DESBOROUGH is a parish and town, on the main road from Kettering to Market Harborough, with a station on the Midland main line of railway, 6 miles northwest from Kettering, 18 north from Northampton and 81 from London, in the Northern division of the
county, hundred of Rothwell, petty sessional division, union and county court district of Kettering, rural deanery of Rothwell (second portion),
archdeaconry of Northampton and diocese of Peterborough. The parish
was governed by a Local Board of 9 members, created by an Order of the Northamptonshire County Council, confirmed by Local
Government Order, No. 27,418, dated September 3, 1891, but under the provisions of the
"Local Government Act. 1898" (56 and 57 Vict. c. 74), an Urban District Council of 12 members has been formed.
The church of St. Giles is a cruciform building of stone, in the Early English and
later styles, consisting of chancel, clerestoried nave, aisles, transepts, north porch and a western tower with pinnacles and octagonal spire, containing 6 bells and a clock, placed in
1889 at a cost of £120: there are several ancient monuments to the Poulton family,
members of which, for fourteen generations, held the lordship of the manor: the
church has been completely restored, partially new roofed, the gallery removed, a lectern, prayer desk and pulpit added, and the interior re-floored and re-seated
at a cost of about £400: there is a stained window on the south
side. The register dates from the year 1371, but there is a vacancy in the register of baptisms and burials from 1679 to
1686, and of marriages from 1681 to 1695. The living is a vicarage, net yearly
value £195, including 115 acres of glebe, with residence, in the gift of the Bishop
of Peterborough, and held since 1908 by the Rev.
Charles Lewis Heberden M.A. of Selwyn
College, Cambridge.
There is a Baptist chapel, built in 1848, with 400 sittings, a Congregational chapel,
erected in 1855, seating 500 persons, and a Wesleyan Methodist chapel.
The Oddfellows' Hall, erected in 1888, is used for all
kinds of entertainments. The manufacture of boots, shoes, stays and the raising of iron ore gives employment to a great many hands.
The Loakes
charity consists of a sum of £65 15s. 4d., the interest on which,
under a scheme of the Charity Commissioners dated 17 December, 1897, is devoted to the general purposes of the poor. The charities include one of
£238, left in 1834 by the late Mrs. Mary Biggs, of Desborough, the interest to be given in prizes and rewards to the children of the Sunday school. East's charity, of
£1. is distributed annually in bread. The town land now (1910)
produces about £10 10s. per annum, which sum is
distributed amongst the poor of the parish; the church land produces
£6 10s. yearly for church purposes. The Urban District Council have the power of appointing trustees of the parochial
charities.
The principal landowners are the Desborough Co-operative Society Limited,
who are lords of the manor, Lieut.-Col. G. H. Champion de Crespigny, of Burton Latimer Hall, and Mrs. Wise, of Walton Hall, near Burton-on-Trent. The soil is clay and sand and contains ironstone; subsoil, blue
lias clay. The chief crops are wheat, barley, turnips and oats.
The area of the civil parish and Urban District is 2,399 acres; rateable value,
£18,394; the population in 1901 was 3,573.
Sexton, Matthew Coe.
Post. M. O., T. & Telephone Call Office.—John G. Bird, sub-postmaster. Letters through Market
Harborough (Leicester) are delivered at 7 a.m. & 12.50 & 6 p.m.; dispatched at 8.35 & 11.55 a.m. & 6.25 & 8.30 p.m. week days
only; sundays, delivery commences at 7.15 a.m; dispatched. 10 a.m.
Wall Letter Box, near station, cleared 8.40 a.m. 12 noon & 6.30 & 8.40
p.m
URBAN DISTRICT COUNCIL.
Meets at the Council Schools, monthly, on the second tuesday at 7 p.m.
Members.
Chairman, Fred C. Fenton.
Vice-Chairman, Dixon Palmer.
All retire in 1913
Officers.
- Clerk, Charles William Lane, George street, Kettering
- Treasurer, John Bayldon, Stamford, Spalding & Boston Bank, Market Harborough
- Medical Officer of Health,
Henry Gibbons M.D. Glendkindie house
- Surveyor &
Sanitary Inspector, George Essex Marlow
- Rate Collector, Isaac Hodges
- Police Station, Alfred Osborn, sergeant, and 1 constable
- Desboro' Volunteer Fire Brigade Station, with a steam fire engine,
Dixon Palmer, captain
- 4th Battalion Northamptonshire Regiment Territorial Force (G Co.), Capt. H. Butlin; Color-Sergt.
