DIRECTORY. J DERBYSHIRE. HARTI~GTOX. 287 HADFIELD, see Glossop. HALLAM FIELDS, see Ilkestou. LITTLE HALLAM, see Ilkeston. WEST HALLAM is a parish with a station on the since 1907 by the Rev. Albert Edward Riland Bedford Dkeston and Derby branch of the Great Northern rail- M.A. of Brasenose College, Oxford. In 169~ Madam Ann war, 3 miles west from Ilkeston, 9 west from Nottingham~ Powtrell left the sum of £so, the yearly interest thereof 7 north-east from Derby and 133 from London, in the to be applied to the apprenticeship of one of the poorest Dkeston division of the county, hundred of Morleston scholars of West Hallam. The united charities for dis­ and Litchurch, Ilkeston petty sessional division, Shardlow tribution amount to about £3o yearly. West Hallam onion, Belper and llkeston county court, rural deanery of Hall, now (1912) unoccupied, a modern brick mansiont llkeston, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese of Southwell. situated on an e'IIlinence and commanding a very fine The Nutbrook branch of the Erewash canal passes the view of the surrounding neighbourhood, is the property e~ side of the parish. Tht>- church of St. Wilfrid is a of Francis A. Newdigate-Newdegate esq. M.P. of Arbury building of stone, consisting of chancel, nave with clere- Hall, Warw. lord of the manor and landowner. The soil 1tory, aisles, north porch and a massive embattled western is clay; subsoil, strong clay. The cliie'f crops are wheat, tower containing a clock and 6 bells, and a chiming appa- oats and beans and pasture land. The area is 1,356 ratos added in 1897 as a memorial of the Diamond Jubilee acres of land and 6 of water; rateable value, £5,165; of Her late Majesty Queen Victoria: one of the bells is the population in rgn was 777· of medireval date, the others dating from 16r8 to 1876; of Parish CleTk, William Gads by these three were given by the brother, sister and congre- Post, M. 0. & T. Office.-Miss Carolina Ann Hobson. gation of the Rev. C. J. Newdigate ·M.A. for 28 years sub-postmistress. Letters through Deorby arrive at rector of this parish, who died in r876; the fabric under- • 5.45 a.m. & 4.20 p.m.; dispatched at 12.45 & 7·35 • went a considerable and judicious restoration in I8SS : p.m. week days only the nave is separated from the aisles by arcades of three Wall Letter Box, cleared week days only at 7.15 p.m arches on octagonal pillars, the north arcade approxi- Schools. mating to the Early English and the south to the De­ corated style; the north aisle, continued eastwards, forms Free Grammar (boys), the Rev. John Scargill, formerly a chapel, opening into the chancel by a Decorated arch : rector of this parish, by his will dated Janua.ry 1oth, the tower seems to have been rebuilt by tilie Powtrells; 1662, left funds for building & endowing a Grammar the font is a ma&sive ootagon of the 14th century; the school for 66 boys, which wa.s opened in 1664; the clere.storr windows Tetain fragments of stained glass, school wa.s rebuilt in 1832, & in 1852 the tru.stees a18o probably figureos· of the apostles ; and there are other relics erected a school for girls ; by a scheme of the Charitr of the same kind in the chancel, the north chancel window Commissioners, dated 1876, & by another dated IgoB. having once been a memorial to Robert Alyn, rector here the income, amounting to £soo annually, is applied in 1483 ; the reredos and a stained east window were to the maintenance of 48 scholarships for boys & girls erected as memorials to Francis Newdigate esq. d. 1862, of £2 each annual value, tenable for boys only at the to whom there is also a brass in the north aisle, placed I school of the Foundation & for girls at any public ele­ by his tenantry; the organ, a memorial to the Rev. John me'Iltary school in the parishes of West Hallam, Dale Scargill, founder of the Free Grammar School, was opened Abbey, Stanley & Mapperley in which the instruction II October, 1864, being the 2ooth annive·rsary {lf the is in accordance with the doctrines of the Established foundation of the school : there is also a small stained 1 Church, this sum being apportioned at the rate of window to the same person; the whole of the remaining I one-half to the school of the Foundation & one-half to windows, except in the north aisle, are stained ; the