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.
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