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ECKINGTON is an extensive parish and township, and contains the hamlets of Mos­borough, Renishaw, and Troway, which keep their poor conjointly, and have 6,934A. 2R. 8P. of land, and in 1851, had 1,046 houses, and 4,958 inhabitants, of whom 2,639 were males and 2,339 females; rateable value £18,591 4s. 0d. The land is mostly a strong fertile soil, and was inclosed in 1795. It is bounded on the east by the river Rother, which separates it from Killamarsh, having the parish of Norton on the west, and the parish of Handsworth, in Yorkshire, on the north. The rectory was formerly held with that of Killamarsh, which together were worth about £1,600 per annum; but by an Order in Council, dated June 10th, 1843, pursuant to the reforming plans of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Killamarah was made a separate rectory; and Ridgway, with the Troway quarter, a perpetual curacy and distinct parish. Troway forms the western side of the parish of Eckington, with which it still keeps its poor, but each quarter keeps its own roads. This parish is the great seat of the sickle and reaping hook manufactory, and is included in the Sheffield Corporation of Cutlers.


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ECKINGTON is a large irregular built village and market town, situated on the southern acclivity of a narrow valley, from which there is a tedious flight of steps up to the church. It is 7 miles N.E. by E. from Chesterfield, and 7 miles S.E. from Sheffield. Sir Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, Bart., is principal owner and lord of the manor, which includes the whole parish, and in the reign of Henry I, was held by J. Langford, “by grand sergeantry to find one horse of the value of 5s., with a sack and spur, for the king’s wars in Wales, for forty days.” At the Norman survey there was a priest and servant at Eckington, but no church. The manor and advowson of the church, however, in the reign of Edward II., were held by Elizabeth, wife of R. Stuteville. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is an ancient edifice in the Anglo-Norman style, with a tower and spire, remark­ably heavy and void of ornament. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £40 13s. 4d., now £774, in the patronage of the Crown; the Rev. Edmund Bucknall Estcourt, M.A., incumbent, and the Rev. J. Eastwood, M.A., curate. In the church are some ancient monuments, on one of which is a male and female figure kneeling on one knee, in the costume of the time of Charles II. The organist has an endowment of £14 a year, arising from land, and £5 from other sources. The Rectory is a large stone mansion, erected about 1720, with extensive pleasure grounds, commanding a fine view of the surrounding country; it is at present occupied by the curate. The Wesleyans have a chapel, erected in 1807, and the Association Methodists one, built in 1837. The school, rebuilt in 1832, at a cost of upwards of £600, is open to all the poor of the parish: in consequence of the late rector (who seldom visited the parish) having the deeds at his residence in Wales, the Charity Commissioners could not report on it. Here is a girls’ school, conducted on the National plan, which is in part supported by Lady Sitwell, the children paying a small fee weekly; about 55 attend. The Mechanics’ Institution, established 1854, has a small library and news room in connection with it. Thomas McLaurin, jun., librarian. Petty-sessions are held on the second Wednesday in every month. In 1852, a Court-house with a lock-up was erected; it is a large substantial stone building, near the White Hart Hotel. The market is held on Friday; and fairs are held on the first Wednesday in April and October; and a statute fair for hiring servants on the 6th November. The feast is on the first Sunday after Midsummer day. Races are held during the feast week. In the time of William the Conqueror, this manor (Echintone) was in the possession of Ralph, the son of Hubert. At this time there was a priest at Eckington, but we find no mention of any church being here, until the beginning of the 14th century. In the reign of Edward I. this manor belonged to one Langford, from whom it has passed, by various changes, to the present owner.

MOSBOROUGH is a large scattered and irregular built village, situated on a acclivity 8 miles N.N.E. from Chesterfield, and 6 miles S.S.E. from Sheffield, lying to the north of Eckington, from which it is divided by a small brook. Sir Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, Bart., is lord of the manor and principal owner, besides which, here are several small free-holders. Mosborough Hall is a large square stone structure, with stone balustrades on the top, situated at the summit of the village, the seat and property of Charles Rotherham, Esq. The Wesleyan Methodists have a neat stone chapel here, erected in 1839, and the Primitive Methodist a small one, erected in 1830. Many sickles and hooks are manufactured, and here are also collieries where coke is burned for steel refiners. In 1835, a corn mill here was destroyed by fire. Here is a Free School for boys and girls, (see Charities) erected in 1821, by subscription, at a cost of £200, and is endowed with lands, &c., amounting to £28 10s. per annum, left by Joseph Stones, in 1680. The master instructs 15 children free, for which he has a house and garden rent free. The school, is a neat stone building, and will hold about 100. It is taught on the National plan, and about 55 attend. Mosborough includes Mosborough Moor, (now en­closed on the north), and consists of a colliery and a few cottage houses, with two inns; Plumley, a small hamlet, about ¾ mile W., contains two farms; and Holbrook, a small hamlet, ¾ mile E., where there are a few cottages.

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RENISHAW is a small village situated in the vale of the Rother, on the east of Eckington, 7½ miles N.E. by N. from Chesterfield. Here are the extensive iron furnaces and foundries of Messrs. Appleby and Co. The Chesterfield canal passes close to the works, which affords every means of transit for their metals and castings, for which they stand pre-­eminent. The Midland railway has also a station near Renishaw Iron-works, near which is the Sitwell Arms Inn, conveniently adapted for the accommodation of passengers, and where a cab is always in readiness. Here is a Free School, endowed by Thomas Cannon and others,—(See Charities),—with lands, &c., the rents thereof to be paid to the schoolmaster for instructing poor children of Renishaw and Eckington. The school is a commodious stone building, rebuilt in 1832, at a cost of about £600. Renishaw Hall, about ½ mile S.E, from Eckington, is a large handsome stone mansion with a centre and wings; from the centre, which stands a little backward, projects a semi-octagonal entrance, surmounted by battlements having pinnacles at the corners, with vanes rising from the wings and centre. It is pleasantly situated in an extensive park, well wooded, fronting the north, commanding an extensive prospect, lying on the west side of the Sheffield road and of the vale of the Rother. It is the property of Sir Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, Bart.

SPINK HILL is a hamlet and small village, situated on a lofty eminence 1 mile E. of Renishaw, and has long been noted for its Catholic chapel, and where a handsome Catholic church was erected in 1845, with a tower, from which rises a spire 50 feet high. A handsome building, principally of brick, has also been erected, which forms three sides of a square, the projecting ends finished octangular with stone; the enclosed side has a stone piazza, crossing from the other two sides, over which is a singular looking screen, covered to the height of the building, giving free access around the outside of the building, yet sheltered from the weather. It is cemented in imitation of stone. This is a Jesuit college, for the education of youth, and is a branch from Stoneyhurst, in Lancashire, established there by some refugees driven from their establishment at Liege, in 1794, by the horrors of war and the proscriptions of the French revolution. In connexion with which, in 1852, a School was erected, with a house for the master, at a cost of upwards of £600, raised by subscription. It is a handsome stone building in the Gothic style, open to all denominations, and is under general inspection; it will accommodate about 120, and the average attendance is about 90.

