Derby, chairman Collector, Francis DQxey, 22 West end Arkwright Frederic Charles esq. D.L. '\Yillersley, Crom- Superintendent of Water Works, Fire Engine, ;roseJlh ford, Derby Pickard . Blackwall John Bla.ckwall Evans- esq. Blackwall,Wirkswrth The council also conducts the business under the" Tech· Bowles Ohas. Eyre Bradshaw esq. The Lees, Wirksworth nical Education AcLs" by a committee; the science &i Chandos-Pole-Gell Henry esq. Hopton hall, Wirksworth art classes (day & evening) are held at the Gramma.r Menor Major Vernon Henry, Fairfield house, Quarndon, school, where there is a chemical laboratory Derby Swingler Henry esq. D.L. Edge Hill, Duffield PUBLIC EST.ABLISHME:XTS. Walker Capt. Edwyn, Rock house, Cromford, Derby Bole Hill Institute. Bole Hill (Joshua Luke Han, sec.) , Walthall Henry Walthall esq. :M.A. Alton manor, Idridge- Wirksworth Institute (George Lovegrove, sec) liay, Derby Cemetery, J. Gmtton, clerk to Urban District Council Wheatcroft George Hanson esq. Waltham ho. Wirksworth . Cottage Hospital, George Harvey L.R.C.P.Edin. &; Arthur Wheatcroft Joseph .esq. Miller's Green, Wirksworth E. Broster M.R.C.S.Eng. hon. surgeons; Miss E. Ark­ The 'Chairman, for the time being, of the Wirksworth wright, hon. sec.; Miss Ellen Penney, matron Urban District Council is an ex-officio magis rate County Oourt, held hi-monthly, at the Town hall: HiI' Clerk to the Magistrates, Ohristopher Barker Symonds, HOIior William Oecil Smyly Q.C., LL.B. judge; William Market place Sealy Fisher, regoistrar & high bailiff; G. E. Fox, Petty Sessions are held on alternate tuesdays at the Town chief clerk. The (ollowing places are within hall at II a.m. The following are the places in petty its jurisdiction :-Alderwasley, Aldwark, Alton, sessional division, viz :-Aldwark, Brassing-ton, Biggoin, Ashleyhay, Bent, Biggin Mill, Bolehill, Bonsall, Callow, Carsing-ton, Hopton & Griff Grange, Ible,Idridge­ Bow Wood, Bradborne, Brassington, Brassington hay &; Alton, lreton Wood, Kirk Ireton, Middleton-by. Moor, Breamfield, Callow, Carsing-ton, Cliff Ash, Wirksworth &; Wirksworth Coal Hills, Oromford, Oromford Station, Cuckoo 8ton& Matlock forms a separate petty sessional district in the Grange, Darley, , Darley Hill Side, Dethick, Wirksworth division &; includes the following places:- I Elton, Farley, Flash Dam, Forge, Godfreyhole, Gorser