I am searching for info on a great uncle who had butcher's shop or shops in Matlock. His name was Lewis Blackburn. Does anyone have any local knowledge of the shops or even know the address. Google searches don't seem to bring up anything. The rest of the family stayed in Yorkshire except for Walter his youngest brother who came to work with Lewis and only died a few years back. I understand there was a van but don't know exactly when he opened his shops or who he worked for beforehand. He was an apprentice in the 1911 in Thurnscoe, Yorkshire. Hoping somebody can help even with a scrap of info. Thank you Barbara Johnston

Hi liist, if you go down to the woods today, not a good year for CARTLEDGE PEAK FOREST BURIALS 1852 4 Jan 1852 Benjamin CROSSLAND Peak Forest 65 31 Jan 1852 Hannah BRITNER Peak Forest 17 18 Feb 1852 Edward CARTLEDGE Chapel en le Frith 17 22 Feb 1852 John OAKES Peak Forest 85 23 Mar 1852 Hannah CARTLEDGE Chapel en le Frith 19 25 Mar 1852 Roland CARTLEDGE Chapel en le Frith 21 10 Apr 1852 John DAKIN Peak Forest 67 18 Apr 1852 Henry CARTLEDGE Chapel en le Frith 20 24 Apr 1852 Jane WINTERBOTTOM Peak Forest 17 30 Apr 1852 Samuel HADFIELD Peak Forest 74 11 May 1852 George PEARSON Peak Forest inf 12 Jun 1852 William CARTLEDGE Chapel en le Frith 22 27 Jun 1852 Milicent ADAMS Peak Forest 27 29 Jun 1852 George HILL Macclesfield 69 21 Jul 1852 Clara ELLIS Peak Forest 1 4 Nov 1852 Thomas CARTLEDGE Chapel en le Frith 46 7 Nov 1852 John KEELING Peak Forest 5 21 Nov 1852 Merab KEATON Peak Forest 32 mike -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

Hi Andrea, You bring back memories! Dave Sudbury (a local lad) came to the Peasmouldia Folk Club in Derby around 1995 and performed the 'King of Rome'. A couple of other 'Derby' songs are the famous Derby Ram, many versions of which can be found on YouTube. Another lesser know song is the Great Derby Footrace. No trace of this song on Youtube but it can be found on the CD 'Well Seasoned by Keith Kendrick. Wildgoose Records WGS 317 CD. The event was held for many years on Sinfin Moor just outside of Derby between Christmas and Easter. Interestingly Sinfin Moor was known locally as 'The Bog' and was always considered unfit to build on. It is now a very large housing estate! Regards Paul Slater Derby UK -----Original Message----- From: derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Andrea Newham Sent: 18 December 2012 17:47 To: derbysgen@rootsweb.com Subject: [DBY] Charlie Hudson and his famous racing pigeon Quite by accident whilst rootling around on YouTube I found a song called 'The King of Rome' which was written by a Dave Sudbury of Derby about a Charlie Hudson of Brook St, Derby who raced pigeons! He entered it into a famous race in 1913 and was not expected to get his pigeon back from its long journey from Rome......but he did! It made him quite famous for a while and the story has been turned into a folk-song. It's a first for me to hear a song about a Derbien/Derbyite (?) not the least because I have an interest in the surname too. Anyway I thought there may be others out there interested too! Here's a link to the story and if you search YouTube you'll find the song performed by a group called The Unthanks with the Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band (amoungst others!) http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/features/kingofrome/index.htm I quite easily found him at 56 Brook St on the 1911 census with his wife Elizabeth, step-daughter and 2 children. Hope others enjoy the story as I did Andrea Newham Researching HUFTON, UFTON, RATCLIFF(E), BEES(T)ON, TITTERTON, SPENCER, HUDSON, COULSON, SHEPHERD, HOLMES, BIRCH.......mainly Derby but just discovered a branch or two in Ontario and British Columbia!! ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2805 / Virus Database: 2637/5968 - Release Date: 12/18/12

