Pigot & Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835
“Winster and neighbourhood”
Transcriptions by Rosemary Lockie, © Copyright 1996 WINSTER, although but a chapelry to Youlgreave, and now an inconsiderable village, was once a market town of some note. It is six miles from Bakewell, and 13 S.W. from Chesterfield, situate on the old road from Ashbourn to the latter town, and midway between the river Derwent and the Cromford and High Peak railway, about three miles from each; with the latter of which a branch communication is contemplated. It consists of one street; the houses of which are but mean buildings. The church, which is dedicated to St. John, is a neat building, with a square tower, and is nearly covered with ivy: the living is a perpetual curacy, in the gift of the freeholders; the Rev. Walter Shirley is the present incumbent. There are no tithes, for upon an enclosure of some waste lands, a portion was set apart for the minister in lieu thereof. The other places of worship are a chapel each for the primitive and Wesleyan methodists. Thomas Eyre, Esq. in 1717, bequeathed £20. per annum for the instruction of twenty poor children; and Robert Moore, in 1718, left an annuity of £5. for teaching five more. In the neighbourhood are several barrows, in one of which, opened in 1768, two glass vessels were discovered, containing some clear, but green-coloured water, a silver bracelet, some glass beads, and other trinkets. The market, which is entitled to be holden on Saturday, and the fair on Easter-Monday, have fallen into disuse. The inhabitants are chiefly employed in the mining business:- the number in the chapelry, by the returns made to the government in 1821, was 928, and by those in 1831, 962. POST OFFICE:- William Ashton, Post Master:- Letters from WIRKSWORTH arrive every evening at seven, and are despatched every afternoon at five. GENTRY & CLERGY.Brittlebank Messrs. Andrew and Benjamin (attorneys) Brittlebank William, esq. Flint Mr. John (surgeon) Shirley Rev. Walter Toplis Mr. Ralph Worsley Charles Carroll, esq. PUBLIC HOUSES. Angel, Richard Roberts Bowling Green, Mary Staley Bull's Head, James Bateman Crown, William Sellors Miners' Standard, Henry Roberts Shoulder of Mutton, Joseph Taylor SHOPKEEPERS & TRADERS. Allen George, schoolmaster Allen James, shopkeeper Allen Thomas, confectioner Ashton George, joiner Ashton Joseph, boot & shoe maker Ashton William, shopkeeper Barker Jonathan, tailor Barker Samuel, tailor Bateman Benjamin, butcher Bateman James, boot & shoe maker Bateman Joseph, butcher Beardsall John, wheelwright Boam George, leather seller Boam John, shopkeeper Bradley William, shopkeeper Burton Anthony, blacksmith Burton Joshua, blacksmith Caldwell Henry, butcher Caldwell Josiah, butcher Dore Henry, butcher Durden Benjamin, boot, &c. maker Foxlow Hannah & Son, shopkeeper Gregory Anthony, plumber & glazier Gregory Benjamin, stone mason Hadfield Joseph, lead merchant Hawksworth John, boot, &c. maker Hawksworth Thomas, saddler Haynes Thomas, baker Heathcote Saml. & Co. shopkeepers Heathcote Wm. plumber & glazier Henstock John, wheelwright Hill William, druggist, &c. Lomas George, tailor Longden Jane, linen draper Marsden, Benjamin, baker Marshall William, tailor Marshall William, jun. tailor Moseley John, fishmonger Newton George, day school Raworth William, hardwareman & leather seller Reins Anthony, joiner Reins John, wheelwright Reins Ralph, blacksmith Rouse George, boot & shoe maker Sellors William, slater Simpson John, butcher Spencer Samuel, butcher Stiff Benjamin, boot & shoe maker Wild John, boot & shoe maker Wilson John, watch, &c. maker Witham Francis, tin-plate worker Witham Samuel, shopkeeper Woolley Jane, tallow chandler and shopkeeper CARRIERS. To CHESTERFIELD, John Durden, every Saturday. To SHEFFIELD, William Longden, every Friday. Description(s) from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835. |
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