Marsden the Auction 1823-1960
Two separate businesses, "Marsden the Auction" and
"Marsden the Hardware" face each other across
the Market Place in the centre of Wirksworth
(see streetmap of centre, click on numbers 8 and 22).
There appears to be no
connection between the people who ran the businesses except the surname.
"Hardware" lasted for 220 years and "Auction" for 130 years.
Jill Banks writes:
I am interested in learning something of the history of George
Marsden, Printer, Stationer, Bookbinder and Music Seller of Market
Place, Wirksworth.
I know the business was operational in 1880, but do you know when
it started, and when it closed? Kelly's Directory lists it in 1925
but I am sure in lasted much longer as in the book "The Wirksworth
Story" it is shown in photographs on pages 66 and 68 at the time of
the repaving of the market place, which I presume was 1979 or
1980. Did "Off the Roll" take over the premises direct from
Marsden, or was there something else in between?
The MARSDEN business of printing, auctioneering etc seems to have
started with John, who was born in 1803, probably living in Winster.
He probably moved to Wirksworth around 1823. In 1825 he married Lydia
STORER.
In 1825 he is described ad a Higler, in 1829, 1832 and 1834 as
a Hawker and in 1837 as a Hosier. In 1841 the Census describes him as
an auctioneer, and a Tradesman's Directory in 1846 as an auctioneer
and appraiser.
From a postcard, posted 1904. George Marsden's is the property on the extreme right.
At the time described as "the stationer, an estate agent, a publisher
(postcards) and a surveyor".
Around 1920 described as: "What is now Hilton's was A.J. Marsden, the
stationers with the auctioneers office over the shop. This was a big shop
and sold general stationery material, newspapers etc".
In 1989 it was number 20, a Fairtrade shop.
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Market Place
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Drawn about 1979.
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Library 18 19 20 21 21a 22
Charity Fish+ Butchers 21b Estate
Shop chip Fairtrade Agent
shop shop Flats
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Tradesmen's directory for:
1846 MARSDEN John (Wirks.St.John's Street) Auctioneer & appraiser
George Marsden was born in 1835 and died in 1904.
The following entries tell their own story:
George MARSDEN in the Wirksworth Census
1901,
1891,
1881,
1871,
1861,
1851, and
1841,
In Wirksworth Cemetery:
[QC166]..... GEORGE MARSDEN/at rest/February 27th 1904/in his 71st
year/and also of his beloved wife/ANN MARSDEN/at rest/October 19th
1918/in her 80th year/also of/FLORENCE CHARLOTTE/their beloved
daughter/who fell asleep/March 28 1926/in her 59th year.
(Marble cross & kerb)
From the website of Noel Wheatcroft & Son:
"In 1960 the practice of George Marsden & Son of Wirksworth was purchased,
this Company was established in the Victorian times and with them came the
acquisition of beautifully bound copies of sales particulars dating back to
the beginning of this century, which the firm still treasure to this day".
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Youlgrave Wirksworth
1776 1781 1769
John 1801 Sarah 1812 John
MARSDEN=====v=====TWIGG=====v=====MASKREY
1807 | | 1820
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Jonathan John Sarah Richard Samuel[1] Anthony Jonathon[2]
1802 | 1822
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John 1825 Lydia
MARSDEN====v====STORER
1861 | 1865
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1832 1834 1836
Mary George Sarah
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George 1862 Ann
MARSDEN=====v=====ALLEN
1904 | 1918
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1863 1863 1869 1874 1876
Mary Florence George[3] Arthur[4] Susan
Evelyn 1926 1938
NOTES
1-----Samuel was baptised 1808sep16 and born 1808feb02, so he was probably conceived 1807may02.
John MARSDEN died 1807jun21, about 7 weeks later, so could have been Samuel's father.
2---- Jonathon was baptised 1820aug21 and born 1820jul26, so he was probably conceived 1818oct26.
John MASKREY died 1820mar9, about 4 months later, so could have been Jonathon's father.
3----George Marsden junior played cricket for Derbyshire 1894-1898 as a batsman aged 25-29.
The author came across the following information and his career statistics:
4----When Arthur J took over the business from his father George about 1900,
he practised as "George Marsden & Son" and was signing business
letters in that name as late as 1928 (see Dale Farm).
George Marsden
England
Full name George Allen Marsden
Born June 28, 1869, Wirksworth, Derbyshire
Died January 7, 1938, Diep River, Cape Province, South Africa
(aged 68 years 193 days)
Major teams Derbyshire
Batting style Right-hand bat
Bowling style Legbreak
Batting and fielding averages
class mat inns no runs hs ave 10 50 ct st
First-class 30 46 6 417 37 10.42 0 0 12 0
Bowling averages
class mat balls runs wkts bbi bbm ave econ sr 4 5 10
First-class 30 0 0 0 - - - - - 0 0 0
Career statistics
First-class span 1894 - 1898
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George MARSDEN received a letter from Florence NIGHTINGALE
(the famous nurse), dated 17 Oct 1878, who lived at Lea Hurst
(East of Cromford). NIGHTINGALE was ordering the printing of
200 copies of a "little book" that she had written, and she
had just seen the Envoi (concluding part of the book).
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Nurses' Shipwreck Lea Hurst
Cromford Derby
Oct 17/78
Mr George Marsden
Sir
I am much obliged to you for your promptitude
in sending the enclosed.
The little book is now in a very pretty & suitable
form. The copy I return & the copy of the
Envoi returned are those I prefer.
The Envoi, I presume, will be sewn in at the
beginning or is it usual to have it loose?
There are two or three displacements of letters
which I have marked in pencil. Otherwise there
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are no corrections or alterations necessary.
Would you be so good as to print off 200 (two
hundred) copies, breaking up the type
& send me with your Acct. the copies
at your earliest convenience.
& oblige yr obed Serv
Florence Nightingale
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