John Thomas Langley, York road, Kettering, drill instructor
Public Elementary Schools
Boys', Girls' & Infants', built, with master's residence, in 1878, at a cost of about £3,500, & enlarged in 1891 & again enlarged in
1901 for 260 boys, 265 girls & 330 infants; average attendance, 200 boys, 210 girls & 230 infants;
Henry Wallis, master;
Mrs. Laura Coe, girls' mistress;
Mrs. Sarah Shipley, infants' mistress.
Church of England (mixed), built in 1885, at a cost of about £600, for
131 children; average attendance, 114; Frederick Starling, master; Mrs.
Bird, Miss Wybrow & Miss Clarke, assistant mistresses
The old National School, rebuilt in 1894, is still used, & will hold 60 scholars
Railway Station, P. Hendscombe, station master
Carriers.—John Crick, to Kettering, on fri.; Incles, to Market Harborough
& Rothwell, tues. & sat.; Stenson, to Kettering, fri
PRIVATE RESIDENTS.
Cheaney, Harold, Rushton road
Cheaney, Mrs
Coe, Morris T., Lower street
Fenton, Frederick C., Holly cottage
Fisher, Charles B., Manor house
Gadsby, Thomas
Gibbons Hy. M.D. Glenkindie house
Ginns, Francis
Harvey, Rev. Wm. R. (Congregational)
Heberden, Rev. Charles Lewis M.A.
(vicar), Vicarage
Marlow, Henry
Monk, John C., Brabrooke house
Moore, Jonn. Reuben, Desborough ho
Phillips, Rev. Joseph (Baptist)
Riley, Frederick
Sheavyn, John
Wallis, Henry
| COMMERCIAL |
| Early closing day, Thurs. 2 p.m.
|
| Asher Ann (Mrs.) | draper |
| Asher, Frank Andrew |
cycle agent |
| Atkins, James |
Angel P.H |
| Bailey, Henry Robert |
Swan inn |
| Baker,George David |
grocer |
| Ball, John Henry |
blacksmith |
| Bamford, Benjamin |
farmer |
| Betts, Henry |
shopkeeper |
| Bindley, Thomas Alfred |
greengrocer |
| Bird, John G. & Samuel |
grocers |
| Bird, Kate (Mrs.) |
beer retailer |
| Blunsum, Foster |
baker |
| Brown, Arthur |
shopkpr. Station road |
| Burditt, Jos. W. |
shopkeeper |
| Chatterton, Jn |
fried fish dlr. High st |
| Cheaney, Joseph & Son |
boot & shoe manufacturers |
| Clark, Thomas Henry |
New inn |
| Coe, Arnold |
fishmonger |
| Coe, Eli |
general dealer, High street |
| Coe, Fredk. Percy |
shopkpr. Victoria st |
| Coe, Henry |
beer retailer |
| Coe, Jesse |
dairyman, Plum park |
| Coe, John |
shopkeeper |
| Coe, Martin |
dairyman, Union street |
| Coe, Mary (Mrs) |
milliner |
| Conservative Club |
(Edgar Dillon sec) |
| Co-operative Wholesale Society Ltd. corset
manufacturers (branch) |
| Cox, Wm. Alfd. |
com. travlr Union st |
| Crick, Samuel |
King's Arms P.H |
| Daisley, William |
coal merchant |
| Dawkins, John Edwin |
builder & contr |
| Dean, Herbert |
chemist, Station road |
| Desborough Co-operative Boot & Shoe
Manufacturing Society Limited |
| Desboro' Gas Co. Limited |
(Dixon Palmer, manager) |
| Desboro' Industrial & Provident
Co-operative Society Limited |
(Jesse Marlow, sec) |
| Desboro' Oddfellows' Hall |
(Thomas Henry Blissett, sec) |
| Desboro' Reading Room & Temperance
Institute Lim. |
(Isaac Hodges, sec) |
| Desboro' Volunteer Fire Brigade |
(Dixon Palmer, captain) |
| Desboro' Working Men's Club & Institute
Limited |
(Wm Hall, sec) |
| Feakin, Charles |
shopkeeper |
| Foster, John |
tailor |
| Freer, Miller |
general dealer |
| Frisby, J. Page |
wheelwright |
| Gootch, Walter F. |
painter |
| Gotobed, James |
cabinet maker |