Quite by accident whilst rootling around on YouTube I found a song called 'The King of Rome' which was written by a Dave Sudbury of Derby about a Charlie Hudson of Brook St, Derby who raced pigeons! He entered it into a famous race in 1913 and was not expected to get his pigeon back from its long journey from Rome......but he did! It made him quite famous for a while and the story has been turned into a folk-song. It's a first for me to hear a song about a Derbien/Derbyite (?) not the least because I have an interest in the surname too. Anyway I thought there may be others out there interested too! Here's a link to the story and if you search YouTube you'll find the song performed by a group called The Unthanks with the Brighouse & Rastrick Brass Band (amoungst others!) http://www.derbyphotos.co.uk/features/kingofrome/index.htm I quite easily found him at 56 Brook St on the 1911 census with his wife Elizabeth, step-daughter and 2 children. Hope others enjoy the story as I did Andrea Newham Researching HUFTON, UFTON, RATCLIFF(E), BEES(T)ON, TITTERTON, SPENCER, HUDSON, COULSON, SHEPHERD, HOLMES, BIRCH.......mainly Derby but just discovered a branch or two in Ontario and British Columbia!!

Hi there everyone, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year >From Anne

Hi 'geners*, more from Riddings *RIDDINGS BURIALS 1842 0ct-Dec 5 Oct 1842 Mary ENGLAND Greenhill Lane 17 13 Oct 1842 Elizabeth KNIGHTON Swanwick Lane 77 30 Oct 1842 Thomas WILLIAMSON? Greenhill Lane 74 30 Oct 1842 John TOMLINSON Greenhill Lane 34 13 Nov 1842 Isaac HEYWOOD Riddings 7 14 Nov 1842 John BARNHAM Somercotes 23 15 Nov 1842 Elizabeth MARSLAND Greenhill Lane 54 22 Nov 1842 Mary LEE Codnor Park 53 1 Dec 1842 Ann MARJERISON Riddings 6m 4 Dec 1842 George Dobb SEDGWICK Riddings 6m 6 Dec 1842 Samuel PARKER Somercotes 12 7 Dec 1842 Mary Ann HADFIELD Riddings 1 8 Dec 1842 John WHARTON Riddings 2 16 Dec 1842 William CHEETHAM Greenhill Lane 26 22 Dec 1842 Ann REDFERN Riddings 60 mike * * -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

Hi list, to Smisby SMISBY BURIALS 1846 7 Jan 1846 John BOSWORTH par. Smisby 79 13 Jan 1846 Sarah DUNNICLIFF par. Hartshorn 78 19 Feb 1846 Thomas SHELDON par. Ashby 38 31 Mar 1846 Mary SHAW par. Ashby 29 10 Apr 1846 Kate PEAT Smisby 23 14 May 1846 Ann DEAN Smisby 4 21 Jun 1846 Jane RICE? Smisby 7 1 Jul 1846 Elizabeth WOODWARD Repton parish 70 27 Sep 1846 Thomas HYDE Heath End par Ashby de la Zouch no age given 28 Nov 1846 Walter Joseph COCKRAM Smisby 83 mike -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

Hi Mike Horses and Bullocks were used to pull heavy loads. I presume from time to time enough horses were not available. I have a photo of a farming relative where a cart was being pulled by a horse and bullock, not side by side but the bullock in front of the horse. The photo was taken in Derbyshire in the middle of the 20th century. Richard Dalton -----Original Message----- From: derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Fry Sent: 13 December 2012 22:18 To: derbysgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DBY] horse power On 2012/12/13 17:31, ann wrote: > Found this > would horses and bullocks be used, sounds a lot to me > > > > > 18 Oct. 1696 > > > Contents: > Verdict of jury on Henry Kitchen of Bolsover, who died following the > overturning of a wagon in which he was riding, drawn by 3 pairs of > horses and 4 young bullocks on the side of Castle Hill near Bolsover. > Deodands, wagon, horses and bullocks, worth £10. Think the answer is partly in the site of the accident. My wife's family had a timber haulage business in the 19th century in Essex, and they used horses to pull wagons loaded with tree trunks. I have the pictorial evidence :-) And the Auction Sale Catalogue from 1926. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

