Commonwealth War Graves week

This week is Commonwealth War Graves week https://www.cwgc.org/our-war-graves-your.../war-graves-week/

I thought it would be a good time to re-visit the lives of some of the Old Whittington men buried in war graves at home and away

https://oldwhittingtonops.com/the-fallen-of-old.../

There are also 16 war graves in St Bartholomews churchyard at Old Whittington.

https://www.cwgc.org/.../whittington-st-bartholomew.../

Whittington shops c1870

Looking through the old papers I found these

adverts in the Derbyshire Times 23 December 1871.

I didn't realise there was a shop at Mount Pleasant, where it looks like you could buy anything you needed.

The butchers advert shows the breadth of products that he suppled at Christmas.

Fletchers furniture warehouse selling anything from furniture to wallpaper and paraffin.

There was also a cobblers and a post office, you really didn't need to travel to Chesterfield for anything.

Entertainment at Old Whittington

I find these newspaper excerpts really interesting they are full of the names of local people Swanwick, Aldam, Holford, Creed to name but a few and give an insight into the entertainment on offer in 1896.

Taken from Derbyshire Times Chesterfield Herald 15th February 1896. 

STATION LANE OLD WHITTINGTON

Then and now:

SEAMAN BREARLEY

Found this in the Derbyshire Courier 6th July 1915 Leo Brearley was the only child of Harry Brearley who was living at Elmwood House at this time. Interesting information on how the POW's were looked after in WW1.

Follow up in the Lynn Advertiser on 16th July 1915, by which time Leo had returned to the Naval Division at Crystal Palace.

Leo survived the war and returned to Whittington where he married in 1919.

https://oldwhittingtonops.com/harry-brearley/

THE HINDE FAMILY

I have recently been contacted by Peter Warsop, a descendant of Samuel Hinde who I researched some time ago https://oldwhittingtonops.com/samuel-hinde/

He has given me further information on the Hinde family and the legacy John Hinde left to the 'poor of Whittington', the update can be read at https://oldwhittingtonops.com/the-hinde-family/

My thanks to Peter Warsop.

Whittington Hall

This picture was posted on the Chesterfield and Area History and Genealogy Facebook page by Rob Marriott.

Whittington Hall was the home of the Dixon family and was on the border of Old and New Whittington. When the Dixon family lived there they were one of the main landowners in Whittington and held the major share of the Manor of Whittington.