|
Gibbons, Henry M.D., C.M. Aberd. surgeon,
medical officer of health to Desboro' Urban District Council, medical officer &, public vaccinator
Desborough district, Kettering union & certifying factory surgeon,
Glenkindie house |
| Ginns, Mark & Sons |
shopkeepers |
| Groocock, John |
boot dealer |
| Gutteridge, William |
hairdresser |
| Hall, William |
boot & shoe maker |
| Hief, Julius Rudolf |
watch & clock ma |
| Hodges, Isaac | rate collector to the Urban District
Council |
| Humfrey, Richard |
corn merchant |
| Jarvis, John |
beer retailer |
| Jones, Thos |
carpenter & wheelwright |
| Kendall, Rowland Underwood |
hair dresser |
| Key, Alfd. Richardson |
butcher, High st |
| Kilborn, George Thomas |
butcher |
| Kilborn, Herbert |
butcher |
| Kilborn, Samuel John |
butcher |
| Kilborn, Thomas Robert |
plumber & glazier |
| Lane, Charles William |
solicitor & commissioner for oaths, clerk to the guardians &
assessment committee of Kettering union, & to Desboro' Urban &
Kettering Rural District Councils; attends every tuesday; & at
George street, Kettering |
| Leago, Elizabeth (Miss) |
dress maker |
| Lilley, John |
hair dresser |
| London City & Midland Bank Limited (sub-branch) (W. J. Horn, mgr.); open
wed. & sat. 9.45 to 11.50 a.m.; draw on head office, Threadneedle street, London E C |
| Marlow, Henry & Son |
builders |
| Marlow & Son |
printers |
| Marlow, George Essex |
architect, surveyor & sanitary inspector to the Urban District
Council |
| Michael, Percy |
grocer & beer retailer |
| Morris & Son |
grocers & news agents |
| Muskett, William |
farmer |
| Nichols, Son & Clow |
wholesale boot & shoe manufacturers (branch) |
| Nicholson, Alice (Mrs) |
shopkeeper, High street |
| Nicholson, John |
boot & shoe maker |
| Page, Clarke |
boot & shoe maker |
| Page, Hiram |
chimney sweeper |
| Page, Owen |
boot & shoe maker |
| Paine, James |
furniture dealer |
| Panter, John |
beer retailer |
| Reynolds W. & Co. corset manufacturers (branch) |
| Riley, Benjamin |
boot & shoe manufr |
| Robinson, Mary (Mrs) |
shopkeeper |
| Scotney, James |
cycle manufacturer |
| Shepperson, John Thomas |
grocer |
| Stamford, Spalding & Boston Banking Company Limited
(agency); open wed. & sat. from 9.45 to 11.50 a.m. (John Bayldon,
manager); draw on Barclay & Company Limited, London E C |
| Starling, Ellen (Mrs.) |
confectioner |
| Summerley, Harry |
fishmonger |
| Sumner, Geo. Ward J.P. |
horse dealer |
| Tailby, George |
butcher |
| Tailby, William |
farmer |
| Tebbutt, George T |
baker |
| Territorial Force Battalion (4th) Northamptonshire
Regiment (G Co. Capt. H. Butlin; Color-Sergt. John Thomas Langley,
York road, Kettering, drill instructor) |
| Thompson, Bert L. |
Talbot inn |
|
Toone, B. & Co. boot & shoe manufrs |
| Turner, Lawrence &
James |
farmers |
| Turner, Alfred |
florist |
| Turner, Joseph Henry |
florist |
| Turner, Sl. |
florist & market gardener |
| Vines, Agnes (Mrs.) |
dress maker |
| Webb Brothers |
tailors |
| West & Ellis |
coal, coke & lime mers |
| Williams, Walter |
confectioner |
| Wyatt,
Eliza Jane (Mrs.) |
beer retailr |
| Wyatt, William Henry |
George hotel |
| Yeomans, James |
blacksmith |
| Yeomans, Montagu |
shopkeeper |
| Yeomans, Stephen H. |
picture frame maker |
| York, James |
florist |