TANSLEY, a township, chapelry, and village in the parish of Crich and the Wirksworth Hundred, 1 1/2 miles E. from Matlock, 5 miles N.N.E. from Crich, in the Bakewell Union, contains 1,150 acres of land. of which 5000 are unenclosed, 111 houses, and 549 inhabitants, of whom 267 were males, and 282 females. A cotton mill was erected here at an early period, and here is now an extensive smallware manufactory, and one for candlewick. This place is noted for the extensive and thriving nursery of Mr Joseph Smith, and for a superior grit stone for building purposes. The Duke of Portland is lord of the manor; Heathcote Unwin, Esq. Edward Radford, Esq. Rev. John Woolley, and Mr Thomas Shipley, are owners. A district church was erected here in 1839, and opened for divine worship 1840. It is a neat stone structure with a tower and pinnacles, contains 800 sittings, of which 120 are free. The living, a perpetual curacy of the value of £107, having been endowed, and received a parliamentary grant. Rev. Henry Smith, incumbent. A handsome parsonage is to be erected near the church, at a cost of £1,000, of which sum £500 is furnished by the commissioners for building parsonage houses, and £200 by the society for the same purpose, the remainder raised by subscription. A handsome Gothic school, with a house for the master, has been erected (through the exertions of E. Radford, Esq.) by the incorporated society for establishing schools, and opened in 1843. It is principally supported by the children, who pay from 2d. to 8d. per week, of whom about 60 attend, with occasionally small grants from the society. The Methodists have a neat chapel. |
TANSLEY
Bobauks Jas. groc. & chandlr |
Cook John, shopkeeper |
Gregory Benjamin, shopkeeper |
Radford John & Sons, candlewick manufrs. Tansley mills |
Smith Samuel, dyer |
Bown Anthony, blacksmith |
Crossly John & Edwin, wood turners |
Hackett John & Son, smallware manufacturers |
Shipley Thomas, clerk |
Spencer William, shoemaker |
Bown Bower, vict. Gate |
Crofts John, schoolmaster |
Hibbert George, book-keeper |
Slack William, beerhouse |
Thatcher John, shopkeeper |
Calow Francis, wood turner |
Farnsworth John, bleacher, h. Matlock |
Potter John, mason |
Smith Rev. Henry, incumbent, Parsonage |
Twigg Thomas, vict. George and Dragon |
Calow William, shoemaker |
Farnsworth Rd. book-keeper |
Radford Edw. Esq. Wood |
Smith Joseph, nurseryman |
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