Ecclesfield Parish

364 ECCLESFIELD PARISH. WJNCOBANK, 1\ small village, on a loftY' acclivity, above Grimesthorpe,3 miles N. by E. of Sheffield, is occupied chiefly by farmers and fork makers; and on its woody eminence are traces of a Roman camp. James Dixon, Esq. has estates in the parish, Rnd built the chapel at Birley Car. BRADFIELD CHAPELRY AND TOWNSHIP comprises a wild but picturesque region of hill, dale, aud moorland, in which are 33,730 acres, and 6318 inhabitants; many grinding wheels, tilts, forges, &c.; several paper mills; 8n(1 the following villages and hamlets, viz. :-BRADFIELD, 7 miles N.W. by W.; BoMerstone, 8 miles N.W.; DnmJlask, 6 miles N.W.; DeepeQT, 7! miles N.W.; Dungworth, Storrs, and Ughill, on the Loxley, from 0 to 7 miles N .W. by W. ; Loxley, Holdworth, and Little .1Ifatloek, 4 miles N.W, by W.; Midhopp, 10 miles N.W.; the large village of OUGHTIBRIDGE, on the Don, near the railway station, 5 miles N.W. by N.; STANNINGTON, a large scattered village, on an eminence above the Rivelin, 4~ milesN.N.W.; Worrall, :; miles N.W.; Briglttlwlmlee, Onfsacre, Fairest, SmalTjield, Moor fvood, Hollow 1fIeadolVs, &c., from 7 to 9 miles N.W. by N.; and Wigtwizzle, 10 miles N.W. of Sheffield. Near the latter is Broomhead Hall, the beau tiful scat of Mrs. Rimington. This extensive parochial chapelry is in the Duke of Norfolk's manors ofBradfield and IVestnall-and- Waldershelf. At HOLLOW MEADOWS, near the Surrey Arms, 7 miles N.W. by W. of Sheffield, the Duke has, during the last five years, let much of the moor land on long leases, to small occupiers, who have already brought many of their enclo sures into a good state of cultivation, and some of them have built houses on their allotments. The rents are trifling for the first ten years, Rnd are never to exceed 5s. per acre. One of the allotments is a farm of about 50 acres, occupied by the parisioners of Sheffield township, and now being cleared, drained, enclosed an<l cultivated by the able bodied paupers. In the valley of the Rivelin, the Shrffielcl Water Works Company have just finished a large reservoir for the supply of the mill owners. The Ghuref, at Bradfield is coeval with that at Ecclesfield, and is a curacy, now enjoyed by thc Rev. John Fletcher, of Sheffield. There are four small endowed schools, at Bradfield, Onesacre, Midhope, and Stannington. In the latter village is a neat Church, built in 1830, !\t the cost of £3000, given by Par liament. The Rev. Wm. Gill Hl the incumbent. MidhoJle and Bolste1'Stone are ancient chapelries, now in the incumbency of the Rev. John Bell, RA. Oughtibridge District Church was built about six years ago, and is a per. petual curacy, in the incumbency of the Rev. W. J. Marshall, B.A. There is an Unitarian Chapel at Stannington; and an old Independent Chapel ut Loxley, near which is the romantic CliJfe Rocher, or Little Matlock, in the heart of Loxley Chase, now encloRed, and said to have been one of the haunts, if not the birth-place, of Robin Hood. ECCLESFIELD. 2 Bendelow Joseph, plasterer Marked l,are at Eccle.'ffield Common; Bettany J as. toll collctr. Parson Gros, 2, Hirst; 3, Oliver Wheel; 4, Ec- Birks Ts. Esq. brewer, Bolsover HiU cle~eld Wheel; 5, Whitley; 0, 7 Booth John Kay, M.D. Bolsover Hill; 7, Brush HOl/ses; Brinnen Mrs. Hanb., Strawberry Ctg 8, Sheffield Lane End; 9, Birley Calvert Wm. slater Oar; 10, Gillolt's Hill; 11, Skew Catton George, registrar Hill; 12, Whitley Oar; 13, Long- 11 Copley Thos. penknife manftf ley; 14, Hill 7'op; 15, Dearlands; 8 Croft Francis, stud groom 16, Butterthwaite; and the rest in Denton Ml's Elizabeth, Hagg Eccle~eldvillage,orwhe1·especified.Darwin John, manager of iron workf Ball Thos. saddler (& Chapeltown) Dix Thomas, governor, Workhouse Bamforth Mr Charles, The Elms Dixon Wm. Frdk. Esq. Birley House :Barker JoJm., samekeeper, Foz hill 9 Dyson John, spring knife manf.f.

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