Conisbrough. 91 Southern Division of the West Riding, York Diocese and Archdeaconry, and Doncaster Rural Deanery
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Conisbrough. 91 Southern division of the West Riding, York diocese and archdeaconry, and Doncaster rural deanery. It had 2119 inhabitants in 1871, living in 473 houses; the area is 4559 acres, of which 18 acres are water. 'Conisbrough village is mostly seated on a bold acclivity between the Don and the Doncaster road, 12 miles N.E. of Sheffield, and about 1 mi!e from Strafford Sands, from which part of the name of the wapentak&of Strafforth and Tickhill is derived; and the parish includes Clifton, a village upon a lofty eminence, It mile to the south, near Crookbill Hall. Conisbro' is celebrated for the ruin of its ancient Saxon castle, which stands upon a conical hill rising abruptly from the navigable river Don, at the east end of the village, and is one of the principal scenes in Sir WaIter Scott'fl popular romance of 'Imnhoe.' This admired ruin, which consists of the lofty shell of a large and strong circular tower, commands an extensive prospect of the fertile vale of the Don, and was once an impregnable fortress, occupying the whole crown of the eminencfr, and having the Don on south and east, and a deep ravine between it and the village, from which it W3.'l anciently approached by a drawbridge, The moat is now filled up, and the ruin is finely embowered in elm, ash, and oth9r trees, some of which have grown to a considerable size within the castle walls. Lord Conyers is lord of the manor and extensive honor of Conisbrough. GAS WORKS were established here in 1870, at a cost of .£1500, raised in 300 shares of £5 each. The CHURCH (St. Peter) was repaired in 1866-7, at a cost of £1800, when many of its most interesting features werll more Or less preserved. The living is a Yicarage, valued at .£310, in the gift of the Archbishop of York and incnmbency of the Rev. Jobn George Wood. The WESLEYANS built a new chapel in 1876, at a cost of .£,5000, to seat 650 persons. The PRIMITIVE METHODISTS have also a chapel here. A new SUNDAY SCHOOL in connexion with tbe church was built in 1873, at a cost of £300, defrayed by the Rev. J. F. W. Woodyeare, B.A. A SCHOOL BOARD was formed on July 18, 1871, and now consists of Rowland Hills, Esq. (chairman), John Blyth, Esq. (vice-chairman), and Messrs. B. Milward, C. Kilner and l'I'Iajor Grantham. Mr. C. W. Ferdinand is their clerk. The Board built a school in 1873, for 575 children, at a cost of £3500. The school and poor have sevoral small benefactions. About June 1878, BOme bones, which have befln identified by Profe8sor Boyd Dawkins as bones of the clippas, the rhinoceros tichorinus and the horse, were found in the limestone crags, and were purchased by the late E. B. J enkinson, :&q., F.G.S., of Swinton. POST, Mmnw ORDER and TET..EGRAPH OFFICE and SAVINGS BANK, at Mr. George lIarrison's. I.etters, vil1 Rotherham, are received at 6.45 a.m., and are despatched at 7 p.m. (Sundays 11.40 a.m.). Marked * are at Olifton. Alsop 1\1iss Ann, Board schoolmistress Gardiner & Verity, tanners Nicholson Bros. brewers & maltsters, Anderlon WiJliam, eatinghs. shopkpr. Gibbs John, assistant surgeon Holywell brewery and proprietor of pleasure gardens Glossop John Jas. farmer, W oodlaiths Nicholson Miss, Ashfield house Appleyard George, farmer Goodlacl Mrs Ellen Noden James, victualler, Hilltop Inn Applcyard George, jun. grocer, draper, Goodlad John, farmer Ogley Francis, brewer, farmor and cabinet maker