-----Original Message----- From: derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:derbysgen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Mike Fry Sent: 13 December 2012 22:18 To: derbysgen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DBY] horse power On 2012/12/13 17:31, ann wrote: > Found this > would horses and bullocks be used, sounds a lot to me > > > > > 18 Oct. 1696 > > > Contents: > Verdict of jury on Henry Kitchen of Bolsover, who died following the > overturning of a wagon in which he was riding, drawn by 3 pairs of > horses and 4 young bullocks on the side of Castle Hill near Bolsover. > Deodands, wagon, horses and bullocks, worth £10. Think the answer is partly in the site of the accident. My wife's family had a timber haulage business in the 19th century in Essex, and they used horses to pull wagons loaded with tree trunks. I have the pictorial evidence :-) And the Auction Sale Catalogue from 1926. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DERBYSGEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you Marjorie, My SPENCER'S came from Thornsett but originated from the Clayton Le Moors area in Lancashire. They moved into Derbyshire around 1805. They were in the Calico trade which I think was just starting up in the New Mills area. Your  site info (maps) gave me a better in site as to the area homes they lived in. Actually I did not see many homes where I looked, it gave me the impression it was pretty bleak spot. I would think the local pub would have been a welcome spot of relief for these 'early settlers' . Merry Christmas, Mike Morris  Toronto Canada >________________________________ > From: Marjorie Ward <marjorie.ward2@btinternet.com> >To: DERBYSGEN@rootsweb.com >Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2012 7:55:20 AM >Subject: [DBY] Resources for New MillsThe New Mills Local History Society have recently added two very useful >resources to their website. >The 1841 Tithe Award Map - http://www.newmillshistory.org.uk/titheindex.html >and a transcript of St. George`s Road Methodist Memorial Inscriptions - >http://www.newmillshistory.org.uk/gyardindex.html <snip> > > >

Hi list, more from the parish vestry type book of Old Whittington OLD WHITTINGTON BURIALS 1881 Apr 2 Apr 1881 Isabella WILLERTON Old Whittington 20 4 Apr 1881 Maria WIDDOWSON Old Whittington 57 14 Apr 1881 Matthew WHITE Old Whittington 56 18 Apr 1881 Ann JOHNSON New Whittington 41 7 May 1881 Elizabeth ROBERTS New Whittington 47 23 May 1881 William WILLIS Old Whittington 10 26 May 1881 Thomas CASE New Whittington 33 30 May 1881 Sampson HOLLAND Old Whittington 58 8 Jun 1881 William HOROBIN New Whittington 65 9 Jun 1881 Albert PICKERING New Whittington 9 16 Jun 1881 Francis SLORK ? New Whittington 66 19 Jun 1881 Charles WARHURST Old Whittington 28 21 Jun 1881 Alice MASON Old Whittington 60 3 Jul 1881 Mary HAWKINS New Whittington 60 11 Jul 1881 Mary ELSE Old Whittington 70 21 Jul 1881 Barbara WILLERTON Old Whittington 57 28 Jul 1881 Mary Ann WARD Old Whittington no age given mike -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

Hi list, this is a copy of the burials found in Whittington parish book, not the parish register which has been damaged by fire, this is more like a very large vestry book. WHITTINGTON BURIALS 1881 4 Jan 1881 Joseph WOOD New Whittington 65 18 Jan 1881 John Thomas CREED Old Whittington 56 29 Jan 1881 Sarah BOSTON New Whittington 47 7 Feb 1881 Robert WOODHOUSE Old Whittington 57 15 Feb 1881 Arthur WOODWARD Old Whittington no age given 21 Feb 1881 Samuel Parkin BARGH Old Whittington killed at Sheepbridge railway 7 Mar 1881 William WALTERS New Whittington 50 7 Mar 1881 Eliza WIDDOWSON Old Whittington 26 12 Mar 1881 Charles GOODWIN New Whittington 75 26 Mar 1881 Esther BRUNT ? Old Whittington 36 28 Mar 1881 Richard Haigh KIRK Old Whittington 66 29 Mar 1881 Sarah GROSE New Whittington 49 29 Mar 1881 Elizabeth ANTHONY Old Whittington 60 31 Mar 1881 John MOTTERSHALL Old Whittington 50 mike -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

