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PJottings about Old Derby. 
By Rev. Witi1AM Hops, M.A. 
Wan mp iE following paper consists of a few jottings, which 
Is were put together in the hope of interesting a social 
) 4] gathering of the parishioners of S. Peter’s, Derby, a 
oor time back. Though roughly arranged, they contain many 
items unknown to the present generation, and which will soon 
be utterly forgotten ; no apology is, therefore, necessary for 
placing them in the hands of the D. A. and N. H. S. 
It may interest many to read some little account of the town 
af Derby in and from 1781. 
We will divide the subject into two: matters ECCLESIASTICAL 
and matters CIvIL. 
As regards matters EccLresiasticaL—In the year 1781 there 
were but five parish churches in Derby—viz., All Saints’, S. 
Peter’s, S. Alkmund’s, S. Werburgh’s, and S. Michael’s. 
ALL Saints’—as you will find from the interesting and 
beautiful monograph of that church by Rev. J. C. Cox and W. 
H. St. John Hope—had anciently attached to it the CHAPELS 
oF S. MARyY-ON-THE-BRIDGE and QuaRNpDoN. In 1781, the 
Incumbent of All Saints’ was my grandfather, the Reverend 
Charles Hope, M.A., the patrons being the Mayor and Burgesses 
of Derby. The services, as far as I can make out, consisted of 
Sundays—morning and afternoon—and in the morning on Wed- 
nesday and all Saints’ Days. On Friday morning also was delivered 
the Crowshawe Lecture (founded by Richard Crowshawe, merchant, 
of London, by will, dated 26th April, 1631, for the benefit of the 
market people), until the death of the Rev. James Bligh, who was 
