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HIGH PEAK HUNDRED. HATHERSAGE is a large flourishing village and township, 11 miles S.W. of Sheffield, contains 2,958A. 0R. 19P. of land, and in 1861 had 991 inhabitants, most of whom are employed in the manufacture of needles, hackles, gill pins, &c., for which the village is noted. Rateable value, £2,385 17s. 6d. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor and a small owner; J.S.A. Shuttleworth, Esq., the Duke of Rutland, Miss H. Wright, Thomas Eyre, Esq., and Robert Cook, Esq., have also considerable estates here, besides whom are several small freeholders. The Church (St. Michael) is a handsome structure in the later style of English architecture, consists or nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower with spire, and has a peal of six good bells. In 1851-2 the church was thoroughly restored. In the churchyard is the gravestone of Little John, the companion of Robin Hood. The vicarage, value £120, is in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire the Rev. Thomas Stevens, incumbent. The Wesleyans and Catholics have each places of worship here. The National School is a neat stone building, erected in 1868, at a cost of £750 (raised by subscription), exclusive of the land, which was given by Thomas Eyre, Esq. The School, which is well-attended, and has a small endowment, is taught by Thomas Girling and Mary E. Bland. Rock House, in the centre of the village, is a private educational establishment for young gentlemen of the Catholic persuasion. It is conducted by Mrs. Gibson. The old Endowed School has been converted into a reading room. Near the Catholic Chapel is a small neat Catholic School, erected by subscription in 1861. A fair is held on the last Friday after Old Michaelmas day, and the feast on the Sunday before the fair. The Hall, a handsome mansion; is the seat and property of J.S.A. Shuttleworth, Esq. CAMP GREEN, a little east of the Church, is supposed to have formerly been the site of a Danish camp. BOOTHS is a small village, half a mile E. FOX HOUSE is a noted Inn, 3 miles E.; and LONGSHAW, a shooting box, 3 miles S.E., the property of the Duke of Rutland. OUTSEATS township consists of scattered houses, extending to nearly 2 miles N. from Hathersage, and containing 4,352A. 3R. 18P. of land, and in 1861 had 251 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,436 3s. 11d; Miss H. Wright, J.S.A. Shuttleworth, Esq., and Mrs. N. Shaw, are the principal owners.
HATHERSAGE parish contains the townships of Hathersage, Bamford, and Outseats, with the chapelries of Derwent and Stoney Middleton, all in the High Peak Hundred, and, together containing 13,564A. 1R. 23P. of land, in 1861 had 2,371 inhabitants. Rateable value, £7,542 2s. 5d. There are several bequests left to the parish for charitable and educational purposes. Hathersage
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Bland Mary Elizabeth, schoolmistress Blundell George, warehouseman Blundell Harriet, draper Bright Joseph, Esq., Nether Hall Broomhead Joseph White, assistant grocer, Eastwood Cottage Cocker Mrs. Nancy Cocker Joseph Robert, merchant and manufacturer (Cocker & Sons); h Bellevue Cook Richard George, merchant and manufacturer (Cook Robert and Co.) Cook Robert, Esq., Barnfield House Cooper George, timber mert. & saw mills Cresswell William, cashier and postmaster Elliott Misses Elizabeth and Maria Eyre Thomas, Esq., Moor seats Frith Seth, mnfr. of music wire & par. clerk Froggatt Richard, collector of poor rates, and property and income tax, and surveyor of Highways, Bell Inn Gibson Mrs. G.M., Catholic boarding, school for young gentlemen, Rock House Girling Thomas, schoolmaster Gordon James, head gamekeeper, Plantation Lodge Hibbert Joseph, police sergeant Hodgkinson John, surgeon. Le Dreau Rev Louis Michael, catholic priest Marples Thomas, saddler Middleton Mrs. Betty Moore, Mrs. Mary Ann Morton, Mr. William Sherriff Mrs. Elizabeth, Rose Cottage Shuttleworth John Spencer Ashton, Esq. Hall. Smith James, gamekeeper, Booths Spencer George Holmes, merchant & manufacturer (Cook Robt. & Co.) h Derwent Villa |
