Transcribed by Alan Flint. CRICH, an extensive parish partly in the Morleston and Litchurch, partly in the Scarsdale and partly in the Wirksworth hundreds. It contains the township of Crich in Morleston and Litchurch, the township of Wessington in Scarsdale, and the hamlet of Tansley in the Wirksworth hundred. The entire parish contains 6,180 acres of land, rich in minerals, and of every variety of soil. Rateable value, £4,381. Population in 1801, 1,413; in 1831, 2,215; in 1841, 3,698. A picturesque district of lofty hills and deep vallies. At the Norman survey the manor belonged to Ralph FitzHubert, from whom it passed to the Frecheville's. Sir Roger Belers, who died seized of a fit in 1380, left 2 daughters, who possessed it in moieties; but the whole ultimately devolved to the decendants of Sir Robert de Swillington, who married the elder ; it afterwards passed to Ralph Lord Cromwell, who in the reign of Henry VI. sold the reversion to John Talbot second Earl of Shrewsbury. On the death of Gilbert Earl of Shrewsbury in 1616, it was divided between his daughters and coheiresses, the Countesses of Kent, Pembroke, and Arundel; since which time it has been sold to various persons.
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WESSINGTON
Askew John, stonemason |
Hodgson Jas. wheelwrt. Brooks |
Lilley John, frmwk. knitter |
Rawson Thomas, shopkeeper |
Wheatcroft Wm. shoemaker and beerhouse |
Frost John, corn miller, Bunting house |
Knowles Mr Robert |
Mountney Jas. shopkeeper |
Taylor James, vict. & butcher, Horse & Jockey |
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Haslem William, vict. Three Horse Shoes |
Lane William, shoemaker |
Noble Mark, framewrk. knitter |
Taylor Tim. boot & shoe maker |
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