Thomas Taylor Charity - 2024 Applications now open

Thomas Taylor was a Dronfield blacksmith who died in 1681. His blacksmith's shop was near to the corner of Church Street and High Street in Dronfield. In his will, Thomas Taylor directed that all his property in Dronfield should go to the son and daughter of a kinsman of his in London and then to his brother James. The £4 rent for the property was to be paid yearly to James at the Market Cross in Dronfield. After the deaths of named heirs, Thomas Taylor asked that their inheritance should go to the overseers of the poor in Dronfield and their successors. The profits from it were to be used to fit out poor children of the town as apprentices to "any lawful trade or trades in any place or places within the Kingdom of England".

The Thomas Taylor Charity is still administered today for the benefit of young people in Dronfield. Grants of up to £100 are available for young Dronfield residents (between the ages of 16 - 21) starting trades or further studies.

If you are embarking on the first steps in your chosen career, a grant could be available for you!

The 2024 Application form is attached - printed copies are available to collect from:

Dronfield Town Council,

Dronfield Civic Hall,

Civic Centre,

Dronfield

Derbyshire S18 1PD

Tel : (01246) 418573

Or email : michael.keys@dronfield.gov.uk to be e-mailed an application form.

(Deadline for all applications to be submitted : 31st October 2024)