Extract
from Kelly’s Directory of Derbyshire 1912
SCARCLIFFE
with PALTERTON
Scarcliffe is a parish and village, with a station at Palterton, 2½ miles west on
the Staveley and Mansfield branch of the Midland railway, and another on
the Great Central railway, 8 south-east from Chesterfield, 6 north-west from
Mansfield, 135 from London, in the Chesterfield division of the county, hundred
of Scarsdale, Chesterfield petty sessional division, and in the union and county
court district of Mansfield, rural deanery of Staveley, Chesterfield
archdeaconry and Southwell diocese. The
river Poulter, which rises in the southern part of the parish, waters it, there
is also a spring called “Owlsditch”
remarkable for its greater abundance in the summer than in the winter months.
The church of St. Leonard is a building of stone in the Early English and
Decorated styles, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, north aisle, south
porch and an embattled western tower containing a clock and 4 bells, the spire
was taken down in 1842. In the
church is a monument of the 11th century, with a Latin inscription nearly
obliterated, the chancel retains two piscine of Norman date: the stained east
window was erected in 1869 by Mrs. Bowett, in memory of William Scorer,
and the organ and another small window by Mr. M. Scorer, as a memorial to
his son, Matthew. There are other memorial windows to Mr. G. Hallam,
erected by Mr. E. Hallam, in 1871; to Miss E. Scorer, by her
friend Helen Creswick Burkitt, 1878; and one to Mr. G. Wood and
four children, placed in 1874. The church was partially restored in 1842, and
re-seated in 1876, at a cost of £300, and again in 1903: there are 300
sittings. The register dates from
the year 1680 for all entries. The
living is a vicarage, with 15 acres of glebe, net yearly value £170, in the
gift of The Bishop of Southwell and held since 1899 by the Rev. Sydney Biss
MA BCL of Hatfield Hall, Durham. A sum of about £36 yearly was left in 1821 by
Mrs K Vaughan and by the Rev. F Gisbourne, formerly Rector of
Staveley, in 1828, and is distributed in clothing and other gifts to the poor.
Earl Bathurst C.M.G. is lord of the manor and principal landowner. The
soil is limestone, subsoil, limestone and clay. The chief crops are wheat, oats,
barley and roots. The area is 3,951 acres; rateable value, £16,363,
the population in 1891 was 1,901 and in 1901 2,525.
Post & M. 0. Office, Scarcliffe.--William Miller,
sub-postmaster. Letters arrive
through Chesterfield at 8.05a.m. ; dispatched at 7.15 p.m. ; no Sunday delivery
Bolsover, 2 miles distant, is the nearest telegraph office
HILLSTOWN is a hamlet, I mile
northwest. Post & M. 0. Office,
Hillstown.-James Spering, sub-postmaster. Letters through Chesterfield,
via Bolsover, arrive at 8.30 a.m. & 3 p.m.; dispatched 9.45 a.m. & 5.40
p.m.; no Sunday delivery. Bolsover, 1 mile distant, is the nearest
telegraph office
PALTERTON is a hamlet, I mile west,
with a station on the Doe Lea branch of the Midland railway, opened in 1890.
Rylah is a place in this parish. Parish Clerk, Benjamin Bramwell.
Post Office, Palterton, Miss Beatrice Mary Spray, sub-postmistress. Letters through Chesterfield, arrive at 7.55a.m. dispatched at 5.40 p.m. week days only. Hillstown is the nearest money order office & Bolsover, 2 miles distant, the nearest telegraph office
Schools
Public Elementary, Scarcliffe, erected in 1868, & enlarged in 1894,
for 172 children; average attendance, 165; Herbert J. T. Yeomans, master
Public Elementary, Palterton, erected in 1910 for 120 infants; average
attendance, 95; Miss E. Rodgers, mistress
Railway Stations
Palterton & Sutton (Midland), Wallace Raymond Graham,
stationmaster
Scarcliffe (Great Central), George Hunt, stationmaster
PRIVATE RESIDENTS
Bing, Mrs
Biss, Rev. Sydney M. A.
B.C.L (vicar) Vicarage
Bowell, Mrs
Elliott William, Scarcliffe House
COMMERCIAL.
Armstrong Edwin, farmer (letters
through Mansfield)
Askew Thos. & Sons,
wheelwrights
Bramwell Benjamin, mason
Burkitt William, farmer (letters
through Mansfield)
Crawshaw George farmer
Grimes Sydney, farmer Scarcliffe
Grange
Hayes William, farmer
Heathcote John (Mrs) farmer
Hurst William Henry, photographer
Jarvis Joseph, higgler
Jeffrey Samuel, higgler
Martin Henry, builder
Mellors Frank, grocer
Mellors John, butcher
Miller William, shopkeeper, Post
office
Reddish Reuben, Elm Tree Public
House
Shaw Thomas, Horse & Groom
Public House
Wardly William, farmer
PALTERTON
COMMERCIAL
Askew Thomas & sons,
blacksmiths
Bennett Alfred, Nag’s Head P.H
Dawson Henry, grocer
Floyde Sarah (Mrs.), grocer
Godber George, farmer
Godber John, farmer &
assistant overseer
Grimes Sydney, farmer
Heald John, shoemaker
Holmes John William, farmer
Ludlam Samuel, grocer
Palfreman Hugh, farmer
Shacklock John, farmer
Spray Beatrice Mary (Miss),
shopkeeper, Post Office
Turner Cornelius Hufton, farmer
& assessor & collector of income & land taxes for Ault Hucknall district & Shirebrook & Pleasley
Wharton Zephaniah, farmer
Wilcockson Hannah (Mrs.),
beer retailer
Wilkinson Joseph, farmer
COMMERCIAL
Allfree George Frederick, butcher,
29 Nesbit St
Allfree William Alfred, West View
Inn
Beeley Sarah Elizabeth (Mrs.),
shopkeeper, 169 Langwith Road
Berrisford Edward,
builder, Victoria Street
Cherry Selwyn, fried fish dealer,
I I Nesbit Street
Daykin Thomas, chemist, 65 Selwyn
Street
Garbutt Alfred, grocer 36 Nesbit
Street
Godber Frank, shopkeeper, 57
Nesbit Street
Hall Henry, greengrocer, 99
Selwyn Street
Hillstown Institute (George Evans,
steward)
Hodgkinson Erastus,
hairdresser, 41Nesbit Street
Hutchinson Frederick,
butcher. 19 Nesbit Street
Kemp Alfred, butcher, 233
Langwith Road
Kemp Edwin, shopkeeper, Langwith
Road
Knight Frederick, shopkeeper, 172
Mansfield Road
Lager George H, butcher, 56
Nesbit Street
Lewis James, shopkeeper, 52
Nesbit Street
Mansfield Laundry, receiving
office, Nesbit Street
Mappin John T & Son, chimney sweepers, Nesbit Street
Mappin Mary Ann (Mrs) Shopkeeper, 45 Nesbit Street
Peach John, draper & boot
dealer, 30 Nesbit Street
ShirebrooK District Gas Co
(depot)
Smith Jonathan, hardware dealer,
277 Langwith Road
Spering James, shopkeeper, Victoria
Street
Thacker James jun, news agent, 23
Nesbit Street
Thacker John William, grocer, 3
Nesbit Street
Thomson Janet (Mrs.), confectioner,
97 Selwyn Street
Webster Robert Henry, butcher, 270
Mansfield Road
Woodhead E. & Sons Limited,
grocers & provision dealers