RIDGWAY, is a small village 5 miles S.S.E. from Sheffield, and 8 miles N. by E. from Chesterfield, forming the western side of Eckington parish, with which it still keeps its poor. It was by order in Council, dated 10th June, 1843, made ecclesiastically a distinct parish. The manufacturing of sickle and reaping hooks is carried on here to a considerable extent. The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a small neat building, on a declivity, was erected in 1840 at a cost of £2,000, raised by subscription, aided by grants from the Incorporated Society for Building and Enlarging Churches, and from the Diocesan Society of £800. It is a stone building, of unpresuming appearance, having a buttress surmounted with a cross, which holds one bell. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued at £300. The rector of Eckington patron, Rev. Alexander Crawford Bromehead, jun., B.A., incumbent, and the Rev. R. K. Bolton, B.A., curate. It is endowed with £280 per annum, paid from the rectorial tithe or corn rent of Eckington; the rent of 28 pews in the church is also appropriated to the augmentation of the resident curate’s stipend, as specified in the deed of endowment. The Methodist chapel, erected 1806, is a neat stone building, with burial ground attached. The National School, erected 1837, by private subscription, is a small neat building. Grants from the National School Society of £30, and from the Lords of Her Majesty’s treasury of £80, were obtained towards defraying the expenses of the erection. At the enclosure of Eckington, in 1795, 2A. 3R. 5P. of land was vested in the rector and churchwardens for the use of a schoolmaster, in consideration of his teaching 5 poor children of Ridgway and Troway quarter. The master also had a dwelling house provided. This land is now let for £4 10d. per annum, which is paid


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to the master of the national school, who teaches 5 poor children free. Carter Lane 1 mile W. from Ridgway, consists of a few scattered farms. Carter Hall an ancient residence now in the occupation of Mr. Edwin Inman. Ford, 1 mile S. by W., situated in a deep glen, is a small hamlet, noted for its ancient sickle manufactory. High Lane, ½ mile N., consists of a few scattered houses. White Lane on the N.W., where is Charnock Hall, an ancient mansion, the property of George Rhodes, Esq. Sload Lane is a scattered district of farms, ½ mile W. Troway, the ancient seat of the sickle manufacture, is a small scattered village, situated on a lofty eminence in a sequestered spot, 1½ miles S. W. from Ridgway, and 6 miles N. by E. from Chesterfield. It forms with Ridgway ecclesiastically a distinct parish, but still keeps its poor with Eckington. Bramley a small village, 1 mile E. by S. from Troway, a little north of which is Bole Hill, another small hamlet. Marsh Lane a scattered district of houses, extending 2½ miles S. from Ridgway, and partly in Eckington quarter.

 

CHARITIES.—Margaret Foljambe, widow, in 1762, directed a rent charge of £5 per annum, to be paid out of a tenement at Barlborough Wood Lane End, and several closes of land called the Croft, the Little Ox close, the Great Meadow, and the Long Meadow. These premises are now in the possession of Sir S. R. Sitwell, subject to the above payment, which is distributed at the vestry on St. Thomas’s day, 40s. thereof equally amongst 20 poor widows, and the residue to 60 other poor persons of the quarters of Eckington and Renishaw, in sums of ls. each. An annual sum of £4 is received by the overseers, as a charge upon some part of the estate of E. S. Chandos Pole, Esq., which is given in sums varying from 1s. to 2s. 6d.

Jonathan Bromehead, in 1791, left on trust for the benefit of the poor, certain messuages in Eckington, and an allotment of land, containing 1A. 0R. 20P. on Eckington Marsh. The following benefactions may be considered as forming part of this charity, though given by the Rev. Joseph Bromehead and other persons of his family, in consequence of the loss of a legacy intended to have been given by the said Jonathan Bromehead. The sum of £200 in 1819, and the sum of £100 in 1827, were invested in the three per cent. consols. Out of the income of the charities, consisting of rents and dividends, seven 5d. loaves are given weekly to poor families of Eckington and Renshaw quarters.

Henry Inman, in 1711, devised his lands and tenements at Newbold, upon trust, the rents and profits thereof to provide strong warm blue gowns, with the letters H and I to be set upon one of the sleeves. The land is now let for £6 10s. per annum. One moiety thereof is given to Eckington quarter, and one moiety to Mosborough. In 1828, the ironstone and timber growing on this estate were sold for £102, which was laid out in the purchase of land at Bramley Brooks, the proceeds of which is applied as above.

MOSBOROUGH SCHOOL.—Joseph Stones, by will, dated 20th May, 1680, devised certain premises and lands, upon trust, to bestow the rents upon a schoolmaster, for teaching 15 poor children within the Bierlow of Mosborough. Proceedings were instituted by the Rev. Frederick Ricketts, and five others, for the purpose of having new trustees appointed and for the removal of the schoolmaster. Under an order of the Court of Chancery, 6th June, 1822, the property was vested in Luke Staniforth, Thomas Hutton, and five others, and the schoolmaster directed to give up possession of the school premises. The property consists of a dwelling house, homestead, croft and garden, containing 3R. l3P., the school, and a playground of one rood, the great and little Beighton Hill doses, 4 acres, which were divided by making a turnpike road, let for £14 8s.; the allotment in Street field, 3R. 22P., let for £3 15s.; an allotment on Mosborough Green made by the award of the Commissioners, 1804, containing 2A. 1R, 23P. let for £10 6s. 7d. When the schoolmaster gave up possession the buildings were in bad condition, and £131 was expended in building a new schoolroom and repairs. The costs of the suit in Chancery was £156 8s. 5d. Early in

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1823 a new master was appointed with a salary of £8, the remainder of the rents being reserved for liquidating the above expenses, for which 15 children of Mosborough are instructed in reading and writing.

The Rev. Francis Gisborne, in 1817, left £5 10s. per annum, to be expended in flannel and coarse woollens, and distributed to the poor in winter.

The yearly sum of 19s. from Denham’s  charity, is carried to the account of the poor-rate. (See Clown).

Parish Lands.—At a court baron, in 1680, Margaret Freeton surrendered to the churchwardens and overseers for the use of the poor, the land now consisting of the Nether High Bramley, and the Upper High Bramley. An allotment of 1R. 15P. was set out to the overseers in respect thereof, at the enclosure. There is also a field, containing 1A. 1R. 22P. which is let by the parish officers. The rents of all these lands, amounting to £15 14s. per annum, are carried to the general account of the overseers.

