Smalley in 1881

SMALLEY is a pleasant village, township and ecclesiastical parish, formed in 1877 from the ecclesiastical parish of Morley, 3 miles east from Coxbench station, 137 from London, 6 north-east from Derby, and 4 east from Duffield station, in the Southern division of the county hundred of Morleston and Litchurch, Belper Union and county court district, rural deanery of Duffield, archdeaconery of Derby and diocese of Litchfield. The church of St. John the Baptist, formerly a chapelry to Morley, is a plain stone building, consisting of chancel, nave and aisles, and was enlarged and restored in 1863 by contributions, assisted by the late John Radford esq.: the chancel was erected at the cost of Mrs. Radford, who also presented a fine stained window: there are sittings for 270 persons: half an acre of land was added to the churchyard in 1878, presented by R. S. Wilmot Sitwell esq. of Stainsby House. The register of baptisms dates from 1854, of marriages from 1838, and of burials from 1814: the early registers and records being kept at Morley. The living is a rectory, yearly value about £400, in the gift of R. S. Sitwell esq. of Morley Hall and held by the Rev. William Bradshaw. The Baptists have a chapel and burial ground here. There is a charity, arising from land left by Samuel Richardson, in 1711, and paid to 15 poor colliers, who each receive £1 5s. per quarter; and £6 10s. from the Gishorne charity, left in 1817. The principal landowners are Arthur Radford esq.  R. S. W. Sitwell esq. of Stainsby house, Derby, A. E. Mundy esq. and W. D. Lowe esq. The soil is clayey. The chief crops are wheat and grass. The acreage is 1,667; rateable value, £3,492; the population in 1871 was 693. Parish Clerk, John Spencer. POST, MONEY ORDER & TELEGRAPH OFFICE, Savings bank & Government Insurance & Annuity Office - John Booth, receiver. Letters arrive from Derby, via Kilburne station at 7.45 a.m.; dispatched at 6.15 p.m. WALL LETTER BOX, at 'Rose & Crown,' cleared at 5.30 p.m. SCHOOLS:- Endowed, endowed in 1721 with about £200 per annum, by Samuel & John Richardson, for the education of 36 poor boys - 16 from Smalley, 12 from Heanor & 8 from Horsley Woodhouse ; Thomas Dix, master National (girls), Miss Louisa Frances Stanwell, mistress Barber, William Thomas Bradshaw, Rev. William, Rectory Farnsworth, William Forshaw, Thurstan L.R.C.P Huish, John J.P. Smalley Hall Leaf, Edward Richard M.A. Hayes Ldg COMMERCIAL Barber Wm. Thos. land owner & farmer Beardsley, William, farmer Bednall, William, New Inn, & farmer Smalley Common Bonser, Herbert, tailor Booth, John, farmer & post office Brentnall, Matthew, Bell & butcher Bull, John, farmer, Smalley Common Carrington, Joseph, shopkeeper Carrington, Richard, farmer Clayton, Ayres, joiner Collison, William, farmer Cresswell, Joseph, beer retailer Cresswell, Joseph, collector of poor rates Eley, James, Registrar of births & deaths Else, Robert, grocer, Smalley Mill Forshaw, Thurston L.R.C.P. physician, medical officer of health & public vaccinator for Belper Union Harrison, Joseph, farmer, Smalley Mill Hartshorne, Aaron, blacksmith Kerry, Anthony, Rose & Crown Kerry, Richard, blacksmith Kyte, John Hubbard, timber merchant, & farmer Kyte, Robert, farmer Kyte, Thomas, joiner Leaf, Edwd. Richd. M.A. collegiate school, Hayes Lodge. See advertisment Martin, Walker, farmer, Kidsley Park Oldknow, Emily (Miss), shopkeeper Parkins, Thomas, farmer Peat, Joseph, carpenter, Smalley Mill Richardson, William, farmer Roe, Alice (Mrs.), shopkeeper Sanders, John, farmer, Smalley Mill Seal, Edwin, painter Shaw, Christopher, painter & grocer Smith, John, shoe maker Spence, James, farm bailiff to R.S.W. Sitwell esq. Smalley Mill Spencer, John, bootmaker Walker, Joel, farmer Wheeldon, Thomas, farmer

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Sources: Transcript made from the CD of Kelly's 1881 Directory of Derbyshire produced by Archive CD Books.