Bagshaw's History, Gazetteer & Directory of Derbyshire, 1846
Transcription by Rosemary Lockie, © Copyright 1986
STOKE.
STOKE township forms a highly picturesque district, 1½ miles N.E. from
Stoney Middleton, and contains 520 acres of land, 10 houses and 46 inhabitants,
of whom the sexes were equal in number; rateable value, £507. The Honourable
John Bridgman Simpson, of Babworth, Nottinghamshire, is the sole owner. Stoke
Hall is a beautiful ancient mansion, embosomed in foliage, and situated on a
gentle acclivity that forms the bank of the Derwent. Knouchley is a pleasant
farm-house, Goatscliff a noted millstone quarry. The manor of Stoke was sold
by Henry Lord Grey, of Codnor, about the year 1473, to Robert Barley Esq., whose
posterity resided at Stoke for several generations. In the reign of Charles I.,
it was one of the manors of William Cavendish, Earl of Newcastle. Jacinth
Sacheverall was lord of this manor in 1656. The first Lord Bradford acquired
it in marriage with the heiress of Simpson, from whom it has descended to the
present possessor.
The residents are Wm. Oates, wood steward, Hall; Robert Outram,
millstone maker, Goatscliff; Joseph Bennett and Robert Higinbotham, farmers,
Goatscliff; and Robert Tomlin, farmer, Knouchley. (Extract from p. 545)
Transcribed by Rosemary Lockie in October 1986.
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