RENISHAW SCHOOL.—Thomas Camm, in 1702, surrendered all his copyhold messuages and lands, upon trust, to cause a school house to be built. He also directed the yearly rents thereof, except 40s. a year for the repairs of the school, to be given for the maintenance of a schoolmaster, for instructing poor children of this parish free. In 1715, George Sitwell gave a messuage and croft adjoining, on trust, for the use of the schoolmaster, provided that no person be appointed master without the consent of George Sitwell or his heirs. Lady Fretchevill bequeathed £100 to this school. In 1719, this legacy with £20 given by Sir George Sitwell, Bart., to equalize an exchange of land, was laid out in the purchase of £200 11s. 4d. three per cent. consols.

Peter Cadman, in 1808, directed his executor to place out on government secu­rities, a sufficient sum of money to secure £5 per annum, to be given to the free school at Eckington.

Lost Charities.—There are several benefactions mentioned on a tablet in the church, formerly given to the poor, which have been lost for many years, as well as the charities of Thamos and William Rotherham.

 

ECKINGTON DIRECTORY.

 

Post Office, at John Morton’s; letters arrive from Chesterfield, at 8.30 a.m., and are despatched at 5.30 p.m.

 

Alderson Alfred, solicitor, joint clerk to the

  magistrates, for the Eckington and Hems-

  worth district, and agent to the North of

  England Fire and Life Assurance Co.,

  commissioner for taking affidavits in all

  the courts, and to administer oaths

Antliffe John, millwright

Appleby Jas., Esq.

Barton Wm., chair maker

Billam Ephraim, gent.

Billam Samuel., constable

Carr Bennett, chemist & druggist

Crookes W., plumber, glazier, house deco-

  rator, and gothic glass painter

Eastwood Rev. Jonth., M.A., curate

Estcourt Rev. E. H. B., M.A., rector

Jarvis Mary, milliner

Keeton Mark, scythe mfr.

Knowles Thos., trav. draper

Lund Wm., farrier

Oldale Wm., tanner & currier

Paget John, hairdresser

Parker Thos., gent.

Staton Mark, reaping hook mfr.

Stevenson John, parish clk.

Tasker Jph., supt. of police

Upson Jas., gardener

Wells Jph. & Geo., coal masters, and Mos-

  borough & Bramley moor collieries

Wells Luke, plastrerer

Wheelhouse Geo., reliev. officer

Wilson Thos., plumber & glazier

 

Inns and Taverns.

 

Angel, Wm. Turner

Brown Bear, Chas. Lund

Coach and Horses, Geo. Robinson

Duke of York, Thos. Mellors

Lion and Lamb, Thos. Hoult

Rose and Crown, John Goodwin

White Hart, commercial and posting hotel,

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Academies.

Askham Mary

Bradbury Mary

Fox Jane

Free, Robt. Harrison

 

Bakers.

Hind William

Marples Jonas

 

Bank.

Savings,—Open on

  Wednesdays, from

  11 to 1; John J.

  Hayes, actuary

 

Beerhouses.

Hind Wm.

Turner Hannah

 

Blacksmiths.

Adams William

Littlewood Mark

 

Butchers.

Barber Joseph

Barber Wm.

Field Wm.

Lund Chas.

Oxspring Wm.

Stainforth Geo.

 

Farmers.

Barber Fredk

Barber Wm.

Billam Chas.

Booth Joseph

Cadman Edw.

Cadman John

Crofts Robt.

Fletcher James

Hardy Samuel

Hibbard Abraham

Jervis Jas.

Lawrence John

Oxspring Wm.

Staniforth Geo.

Staniforth Mark

Stevenson Luke

Wells Jph. & Geo.

White Geo.

White Jph.

Whitehead Wm.  

Widdowson Geo.

 

Grocers & Draprs.

Bell William

Chapman Joshua

Fenny Thos.

Harrison Wm., (and

  general dlr

Henderson Mary,

  (draper only)

Hunt Eliz.

Hurst Robt.

Mc Laurin Thos.

Marsden John, (& edge

  tool maker)

Marples Jonas

Shacklock Peter

Staniforth Geo.

Wells Wm.

Wheelhouse Jas.

 

Joiners & wheel-

wrights.

Mrkd. * are Cabinet

makers.

* Bell Thomas

Jervis John

Parker Joseph

* Simpson Joseph

Stephenson John

 

Nail Makers.

Fenshaw Robt.

Fanshaw Thos.

Harrison William, (&

  washer, forged nut,

  scythe, strickle, and

  snaith manufr.)

Homer Henry

Hoult Thos.

Nightingale Jermh.

Turner Benj.

 

Saddlers.

Ball John Wm.

Pilkington Chas.  

 

Shoemakers.

Clayton Geo.

Denton Thos.

Heald John

Hirst John

Holdsworth Jas.  

Johnson Joseph

Revill Peter

Watkinson Geo.

 

Spade and Shovel

Makers.

Walker Job

Wilkinson Geo.

 

Stonemasons.

Hollingworth Geo.

Hollingworth Saml.

Marsh Math.

 

Surgeons.

Beck Thos.

Harwood Jabez

Jones John Thos.

 

Tailors.

Chapman Joshua

Dyson Edward

Fox Wm.

Gleadall Geo.

Weightman Robt.

Wilks Henry

 

Tinners, &c.

Lacey Geo.

Spencer John

 

Wood Turners.

Booth Joseph

Morton George, (and

  cooper)

Morton Wm. & Alfd.

Wilson Geo.

 

Railway Convey-

ance.

Midland Railwy. Co’s

  Station, 1 mile S.

  of the village, from

  whence there are

  trains betw. Derby,

  Masbro’ and Leeds,

  6 down & 7 up daily;

  on Sundays 2 each

  way. The Manches-

  ter, Sheffield, and

  Lincolnshire Rail-

  way Co. also use the

  same station,—from

  whence there are 5

  trains each way dly.

  between Sheffield &

  Eckington, and on

  Sunday, 2 trains

  each way. Wm.

  Dinham, stn. mast.

 

Carriers.

To Chesterfield; S.

  Shepherd, Wednes.

  and Saturday

To Sheffield ; J.Good­-

  win, Tu. and Sat.;

  and R. Turner, Tu.

  and Sat.

 

MOSBOROUGH HAMLET.

 

Those marked 2 reside at Mosborough Lane, 3 Mosborough Moor. and the rest at Mosborough, or where specified.

 

Hayes John Ibbotson, schoolmaster, reg. Of

  births & deaths, and actuary of Eckington

  Savings’ bank

Hudson Geo., gent.