Hi list, now to Smalley SMALLEY BURIALS 1842 18 Jan 1842 William RAWSON Smalley 93 29 May 1842 John WADKINSON Smalley 40 5 Jul 1842 John BOOTH Smalley 40 8 Jul 1842 Rachel CARRINGTON Smalley 25 7 Sep 1842 Ann RATCLIFF Smalley 25 20 Sep 1842 Samuel ROGERS Smalley 82 28 Dec 1842 Richard BEDNAL Shipley 65 mike -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

Hi list, to Riddings. RIDDINGS BURIALS 1842 Jul-Aug-Sep 4 Jul 1842 Hannah CHEETHAM Riddings 22 13 Jul 1842 George HANSON Pye Bridge 1 26 Jul 1842 John SHEPHERD Ironville 17 26 Jul 1842 Joseph MILWARD Greenhill Lane 2 27 Jul 1842 Maria WALKER Ironville 3 31 Jul 1842 Mary TIMS Ironville 7 8 Aug 1842 William BRADLEY Greenhill Lane 53 12 Aug 1842 Elizabeth LANGTON Riddings 40 23 Aug 1842 Sarah WHITE Riddings 14 31 Aug 1842 William CHAMBERLANE Greenhill Lane 13 8 Sep 1842 Ann LEE Codnor Park 65 14 Sep 1842 Benjamin JEPHSON Birchwood 41 14 Sep 1842 William GEE Greenhill Lane 24 14 Sep 1842 Elizabeth WHITNER? Hermitage 21m 14 Sep 1842 Ann STEEPLES Riddings 75 27 Sep 1842 William COPE Greenhill Lane 6 mike -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

Hi 'geners, now to Shirland SHIRLAND BURIALS 1840 5 Jan 1840 Ann CARLINE Shirland 67 7 Jan 1840 Elizabeth GREASBY Shirland 52 13 Jan 1840 Thomas Mickle WRIGHT Higham 19 26 Jan 1840 Eliza MILWARD Tibshelf parish 23 2 Feb 1840 Martha RHODES Higham 63 11 Feb 1840 Mary Ann RADFORD Shirland 15m 16 Feb 1840 Thomas SIDDALL Higham 1 1 Mar 1840 Thomas HEARNSHAW Shirland 86 15 Mar 1840 Rebecca SMITH Danes Moor 72 15 Mar 1840 John ROGERS Danes Moor 37 15 Mar 1840 Sarah Ann WINFIELD North Wingfield 15m 5 Apr 1840 John PINEGAR Shirland 35 5 Apr 1840 George ROBINSON Furnace 3 1 May 1840 Sarah HODSON Farnsfield Nottingham 69 3 May 1840 Robert RIGGLES Stretton Hill Side 14m 30 May 1840 Robert RIGGLES Stretton Hill Side 28 10 Jun 1840 Fanny PEACOCK Shirland inf 14 Jun 1840 Mary CHEETHAM Millford 46 5 Jul 1840 Martha MATHER parish Crich 25 3 Aug 1840 John BARKER Shirland 84 7 Aug 1840 Robert WHITE Higham 100yrs 7m 18 Aug 1840 Lucy WILCOCKSON Alfreton 38 20 Oct 1840 William FROST Shirland 6 20 Nov 1840 Ann LANGFORD Higham 4 10 Dec 1840 John MARSHALL Shirland inf mike -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

