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CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH is a market-town and parish, in
the hundred of High Peak. 167 miles from London, 20 S. E. from Manchester, 21 N.
W. from Sheffield, 23 W. by N. from Chesterfield, and 6 N. from Buxton. Its name
signifies the `Chapel-in-the-Forest`, from the Saxon word frith, a forest
or wood - the church or chapel, which originated the town, having been built
within the forest of the High Peak. The town is neat and pleasantly
situate on the declivity of a hill, rising from an extensive and fertile vale,
surrounded by an ampitheatre of lofty eminences that bound this extremity of the
county. Many of the views around here are bold, picturesque, and well wooded;
the uplands furnish good pasturage, and border on the moors, which abound with
game. The manufacture of cotton is the principal branch here; at White Hall mill
is a considerable manufactory for paper, belonging to Mr. John Ibbotson; nails
are made in the town, and there is a good brewery. Here is an establishment for
warehousing goods, this place being a medium of communication between the
populous manufacturing towns of Manchester and Sheffield; and many of the
humbler classes are employed in weaving for the Manchester houses. Lead and coal
mines, and quarries are worked in the neighbourhood; and a railway passes near
here, from the lime-stone quarries to the Peak forest canal, which it joins at
Bugsworth. A fine reservoir in the parish supplies the canal; it is a beautiful
sheet of water, much frequented by anglers. The municipal law of the town is
administered by the magistrates , who hold petty sessions once in a fortnight;
and a court baron for the hundred and liberty of the High Peak is held every
third week, for the recovery of debts under £5., at which the Steward of the
Duke of Devonshire presides. This is one of the stations appointed by the new
Boundary Act for receiving votes at the election of knights of the shire,
to represent the northern division of the county.
The places of worship are the parish church, and a chapel for
the Weslyan Methodists; the former, which is dedicated to St. Thomas-a-Becket,
is a neat edifice, with a square tower: the living is a perpetual curacy, in the
patronage of the resident freeholders, twent-seven of whom form a committee, and
elect the minister by a majority of votes: the present incumbent is the Reverend
Samuel Grundy. At Barmour-Clough, about two miles to the east of the town, is an
ebbing and flowing well, visited by many as a great curiosity; and on a hill two
miles to the south, are the vestiges of a Roman encampment. Bank Hall, the seat
of John Firth, Esq. situate a short distance from the town, forms a pleasing
object on the turnpike road. The market, which is entitled to be held on
Thursday, is of very little importance; and the fairs, principally for cattle,
are by no means extensive - they take place on 7th February, 24th and 29th
March, 19th and 30th April, 31st May, 7th July, 19th August, 3rd October and 9th
November. The parish is divided into the three townships of Bowden Edge,
Bradshaw Edge and Coomb`s Edge, which collectively, contained, by the returns
for 1821, 3,234 inhabitants, and by those for 1831, 3,220.
WHALEY, or Whaley Bridge, is a
joint township with Yeardisley(sic), in the parish of Taxall (sic), hundred of
Macclesfield, and county of Chester, 3 miles from Chapel-en-le Frith, and rather
more than 9 S.E. from Stockport, situate on the main road from Manchester to
London, through Buxton. The Peak Forest canal passes through the parish. The
parish of Taxall contained, by the last census, 587 inhabitants, and the
township 403 of that number.
POST OFFICE, Market Place,
CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH, John Pickford, Post
Master.-Letters arrive from WHALEY BRIDGE (by horse-post) every evening at half past five, and are despatched to
mee the Mail every morning at half-past five.
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GENTRY AND CLERGY |
NAIL MAKERS |
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Firth Jn.esq. Bank Hall |
Jeffreys Joseph,Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Gisborne Thos.esq. MP Horridge House |
Pott Thos.jun, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Goodman Thos.esq. Eccles House |
Smith Jonathan, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Grundy Rev. Samuel, Chapel |
PAINTERS &C |
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Kirk Mrs. -, Eaves |
Lowe Peter, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Parker Rev. John, Taxall |
Shepley George, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Slack John, esq. Taxall Lodge |
Shepley John, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Thornhill Wm.esq. Ollerenshaw |
PAPER MANUFACTURER |
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ACADEMIES |
Ibbotson John, White Hall mill |
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Bardsley Robert, Greg`s House |
SADDLERS AND TAWERS |
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Needham Miss (ladies boarding) Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Hall John, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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ATTORNIES |
Nall Joshua, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Bennett Wm. Chapel-en-le-Frith |
STONE MASONS |
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Webster Erasmus, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Bacon Richard, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Wright John, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Goddard John, Horridge End |
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BLACKSMITHS |
Simpson Jos. Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Barratt John, Cockyard |
SURGEONS |
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Doughty Michl. Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Bennett John, Stoddard Lodge |
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Green Samuel, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Booth Peter, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Holdgate, Thomas, Tunstead Milton |
Green William, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Kitchen Humphrey, Chapel |
Smith Charles, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS |
TAILORS |
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Ford Thomas, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Bennett Peter, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Mellor Francis, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Bramwell Peter & Joseph (& drapers)
Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Pollard John, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Cammeron Jno. Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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BREWER |
Gaskell John, Horridge End |
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Marshall Robert, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Hadfield Joseph, Wash |
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BUTCHERS |
Hobson George, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Ford Robert, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Warren James, Horridge End |
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Hyde Solomon, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
TAVERNS & PUBLIC
HOUSES |
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Watts John, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Black Greyhound, Joseph Simpson, Chapel |