Hunter Wm, colliery manager

Keeton Edwin, prof. of music

Keeton Fredk., sickle mfr., & dept. regr.

Liversidge, Hy., surgeon

Mullins Mrs. Sarah

Peat Mr. James

2 Richardson Thos., forge manager

Rippon Richd., bailiff to County court

Rose Geo. Gillott, plum. & glzr.

Rotherham Charles, Esq., The Hall

Stratford Mr. Wm.

Swallow John Fell, coal master; h. Moor-

  hill house

Swallow Richd., Esq., Moorhill house

Wells Wm., bookkeeper, Moor-hole

Whitehead Mrs. Dorothy

2 Whiteley Wm., corn miller

 

Inns and Taverns.

Black Bull, Benj. Rose
3 British Oak, Geo. Booth
Duke William, Thos. Cooper


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3 Fitzwilliam’s Arms, Jas. Haslam

George and Dragon, Geo. Plant

2 Nag’s Head, Geo. Mullins

Rose and Crown, John Robinson

 

Colliery Owners.

Bishop Joseph Wright, Plumbley Lane

  Colliery; office, Corn Exchange,

  Sheffield

 

Swallow Richard and John Fell, Silkstone

  Main Colliery, and Inkerman Colliery,

  near Chesterfield

Wells Joseph and George, Moor-hole and

  Mosborough Collieries

Worrall Luke

 

 

   

 

Beerhouses.

Rotterforth Jph.

Webster Mary

 

Blacksmiths.

Denton Benj.

Rose Joseph

Rose Wm.

 

Butchers.

Rivington Edw

Rose James

 

Farmers.

Alton Jph., Plumbley

3 Bramall Jph., (and

  cattle dlr.)

Bunting Thomas,

  Plumbley

Cadman Geo.

Cadman Jno., Ox Close

Caterer Geo.

Galley Wm.

Lee Thos., Moor-hole

Mullins Geo., West

  Wells

Mullins William

Oates Jph.

Riley John

Rose Benj.

Rose John, (& brick

  maker)

Rose Thomas

Rotherham Samuel,

  West Wells

Staniforth Ann, Moor

  Hole

Story Thomas

Tickhill Wm.

Turner Wm.

 

Grocers.

Galley Susannah

Hydes Edwin, (and

  agent to English

  Widows’ Fund and

  General Life Assu-

  rance Co., and to the

  Sheffield Fire office)

Keeton Hy., (& dgst)

Turner Edw.

Turner Wm.

Woodward John

Worrall Luke

 

Maltsters.

Cadman Geo.

2 Lindley Robt.

 

Shoe Makers.

Brittlehank Thos.

Kirkby John

Lee Henry

Story Wm.

Upson Wm.

Webster Geo.

White Thos. Old Lane

 

 

Sickle &Hook Mfs.

Burrows Thos.

Havenhand James

Havenhand Mark

Keeton John & Son

Riley John

Station Septimus

Turner Wm.

Webster Mark

 

Spring Knife Mfrs.

Bacon Joseph, Old

  Lane

Homer William,

  Old Lane

Hutton Mark

Robinson John

Robinson Thos.

Story John

 

Stonemasons.

Grant Rd., (& quarry

  owner)

Grant William

Lockwood Jph.

 

Tailors.

Herring Thos.

Peat Jabez

Rose Wm.

 

Wheelwrights.

Frost George

Rose James

Rose Robt.

Wale Thos.

 

Wood Turners.

Booth Geo.

Wilson Geo., Wind­-

  mill Hill

 

RENISHAW HAMLET.

 

Those Marked * are at Spinkhill.

 

Appleby and Company, manufacturers of

  retorts, and castings for gas works, im-

  proved hot water apparatus, pumps, pipes

  of all kinds, eave spouts, and castings in

  general, Renishaw Iron  near Works,            
  Eckington Station
Appleby Fras. Rookby, Esq.
Appleby Js., Esq.; h. Eckington
Appleby Rokeby, Esq.
Bingham Thos., cashier; h. Staveley
Bellyse John R., steward, Hall
Bowden Mrs. Mary
Dinham Wm., station master
Goodwin Mrs. Hannah
Hodson John, clerk
Littlewood Jph., overlooker,
* Ludham Anthy., coal agent

* Ludham Jph., coal agent

* Mann Rev. Maurice, principal of Spink­-

  hill Roman Catholic college

Pollard Jas., engineer

* Poole Rev. Felix, Catholic priest

* Slagg Richd., maltster

* Tomlinson Jas., schoolmaster

Turner Saml., clerk

* Widdowson Wm., beerhouse

*Wood Mark, grocer, draper, & genl. dlr

* Woodman Thos., tailor

 

Inns and Taverns.

 

* Angel, Henry Fox

Ball, George Hall

Sitwell Arms, Samuel Williams

 


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Farmers.

Allcock Edw.

Booker Geo.

Colver Thomas, (and

  miller)

Marples Charles

* Slagg Henry

* Slagg John

Willoughby Henry

 

Shoemakers.

* Barber Henry

Hall Jno.

* Scatchard Jno.

 

Shopkeepers.

* Bagshaw Jas.

Marples Chas.

Tyson Thos.

 

RIDGWAY & TROWAY HAMLET.

 

Post Office at George Marsh’s. Letters arrive from Chesterfield by foot post at 11 a.m., and are despatched at 3 p.m.

 

Those marked 1 reside at Bole Hill, 2 Bramley, 3 Carter Lane, 4 Ford, 5 High Lane, 6 Marsh Lane, 7 Ridgway. 8 Sload Lane, 9 Troway, and 10 White Lane.

 

7 Adams Richard Henry, schoolmaster

4 Allen Joseph, saw handle maker

5 Ardron Mrs. Ann

7 Belton Rev. Richard Knott, curate

7 Bromehead Rev. Alexander Crawford, jun.

  B.A., incumbent

7 Broomhead Hannah Jane & Fanny, ladies’

  school

6 Fanshaw Charles, quarry owner

Hutton Joseph, gent., St. Cross

7 Hutton Mrs. Mary

10 Jenkin Mr. Jonathan

7 Needham George, earthenware dealer

Rhodes George, gent., Charnock Hall

Rhodes Mrs. Sarah, Charnock Hall

Shore Roger, gent.

Slagg Mrs. Mary, Oak house

7 Smith Wm., cattle dealer

Webster Mrs. Elizabeth, Ridgway moor

6 Wilson Wm., plumber & glazier

 

Inns and Taverns.