I the schools of the other three parishes ; the amount lofty chancel arch incloses a screen of wrought iron; being expe'Dded either in tuition, clothing or other­ on the south side of t~e chancel is a small piscina, and wise, at the option of the governors; £1oo annually. on the opposite side a richly decorated altar tomb, set aside for exhibitions of the yearly value of £8 to dated 1598, under a canopy, with re cum bent effigies I £so for three years at various public schools, is also of Waiter Powtrell esq. and Cassandra, his wife: the included in the scheme; the ex-officio governors are chancel floor exhibits numerous memorial stones to the the lords of the manor, the rectors of We'St Hallam & rame f~p1ily, from 1474 to r669, and on the wall of the Dale Abbey & the vicars of Stanley & Mapperley; the tower is an inscription to William Darbyshire, of Stanley representative governors consist of two persons ap­ (1674); in the north chapel is a mural monument to pointed by the Parish Council of West Hallam & one Elizabeth, wife of the Rev. Henry Greatorex (1697), and each by the other three Parish Councils, two by the on the south side of the chancel an inscribed slab to the I County Council & one by the University of Sheffield; Rev. John Scargill, founder of the Free School (1662): the present school will hold about go boys; average the church Wills restored in 1855, and has 260 sibtings. attendance, 70, inclusive of those holding scholarships; The earliest register, a small parchment book, imper­ Ernest Edrick Raby, master fectly preserved, dates from the year 1538. The living Public Elementary (girls & infants), erected in 1Bs2, for is a discharged rectory, net yearly value £270, including 105 children; average attendance, 97; Miss N. F. 40 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of Francis Hiorns, mistress A. Newdigate-Ne'Wdegate esq. M.P., D.L., J.P. and held Railway Station, Harry .A.lgar, station master COMMEBCIAL. Hartshorn Moses, farmer PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Adams Archibald Crawford L.R.C.P. Hollingworth William, cowkeeper Adams Archibald Crawford & S.Irel Hollingworth Wm. Herbert, farmer Bedford Rev. Albert Edward Riland Barber Wm. White Hart P.H.Oommn Hunt John, blackllmith M.A.. (rector), Rectory Barker William Albert, farmer Lee Henry, cowkeeper Bramley William Boddy Charles, farmer Mapperley Colliery Co. Ltd. (Stanley Checkland Beaumont H.North End ho Boddy Ernest, farmer pit) Ford Mrs. Ashtead house Chamberlain Silas, cowkeeper Mee Harold, saddler Hart Philip Clough Thos. clerk to Parish Council Morris Richard, farmer Haynes Mrs. The Poplars Daykin Arthur, wheelwright & buildr Painter Joseph, butcher Hollingworth Herbert Derbyshire Charles, farmer Preece Henry, Newdigate Arms P.H Raby Ernest Edrick, The Gables Derbyshire John, butchr Reeve John W. farmer Robinson Saml. Sydney, The Poplars Flint George, cowkeeper Straw Frederick, joiner Trnman Mrs. The Laurels Free Grammar School (Ernest Edrick Topliss George, Old Punch Bowl P.H West George, Ethel villas Raby, head master) Topliss John, shopkpr. & wheelwright Wilkinson Mrs. W Hallam Harriet (Mrs.),shpkpr. & bakr Walker Thomas, farmer Williamson Liddle, Ethel villas Hancock Arthur, farmer West Hallam Colliery Co. Ltd. (Thos. Williamson Thomas, The Firs Hartley Frederick, cowkeeper Williamson, managing director) Hartley Thomas, cow keeper (postal address, Ilkeston) Hartshorn George, cowkeeper Wheatley Henry, farmer, Paddock. fm HANDLEY MIDDLE', NETHER a.nd WEST. See Staveley. RARTINGTON is a parish, consisting of four town- I will be found und~r the head of Burbage. The Nether 1hipa, namely, 'Middle, Upper, Nether, and Town Quar- Quarter has been formed into the ecclesiastical parish tera, of which Upper Hartington includes the hamle-t of of Biggin, and will be found under that heading. Har­ Burbage. The Middle Quarter and a portion of the tington gives the title of Marquess to the Dukes of Upper have been formed into the ecclesiastical parish Devonshire. t'f Earl Ste:rndale and will be found in this book under letter E. Burbage, another portion of the 'Upper Quarter, H.A.RTINGTON TOWN QUARTER is a township, in has also been formed into an ecclesiastical parish, which the parish of Hartington, on the borders of Staffordshire, .