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The Ancient Parish of ECCLESFIELD

[Transcribed information from the early 1820s]

"ECCLESFIELD, a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, liberty of Hallamshire; 4½ miles N. of Sheffield, 7 from Rotherham, 10 from Barnsley, 48 from York. Pop. 7,163. The Church is a vicarage, dedicated to St. Mary, in the deanry of Doncaster, value, £19. 3s. 4d. p.r. £150. Patron, the Duke of Norfolk." (There is further information for Ecclesfield).

Information on the following places in this Parish is contained on a supplementary page.

Aldwarke Hall Barnsgreen Bingley Seat Birley Car Bolsterstone Bradfield Brightholmlee Broomhead Hall Brush House Burncross Butterthwaite Chapeltown Combes Darlands Deepcar Dungworth Dyson Holm Eld Elm Green Ewden Foldrings Grenofirth Grenoside Hatfield House High Green Holden House

Holdworth Housley Hall Hunger Hill Hurst Green Langley Brook Low Bradfield Loxley Malinbridge Middleton Green Middlewood Hall Midhope More Hall Mortomley Nether Bank Nether Shire North Wood Seat Old Booth Ones Acre Oughtibridge Page Hall Rails Royds Shire Green Shirtcliffe Hall Sigsworth Small Field South Wood Seat

Southey Green Springfield House Stannington Stocksbridge Storrs Storrs Green Strinds Thorn Seat Thorncliffe Tinker Brook Town End Ughill Upper Midhope Wadsley Wadsley Bridge Waldershelf Wardsend Westnall Wheat Croft Whitley Whitwell Wigtwizzle Winco Bank Wood Seats Worrall Yews

Cemeteries

• Here are photographs of Cemeteries in the parish:
  • The Jewish Burial Ground, near Ecclesfield.
  • Burncross Cemetery
    • The entrance to the Cemetery.
    • The two Cemetery Chapels.
    • The eastern side of the Cemetery.
    • The western side of the Cemetery.

Churches

• Here are photographs of:
  • The Church of England (Anglican) churches in the Ancient parish of Ecclesfield.
  • The Methodist and Wesleyan churches in the Ancient parish of Ecclesfield.
  • Churches of other denominations in the Ancient parish of Ecclesfield.
• The following Churches have their own websites:
  • Stanwood Methodist Church, Stannington

Church Records

• Jane Lachs has transcribed the following from the parish records:
  • Marriages for Bolsterstone 1868-77.
  • Christenings for Bolsterstone 1778-1813 in name order.
  • Christenings for Bolsterstone 1778-1813 in date order.
  • The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Bolsterstone.
  • The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Bradfield.
  • The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Parish of Ecclesfield.
  • The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Midhope.
  • The whereabouts and dates of the Registers etc. for the Chapelry of Stannington.

Community Websites

• Bolsterstone Community Group

Directories

• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Baines's Directory and Gazetteer Directory of 1822.
• Transcript of the entry of "professions and trades" in Pigot's Directory of 1834.

Gazetteers

• There is further information about this parish from Pigot's 1834 Directory Yorkshire section.
• There is further information about this parish from National Gazetteer 1868 Yorkshire extracts.

Genealogy

• Bolsterstone
  • The ENG-YORKS-BOLSTERSTONE-NEWSLETTER mailing list is a read-only list related to the Bolsterstone Genealogy Project. The list owner will post updates about the Project including the marriage, burial and christening information that she is extracting from the parish registers. Additional information can be found on the Bolsterstone Genealogy Project website at www.bolsterstone.de. To subscribe send "subscribe" to
    eng-yorks-bolsterstone-newsletter-l-request@rootsweb.com

History

• Karen Turner has made available a transcription of an article on the history of Wincobank Hall, dated 1921.

Maps

• 
• For a more detailed map of the parishes in the riding please see the Yorkshire parish maps page.
• For a more detailed map of the county please see the Yorkshire map page.
• Here is a map showing the wapentakes for the county.
• View maps of Ecclesfield and places within the boundaries of its ancient parish.

Memorial Inscriptions

• A transcription of the The War Memorial for WWI, WWII and the Korean War in St. Mary's Churchyard, Bolsterstone.
• A transcription of the The War Memorial at Stocksbridge.
• A transcription of the The War Memorial in the churchyard at Ecclesfield

Names (Geographical)

• The following places are within the boundaries of this (ancient) parish, but I have no further information on them other than the Ordnance Survey Landranger Grid reference shown:
  • (SK243940) Agden Bridge
  • (SK250930) Agden House
  • (SK448949) Aldwarke
  • (SK338957) Barnes Hall
  • (SK334919) Birley Carr
  • (SK330927) Birley Edge
  • (SK339966) Charltonbrook
  • (SK276933) Edge Mount
  • (SK273961) Ewden Village
  • (SK369910) Firth Park
  • (SK264984) Garden Village
  • (SK270897) Hall Broom
  • (SK338978) High Green
  • (SK380915) High Wincobank
  • (SK281893) Hill Top
  • (SK249882) Hollow Meadows
  • (SK357969) Lane End
  • (SK272888) Load Brook
  • (SK353912) Longley Estate
  • (SK387918) Low Wincobank
  • (SK319917) Middlewood
  • (SK238995) Midhopestones
  • (SK298933) Ones Acre
  • (SK355922) Parson Cross
  • (SK371917) Pismire Hill
  • (SK333973) Potter Hill
  • (SK290875) Rails
  • (SK370927) Shiregreen
  • (SK288905) Stacey Bank
  • (SK288887) Stopes
  • (SK243921) Thornseat
  • (SK307878) Under Tofts
  • (SK263967) Waldershaigh
  • (SK357976) Warren
  • (SK299942) Wharncliffe Side

Officials and Employees

• Karen Turner has made available a transcription of a document giving details of Servants at Wincobank Hall, Sheffield (1817 - c 1840).

Probate Records

• Sheffield Records Online provide a searchable online database of those from Sheffield, Rotherham, Ecclesfield and surroundings who have a Will or Administration. Full probate index text is available and the database is searchable by a combination of surname, forename, year of death and abode.

Societies

• This parish is covered by the following Society:
  • Sheffield and District FHS