 

8 Blackamoor’s Head, Robt. Davenport

4 Bridge Inn, Wm. Wall

6 Fox & Hounds, Wm. Wilson

6 George Inn, Thomas Havenhand

10 Old Harrow, Thomas Rose

7 Palace Inn, John Ibbotson

10 Phœnix Inn, Charles Crookes­

10 Red Lion, Henry Ward

7 White Swan, James Taylor

 

 

Beerhouses.

9 Allen James

5 Havenhand Eliz.

9 Oates James

7 Peacock Mary

 

Blacksmiths.

6 Booth Joseph

7 Rodgers Thos. H.

10 Ward Henry

 

Butchers.

7 Ibbotson John

Marsden George

 

Farmers.

3 Andrew Joseph

6 Archer George

Archer John, Geer

  lane

8 Archer Jonathan

6 Baxter John

2 Boaler Sarah

7 Broomhead John,

  Kent House

8 Burkinshaw Wm.

4 Clayton Saml.

9 Crookes Thos., jun.,

  Great Fold

Dunstone Wm., Geer

  lane

Fidler Robert

Fox James, Geer lane

9 Gosling Matthew

2 Green Edward

7 Hartley John

Hellewell George,

  Litfield

Hellewell John, (&

  cattle dlr.) Ridgway

  moor

3 Hobson Thomas

7 Hudson John

7 Hutton Jas. F.M.

Hutton John Jermyn

Inman Edwin, (and

  steel refiner,) Car-

  ter Hall

10 Jackson Saml.

Jebson George

6 Kay George

5 Kirkby Thomas, (&

  brickmaker)

9 Leak John

Leak John, jun.

Marsden Geo., Cam

  House

9 Marsden Sidney,

  Grove

7 Marsh George

5 Marsh John

2 Moore Wm.

6 Morton Thos.

1 Morton Wm.

6 Naylor Jas. & Thos.

6 Naylor Thos., sen.

7 Needham Wm.

Newton Edwd.

5 Pearson Thos.  

9 Pendleton Saml.

Rhodes Joseph

Rhodes Thomas,

  Charnock Hall

4 Rippon Geo.

9 Rotherham Jane

9 Rotherham Mary

9 Rotherham Thos.

Sayles Phillip, Carter

  lane

2 Shaw Henry

6 Spencer George

9 Staniforth Aaron

 

9 Staniforth John,

  Greenside

4 Stones John

1 Swift John

2 Taylor Mark

9 Thorpe Henry

5 Walker Thos.

2 Webster Joseph

 

Gardeners, &c.

5 Greaves George

5 Greaves Wm.

 

Grocers.

6 Billam Chas.

5 Bolsover Mark

6 Booth Sarah

9 Crookes Thomas

Gosling Matthew

7 Marsh Hannah

Rippon George

6 Smedley Isaac

7 Whitaker John

 

Joiners & Wheel-

wrights.

5 Bolsover Charles

Fox James, Geer ln

                                 

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9 Lowcock Wm.   

9 Turner Robt.

9 Turner Sidney

7 Turner Thos.

 

Shoemakers.

9 Allen John

5 Greaves Wm.

9 Hibbart George

5 Kirkby Thomas

  Glossop              

7 Moorby Thos.

8 Whittock Thos.

 

Scythe, Sickle &

Reaping Hook

Manufactrs.

6 Field John

Fisher James, Birley

  hay; h. Ridgway

  moor

4 Fox Wm.

7 Haslam John

5 Hutton & Newton

7 Slagg Herbert West

9 Staniforth Ezra &

  Aaron

9 Staniforth John

4 Stones John

 

Stone Masons.

6 Fidler Benj.

6 Kay George

8 Smith John

 

Table Blade Mks.

10 Needham Hy.

6 Shay Henry

 

Tailors.

7 Adams Francis

7 Havenhand Joshua

6 Hinde John

7 Whitaker John

 

Carrier.

To Sheffield.

Edwd. Green, from

  Bramley, tues.

 

ELMTON parish contains the township of Elmton and part of the hamlet of Cresswell, which is also in Whitwell parish. The entire parish comprises an area of 2772A. 0R. 22P. of land, and in 1851 had 80 houses and 435 inhabitants, of whom 244 were males and 191 females; rateable value £2256 14s. 6d. It forms the eastern boundary of the Scarsdale Hundred, on the Nottinghamshire border. The soil is principally on lime stone, with a portion of strong clay, forming a fine agricultural district, having a bold undulating surface.

ELMTON, is a small village and township pleasantly situated in an open district, 9 miles E. by N. from Chesterfield; at the north extremity of the township is a romantic rocky ravine, designated “ Markland’s Grip,” and much admired by Spencer Hall in his “Rural Rides.” The Duke of Portland is lord of the manor and principal owner, besides which here are a few small freeholders. The commons situated at the north end of the village were enclosed in 1849. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter, is a plain modern stone edifice, with a chancel and low square tower, reaching only a few feet above the roof which is partly tiled and carried to form a gable. In the chancel, is a slab with a cross fleury engraved on it and this inscription in text hand, “Orate pro aia Roberti Berbi.” The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £5 1s. 3d., now £120, has been augmented with £200 benefactions; £400 Queen Anne’s bounty; and £300 parliamentary grant. The Duke of Portland is patron and the Rev. Wm. Senior Salman M.A., of Shireoaks, incum­bent. The vicarage a small ancient building a little north from the church, is occupied as a cottage. The late Rev. Mr. Foxlow, of Staveley, left a sum of money for a new vicarage house to be erected, but on account of the incumbent not residing here it has never taken place. Here is 1A. 1R. 3P. of glebe land, and the tithes are paid by a rent charge amounting to about £75. Here is a small day school. Arrangements are now being made for the erection of a Parochial school, which will shortly take place; and when built, will give accommodation to about 400 children of both sexes. It will be open to the inhabitants of the surrounding villages who chose to send their children to receive instruction. Considering the miserable state of education both at Elmton and the surrounding neighbourhood, the inhabitants will not only be glad of such a change, but also happy to find such good accommodation afforded to their Children. Feast, first Sunday after St. Peter’s day. This place was formerly celebrated for its elm trees, which surrounded the churchyard and grounds, and it is most probable that from this the name Elmton arose, some of the finest elm trees which were ever known to exist have grown in this village. The trees which surrounded the churchyard have been cut down by the present incumbent. It is said here formerly was an old Roman encampment on the site now called the Sand-hill. When the commons were enclosed several ancient spear heads, some of which were of flint, were found here, also several old coins, all of which are in the possession of John Brown, Esq. In 1665 the whole parish of Elmton was let at a sum under £150 per annum.

Elmton Park, now in the occupation of John Brown, Esq., is a large and commodious residence, situated 1 mile E. from Elmton, was built by the late Heathcote Rodes, Esq.


