Baslow (Derbyshire) Millers and Maltsters
1829-1901
Compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith, © Copyright May 2004
Introduction
The paper contains a summary of all persons in the Baslow Census and various Gazetteers, who have
the occupation of Miller or Maltster. Extra information comes from the Tithe Award of 1848 and
Memorial Inscriptions in Baslow Graveyard.
Note: There are no Millers or Maltsters in Bubnell.
Note: The fact that a person had an occupation does not necessarily mean that he was actively
pursuing it at the time.
Contents
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| Situation | SK 25057248 | The Mill between the Derwent and Calver Road beyond the Wheatsheaf |
| Tithe Award | HODGKINSON Joseph | 24 acres. Homestead and 10 fields, most alongside Calver Road |
| 2004 | Now a private house still called Baslow Mill |
| Gazetteers | |
| Pigot 1835 | HODGKINSON John | Corn Miller | Numerous later entries |
| Census | |
| 1841 | HODGKINSON John (b.1785) | Miller | |
| 1851 | HODGKINSON Joseph
(b.1810) | Miller and Farmer | & 3 men |
| 1861 | Master Miller & 1 man | Then his son |
| Note | When he died after 1861. Edmund (b.1849) became the Miller while his widow Sarah and son John G (b.1847) moved to Rose Hill - see Baslow Farms |
| 1871 | HODGKINSON Edmund
(b.1849) | Miller & Farmer 25 acres | 1 man 1 carter |
| 1881 | Miller Baker & Farmer | & 8 men |
| 1891 | Miller Baker & Farmer |
| 1901 | Corn Miller Farmer & Grocer |
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| Situation | SK 27207211 | Mill at Heathy Lea. South of the road from Baslow to Robin Hood |
| Note | It was built after 1848 and before 1857 |
| 2004 | House and Residential centre |
| Tithe Award | No mention and not marked on the Map |
| Gazetteers | |
| White 1857 | MARPLES John (b.1794) | Corn Miller | Heathy Ley |
| Harrison 1860 | MARPLES John | Miller | |
| Directory 1862 | MARPLES Robert | Corn Miller | Heathy Lee Mill |
| Census | |
| 1851 | MARPLES John (b.1794) | Master Millwright | Residence not at the Mill |
| Note | MARPLES John was father of MARPLES Robert |
| 1861 | MARPLES Robert
(b.1831) | Miller | |
| 1871 | Miller & Farmer 54 acres | |
| 1881 | Farmer & Timber Dealer | |
| 1891 - 1901 | Timber Dealer and Sawmill for Timber | |
| Summary | MARPLES John was a Millwright in Baslow. It is likely that he built the Mill in the early 1850s and he is the recorded Miller in 1857 and 1860. By 1861 his son Robert has taken over. |
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| Situation | SK 27537388 | Near the junction of the Sheffield Road and the Curbar to Chesterfield Turnpike. |
| 2004 | Mill entirely demolished. The millpond remains |
| Tithe Award | The Mill appears on the map, but there is no entry in the Schedule. Both Bartholomew and George SHAW had houses in Baslow |
| Gazetteers | |
| Bagshaw 1846 | SHAW George | Miller of Corn | Barbrook |
| White 1857 | SHAW Bartholomew | Corn Miller | Barbrook |
| Census | |
| 1841 - 1851 | SHAW Bartholomew (b.1803) and SHAW George (b.1800) are both recorded as Millers |
| 1861 | SHAW Bartholomew | Beer house Keeper | |
| Note | Both SHAWs must have worked this corn mill but it is unclear when it closed down |
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| Gazetteers | |
| Glover 1829 | HATTERSLEY William | Farmer & Miller | |
| Harrison 1860 | HATTERSLEY William (b.1824) | Corn Miller | |
| Note | The HATTERSLEY William of 1829 was probably not the same person as the HATTERSLEY William, Maltster, noted below. HATTERSLEY William (b.1824) farmed in Bubnell. It is likely Milling was a sideline. |
| Census | |
| 1841 | KITCHIN John (b.1800) | Miller and Farmer | son of KITCHEN William (b.1765) |
| 1841 | KITCHIN William (b.1820) | Miller | grandson of KITCHEN William (b.1765) |
| 1861- 1881 | RILEY Jabez (b.1828) | 1861 Miller Journeyman then Miller in 1871 and Corn Miller in 1881 |
| KITCHEN William (b.1765), who was also a farmer in Bubnell - See Bubnell Farms |
| KITCHIN William according to the 1826 Baslow
Enclosure Award Map, had and owned his Malt Office in the present Park at SK 261720, south of the
present Golden Gates. After the Dukes exchanged lands in 1823, he (was) moved to new -
freehold - premises across the Barbrook from the present Devonshire Arms. In the
Tithe Award Schedule 1848 these are recorded as a Malt Office, Yard and Garden, |
| The same KITCHEN William, in the 1826
Enclosure Award, also owned a parcel of land between Goose Green, and the Barbrook and the old
bridge. By 1848, the area had been subdivided and the house in the corner between the
road and the brook (SK 25907214), had been sold to HATTERSLEY William. The
Tithe Award describes it as House and Malt House. It was sub let it to JEEVES
George, a retired business man. |
| HATTERSLEY William may well have made use of the Malt House at Nether End for some of the time between 1826 and 1848 |
HATTERSLEY George and his son
HATTERSLEY William (b.1776), were both farmers at Far End, Baslow - See Baslow Farms |
| Gazetteers | |
| Glover 1829 | HATTERSLEY George | | Farmer & Maltster |
| Pigot 1835 | HATTERSLEY William | | Maltster |
| Bagshaw 1846 | HATTERSLEY William | | Farmer & Maltster |
| Freebody 1852 | HATTERSLEY William | | Maltster |
| Census | |
| 1841 | HATTERSLEY William | (Baslow: Sch #138) | Maltster |
| 1851 | HATTERSLEY William | (Baslow: Sch #135) | Farmer & Maltster |
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| Glover 1829 | BROOMHEAD Nicholas | Peacock Inn | Maltster & Victualler |
| Glover 1829 | HODGKINSON Wigley | Baslow Mill | Farmer & Maltster |
| Pigot 1835 | HODGKINSON Wigley | Baslow Mill | Maltster |
The above information was compiled by David Dalrymple-Smith in May 2004.
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