Pigots Directory 1842

PIGOT AND CO’S NATIONAL COMMERCIAL DIRECTORY

1842

(J PIGOT AND CO.)

Whittington was included in Staveley’s entry in this edition, they were both in the

Hundred of Scarsdale

WHITTINGTON – is a small parish in the same Hundred as Staveley about 3 ½ miles west from Staveley and 2 ½ miles north of Chesterfield. The village is one to which some note is attached, as having been the place where the Earl (afterwards Duke) of Devonshire, the Earl of Derby (afterwards Duke of Leeds) Lord Delamere and Mr John Darcy, eldest son of the Earl of Holderness assembled to concert measures for effecting the revolution of 1688. A jubilee or centenary of the great event, took place here in 1788. On Whittington Moor there are several extensive manufactories for stoneware, in which many of the inhabitants find employment. The parish church of St Bartholomew is a very ancient building, the living is a rectory in the patronage in the Dean and Chapter of Lincoln. The Rev ………Gordon is the incumbent, and the Rev R Robinson is the present curate. The Free school here was founded in 1674, by Peter Webster, and endowed by him with lands which, together with subsequent bequests, produce an annual income of about £32 10s for which 20 boys and 10 girls receive instruction. The parish contained in 1831 740 inhabitants and at the last census, 1841, 750.

	SURNAME	GIVEN NAME	TITLE	PLACE/PARISH
GENTRY AND CLERGY
	Ardron	Edward	Mr	Whittington
	Dixon	Henry	Esq	Whittington
	Green	Eliz	Mrs	Whittington House
	Jenkinson	George	Mr	Whittington
	Marr	George	Esq	Whittington
	Marr	George Jun	Mr	Whittington
	May	Charles Hugh	Esq	Whittington
	Robinson	Robert	Rev	Whittington
	Smith	Robert Edmund Moore	Esq	Whittington
	Sorby	Elizabeth	Mrs	Whittington Hall
	Steade	Charles	Capt	Whittington
ACADEMIES AND SCHOOLS
	Roe	Wm	Master	Free School Whittington
	Lamb	Sara		Whittington (Boarding)
	Shacklock	Ruth		Whittington
BLACKMITHS
	Littlewood	John		Whittington
	Thorp	George		Whittington
BOOT AND SHOE MAKERS
	Cartwright	Thomas		Whittington
	Hancock	George		Whittington
	Shephard	Henry		Whittington
	Siddall	James		Whittington
	Widdowson	George		Whittington
BUTCHERS
	Belfit	William		Whittington
	Bower	George		Whittington
GROCERS AND DEALERS IN SUNDRIES
	Cooke	Richard		Whittington
	Gill	John		Whittington
	Green	William		Whittington
	Thorpe	George		Whittington
	Thorpe	John		Whittington
	Widdowson	Frances		Whittington
HOOP MAKERS
	Green	Henry		Whittington
	Green	William		Whittington
MILLERS
	Cundy	John		Whittington
PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS
	Shepley	James		Whittington
SCYTHE MAKERS
	Hancock	George		Whittington
STONE MASONS
	Mettam	Thomas and Robert		Whittington
	Ward	Samuel		Whittington
TAILORS
	Bargh	Thomas		Whittington
	Beswick	George		Whittington
	Shacklock	Francis		Whittington
	Smith	John		Whittington
	Staton	John		Whittington
	Webster	Elijah		Whittington
TAVERNS AND PUBLIC HOUSES
	Cooke	John	Bulls Head	Whittington
	Woodhouse	John	Cock and Magpie	Whittington
	Bargh	Joshua	Sheepbridge Inn	Whittington
	Bower	George	Square and Compass	Whittington
	Littlewood	John	White Horse	Whittington
RETAILERS OF BEER
	Hoult	George		Whittington
WHEELWRIGHTS
	Cooke	John		Whittington
	Siddall	John		Whittington
MISCELLANEOUS
	Green	Wm	Sickle shaft maker	Whittington
	Moody	John	Mole catcher	Whittington
	Moody	Richard	Mole catcher to the Duke of Devonshire	Whittington
	Naylor	John	Millwright	Whittington
	Shacklock	Harriet and Charlotte	Dressmakers	Whittington

Whittington at this time was still a combination of what we now know as New, Old and Whittington Moor. Although these trades and businesses are in Whittington they could have been anywhere in the Whittington area, apart from the obvious names where it is easy to confirm they were in Old Whittington.

The population is still around 750 inhabitants but the number of grocers and dealers has increased slightly from 1828-1829.