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The Park formerly belonged to Thurgarton Priory, Nottinghamshire, and consisted of the farm now occupied by Mr. Brown, the boundaries of which are still visible. The present occupier is about making great alterations to the house, he has also greatly improved the farm, which is now in a state of high cultivation, and is consi­dered about the best in the district. Whaley Hall, 1 mile S.E. from Elmton, is a good substantial farm residence, the property of the Duke of Portland and occupied by Mr. Heaton Aldam. This place is noted as the birthplace of the celebrated arithmetical calculator, Jedediah Buxton, the son of the schoolmaster of Elmton and grandson of the vicar. He was born in 1707, and when a child he evinced the moat excessive stupidity and unwillingness to learn anything, he was a day labourer totally devoid of ordinary education; how he first became acquainted with the relative proportions of numbers and their progressive denominations he did not know, but to this he applied the whole force of his mind, when he once understood a question he began to work with amazing facility, after his own method without the use of a pen, pencil or chalk, or even understanding the common rules of arithmetic; he would stride over a piece of land and calculate the contents of it as if it had been measured by a chain. In this way he measured the extensive manor of Elmton, and brought Sir John Rodes the contents, not only in acres, roods, and perches, but in square inches; and afterwards, for his own amusement, reduced them into square hairs breadths. On another occasion, a person once proposed to him this question: in a body, the three sides of which are 23,145,789 yards, 5,642,732 yards, and 54,965 yards, how many cubic eighths of an inch. In about 5 hours he actually solved this intricate problem, though in the midst of business, and surrounded by more than one hundred labourers. There is an engraved portrait of him taken from a drawing made by Miss Hartley, in January, 1764, at which period according to his own calculations he had existed 1,792,230,823 seconds; he died in 1777 in his 70th year.

At the Norman survey they were at Helmetune, a church and a priest. In the time of Edward III. the Church was given by Ralph Deincourt, its founder, to Thurgarton priory, Nottinghamshire. The manor at Domesday survey, belonged to Walter Deincourt, in whose family it continued till the death of William, Lord Deincourt, in 1442. Ralph, Lord Cromwell, who married one of his sisters and coheiress, died seized of it in 1454, his sister and heiress brought it to Sir Wm. Lovell. In 1485 on the attainder of William, Lord Lovel it was granted to Sir John Savage, and in the reign of Queen Elizabeth came into the possession of Sir Francis Rodes, in whose family it remained until 1854, when William Hatfield de Rodes, Esq., sold it to the late Duke of Portland.

CRESSWELL is a hamlet and scattered village, being about 1 mile in length; it is situated 2 miles N.E. from Elmton and 10 miles E.N.E. from Chesterfield, the land is principally on limestone, producing good corn. The Duke of Portland is the principal owner and lord of the manor, which is freehold, besides several smaller owners. It is said that the manor of Whitwell extends into Cresswell, which part was given to Welbeck abbey, by Ralph Cordi. Cresswell is partly in Elmton parish, and partly in Whitwell parish, the river Wallen dividing the two parishes. Cresswell Crags, a singular and beautiful assemblage of rocks, near the N.E. extremity of the township, and on the verge of Notting­hamshire, 3 miles S.W. from Worksop. Lying out of the way of good roads, and almost inaccessible for carriages, they are not often visited by tourists, though remarkably curious—consisting of lofty precipitious rocks, torn by some convulsion of nature into a thousand romantic shapes, and presenting a minature representation of the more majestic scenery of the Derwent or Dove. The house now occupied by Mr. James Aldam, is supposed formerly to have been a Roman Catholic chapel; it is in the Elizabethan style of architecture, several additions and improvements have been made to it during the time Mr. Aldam has occupied it; some time ago, whilst repairing the house, an old constable’s bill was found here, dated the time of Cromwell, also a piece of silver coin of a date before the time of Christ, the latter of which was sold during the Exhibition at London, in 1851. Frithwood, 1 mile N.E., is a good substantial farm residence in the occupation of Messrs. Edward and John Wilson.


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Those Marked * reside at Cresswell, in Elmton Parish; and at Cresswell, in Whitwell Pariah.

 

Post Office, Receiving House, Elmton, at Paul Rodgers’, letters despatched to Chesterfield at 4.30 p.m.

Post Office, Receiving House, Cresswell, letters despatched to Chesterfield at 3 p.m., and to Mansfield at 12.30 p.m.

 

Brown John, Esq., land agent, Elmton
  Park
Barker Wm., spade and shovel maker
* Beldham Wm., groom
* Birkett James, waggon and stack cover,
  drill and bed tick manufacturer
Cropper George, schoolmaster & parish clerk
Newton James, gamekeeper
Palmer Robert, gamekeeper

Rodgers Paul, tailor

Rudd Thomas, farm bailiff

* Smith Mrs. Rhoda

 

Inns and Taverns.

Elm Tree, John Jackson

Rose and Crown, Sarah Bartholomew

Saracen’s Head, Wm. Birkett

Star, Daniel Green

 

 

Blacksmiths.

Jackson John

Yates Charles

 

Corn Millers.

* Butcher Robt

Eyre Wm.

Thorpe Hannah

 

Farmers.

Mkd.1 are cowkprs.

Aldam Heaton,

  Whaley Hall

* Aldam James, Cress-

  well Cottage

Armstrong John;  h.

  Palterton

* Bartholomew Robt.

Butcher Elizabeth

Butcher John

* Butcher Robt.

* Fielding John

Fowler Charles

Green Daniel

* Hancock Isaac

1 Hodgkinson Joseph

  Sykes

Jackson George

Jackson John

* Milner Eliz.

* Prestley John

Roberts Joseph

1 Shaw Frank

* Sheard Wm.

* Stevenson Geo

Thorpe Hannah

Wardley John

West George

* West Joseph

Wilson Edw. & John,

  Frithwood

Windle Sarah

Shoe Makers.

* Brewster Wm.

* Sheard Wm.

 

Shopkeepers.

* Fielding John

Ullyett John

Yates Charles

 

Wheelwrights.

