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Newbold (Derbyshire) History & Gazetteer of Derbyshire, 1846

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Extracts from the 1846 Bagshaws Directory
Newbold and Dunstan.

Courtesy of Stephen Kimberley

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NEWBOLD and DUNSTAN or DUNSTON, form a joint township, which contains 3,002 acres of land, 352 houses, and 1527 inhabitants, of whom 758 were males and 769 females. Rateable Value £4,668. Population in 1801, 781; in 1831, 1140. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor and sole owner. The trustees of the late Mrs Elizabeth Milnes Smith, Rev A.C. Broomhead, and B. M. Lucas, are also owners.

NEWBOLD is a pleasant village 1¼ mile N.W. from Chesterfield, on a considerable elevation, commanding extensive views over a well wooded and highly cultivated country. At Little moor in 1842, a small Methodist chapel was erected; the township has extensive coal and iron mines, and several manufactories of brown earthenware and stoneware bottles; and contains many scattered hamlets, with wharfs on the canal adjoining Chesterfield. A school was erected by the freeholders, with the residence for the master, on Newbold Green, in 1805. Highfield, a neat mansion embowered with trees, one mile N.W. form Chesterfield, is the seat and property of Bernard Maynard Lucas, Esq. Holme Hall, 1¼ mile W. form Newbold Green, is the property of J.H. Barker, Esq. Newbold Field, a pleasant mansion, three miles N.W. from Chesterfield, is the seat and property of Edward Ward Fox, Esq., a minor, and Mrs Lucy Fox.

DUNSTAN is a scattered hamlet, with Dunstan Hall, a neat villa mansion, 2½ miles N.W. from Chesterfield, the property of the trustees of the late Mrs Elizabeth Milnes Smith.

NEWBOLD AND DUNSTAN

Marked 1 are in Dunstan,  2, Newbold Common,  3, Newbold Green,  4, Newbold Moor,  5, Upper Newbold,  6, Little Moor,  7, Stonegravels

7 Blythe Rev. Alfred Turner Unitarian Minister 3 Bromhead Rev, Alexander Crawford M.A. 3 Eastwood William, Schoolmaster Edward Robert , joiner Elliott Thomas, wharfinger, Canal Wharf Fall Thomas, road surveyor Fox Mrs Lucy, Newbold Field 1 Foulds Thomas, tailor Hague Samuel, under ground steward Hardy John, gardener, Back Lane 3 Heath Misses E. & S. Heath Robert, shopkeeper 3 Heathcote George Mompeson, Esq. Johnson Mrs C. earthernware manufr. Potteries Lucas Bernard Maynard, Esq., Highfield Mitchell Mrs Elizabeth Mitchell Miss Ellen Mitchell Mrs Mary Mitchell Mr Joshua 4 Pearson Miss Redfern Peter, clerk Savings Bank, Rose Cottage 1 Rodger Godfrey, gardener Rushton William, farm bailiff 4 Sanforth Miss Mercy Slater Adam Parker, gent. Spring Bank 1 Smith Mrs Mary, Dunstan Hall 7 Towndrow William, gent 1 Tuner Thomas, book keeper Weatherell Thomas, excise officer, Wheat bridge place 2 Webster Elijah, tailor and shopkeeper 3 Wilson Mr Issac INNS AND TAVERNS 7Anchor, Thomas Hardy 7 Hare and Hounds, Thomas Olivant 7 Jug and Glass, Charles Grimes 3 Nag's Head, Samuel Platts BEER HOUSES 4 Grafton George 2 Holt George 4 Simpson Moses BLACKSMITHS Bargh John 2 Watts Thomas BOOT & SHOEMAKERS 6 Bargh William Beard James, Pot house Lane 1 Clark Edward Hardy George Tagg Paul 2 Watkinson Samuel Wright William ( and shopkeeper)

COAL OWNERS 1 Lancaster Samuel 7 Marr Edward Mellors Nathaniel Tomlinson George High Field EARTHENWARE MNFRS Johnson Catharine, Potteries Madin Aaron 7 Sanforth Mrs Wm. Sharratt David FARMERS 4 Alsop William 7 Barber William Bargh Samuel, Sheepbridge 1 Bargh Thos. Broombank 4 Botham Robert 7 Derbyshire Francis 1 Fidler Mrs 6 Glossop Robert 2 Grafton Thomas 5 Hancock Michael (higgler) 5 Hardwick John Heath Hannah Hollingworth William, Sheepbridge Key Issac, Brockville House 1 Lancaster Wm. Luke 1 Lancaster Samuel 5 Lingard James 5 Lowe Samuel 4 Madin Aaron 6 Mather James 6 Moore Nehemiah 1 Peat John 2 Robinson John 7 Sanforth James 4 Sanforth William 6 Stanley William 7 Stringfellow Wm. Warren Joseph 2 Watkinson Elizbth 2 Watkinson Matthew 5 Webster Thomas 3 Wharton Charles Wheatcroft George 1 Wheatcroft William 3 Wilson Joseph 3 Wilson Joseph, jun.

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[Transcribed by Stephen Kimberley. Reproduced with kind permission]

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