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1885 William White
Hucknall-under-Huthwaite is a township and village, 1½ mile W.N.W. of Sutton-in-Ashfield ; in Sutton-in-Ashfield ancient parish, Mansfield union and county court district, Nottingham bankruptcy district, Broxtow wapentake, Mansfield petty sessional division, Sutton-in-Ashfield polling district, Mansfield parliamentary division, Sutton-in-Ashfield ecclesiastical parish, Mansfield rural deanery, Nottingham archdeaconry, and Southwell diocese. It had 2028 inhabitants in 1881, and comprises 1227 acres of land and 1 of water : the rateable value is £5,087. The Duke of Portland is chief landowner, and the Earl of Carnarvon, R.M.E. Dodsley Esq., Mr Rowland Kesteven, and others have estates here. Beneath the surface are seven beds of coal, at various depths from 18 to 308 yards, and so far proved to be of excellent quality. The WESLEYAN CHAPEL and SUNDAY SCHOOL here, erected in 1815 by Mr. Eleazor Boot, (who lies interred in the chapel yard), was repaired in 1869 by the present Mr. Boot. The WESLEYAN FREE CHURCH CHAPEL and SUNDAY SCHOOL was erected in 1856. The PRIMITIVE METHODIST CHAPEL was built in 1884, and the UNITED METHODIST FREE CHURCH was erected in 1884. The NATIONAL SCHOOLS at Hucknall-under-Huthwaite, built by the Dowager Countess of Carnarvon in 1868, are principally supported by the present Earl, and has an average attendance of 200 mixed scholars and 150 infants. The school, which has an apse, and contains an altar and choir stalls, is used for divine service on Sundays, under the vicar of Sutton-in-Ashfield; the erection of a church here is contemplated and will probably soon be begun. A Church Institute is held in the school on Saturday, and has now about 50 members, who meet for debating theology, politics, &c; there is also attached cricket and football clubs and other recreations; Mr Joseph Boardman is hon. sec. In 1669, Ann Mason left Fenny Bank Close, 2A. 3R. 32P., now producing £5 per annum, for the education of poor children in this township. In 1834, Mr. Jeremiah Burrows by will directed that a portion of the land contained in his orchard should be set apart as a burial ground for him and his family for ever. The following year Mr. Burrows died, and was interred according to his request, and other members have been interred in the same place since. The land has been fenced round and neatly laid out by the present owner, Mr. Boot, but is now disused.
POST and MONEY ORDER OFFICE at Mr. Samuel Lowe's. Letters arrive at 8 a.m., and are despatched at 5.30 p.m., via Mansfield. Sutton-in-Ashfield (2 miles off), is the nearest Telegraph Office.
Commercial
Ashmore Samuel, shopkeeper
Barns John, shoemaker
Barnes Mr Aaron
Beardall Miss Elizabeth, cowkeeper
Beardall Matthew, farmer
Beighton William, farmer
Berresford William, shopkeeper
Betts Samuel Wilson, hosiery mfr
Blood John, underviewer, New Hucknall colliery
Boardman Joseph, National School master
Boot Mr John
Boot John Thomas, F.G.S., F.R.G.S.I.
mining & civil engineer, The Orchards
Bowler George, agent Prudential Asnce
Bower Samuel, vict. Portland Arms.
Brammer Edward, vict. White Lion
Buckland & Parr, chemists
Burrows Edward, cowkeeper
Burrows Henry, shopkeeper
Burrows Jeremiah, farmer and
Co-operative Store manager
Burrows John George, hosiery mfr
Burton Samuel, shopkeeper
Church Institute; Mr Jph. Boardman, hon secretary
Clay Joseph, butcher & vict. Shoulder of Mutton
Cooper Barnes, shopkeeper
Crafts William, baker
Cudworth William, beerhouse
Cupit Edwin, hay dealer & vict. White Swan
Dickins Williams, blacksmith
Evans Andrew Collin, furniture broker
Evans Thomas Alfred, shopkeeper
Farnsworth George, farmer
Farnsworth William, rent collector & cowkeeper
Gas Works; William Burton, manager
Goddard John & George, bricklayers & builders
Gower John, baker and shopkeeper
Hardy Andrew, shopkeeper
Herrod William, butcher and farmer
Hick John, colliery clerk & collector to Local Board
Hoskinson Arthur James, agent for Prudential Assurance
Hill William, blacksmith, gasfitter & glazier
Hopkins Thomas, farmer & shopkeeper
Kelso Edmund, lay reader,
Summer Hill house
Kesteven Rowland, vict. Peacock
Kesteven Thomas, farmer
Key Miss Mary Ann, infant mistress of National School
Leeson Charles, joiner and builder
Lomas William, farmer
Lowe Misses Sarah and Lavinia, shop & cowkeepers
Lowe Samuel, grocer, beer retailer, sub-postmaster, and carrier
Marshall Henry, frame-work knitter
Moakes Miss Jane, shopkeeper & beerhouse
New Hucknall Colliery Co. (lim.);
Simeon Watson, manager; Thomas Day, secretary
New Hucknall Colliery Reading Room;
Robert Slack, caretaker
Oxley Samuel, brick maker & beer retailer
Parr Edward, chemist (Buckland & Parr) & poor-rate collector
Pillsworth John Berriff, hosiery mfr. farmer and butcher
Richards Miss Sarah, shopkeeper
Robinson Thos. jun. draper & shoe dlr
Robinson Thos. farmer & shopkeeper
Rudge Thomas Theophilus, bookkeeper
Shephard John, carrier
Shooter William, farmer
Shore John, joiner
Simpson Joseph, shopkeeper & newsagent
Simpson Mrs Mary, milliner & dressmaker
Simpson William, shopkeeper
Smith Henry, shopkeeper
Smith John, farmer
Smith William, cowkeeper
Stendall Gilvert, farmer
Stones Alfred, shoemaker
Stones Jacob, shoemaker
Stringfellow James, grocer & refreshment room
Stringfellow John, farmer
Stubbins George, farmer
Sutton-in-Ashfield Industrial Co-operative Society (lim.), Hucknall branch; Jeremiah Burrows, manager
Tagg John, cowkeeper
Taylor Abraham, manager
Taylor Matthew, hosiery mfr; h Teversall
Thompson Joseph, farmer
Turner George, farmer
Watson Simeon, manager at New Hucknall Colliery, Hill house
Weigh Machine; John Thomas Carter, weigher
Wilson John, butcher and farmer
Wilson Mrs Elizabeth, lodgings,
Summer Hill house
Woodhead Mr Timothy
Wright Robert, grocer, brick maker & beerhouse
CARRIERS - To Mansfield, Wm. Alsop
and John Shepherd, on Mon. and
Thur.; Samuel Lowe, on Thur.
11 Aug 14 by Gary Elliott Updated 11 Aug 14