Stevens Rev. Thomas, Vicarage Taylor Joseph Henry, surgeon Inns and Taverns. Bell Inn, Richard Froggatt Fox House Inn, John Thompson George Inn, George Eadon Millstone, Elizabeth Wilkins, Booths Ordnance Arms, Richard Perks Scotchman's Pack, Ann Taylor Millstone Manufacturers. Child, William, John, and Thomas, Tagney's and High Tor Quarries Cooper John, Peak quarries Hattersley William, Booth Edge and Oller Tor Grey Millstone Quarries Shuttleworth John S.A., Bolehill Quarries Needle, Hackle, & Gill Pin Mnfrs. Child Tobias, merchant and manufacture of cast steel wire and hackle and gill pins of every description, Victoria Works Cocker and Sons, merchants and manufacturers of cast steel of various qualities, cast steel wire, drilled eyed needles, hand and machine hackle, copper gills of all kinds;, hackle and gill pins; combs and porcupines for flax, wool, and silk; wool combers' broaches, spiral, loom, and other springs; temples, temple teeth awl blades, fish hooks, &c., Atlas Works Cook Robert and Co., merchants and manufacturers of steel & files, wire, needles of every description, hackle and gill pins, machine and hand hackles, gills, spiral springs; umbrella ribs, stretchers and all kinds of furniture for umbrellas; houses, 9, Gresham street, London; 49 Rue S. Sauveur, Lille; 17 Rue des 2 Portes, S. Sauveur, Paris |
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Beerhouses. Frost Jph., Bugtrap Smith Sarah, Leach Blacksmiths. Buttery John Grayson John Wainwright Charles Butchers. Grayson Thomas Frost Joseph Harrison Joseph Farmers. Bradbury Samuel Bradwall, Hugh, Cliffe House Bright Jph., Nether Hall Broomhead Henry Broomhead Robert Broomhead Thomas Elliot Alexander, Toothill Gill Paul, Scraper ln Hall Jonathan Hattersley John |
Farmers (cont'd). Hodgkinson John, Lane head Ibbotson Chas., Gate House Ibbotson Eliz., Gate House Ibbotson Joseph, Booths Ollerenshaw John Miles Thomas, Kimbercote Portland Jno. Greenwood Priestley John, Overstone Priestley Peter, Mitchell field Silvester Samuel C. Smith John Leach Smith Sebastian (& cattle dealer) Swindell William, Harper Lees Taylor Ann Thompson Jno., Fox House Inn Thorpe Seth, Padley Turner Ruth, Old Hall Watts Hannah, Wilkins Elizabeth File & Steel Mfrs. Spencer and Co. |
Joiners & Bldrs. Smith Benjamin Wilson George (and wheelwright) Quarry Owners. Hall Jonth., Reeve Edge Simpson George, High Lees Townsend William, Moscar & Wadsley Shoemakers. Bruster Richard Buttery James Hobson James Taylor Henry Shopkeepers. Broomhead Henry Broomhead Thomas (draper & miller) Burrows Benjamin. Darvil John Slack Ann |
Stone Masons. Gell Thomas Whall Benjamin Wilson James Tailors. Eyre William Wiggett George Omnibusses. Royal Mail, to Sheffield daily, at 6 p.m., and to Hope and Castleton at 7.45 a.m. To Sheffield, Tues., Thurs., and Sat., at 7.30 a.m. To Hope, Castleton, and Bradwell, at 6.30 p.m. The above Busses (sic) call at the George and Ordnance Inns. Carrier. To Sheffield, John Hattersley, Tues., Thurs., and Sat. |
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Cocker Joseph R., mert. & mnfr.; h Bellevue Eyre Misses A.M. & H., North Lees Hall Hickson William, woodman Marsden Charles manufacturer of coarse brown paper, Greens House Paper Mill |
Middleton George, plumber and glazier Ronksey Isaac, beerhouse Wright Miss Hannah, Brook Field |
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Farmers. Bradwell Hugh Crossland Samuel, Birley Eyre George, North Lees Hall Farnsworth Miss |
Grayson Benjamin Grayson Thomas Ibbotson Charles Ibbotson Henry |
Littlewood Ellis Littlewood Robert Marsden Charles Platts John, Nether Hirst |
Priestley George, Greens House Thorpe Hy., Nether Hirst Wilson Jas., Nether Hirst |
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