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| Archive Reference / Library Class No. | D8584/UL |
| Title | Stanley, Stan, Wilton (1944-2023) of Smalley, stamp collector: unlisted |
| Date | 1820s-late 20th cent |
| Description | Accession, May 2025
Collection of hand-stamped cancellations on envelopes, letter and post cards from post and sub post offices in Derbyshire, 1820s-late 20th cent
Accession, June 2025
Walk and Nature Diaries 1977-1981 (3 volumes), Weather diaries of Richard Wilton (Stan's father) 1980-1981 (2 volumes), *Personal Journals 1998-2022, Orders of service 2013-2019 for several deceased residents of Smalley (1 bundle). Also including a manuscript poem entitled 'The Beggar's Ramble', being a description of a tour of places around the southern part of the Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire border.
*ACCESS CONDITIONS Access restrictions apply to the personal diaries under common law confidentiality. |
| Extent | 7 boxes |
| Level | SubFonds |
| Repository | Derbyshire Record Office |
| Archive Creator | Stanley, Stan, Wilton (1944-2023) of Smalley, stamp collector |
| Related Material | See D7990/F/6/9 for an 18th century poem entitled 'The Beggar's Ramble' describing other parts of Derbyshire. |
| Transcript or Index | The Beggars Ramble
Hark ye well my neighbours all and pray now can you tell / which is the nearest way unto the Beggar’s Well / There’s Eaton and Toton and Bramcote on the Hill / Beggarlee and Beeston and lousy old Chilwell
There’s Trowell and Cossal and then to Kimberley Knoll / I should have called at Watnall but thought it would not do / Beaver and Hansley and then to Perkin Wood / I meant to call at Selston but the ales it was not good
There’s Selston Green and Pinxton and Brockwell old Hall / an old place where I have lived I had a mind to call / and there I got refreshment and something else beside / so turning up the closes South Normanton I spied
Theres Blackwell and Newton and then to Morton Moor / Tibshelf and Hardstoff where I had been before / I crossed o’er Hardstoff Common then to Pilsley came / there a noted butcher lived George Holland was his name
Theres Wingfield and Tupton and then to the Clay Cross / and when I came to Chesterfield was almost cut to loss / Theres Ashover and [?]Friebrick and Stretton on the Hill / From Higham down to Okerthorpe and to the Wire Mill
Theres Wessington and Brackenfield and Marrot Moor also / Pentrich and Alfreton you very well do know / Swanick and Ripley and down to Hillocks came / so off to Denby Common for to see old Dolly Green
Theres Denby and theres Copper Yard and so for Bottle Brook / and turning down to Smithy for to see old Georgy Buck / Theres Morley Park and Salterwood and Street Lane also / where poor old Bendy lost his life by fighting old Jarvo
Theres Cumbersome and Kilburn and so to Four Lane Ends / and turning down to Horsley in hope to meet some friends / from there I went to Coxbench and made a sudden stop / thinks I, I’ll up the closes go to Potters at Hill Top
In Woodhouse lane as I’ve been told they used to get good coal / Stainsby is a fine old place and then to turn to the Dobb Hole / Theres Smalley Bell and Justice Room likewise the Rose and Crown / at Morley Smithy I’ve been told there lived one Samuel Brown
Theres Morley and Stanley and then to Locko Grange / Spondon and Ockbrook and then to Chaddeston came / [?]Ferby and Breadsall and then to Allestree / so back to Little Eaton George Millward for to see
Theres Duffield by the Derwent side and Milford in a line / theres Belper Fair and Shottle Wakes if I get there in time / Turnditch and Ireton and them to Cross of Hands / and when I came to Ward Gate was almost at a stand
Theres Ollenton and Middleton by Youlgreave I’ve heard tell / Bonsall and Winster and then on to Bakewell / Wardley Mire and Hucklo and then to Eyam came / and when that I did thither get, began to feel quite lame
Theres Calver and Pwsley that most delightful place / then I went to Chatsworth the mansion of His Grace / Darley Dale and Matlock where I once stopped a week / Cromford and Wirksworth and Ashbourne in the Peak
Theres Ashbourne Green and Hognaston and then to Atlow Winn / round by Shepherd’s Folly and then to Jinglers Inn / Yelderslee, Alderslee, Langley and Longford / Brailsford, Mugginton and Weston Underwood
Theres Quorndon and Markeaton as I have heard them tell / Then I went to Kedleston where theres a useful well / at Windley Mill pray stop and try how ale your strength renews / you’ll ever find a charming bait at honest Puss in Boots
Theres Darley by Derby for that’s a shady bower / Derby is a county town then famous Mickleover / Littleover and Mackworth and so then to Etwall went / and so at last I did arrive at Burton upon Trent
Theres Findon and Repton and Hasson also / and theres another little place I think they call Shardlow / Elvaston and Alvaston I’ve travelled o’er and o’er / Wiln Mills, Louck Mills and Barrown upon Soar
Swarkestone Bridge and Sawley Bridge as plain as it may appear / Kegworth and Hathurn Turn that lieth very near / Sheepshead and Thringston Witwick also / across the Charnwood Forest and away for Loughboro
Gothams rare for wisdom, Bunnys rare for game / Clifton grove and Ruddington and Wilford down the lane / Cropwell and Ratcliffe and Brideford on the Hill / Gunthorpe and Claythorpe and Hoveringham Mill
Theres Southwell and Westhorpe and Epperstone so green / Loudham and Burton Joice and Bullcote lies between / Lambley and Woodborough and then to Calverton / and theres a place at Arnold people call it Fox’s Den
Theres Red Hills and Mapperley Hills then on to Thorny Wood / where once a noted robber lived whose name was Robin Hood / Gedling and Carlton, a place of great renown / then I came to Nottingham that famous trading town
Theres Lenton and Radford and so for Bobbers Mill / Hyson Green and Basford and then for Cinderhill / Broxtowe and Nuttall and Greasley lieth near / Giltbrook and Newthorpe not far from Beggarlee
Theres Moorgreen and at Nethergreen once lived a man of sport / And Eastwood it’s a fine old place for trading and resort / at Langley Mill I stopped awhile to see a gallant fight / and when I came to Brinsley Gin, thinks I, I’ll light my pipe
Theres Aldercar and Bently and then to the Lime Kilns / Codnor and Loscoe and famous old Tag Hill / Lee Lane and Marlpool where lived one Mr Clay / Hasack Lane and Shipley Woods and so for Cotmanhay
And theres another little place if I am not mistane / I think some people call it Mapperley by name / Theres Little Hallam and Ilkeston and down to Gallows Inn / and when I came to Sandiacre I was looking very thin
Theres Stapleford and Risley and Draycott also / at last I came to Breaston where I wished for long ago / so I hope these few lines I have wrote no one they will offend / for I lay me down and went to sleep at Leek Town End
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