Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire – 1835

SHIRLEY, with the townships of STYDD and YEAVELEY, forming a parish, in the same hundred as Brailsford, is about 3 miles W. from that village, 9 N.W. from Derby, and 5 S by E from Ashbourne. The habitations are so scattered over the parish, that the features of a village are not to be recognised. The church, dedicated to St. Michael, is a small building, with a tower of wood. Shirley Park, in this parish, occupies upward of two hundred acres, and at one time was a noted cover for foxes. Part of the old manor house of the Shirleys, who settled here in the reign of Henry II, still exists attached to a farm house. The parish contained, at the last census, 602 inhabitants.

POST, SHIRLEY. — Letters arrive from and are forwarded to ASHBOURN.

GENTRY AND CLERGY

Boden John,esq. Ednaston hall
Bowyer Mr.Henry, Brailsford
Cooke Edward, esq. Longford hall
Copestick Mr. Thomas Goodwin, Langley
Cox Mr. Edward, Brailsford
Cox Miss Mary, Brailsford
Lake Rev. William, Brailsford
Shirley, Rev. Walter Augustus, Shirley
Staples [Steeple?] Mr. Robert, Shirley
Thomas Rev. Thomas, Longford
Yeomans Mr. Samuel, Shirley

ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS

Blake William, Shirley
Dowdeswell Hannah, Brailsford
Hague Robert, Longford
Hague Sarah, Longford
Knowles Ann (ladies brdg.) Longford
NATIONAL SCHOOL, Brailsford — Wm Manning, master; Deborah Manning, mistress

BAKERS

Crawford William, Brailsford
Hawker Edward, Langley
Hutchinson John, Langley
Wood Thomas, Brailsford

BLACKSMITHS

Bentley John, Brailsford
Gadsby William, Shirley
Kent Joseph, Brailsford
Ridgard George, Langley
Shaw Edward, Longford
Titterton Charles, Shirley
Toplis Samuel, Langley
Wright Edward, Longford

BOOT & SHOE MAKERS

Allport Edward, Shirley
Bull Thomas, Langley

Hoult William, Langley
Smith Samuel, Shirley
Taylor William, Brailsford
Wakefield John, Longford
Winson John, Brailsford

BRICKLAYERS

Greatorex William, Shirley
Rowston Scipio, Longford

BUTCHERS

Hawker John, Brailsford
Humpston Joseph, Brailsford
Leedham, William, Shirley
Poyser John, Langley

CARPENTERS & JOINERS

Houghton James, Brailsford
Maskery William, Shirley
Robinson William, Longford

COOPERS

Bloor John, Longford
Knighton William, Brailsford

GROCERS & DEALERS IN SUNDRIES

Blake William, Shirley
Crawford William, Brailsford
Fox Daniel, Longford
Fri?h Mark, Langley
Hodgkinson William, Shirley
Holme Charles, Shirley
Hudson Robert, Longford
Hutchinson John, Langley
Matthews Sarah, Longford
Milward Moses, Longford
Redshaw Wm. (& brick mkr)Brailsford

INNS & PUBLIC HOUSES

Black Bull, Saml. Orme, Brailsford
Nag's Head, Francis Starbuck, Langley
Ostrich, Christopher Smith, Longford
Rose & Crown, Geo. White, Brailsford

Royal Oak, Thos. Hilton, Langley
Saracen's Head, Mary Dowdeswell, Brailsford
Saracen's Head, Robert Goodall, Shirley

MALTSTERS

Morley Samuel, Brailsford
Wilder Richard, Brailsford

MILLERS

Jarratt Joseph, Brailsford
Salt Thomas, Shirley
Skevington Joseph, Shirley

SADDLERS

Brownson James, Brailsford
Hancock Joseph, Brailsford

TAILORS

Dale William, Shirley
Gregson William, Brailsford
Stewardson James, Brailsford

TURNERS IN WOOD

Barnes Joseph (dish) Brailford
Wibberley William, Longford

WHEELWRIGHTS

Kent Charles, Brailsford
Pickering William, Langley
Ride George, Braisford
Tatlow Jeremiah, Longford
Wilson Samuel, Brailsford

MISCELLANEOUS

Bembridge Wm. retailer of beer, Brailsford
Gunning Wm. tin-plate worker, Langley
Hulland Jonathon, parish clerk, Brailsford
Morley Samuel, retailer of beer, Shirley
Morley Wm. retailer of beer, Shirley
Potter Sarah, milliner, Brailsford
Smith Thomas, retailer of beer, Longford
Toon Joseph, parish clerk, Longford
Tunnicliff Jos. scuttle maker, Brailsford
Woolley John, plumber, painter &c, Brailsford

COACHES

To and from DERBY, ASHBOURN, &c, pass through Brailsford and Langley, every morning and afternoon.