Martha Peat

  General Notes:

Grand daughter of Phineas Peat, ancestor of the CunningreeFishpond (Ashlehay) and Wirksworth Peats.

Martha Peat, father William Peat, farmer of Cunningree - source Inces Pedigrees.

I think you'll find that Cunningree is in North Wingfield. The house no
longer exists, but an industrial estate now called Coney Green is on the
site today.
From my notes about my BRAILSFORD family, (who lived there in C16 and C17):-
This old farm still exists on modern maps. The large-scale (3 inches
to the mile) Philip's Ordnance Survey Street Map of Derbyshire shows
the modern spelling of 'Coney Green Farm' on p.131. It is NE of Clay
Cross, just to the east of Egstow (which is on the NE edge of Clay
Cross) and only half a mile SW of North Wingfield. It is south of the
A6175 road, about half way between the built-up areas of the two
towns.

Crich Crich in Derbyshire, known as Cardale in the television series Peak Practice, is a village full of character, nestling in the Derbyshire hills, 8 miles north east of Derby. It is the home of the National Tramway Museum, set in a limestone quarry with authentic period street scenes, including the facade of Robert Adam's beautiful Derby Assembly Rooms, damaged by fire and subsequently demolished. There are several exhibitions and a variety of vintage trams from all over the world. A tramway was originally installed by George Stevenson to carry limestone from the Cliffe quarry to the lime kilns at Ambergate. Limestone is still mined at the quarry. George Stevenson often stayed at the Wheatsheaf Inn in the village. Lead had been mined here since Roman times and the limestone was quarried for lime burning and road making. In the 18th century there were many lime kilns in the village centre. The 19th century saw a new local industry developed, that of framework knitting. Knitting frames were installed in the upper rooms of cottages or in adjacent outbuildings. Cotton was distributed and work collected from the village warehouses. In 1857 there were about 100 such frames in Crich and several framesmiths, who set them up and repaired them. Crich has many old gritstone cottages and other buildings, the most important being ST Marys Church which dates from 1135, with it's Norman nave, columns and font. The chancel and tower were added in the 14th century and the clerestory and porch a little later. It has remained relatively unchanged since. In the North aisle recess there is a good late 14th century effigy of a bearded man in a long frock, presumed to be Sir William de Wakebridge, whose family is believed to have been wiped out by the Black Death. There are also monuments to German Pole, Godfrey Beresford and John Clay. A Wesleyan chapel built in 1765 is believed to be the oldest still in use in the country. John Wesley came here to preach in 1766 when the chapel stood on common ground skirted by packhorse tracks. The pub, the Jovial Dutchman, commemorates the Dutch navvies who helped to dig the Cromford Canal in the late 18th century. Perched on top of the hillside is Crich Stand, which standing at 1000ft above sea level is a landmark for miles. It is a war memorial, built in 1923 and dedicated to the Sherwood Foresters who died in the first world war. A lantern shines at nightime and there is an annual pilgrimage to the stand by the regiment on the first Sunday in July.

Martha married Paul Higton, son of Joseph Higton and Sara Nibs, on 9 Jun 1768 in St. Mary The Virgin, Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England. (Paul Higton was born before 6 Jan 1743 in Cromford, Derbyshire, England and died on 22 Jan 1814 in Wirksworth, Derbyshire, England.)

  Marriage Notes:

Of Alderwasley - marriage PR. Martha signed marriage register.

Witnesses: James Beardah, William Walker