Derbyshire Advertiser and Journal - 16 December 1910

ASHBOURNE RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL.
HIGHWAY MATTERS.

… The Rev. C. H. Owen, of Shirley, also complained about the roads in the parish being flooded.
Mr. Barker: If there is any place where the roads have been improved it is at Shirley.
The Surveyor promised to give his attention to the matter.