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BAMFORD is a pleasant village and township, 2½ miles N.W. from Hathersage, contains 1,733A. 3R. 19P. of land, and in 1861 had 857 inhabitants, Rateable Value, £1,233 16s. The principal owners are, Wm. C. Moore, Esq., Messrs. J. and W. Hibberson, Messrs. C. and H.J. Robinson, J.S.A. Shuttleworth, Esq., Thos. Eyre, Esq., Mr. Taylor, Mr. J.G. Platts, Mr. S. Hawke, Mr. Jph. Hancock, and Messrs. J.A. and J. Merryman. The Church (St. John the Baptist) is a handsome edifice in the early English style. It was consecrated on the 17th October, 1861, and contains 250 sittings, the whole of which are free. The cost of erection was £3,434, raised by subscription, aided by a grant of £200 from the Diocesan Society. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £100, in the gift of W.C. Moore, Esq.; the Rev. Edmund V. Amery, incumbent. The Wesleyans have a small Chapel here. The School is a neat structure, erected in 1841, at a cost or £300. Here is a large factory for doubling cotton, which gives employment to upwards of 800 hands; Messrs. S.M. Moors & Son are the proprietors. SICKLEHOLME comprises two farms, 2 miles W., near which is MYTHAM BRIDGE, a neat modern erection, built in 1857, on the site of a more ancient structure, which was washed down by the great flood on August 7th, 1856.
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Amery Rev. Edmund V., M.A., incumbent Andrew John, linen draper Barber John, shepherd Barker Thomas, joiner Cotterill Matthew, gamekeeper Derwent Joseph, bobbin turner Derwent John, joiner Derwent Samuel, joiner Ellis William, coachman Haslam Jonathan, mill manager Hill Abner, cashier Kirk John, mill overlooker Marshall M. and R., National School Middleton Samuel, mill overlooker |
Moore S.M. and Son, cotton doublers Moore William C., Esq. Palmer James, mill engineer Phips Henry, mill overlooker Robinson Frederick, machinist Robinson John, machinist Revill Samuel, gas maker Turner Joseph, butcher Wainwright William, blacksmith, Mytham Bridge Walton William, machinist Inns and Taverns. Anglers' Inn, James Tagg Yorkshire Bridge Inn, George Fox |
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Farmers. Cotterill Henry Cotterill William Fox George Hibberson John (& veterinary surgeon & collector of property, income, and assessed taxes) Sickle Holme Hibberson William, Sickle Holme Ibbotson Ann Jowle Rebecca Marsden Ambrose Merriman Mary Ann |
Farmers (cont'd). Moore William C. Platts George Robinson James Shaw Thomas Tagg James Turner Henry Woodhouse William Shoemakers. Eyre George Littlewood John Shaw John Shaw Thomas |
Shopkeepers. Ibbotson Ann Jowle Christopher Robinson Matilda Thorpe Ruth Woodhouse William (and beerhouse) Slaters. Bradbury Benjamin Bradbury Charles Bradbury Chas., jun. Bradbury William |
Stone Masons. Harrop Joseph Marsden Charles Melland John Tailors. Barker Joseph Robinson John Wheelwrights & Carpenters. Marsden Ambrose Moulson Thomas |
[Transcribed by Rosemary Lockie in June 2000,
from photocopies of an original edition in the Society of Genealogists' Library]
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