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HATHERSAGE, Derbyshire

"HATHERSAGE, a village and parish, is 5½ miles E. by S. from Castleton, in the same hundred as Hope, and 4 miles front that village. The branch of wire drawing, and the manufacture of needles, are carried on here extensively; and upon the Derwent, which flows through the parish, are corn mills, and one for the making of paper." [There is further information for Hathersage]

[Description from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835]

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Bibliography

• Buxton, Barbara A - Hathersage in The Peak. Phillimore, 2005.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Hathersage in The Peak’ (Peak Advertiser, 5th December 2005)

• Edgar, Jenny - An Accessible Wilderness: Life at Stanage and the North Lees Estate.
  Read more in this Review of ‘An Accessible Wilderness’ (Peak Advertiser, 1st August 2005)

• Historical Hathersage Millennium Project - Hathersage Images of the Past.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Hathersage Images of the Past’ (Peak Advertiser 28th August 2000)
  NB: Images of the Past is now out of print. Updated 21 Aug 2006

• Dawson, Bob and Clendon, Ryland - Hathersage Remembers.
  Read more in this Review of ‘Hathersage Remembers’ (The Peak Advertiser 17th July 2000).

• Smith, Barbara M - A History of the Catholic Chapel at Hathersage. Hope Valley Press, 1987.
  
  • ISBN 0 9512614 0 1

Biography

• "The Cocker Letters" - transcription of letters written by Joseph Robert COCKER to his sister Hannah in Hathersage, 1845-48, very kindly contributed by Postal Historians Eunice and Ron Shanahan. 'JR' was of the Needle Manufacturing family of Cocker, and the letters were written during his time away in Scotland on business.

Cemeteries

• Some Memorial Inscriptions in St Michael's Churchyard, Hathersage. By no means a complete transcript of all MIs, but it does include contributions from several researchers.

Census

• Transcription of the Census for Hathersage, West of the Hall in 1891 with Summary;
  and Hathersage, East of the Hall of 1891 with Summary, by Rosemary Lockie,
  from microfiche as part of the FreeCEN project.
  NB these 2 parts comprise the whole of the Hathersage Census in 1891.

Church History

• Hathersage Methodist Church website. Added 1 Oct 2005.

• Photograph of Methodist Church, Hathersage, from Alf Beard. Added 1 Oct 2005.

• Various photographs - of St Michael & All Angels Church, the Methodist Church, and the Catholic Church (St Michael's) - are available in our Hathersage Photo Gallery.

Description and Travel

• An account of Hathersage in times past - 'Time out of Mind Tales' - is one amongst a series of articles relating to Hathersage - a Village of Special Interest on Wishful Thinking's Website; The Cocker letters as mentioned above is also part of this set.

Directories

• A Description of Hathersage and Directory for Castleton, Hope and Hathersage, with the villages of Bradwell, Brough and neighbourhoods transcribed from Pigot and Co's Commercial Directory for Derbyshire, 1835 by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Directory of Sheffield and 20 miles round, 1862, for Hathersage by Rosemary Lockie.

• Transcription of section of Kelly's Directory (1891) for Hathersage (includes Outseats) by Ann Andrews.

Folklore

• An account of The Legend of Little John - on Wishful Thinking's Website.

  See also William Wood's version, from Tales and Traditions of the Peak Little John; The Companion of Robin Hood

Gazetteers

• The transcription of the section for Hathersage from the National Gazetteer (1868) provided by Colin Hinson.

• A transcription of the section of Cassell's Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland for Hathersage in 1899, by Brian Willey. Added 2 Jul 2005.

Genealogy

• Hope Valley Sources - part of Marjorie Ward's North West Derbyshire Sources - a developing site with new material being added all the time. Added 29 Mar 2006.

Historical Geography

• Here are a series of Old Postcards of Hathersage, dating from the early 1900s.
  (Contributed by an anonymous donor)

History

• Transcription of section of Lysons' Topographical and Historical Account of Derbyshire, 1817, for Hathersage by Barbarann Ayars.

Manors

• An account of North Lees Hall, taken from Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I 1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie. Added 4 Mar 2008.

• An account of Padley Hall, taken from Old Halls, Manors and Families of Derbyshire, Volume I 1892 (The High Peak) by Joseph Tilley, transcribed/OCR'd by Rosemary Lockie.

Military History

The following men were mustered from Hathersage for military service; training at Bakewell under Sir John Manners, and Robert Eyre Esq. in preparation for defending Britain in Protestant Elizabeth I's war against Catholic Philip II of Spain - the force which was to become known as the Spanish Armada. The original documents are preserved at Belvoir Castle, in the possession of the Duke of Rutland, and were first published in the Journal of the Derbyshire Archaeological Society, January 1895. This particular transcription is an extract from The Spanish Armada & Local Levies (Notes from a Peakland Parish, Chapter X).

1585		1587
Hathersiche: Robte BARKER; Nicholas WHITTLEY; James BRADWALL; Robte CARNE ii Calliv; i corslet; i bill.		Hathersedgetowneship: Robte HAWKESWORTH; Thomas SHERSHAWE, calliv'; Henry SWYNDELL, cor'; Thomas MORTEN, cor'.

Newspapers

• Some Newspaper Articles mentioning Hathersage. Added 21 Aug 2000.

Occupations

• Hathersage - Licensed Victuallers 1822-1827, transcribed by Janet Kirk.

• Bygone Industries of the Peak: Sharp Practice at Hathersage - an account of the Needle-Making industry, by Julie Bunting, reproduced from The Peak Advertiser.

Social Life and Customs

• Photograph of The Swimming Pool, Hathersage, from Janet Kirk.
  Yes, Hathersage really does have its 'Olympic Size' Swimming Pool!

Taxation

• A list of Names from the Hearth Tax Assessments, 1662-70, transcribed by Marjorie Ward as one of her North West Derbyshire Sources.

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