Archer James

* Eyre Isaac

* Norman George

 

HEATH is a small compact agricultural village and parish, situate on the Chesterfield and Mansfield road, 4½ miles S.E. from the former, and 7¾ miles N.W. from the latter. It contains 1608A. 34P. of land, and in 1851 had 83 houses and 378 inhabitants, of whom 201 were males and 177 females; of this number 30 averaged above 77 years of age; rateable value, £1850. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor, and owner of 999A. 0R. 5P. of land. Earl Manvers owns 457A. 0R. 6P.; and the Exors. of the late Sir Jas. Hunloke 144A. 0R. 23P.; besides which here, are about 8A. owned by other individuals. The old Church was taken down in 1852, and the present one erected and consecrated in 1853. It is a small, handsome stone building, dedicated to All Saints, and has a tower, surmounted by a fine spire and three bells. It will accommodate about 150, of which 80 sittings are free. The cost of the building was about £1,350, raised by subscription, towards which the Duke of Devonshire gave £400 and the site; and a grant of £50 was obtained from the Church Building Society. In the east end of the church is a handsome stained window representing Christ’s resurrection and ascension. The living is a vicarage, valued in the King’s book at £4 18s. 9d., now £174, in the presentation of the Duke of Devon­shire, and incumbency of the Rev. G. H. Arkwright, who resides at the vicarage—a large handsome mansion, situated about the centre of the village. Here are 5A. of glebe land, and the tithes have been commuted for £230. Here is a school, endowed in 1687, with £15 per annum, by the Countess and Earl of Devonshire. It is a small, neat building, erected in 1821, and is situated a short distance from the parsonage. The children pay 2d., 4d., and 6d. per week, for instruction. About 50 attend. The church of Heath, alias Lowne, or Lund, was given to the Abbey of Croxton, at the time of its foundation, in 1162, and the great tithes appropriated to that monastry. The advowson was given by Queen Mary to the burgesses of Derby, but now belongs to the Duke of Devonshire. It is supposed that it came into the possession of the present proprietor in the sixth year of the reign of Edward VI., when Mr. Cavendish


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had in exchange for his estates in Hertfordshire several lands and manors belonging to dissolved priories and abbeys in Derbyshire. The manor was given by Robert de Ferrers, Earl of Derby, to the monks of Gerondon, in Leicestershire, and was probably granted to the Earl of Shrewsbury. Owlcotes, or Oldcotes, a farm house one mile N.W. Here formerly was a noble mansion, one of the three built by Elizabeth Countess of Shrewsbury. The mansion and estate passed with one of the Earl of Shrewsbury’s grand-daughters to to the Pierrepont family, and was in 1673 the seat of George Pierrepont, Esq., grandson of the Earl of Kingston. The house was taken down many years ago, and the estate belongs to Earl Manvers.

 

Post Office at Mr. Septimus Naylor’s; letters arrive from Chesterfield by foot post at 8.30 a.m., and are despatched at 4.15 p.m.

 

Arkwright Rev. Godfrey Harry, vicar

Bell Sarah, schoolmistress

Bennett William, tailor and draper

Brockmer John, clerk

Ellers Henry, shoemaker

Goodwin George and Charles, coal owners

Hallam William, farm bailiff

Hardwick Samuel, butcher

Rome James, corn miller

Thompson Joseph, wheelwright

 

Inns and Taverns.

Elm Tree, James Rome

George and Dragon, George Nuttall

 

Blacksmiths.

Whitworth Charles

Wragg William

 

Farmers.

Allen Joseph

Bacon John

Bacon John

Bean Paul

Brailsford Richard

Denham Job (and

  butcher)              

Farnsworth Thomas

Goodwin Geo., High

  House

Greaves T., Owlcotes

Hardwick Joseph

Hardwick Robert

Hayes John

Hill Charles

Hole Geo. Martin

Hopkinson John

Nuttall George

Nuttall James

Nuttall Robert

Paramore John

Rome James

Sleney Henry

Tomlinson George

Watkinson John

 

Shopkeepers.

Freeman Peter

Hardwick Thomas

Naylor Septimus (and

  tailor)

Taylor Peter

 

KILLAMARSH is a parish and widely scattered village, 8½ miles N.E. by N. from Chesterfield, and bordering on Yorkshire, from which county it is separated on the north-west by a small stream, which falls into the river Rother. The parish contains several small hamlets, besides Killamarsh, otherwise Church-town, the whole of which comprise an area of 1,601A. 2R. 5P. of land, and in 1851, had 210 houses, and a population of 1,070 souls, of whom 543 were males and 527 females; rateable value £3,838 4s. 10d. E. S. C. Pole, Esq., is the principal owner, and lord of the manor, which is freehold, Sir S. R. Sitwell, Bart, Messrs. Joseph and George Wells, Mr. Wm. Lowe, Mrs. Charlotte Storey, with several others, are also owners. The soil is various, mostly strong, with a full proportion of arable. The Church, dedicated to St. Giles, a venerable stone edifice, was formerly in the Norman style, of which the archway inside the porch is all that now remains. The chancel was rebuilt in 1846, by the present rector, at a cost of £600.; it is in the late decorated style. The body of the church is now in the Tudor style of architecture; it contains nave, chancel, porch, and tower, in which are 6 bells, placed there by the inhabitants. The eastern window is a beautiful specimen of painted glass, by the celebrated Warrington. The living is a rectory, which was annexed to the rectory of Eckington, from which it was separated by an Order of Council, June 10th, 1843, pursuant to the plans of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, and was declared to be an independent rectory, and is of the value of £320, of which £120 is paid by Eckington. It is in the patronage of the Crown, and incumbency of the Rev. Edward Herbert Smith, B.A. Here are 100 acres of glebe land, and the tithes were commuted in 1844, for £200. An inscription on a tablet outside the church, states that John Wright, a pauper of the parish, died May 4th, 1797, in the 103rd year of his age, and that he was temperate and cheerful, and in the trying situation of darkness, poverty, and old age, bore his infirmities with such christian meekness as excited the benevolence of good men,


756                                                                          SCARSDALE HUNDRED.

 

and is here recorded as an instructive lesson to others. The Independent Chapel, is a small neat stone building, erected in 1852. Here is free school, endowed by Robt. Turie, and others, about 46 attend, 25 of which are instructed free. The Chesterfield canal passes the parish on the west and north side, and crosses a deep narrow ravine and foot road by an aqueduct. The Midland railway also crosses the western boundary. Feast, first Sunday after St. Giles. Bridgefoot, 1½ miles W. is a small hamlet, consisting of a few farms and cottages: here is a bridge over the Chesterfield canal. Gannow Lane, a road extending to the N., where at one mile distance, is Gannow House, the seat of Thomas Need, Esq., J.P., and property of the Rev. Geo. Alderson. High Moor Top, situated on an eminence ½ mile E., consists of a few farms. Nethergreen with Littlemoor, and Nethermoor, a district of scattered houses, extending 1 mile N.W. Netherthorpe, ¾ mile W.S.W., is a small scattered village, situated at the foot of a lofty range of hills; the Forge, about 1 mile distant, is a small village, where is Killamarsh Old Hall, a neat residence occupied by Mr. Wm. Lowe. Messrs. Webster and Horsfall of Birmingham, have an estab­lishment here, for the manufacture of their patented music wire, and also for the refining of steel. Upper Thorpe is a small village, situated on a lofty eminence ½ mile S. West Thorpe is a small village, ¾ mile S. from the church. This place, Chinewoldemarese, at the Domesday survey, is described as being in two manors, one of them belonging to Ascot Musard, the other to the King’s Thanes. In the reign of King John, Hugh de Dovecote had a manor, and in the following reign, Cecily Meynell; and in that of Edward II., Hugh son of William de Kinwaldmarsh. At a later period there is no record of any other manor than that held by the family of Hathersage, which passed in moieties to the Longfords and Goushills. Sir Ralph Longford died seized of a moiety in 1513, and Sir William Holles died seized of the other moiety in 1542. Sir Thomas Holles sold his moiety to Sir Richard Pype and George Basford. Sir Richard died seized of it in 1587; in 1817 it was the property of Sir George Sitwell Bart. The Hewitts had considerable property in this parish, which passed to the Osbornes. This manor was held by the tennre of providing for the King’s army in Wales, a horse of the value of 5s., with a sack and spur for four days.