Hello ffolks, Here's what 11 year olds were learning in 1695. Its much easier to understand using Algebra. Those interested, look up "Rule of Three" in Wikipedia ---------------- The Rule of Three gained notoriety for being particularly difficult to explain: see Cocker's Arithmetick for an example of how the premier textbook in the 17th century approached the subject. Though popular, like most texts of its time, Arithmetick style is formal, stiff and difficult to follow as illustrated in its explanation of the "rule of three". "Again, observe, that of the three given numbers, those two that are of the same kind, one of them must be the first, and the other the third, and that which is of the same kind with the number sought, must be the second number in the rule of three; and that you may know which of the said numbers to make your first, and which your third, know this, that to one of those two numbers there is always affixed a demand, and that number upon which the demand lieth must always be reckoned the third number" ------------- See www.eyemead.com/GILLwill.htm#ruleofthree Regards, John Palmer, Dorset, England

The New Mills Local History Society have recently added two very useful resources to their website. The 1841 Tithe Award Map - http://www.newmillshistory.org.uk/titheindex.html and a transcript of St. George`s Road Methodist Memorial Inscriptions - http://www.newmillshistory.org.uk/gyardindex.html If you have an interest in the town these are wonderful resources. best wishes Marjorie Ward Derbyshire, UK Sources for Disley; Lyme Handley; Taxal & Whaley www.disley.net Sources for Hollingworths www.hollingworths.net Sources for NWDby incl Chapel; Charlesworth; Chinley; Fernilee; Glossop; Hayfield; Hope Valley; Mellor & New Mills http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~dusk John Ward Paintings: www.johnward-art.com

Hi 'geners, back by bridge STANTON BY BRIDGE BURIALS 1892-1899 23 Feb 1892 Mary Ann BIRD Stanton by Bridge 70 7 Nov 1892 Henry HAWKSWORTH Stanton by Bridge 68 13 Apr 1893 William GIRDLESTONE Stanton by Bridge 79 for 30yrs clerk and sexton 8 Feb 1894 Jane HIGGINS Melbourne 79 10 Mar 1894 Eunice CODRINGTON Stanton by Bridge 70 20 Jun 1893 Thomas William WILKINS Stanton by Bridge 3 23 Jan 1895 George BANTON Stanton by Bridge 79 2 Apr 1895 Maria GIRDLESTONE Stanton by Bridge 82 26 Aug 1896 Elizabeth ANDERSON Stanton by Bridge 25 16 Jan 1897 Ann HASTINGS Shardlow Workhouse 75 28 Dec 1897 Thomas Albert SALTON ? Stanton by Bridge 6m 15 Feb 1898 John KIRKMAN Stanton by Bridge 12m 2 Nov 1898 Elizabeth BIRD Stanton by Bridge 67 7 Apr 1899 Elizabeth Sarah SAMUEL Peterborough 37 mike -- http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spire/Yesterday/index.htm

On 2012/12/13 17:31, ann wrote: > Found this > would horses and bullocks be used, sounds a lot to me > > > > > 18 Oct. 1696 > > > Contents: > Verdict of jury on Henry Kitchen of Bolsover, who died following > the overturning of a wagon in which he was riding, drawn by 3 pairs of > horses and 4 young bullocks on the side of Castle Hill near Bolsover. > Deodands, wagon, horses and bullocks, worth £10. Think the answer is partly in the site of the accident. My wife's family had a timber haulage business in the 19th century in Essex, and they used horses to pull wagons loaded with tree trunks. I have the pictorial evidence :-) And the Auction Sale Catalogue from 1926. -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg

 Found this   would  horses and bullocks be used, sounds a lot to me  18 Oct. 1696 Contents: Verdict of jury on Henry Kitchen of Bolsover, who died following the overturning of a wagon in which he was riding, drawn by 3 pairs of horses and 4 young bullocks on the side of Castle Hill near Bolsover. Deodands, wagon, horses and bullocks, worth £10.