Directory  of  Derbyshire  1857

This extract about Smalley was taken from the 1857 History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire & Sheffield, compiled by F.White. SMALLEY, a pleasant well-built village, chapelry and township, six miles N.E.from Derby, and four miles W. from Duffield station, contains 1578A. 1R. 9P. of land, and in 1851 had 175 houses, and 804 inhabitants of whom 397 were males and 407 females; rateable value £2,738 9s 2d. Edward Degge Sitwell, Esq., is lord of the manor, and considerable owner. John Radford, Esq., Robert Holden, Esq., A. M. Mundy, executors of Sir H. Bateman, Bart, and Henry Richardson, Esq., are also owners. The Chapel, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, was erected in 1793, and considerably enlarged in 1844, at a cost of upwards of £350, defrayed by voluntary subscriptions. It is a neat stone edifice in the form of a cross, well pewed, with a turret and one bell. Here are two neat tablets, to the memory of the late Jno. Radford Esq., and his lady. It is dependent on Morley, and the Rev. Augustus F. Smith, B.A., curate, officiates. The tithes were commuted in 1845 for £343 12s., and there are 28A. of glebe. A National school for girls was built in 1848, near the church, at a cost of £700, raised by contributions, and a grant of £188. It is a neat building of brick and stone, with residence for the teacher, Miss Thomas: the average attendance is about 30. The Richardson family had a good house and estate here formerly, now the property of John Radford, Esq. Here is a Baptist chapel, erected in 1780, and enlarged in 1820. A Benefit society and Odd Fellows' lodge is held in the village. A petty sessions is held every Monday. Feast, Sunday after St. John. Kidsley, or Kiddersley Park, one and a half mile N.E. from Smalley, and in that township was a manor, which in the year 1235 belonged to the abbot of Chester, and was divided among the co-heiresses of Robert Sacheverell, Esq. It is now the property of Wm. Drury Lowe, Esq. Christopher Johnson, M.D., an eminent medical writer in 1597, was a native of this place. CHARITIES. - Jacinth Sacheverell, who died in London in 1656, is said to have founded some almshouses here, but we have not found a copy of will or any authentic document relating thereto. On a tablet in the church the following account is given :- "Six hospital houses given by Jacinth Sacheverell, Esq., and £5 a year to each house, to be paid quarterly, half to Morley and half to Smalley, issuing out of land at Raunson, in the county of Leicester, and £5 a year out of same land, half to the poor of Morley and half to the poor of Smalley, to be paid by 12s. 6d. per quarter to each." The almshouse consist of six dwellings under one roof, each containing two rooms with small gardens in front, three being appropriated to each place, and three almsmen are appointed from each township. The annual sum of £35 is paid by Leonard Fosbrooke, Esq., of Shardlow, as the owner of the estate at Raunson. Of this sum £2 10s. is paid every half year to the almsmen. The money is sometimes given to persons not resident in the houses. It appear to us that the almsmen who may be in future appointed, should be persons residing therein. The sum of £5 is also distributed from the same source on the first Sunday in the year, amongst the poor of the above named places. Poor's Land, consists of near 8 acres, let for £12 per annum, and distributed with other charities on the first Sunday in the new year. John Mapples, in 1674, gave £12; William Potter gave £10; and Widow Dakin, £5; which were laid out in land. At the Morley enclosure, in 1784, these lands, containing about 4½A., were exchanged with Richd. Lowe, Esq., for the present two fields. The original title deeds were burnt in the parsonage house, about 1739. Edward James left 20s. a year - 10s. to Morley, and 10s. to Smalley. This is paid out of a farm at Ockbrook Moor. Katherine Hibbert, by will, left 10s. a year, out of a house in the Willows, Nuns Green, Derby. Lady Sleigh left £10 to the poor of Morley, the use of it to be paid yearly. Samuel Hibbert left £5 to the poor of Morley for ever. Dame Goodale's Dole left 20s. yearly, one half to Morley, and one half to Smalley. At the Morley enclosure, land was allotted to E.S. Sitwell, Esq., subject to this payment. Michael Abbott left £20 to the poor of Morley, the interest to be paid yearly for ever on the 4th. August. These, with others, are carried to one fund, and distributed amongst the poor, the first Sunday after Christmas. TOWNSHIP OF SMALLEY.- John and Samuel Richardson, in 1712, conveyed to Wm.Woolley and others, a messuage in Horsley Woodhouse and several closes of land, on trust, that the said Wm. Woolley and others should purchase a piece of land and build a school house. The yearly sum of £10 to be paid to a schoolmaster for teaching 12 poor boys to read, write, and cast accounts; and that they should pay to 12 poor boys 8d. per week apiece, for every week they should come to school, to be paid at the end of every 13 weeks; the residue of the rents to be given as follows. viz: - one-third to the schoolmaster, and two-thirds amongst the 12 poor scholars, pensioners; 7 poor boys might be of Smalley, and the rest of Heanor and Horsley Woodhouse, to be scholars and pensioners. New trustees were appointed in 1826, for whom John Radford, Esq., is actuary. The property is situated in Horsley Woodhouse, and out of the rents, now £88 per annum, there is paid to a schoolmaster a salary of £40, £6 of which is for teaching a Sunday school. About 65 scholars attend, of which number 28 are on the foundation, viz: - 16 boys of Smalley, 7 of Heanor, and 5 of Horsley Woodhouse, the others pay, -1st clas, 4d., and the other classes, 2d. per week each, but boys from any other parish than those above named, pay 6d. and 4d. per week respectively. There is a school house with residence for the master adjoining, built in 1721. Mr. Wm. Johnson is the master. Samuel Richardson, in 1711, gave to his executors £400 in trust, to be laid out in land. He directed the rents should yearly be paid, and divided on the feasts of Christmas, Lady-Day, St. John the Baptist, and Michaelmas, in equal portions, amongst 10 poor colliers, disabled or infirm by accident, old age or otherwise, and inhabitants of Smalley, Horsley Woodhouse, Heanor, or Mapperley; and he directed that no such colliers of the last named three places should be sharers of the said profits, if there should be the number of 10 poor colliers in Smalley. The property is situated in Horsley Woodhouse township, and consists of a farm house and 28A of land, let at £40 a year, to which it was raised in 1811. James and others' charities. - The sums of 10s., 10s., and £2 10s., received by the Overseer of Smalley, in respect of Edward James, Dame Goodales, and Jacinth Sacheverell, mentioned at Morley, are distributed by him amongst the poorest families, at Christmas, in sums varying from 1s. to 2s. Rev. Francis Gisborne's charity, - (See Bradley.) - of £6 10s. is distributed by the rector or his curate, in flannel and warm clothing every year. SMALLEY TOWNSHIP Post Office, at John Booth's. Letters arrive from Derby at 9.0 a.m.; and are despatched at 5.30 P.M. Money Orders granted and paid from 9.0 A.M., until 4.30 P.M.

