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Pigot & Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835
“Crich and South Wingfield”
Transcriptions by Rosemary Lockie, © Copyright 1996
CRICH is a parish, partly in the hundreds of Morleston and
Litchurch, Scarsdale, and Wirksworth: the village is about
five miles east of Wirksworth. and four west from Alfreton.
The site of it is very lofty, and from the adjacent
stand or prospect tower, which is a land-mark for a
great distance around, a very extensive view is obtained.
There are numerous stone quarries in the neighbourhood, and
lime burning is largely carried on here.
The Cromford canal passes along the western side of the
parish, and through a tunnel at its north-western and
southern extremities; from the latter point a railway runs
northward to within a short distance of the village. The
church, which is dedicated to St. Mary, and has a conical
spire, is built of the rough grey lime-stone of the hill on
which it stands. The living is a discharged vicarage.
and
Crich is supposed to be a place of considerable antiquity,
coins of Adrian and Dioclesian having been found in an
adjacent lead-mine, whence it is conjectured that lead was
first obtained here by the Romans. The manor of Wakebridge
in this parish, which formerly belonged to Darley Abbey,
still enjoys the privelege of exemption from king's duty on
lead ore. Fairs for cattle take place on the 6th April and
11th October. The parish of Crich contained, by the
parliamentary returns for 1831, 3,087 inhabitants, of which
number 507 were returned for the hamlet of Tansley, and 465
for the township of Wenington. (sic)
SOUTH WINGFIELD is a parish, in the hundred of Scarsdale,
two miles E. by N. from Crich, and the like distance west
from Alfreton The village, picturesque and neat, is chiefly
celebrated for the interesting ruins of its ancient manor
house, of which mention is more particularly made in the
account of Alfreton (page 10) The places of worship are, the
parish church, dedicated to All Saints, and a chapel for
Wesleyan methodists. The living of Wingfield is a discharged
vicarage in patronage of the Duke of Devonshire. The parish
(which has no dependent township) contained, by the returns
made to government in the year 1831, 1,091 inhabitants.
POST OFFICE:- CRICH, Joseph Witham, Post Master:- Letters from ALFRETON arrive
(by foot-post) every afternoon at four, and are despatched every morning at eight.
GENTRY & CLERGY.
Blackley Rev. G. B. Crich
Cornthwaite Rev. Thomas,
Crich
Halton Rev. Emanuel, S. Wingfield
Pearson Mrs. South Wingfield
Saxton
John, esq. Mansion house, Crich
Travis Mr. Samuel, Crich
Travis Mr. Thomas,
Crich
Trueman Captain -, Fritchley
PROFESSIONAL PERSONS, AT CRICH.
Mackenzie Murdoch, surgeon
Smith Samuel,
schoolmaster
Walker John, schoolmaster
INNS & PUBLIC HOUSES.
Black Swan, Charles Baker, Crich
Blue Bell, William
Bacon, South Wingfield
Bull's Head, William Poyzer, Crich
Greyhound, Joseph
Rowe, Crich
Horse and Groom, Joseph Cupit, South Wingfield
Horse & Jockey,
John Moore, South Wingfield
Jovial Dutchman, Samuel Smith, Crich
King's Arms,
Henry Bestwick, Crich
Rising Sun, Elizth. Bestwick, Crich
Wheat Sheaf, John
Severns, Crich
SHOPKEEPERS & TRADERS.
IN CRICH, when not otherwise mentioned
Alsop
John, lead merchant, Crich and at Lea Bridge
Bacon Wm. shopkeepr, S. Wingfield
Beardah
Thomas, druggist
Bestwick Thomas, tailor
Bownes George, tallow chandler
Brown
Eliza, milliner
Burton John, baker
Elliot George, grocer & druggist
Froggatt
Christopher, shopkeeper, South Wingfield
Greatorix Samuel, lime burner
Haines
Samuel, joiner
Hall Elijah, miller
Hey Hannah, dealer in seeds
Hickton
Job, shopkeeper, S. Wingfield
Hickton William, butcher
Higgott Anthony, tailor
Higgott
James, tailor
Holmes George, boot & shoemaker
Hunt Saml. shopkeeper, S.
Wingfield
Hunt Thomas, wheelwright
Hunt Sarah, milliner & dress maker
Lee
Thomas, grocer & draper
Pearson Peter, lime burner
Piggin William, boot
& shoemaker
Poyser William, blacksmith
Shipstone Wm. scythe stick maker
Silvester
John, lime burner
Smith James, blacksmith
Smith John, wheelwright
Smith
Joseph, frame-smith
Smith Ralph, butcher
Storer George, lime burner
Storer
Samuel, boot & shoemaker
Taylor Godfrey, boot & shoemaker
Taylor Ralph,
butcher
Taylor Thomas, saddler
Wall Jacob, tanner
Wetton James, tailor
Wheatcroft
Samuel, baker
Witham Joseph, draper, grocer, &c.
Wyvill Samuel, joiner
CARRIERS.
To DERBY, Joseph Leam, every Friday
To NOTTINGHAM, - Topham, every Wednesday and Saturday.
To WIRKSWORTH, - Topham, every Monday and Thursday.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER.
To all parts of the Kingdom, by G. Wheatcroft and Son's
Fly Boats.
Description(s) from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835.
Transcribed by Rosemary Lockie in May 1996.
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