CHARITIES.—William Hewitt, in 1599, gave £100 to be invested in land the proceeds thereof to be expended in bread, and distributed to the poor. The amount was laid out in land, at Cawthorne, Yorkshire. About the year 1807, the churchwarden and overseer agreed to exchange this property with Mr. Stanhope, but, at a meeting of the freeholders and inhabitants, it was resolved this exchange should not be ratified; and by a decree, 8th May, 1811, the exchange was set aside. The premises consist of 15A. 2R., let at the rent of £45 per annum. In 1813, timber on the estate was cut and sold for £365, and £69 18s. 7d. was also due from Mr. Thomas Ward, as the receiver of the charity. A distribution of sixpenny loaves is made every week, so as to keep the expenditure nearly equal with the income.

William Hewitt, in 1480, left a rent-charge of 15s. yearly, out of the town close, which is distributed with Ward’s charity.

John Ward, in 1669, left £3 12s. per annum, out of land called Hautcliff, which is paid by Sir Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, and given to the poor in half-crowns.

John Kay, in 1741, directed ten penny loaves, three coats and three gowns, to be paid out of his lands called Broad close, the Delves, and the Boiley close.

Henry Murfin, in 1744, left a rent-charge of £5, out of the Broomhills, for a distri­bution of coats and gowns, to five poor men and five poor women..

Sarah Pole, in 1747, left £30 for a distribution of bread every Sunday.

Rev. Francis Gisborne’s charity.—(See Bradley.) The annnal sum of £7 10s. received by the incumbent, is laid out in flannel and given to the poor.

KILLAMARSH SCHOOL—Robert Turie, by will, 1720, gave his house and close, called Six lands, in Killamarsh, on trust, to apply the profits thereof to instruct six poor children,


KILLAMARSH DIRECTORY.                                           757

 

the premises are let for £7 10s. per annum. John Kaye, 1531, gave a messuage for a school-house, which is now used as a school, and kept in repair by the parish. Sarah Pole, in 1747, gave £30 to buy books and teach three poor children to read, at the Free-school. Phillis Butcher, 1746, gave £30, the interest to pay for four poor children learning to read and write. Margaret and Mary Pole, 1753 granted a messuage and several pieces of land, on trust, for the benefit of the school; one piece was sold to the Chesterfield Canal Company for £60, which with £30 from Sarah Pole’s gift was placed in the hands of John Billham, who became insolvent about 1796, afterwards the sum of £68 4s. 3d. was received as dividends, and £56 was placed in the hands of Sir George Sitwell, at 5 per cent. The income of the school amounts to £29, part of which is paid to a schoolmaster, who instructs 25 poor children, and the remainder goes for the reparation of four cottages.

 

Marked 1 reside at Bridge foot, Church Town, 2 Gannow lane, 3 High moor, 4 Nether moor,

5 Netherthorpe, 6 The Forge, 7 Upper Thorpe, and 8 West Thorpe.

 

Post Office (Receiving House) Mr. Turner Ward’s, Church Town.

 

Bagaley John, poor rate collector, Moor

Batty John, parish clerk

Hancock Miss Ann, Highmoor

Kelk Wm., shoemaker, Church Town

Manser George, schoolmaster

Need Thomas, Esq, Gannow House

Richardson Thos. Geo., manager at Messrs.

  Webster and Horsfalls, The Mansion

  House

7 Rose Geo. and Wm., wheelwrights

Smith Rev. Edw. H., B.A., incumbent

Webster and Horsfall, steel refiners, forgers

  and patent music wire manufrs., The
  Forge. Warehouse 15, Broomsgrove street,

  Birmingham, and Penns Mills, near Bir­-

  mingham

7 Wilson Edw., stone mason

 

Inns and Taverns.

2 Angel, John Simmonite

Blacksmiths’ Arms, Saml. Whitehead (and

  blacksmith)

7 Nags Head, George Bramall

1 Navigation Inn, William Walker

 

Beerhouses.

1½ Booth Mark

1 Mallinder John

5 Hall John

Hughes Ralph

Mallinder John

2 Walker Sarah

 

Butchers.

1½ Ward Turner

7 Webster James

 

Coal Owners.

8 Batty Jonth. & Co.

1½ Ward Turner, (and

  brick maker)

7 Webster Thomas

Farmers.

2 Brammall John

Carr Zebulon, Nether

  Moor

Cowlishaw S., Church

  Town

7 Fox Thomas

3 Hall Charles

8 Hodgson Eliz.

3 Hutchinson Robert

5 Lawrence Mrs.

5 Lee Humphrey

5 Lee Samuel

4 Limb Charles

Lowe Wm., Old Hall

7 Mallinder Charles

1 Mallinder George

Mallinder George

1 Mallinder John

Platt Robert, (and vet.

  surgeon

5 Radford Joseph

Rutherforth J., Hole

  House

7 Rose Geo. & Wm.

8 Shaw John

3 Smith Joseph (and

  surveyor)

Storey Charlotte,

  Bridge Farm

Taylor John, Sheep-

  cote’s Hill

1½ Turton George

8 Walker George

7 Ward Samuel

8 Watkinson John

8 Webster Robert

Webster Thomas

2 Wheelhouse Wm.

8 Whitfield James

Whitfield Wm., Ash

  Leys

7 Woodward Cornl.

Grocers & Drapers.

7 Harrison John

8 Walker George

1½ Ward Turner

7 Webster Thomas

 

Shoemakers.

1½ Pemberton John

7 Taylor Mayfield

4 Walker Fdk.

 

Tailors.

1½ Booth Mark

Hall Joseph

7 Pressley Francis

 

Carrier to Sheffield

 

Fox Wm. Thos., Tu.

  and Saturday