and upholsterer, and Goodlad Richard Edward, butcher and maltster, Hilltop brewery undertkr. Church St. Cabinet works farmer Oxley George, grocer, farmer, beer Appleyard J ph. & Sons, cabinet mkrs. GoodladWm. John, mason and builder seller, wine &c. agt. & porkhutcber & furniture dealers; & Rotherham Gouldsbrough Clement, farmer Oxley George William Rice, assistant Appleyard Walter (Joseph & Sons) Grantham Major Edward, Springdale overseer, rate collector and organist, Badger Benjamin, builder and joiner * Graves -, farmer teacher of music, and agent for Baker (John) & Burnett, railwy. wheel Greaves Mr Royal Insurance Company & axle mnfrs. Atlas Wheel works Guest Wm. coal dealer & cart owner Pagdin Edwin, shopkeeper Bamford Samuel Miles, blacksmith ~ Hague George, shopkeeper and * Peace J oseph, wheelwright Baron Thomas, M., S. & L. railway machine owner Pickup Rev (Wesleyan) station master Harden Edmund, farmer Rawden William, corn miller Barrow John, shoemaker & town crier Hargreaves J ossph, brewer's traveller Richll.rdson J oseph, wheelwright Batty John, farmer, Lodge farm • Harris Samuel, clerk Robinson John, corn miller & mert Beaver George, farmer, Firsby Harrison George, chemist, uruggist Rotherham Richard, farmer myth Mr John, Brook villa and postmaster ... Scarbrough J oseph, fishmonger Booth George & Son, reapinghook, Hemshall Job, scythe manufacturer Sharman Mr J oseph scythe and sickle manufacturers, (George Booth & Sons) Shaw Edward Pearson, farmer, and hardware & general mprchants Hill George, shoemaker Flander wells Booth Thomas, coal merchant, wood Hills Rowland, M.R.e.S. &c. Burgeon ShuttThos. farmr. & vict. RedLionlnn turner, timber dealer and saw mill Hirst Henry, victualler, Fox Inn Simpson Arthur, briek manufacturer, proprietor, Don Sawmills Hobson Mrs :Mary Harriet Mexbro; h Rock house Brister Edward, grocer Holdsworth Benjamin, tillage mer- Simpson Arthur, butcher Burnett Thomas, mfr. (Baker & B.) chant and victualler, Castle Inn SimpMn John Alfred, butcher Ohadwick Mrs Phrebe Hudson John (H. &Nephew); &frmr Simpson Simeon Taylor, manager Chambers John, hairdresser, news- IIudson & Nephew, corn millers, Simpson Thomas Henry, brick, tile, agent and shoemaker Conisbro' mills sanitary pipe, chimney top, &c. ColleyThos., M.R.C.V.S. vetrny. surgn Kilner Bros. glass bottle manufactrs manufacturer, Ashfield Fire Clay Cooper WaIter James, saddler Kilner Caleb, manager works; h The Priory Orocroft Richard, beerhouse Kirkby l\lrs..Eleanor, shopkeeper Smith Mr Benjamin Oudworth Mrs Ann Eliz. day school Kitching J onathan, farmer Smith David, grocE'r and draper Dearden Frederick, shoemaker Loughton l\lrPeter George Smith George, plumber, &c Downing Mrs Elizabeth Ledger Charles, gas manager Smith Gearge, victualler, Railway Inn Downing John, bricklayer, stone- * Lund Mr Benjamin Smith Henry, viet. Eagle & Child mason and lime burner Mackenzie Lady Anne, Castle terr-ace Starey George, farmer Drabble Joseph, shoemaker Marshall Henry, tailor and draper Street George, manage!' Earnshaw Henry, wheelwright Meggitt Joseph Broom, artificial Trickett Edward, quarry owner, Fearn Richard, confectioner manure manufacturer; & Doncaster Woodlaiths Fearn Thos. thrashing machine owner * Milward Bosville, farmer Trout Thomas, becrhouse Ferdinand Charles W. Board schlmstr MorIey Mrs Ann, ironmonger and Truelove Henry, victualler, Star Inn Fitzgeorge Edmund, blacksmith general dealer Twibey (John) & Goodlad, masons Fox (Thomas) & Stacey, butchers Morley John. joiner and builder and builders.