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Ranby
Guy Brighouse wrote:The changing face of derbyApril 9th 1980Mr and Mrs Ranby started their business (now Debenhams) in one of the small shops in the top picture. In he 1890’s they came to Spondon, to the house which is now the “Crown Club” on...
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Guy Brighouse wrote:The changing face of derbyApril 9th 1980Mr and Mrs Ranby started their business (now Debenhams) in one of the small shops in the top picture. In he 1890’s they came to Spondon, to the house which is now the “Crown Club” on...
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Holbrook
Guy Brighouse wrote in 1987:John Holbrook, in his will of 1889, left £200 each to his nephews Henry, John, William, Peter, sons of his late brother, also Townend Cottage (Sawpit Lane/ West Road) to Emma Elson and M.A. Elson and to Fanny Barton, 5...
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Guy Brighouse wrote in 1987:John Holbrook, in his will of 1889, left £200 each to his nephews Henry, John, William, Peter, sons of his late brother, also Townend Cottage (Sawpit Lane/ West Road) to Emma Elson and M.A. Elson and to Fanny Barton, 5...
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Sims
Spondon Will.Benjamin, Alice, Rosa and Mirabel Sims, were the children of Mrs Alice Sims of Springfield farm (1899). Mrs Alice Sims was a Miss Meakin, the Meakins had been farmers in Spondon since before the enclosure Act (1780/90). Ben...
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Spondon Will.Benjamin, Alice, Rosa and Mirabel Sims, were the children of Mrs Alice Sims of Springfield farm (1899). Mrs Alice Sims was a Miss Meakin, the Meakins had been farmers in Spondon since before the enclosure Act (1780/90). Ben...
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Stone
Stone – death announcementHollybrook was on the corner of Moor End until that road was widened in 1962. He was a retired farmer, he farmed Burrowood, off Dale Road house now demolished.Burrowood manor bought by Fitzherbert’s family during...
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Stone – death announcementHollybrook was on the corner of Moor End until that road was widened in 1962. He was a retired farmer, he farmed Burrowood, off Dale Road house now demolished.Burrowood manor bought by Fitzherbert’s family during...
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Marl Pit Close
Guy Brighouse wrote in 1987: The Marl from the Pit was used in local brickyards. I remember Mr Edward (Neddy) Wheatley telling me he remembered it being worked. He died in early 1930s aged 82.He also told of the Whitsuntide Village walks...
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Guy Brighouse wrote in 1987: The Marl from the Pit was used in local brickyards. I remember Mr Edward (Neddy) Wheatley telling me he remembered it being worked. He died in early 1930s aged 82.He also told of the Whitsuntide Village walks...
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Marriage of Mr T Shaw and Miss Sinfoil
Marriage of Mr. T. Shaw and Miss Sinfoil.A pretty wedding took place on Tuesday in the Parish Church, Spondon, the bride being Miss Mary Sinfoil, only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sinfoil, of "Charnwood" Spondon, and the bridegroom Mr. T. Shaw...
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Marriage of Mr. T. Shaw and Miss Sinfoil.A pretty wedding took place on Tuesday in the Parish Church, Spondon, the bride being Miss Mary Sinfoil, only daughter of Mr. & Mrs. Charles Sinfoil, of "Charnwood" Spondon, and the bridegroom Mr. T. Shaw...
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Willowcroft Road
The Celanese factory was built towards the end of the 1st World War. It was essential that new housing was built for its workers. The Co-op built houses on Derby Road and Merchant Avenue. Celanese also built houses for its staff....
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The Celanese factory was built towards the end of the 1st World War. It was essential that new housing was built for its workers. The Co-op built houses on Derby Road and Merchant Avenue. Celanese also built houses for its staff....
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Spondon Aflame 1990
In 1990 we commemmorated the burning of Spondon in 1340 with "Spondon Aflame". It involved the whole village. First there was a naming and a logo competition, this logo then being used by the Post Office for first day covers. There...
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In 1990 we commemmorated the burning of Spondon in 1340 with "Spondon Aflame". It involved the whole village. First there was a naming and a logo competition, this logo then being used by the Post Office for first day covers. There...
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Geography: Streets: Huntley Avenue and Dale Road
Huntley Avenue was built during mid to late 1930s and was extended in 1984/7. A small building estate was added from Badger Close to Chaffinch Close. During that time it extended access to Bill Peat’s Planting”, a small wood which was...
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Huntley Avenue was built during mid to late 1930s and was extended in 1984/7. A small building estate was added from Badger Close to Chaffinch Close. During that time it extended access to Bill Peat’s Planting”, a small wood which was...
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Old Spondon Roads
Town Street ran from the corner of West Road down in front of the old vicarage, until a new road was cut in about 1816, from the Derby Road up past the Parish Church, linking with both Moor Street and Locko Road, which was then called Stanley...
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Town Street ran from the corner of West Road down in front of the old vicarage, until a new road was cut in about 1816, from the Derby Road up past the Parish Church, linking with both Moor Street and Locko Road, which was then called Stanley...
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19th Century Spondon
There were three events which affected life in Spondon. In 1839 the railway came, and the new school opened. Education became compulsory in the 1890s. The third event in the 1890s was the election of the Parish Council.nbsp...
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There were three events which affected life in Spondon. In 1839 the railway came, and the new school opened. Education became compulsory in the 1890s. The third event in the 1890s was the election of the Parish Council.nbsp...
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People: Families: Spondon People of Influence: The Fowlers
Henry Fowler (later Sir Henry) came to live at the Homestead in 1912 when he was appointed Chief Mechanical Engineer to the Midland Railway at Derby. He quickly became involved in local life, particlarly the Church, where he ran a young men's...
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Henry Fowler (later Sir Henry) came to live at the Homestead in 1912 when he was appointed Chief Mechanical Engineer to the Midland Railway at Derby. He quickly became involved in local life, particlarly the Church, where he ran a young men's...
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