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COOPERS |
Board, John Bennett, Horridge |
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Fearnes John, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Board, Thos. Holdgate, Tunstead Milton |
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Hallam George, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Bull`s Head, Ths. Hall, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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COTTON SPINNERS &
MANUFACTURERS |
Burfield Inn, Isaac Cresswell, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Ashton J.R. New Hyde Mill |
Cock Inn, Richard Robinson, Whaley Bridge |
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Dickens Elisha, Bugsworth |
Hat & Feathers, Samuel Ibberson, Chapel |
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GROCERS & DEALERS IN
SUNDRIES |
Nelson, James Walton, Tunstead Milton |
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Bacon Richard, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
New Inn, John Bennett, Horridge |
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Bagshaw Robt. Chapel-en-le-Frith |
New Inn, Geo. Staley, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Bargh Thomas (and druggist) Chapel |
Old Pack Horse, Anthony Shallcross, Chapel |
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Bramwell George, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Pack Horse, Daniel Vernon, Chapel |
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Brightmore Jno. Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Roebuck, Wm. Lomas, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Cheetham Charles, Horridge End |
Shoulder of Mutton, Sarah Walker, Chapel |
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Dunn George, Horridge End |
Spread Eagle, Henry Lomas, Chapel |
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Higginbottom Peter, Horridge End |
Spread Eagle, James Shirt, Chapel Milton |
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Howson John, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Swan, Thos. Hulme, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Kelsall Betty, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Talbot, Martha Carrington, Chapel |
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Kirk Peter, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Thorn, Wm. Walton, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Mortin Wm. Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Three Tuns, Thomas Watts, Sparrow Pit |
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Nall Joshua, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Volunteer, James Johnson, Chapel |
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Righton Job, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
White Hart, John Taylor, Whaley Bridge |
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Shepley Betty, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
White Horse, John Wyld, Horridge End |
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Shepley George (and druggist) Chapel |
WHEELWRIGHTS |
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Shepley John, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Beard James, Wash |
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Shirt James, Sparrow Pit |
Beard Joseph, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Washington George (& timber dealer) Chapel-e-l-F |
Newton John, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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INNS |
Williamson John, Tunstead Milton |
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King`s Arms, Wm. Holme, Chapel |
MISCELLANEOUS |
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Royal Oak (and posting) Elizabeth Timms, Chapel |
Barratt Samuel, currier and leather cutter,
Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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IRONMONGERS |
Barratt Wm. retailer of beer, Chapel-e-l-F |
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Chambers John Bates, Chapel |
Britland John, agent to the Peak Forest Canal Co.
Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Pott Thomas(&slater&plasterer),Chapel |
Chappel, George, wool comber, Chapel |
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JOINERS AND CARPENTERS |
Colby Joseph, seedsman &c Horridge End |
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Armfield Benjanin, Whaley Bridge |
Crossland Wm. retailer of beer, Chapel |
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Gregory Joseph, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Garton Jn. & Wm. bleachers Horridge End |
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Hibbert George, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Gisborne Thomas esq. M.P. coal & lime merchant, Horridge
House |
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Lowe Joseph, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Gregory Henry, miller, Chapel Milton |
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Lowe Peter (& timber dealer) Chapel |
Hall John, hat manufacturer, Chapel-e-l-F |
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Mellor Thomas, Whaley Bridge |
Higginbottom John, white paint manufact. Horridge End |
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Mills John, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Kirk Henry, iron manufacturer, Chapel |
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LINEN DRAPERS |
Lomas Nicholas, retailer of beer, Chapel |
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Ferguson Robt. Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Mellor John, retailer of beer, Chapel-e-l-F |
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Taylor Josiah (& printer & bookbinder) Chapel |
Morton William, retailer of beer, Chapel |
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MILLINERS & DRESS
& STRAW HAT
MAKERS |
Ogden Adam, earthenware dealer, Chapel |
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Bennett Sarah, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Thomasson William, tanner, Cadstall |
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Hill Kitty, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
Wilcock Joshua, rope maker, Chapel |
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Lees Mary B. Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Pott Mary, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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Redfern Sarah, Chapel-en-le-Frith |
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COACHES
All call at the ROYAL OAK,
Chapel-en-le-Frith
To MANCHESTER, the Champion (from Nottingham) every afternoon at a
quarter before two, and the Wellington (from Sheffield) every afternoon
at a quarter before one; both go through Disley and Stockport.
To NOTTINGHAM, the Champion (from Manchester) every forenoon at a quarter
before twelve; goes through Stoney Middleton, Chesterfield and Mansfield.
To SHEFFIELD, the Wellington (from Manchester) every afternoon at half past
two; goes through Castleton, Hope and Hathersage.
CARRIERS
To BUXTON, Isaac Cresswell, every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday
To STOCKPORT, James Cooper, every Monday, Wednesday and Friday
To STONEY MIDDLETON, James Cooper, every Tues. Thurs. and Sat.
CONVEYANCE BY WATER
To and from all parts of the Kingdom; Pickford and Co. (see
advertisement)-James Hibberson, Ann Johnson and German and Wheatcroft and Sons,
daily
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