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Curbar, Derbyshire
White's Gazetteeer and General Directory of “Sheffield and 20 miles round”, 1862
Transcribed by Rosemary Lockie, © Copyright 2000
CURBAR is a small village and township, 5 miles N.N.E. from Bakewell;
contains 1,095A. 3R.
35P. of land, and in 1861 had 332 inhabitants.
Rateable value, £685 9s. The Duke of Rutland is lord of the
manor, and owner of all the township excepting two small freeholds. At
Stanton Ford, half-a-mile S. from the village, is a good school
(and a house for the master), endowed with about £15 per annum,
The village is noted for several fine springs of good water. Feast,
first Sunday in August.
Ellis Thomas, stone mason
Green Thomas, tailor
Gregory Thomas, lead agent
Hallam William, Victualler, Bull's Head
Hallam William, victualler & wheelwright, Bridge Inn
Hulme James Hilton, Esq., Cliff House
Moore Edward, schoolmaster and land and mine surveyor, Stanton ford
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Moseley William, victualler and cattle dealer, Chequers, Froggatt Edge
Morton Thomas, stone mason
Norman George, gamekeeper
Rowbotham William, tailor
Pasfield James, pork butcher
Wild William, brewer's agen
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Farmers.
Allen Thomas
Barratt Daniel
Buxton John
Ellis James
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Ellis Nancy & John
Ellis Thomas
Elliott William
Froggatt George
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Potter Thomas
Siddall William
Wilson Henry, Stanton ford
Worrall Emma
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Transcribed by Rosemary Lockie in June 2000
from of an original edition in the Society of Genealogists' Library.
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