Name	Occupation	Name	Occupation
Abraham Abbott	Framework knitter	Henry Ottiwell	Nail maker
Charles Allen	Joiner (Smalley Mill)	Isaac Potter	Butcher
William Beeson	Shopkeeper	John Potter	Corn miller
Boden & Hunter	Surgeons	John Radford Esquire	(Hall)
John Booth	Post master	Robert Revill	Beerhouse
Isaac Brown	Horsebreaker	John Riley	Parish clerk
Joseph Carrington	Hosiery manfr. & shpkr.	Samuel Roe	Wheelwright
Thomas Carrington	Baker	Samuel Severn	Shoemaker
John Cresswell	Framework knitter	Thomas Shaw	Shopkeeper (Common)
Joseph Cresswell	Hosiery manufacturer	Thoas Shaw, jun.	Ropemaker, Leys
John Crossley	Gamekeeper (Common)	Joseph Smalley	Plumber, &c
Robert Gribble	Commercial traveller	Rev. Augustus F. Smith, B.A.	Curate
John Hoyles	Grocer	Mr. Daniel Smith	(Kidsley Park)
William Johnson	Master of Endowed school	John Smith	Shoemaker
Anthony Kerry	Vict., mason, & builder, Rose & Crown, (Common)	Samuel Smith	Plumber, &c
John Kerry	Shoemaker	Miss Elizabeth Thomas	Teacher, National school
Richard Kerry	Blacksmith (Common)	Samuel Tomlinson	Academy
William Lambert	Hosiery manufacturer	Frederick Walker	Blacksmith
Joseph Merry	Painter, &c	Ann Weston	Vict., Bell
Henry Mitchell	Saddler	George Woolley	Framework knitter
Miss Mary Nadauld	...	William Wragg	Police supt.
FARMERS
Stephen Foulkes	John Abbott	Thomas Cresswell, (White House)	Joseph Potter (Kidsley Park)
Joseph Harrison	William Thos. Barber	John Hewitt, & beerhouse, (Common)	Elizabeth Rayner
William Jacques	Richard Carrington	Saml. Kerry (& stone engraver	Henry Richardson (Kidsley Park)
Thomas Kyte	Jon Clift, (Simon Field)	John Kyte (& shpkr.)	John Woolley
Joseph Moorely	Joseph Davy (Kidsley Park)	Christopher Martin (Pit Lane)

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Sources: Transcript made from the CD White's 1857 History, Gazetteer and Directory of Derbyshire & Sheffield, produced by Archive CD Books.