ECKINGTON is an extensive parish and township, and contains the hamlets of Mosborough, Renishaw, and Troway, which keep their poor conjointly, and have 6,934A. 2R. 8P. of land, and in 1851, had 1,046 houses, and 4,958 inhabitants, of whom 2,639 were males and 2,339 females; rateable value £18,591 4s. 0d. The land is mostly a strong fertile soil, and was inclosed in 1795. It is bounded on the east by the river Rother, which separates it from Killamarsh, having the parish of Norton on the west, and the parish of Handsworth, in Yorkshire, on the north. The rectory was formerly held with that of Killamarsh, which together were worth about £1,600 per annum; but by an Order in Council, dated June 10th, 1843, pursuant to the reforming plans of the Ecclesiastical Commissioners, Killamarah was made a separate rectory; and Ridgway, with the Troway quarter, a perpetual curacy and distinct parish. Troway forms the western side of the parish of Eckington, with which it still keeps its poor, but each quarter keeps its own roads. This parish is the great seat of the sickle and reaping hook manufactory, and is included in the Sheffield Corporation of Cutlers.

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ECKINGTON is a large irregular built village and market town, situated on the southern acclivity of a narrow valley, from which there is a tedious flight of steps up to the church. It is 7 miles N.E. by E. from Chesterfield, and 7 miles S.E. from Sheffield. Sir Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, Bart., is principal owner and lord of the manor, which includes the whole parish, and in the reign of Henry I, was held by J. Langford, “by grand sergeantry to find one horse of the value of 5s., with a sack and spur, for the king’s wars in Wales, for forty days.” At the Norman survey there was a priest and servant at Eckington, but no church. The manor and advowson of the church, however, in the reign of Edward II., were held by Elizabeth, wife of R. Stuteville. The Church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, is an ancient edifice in the Anglo-Norman style, with a tower and spire, remarkably heavy and void of ornament. The living is a rectory, valued in the King’s book at £40 13s. 4d., now £774, in the patronage of the Crown; the Rev. Edmund Bucknall Estcourt, M.A., incumbent, and the Rev. J. Eastwood, M.A., curate. In the church are some ancient monuments, on one of which is a male and female figure kneeling on one knee, in the costume of the time of Charles II. The organist has an endowment of £14 a year, arising from land, and £5 from other sources. The Rectory is a large stone mansion, erected about 1720, with extensive pleasure grounds, commanding a fine view of the surrounding country; it is at present occupied by the curate. The Wesleyans have a chapel, erected in 1807, and the Association Methodists one, built in 1837. The school, rebuilt in 1832, at a cost of upwards of £600, is open to all the poor of the parish: in consequence of the late rector (who seldom visited the parish) having the deeds at his residence in Wales, the Charity Commissioners could not report on it. Here is a girls’ school, conducted on the National plan, which is in part supported by Lady Sitwell, the children paying a small fee weekly; about 55 attend. The Mechanics’ Institution, established 1854, has a small library and news room in connection with it. Thomas McLaurin, jun., librarian. Petty-sessions are held on the second Wednesday in every month. In 1852, a Court-house with a lock-up was erected; it is a large substantial stone building, near the White Hart Hotel. The market is held on Friday; and fairs are held on the first Wednesday in April and October; and a statute fair for hiring servants on the 6th November. The feast is on the first Sunday after Midsummer day. Races are held during the feast week. In the time of William the Conqueror, this manor (Echintone) was in the possession of Ralph, the son of Hubert. At this time there was a priest at Eckington, but we find no mention of any church being here, until the beginning of the 14th century. In the reign of Edward I. this manor belonged to one Langford, from whom it has passed, by various changes, to the present owner.

MOSBOROUGH is a large scattered and irregular built village, situated on a acclivity 8 miles N.N.E. from Chesterfield, and 6 miles S.S.E. from Sheffield, lying to the north of Eckington, from which it is divided by a small brook. Sir Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, Bart., is lord of the manor and principal owner, besides which, here are several small free-holders. Mosborough Hall is a large square stone structure, with stone balustrades on the top, situated at the summit of the village, the seat and property of Charles Rotherham, Esq. The Wesleyan Methodists have a neat stone chapel here, erected in 1839, and the Primitive Methodist a small one, erected in 1830. Many sickles and hooks are manufactured, and here are also collieries where coke is burned for steel refiners. In 1835, a corn mill here was destroyed by fire. Here is a Free School for boys and girls, (see Charities) erected in 1821, by subscription, at a cost of £200, and is endowed with lands, &c., amounting to £28 10s. per annum, left by Joseph Stones, in 1680. The master instructs 15 children free, for which he has a house and garden rent free. The school, is a neat stone building, and will hold about 100. It is taught on the National plan, and about 55 attend. Mosborough includes Mosborough Moor, (now enclosed on the north), and consists of a colliery and a few cottage houses, with two inns; Plumley, a small hamlet, about ¾ mile W., contains two farms; and Holbrook, a small hamlet, ¾ mile E., where there are a few cottages.

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RENISHAW is a small village situated in the vale of the Rother, on the east of Eckington, 7½ miles N.E. by N. from Chesterfield. Here are the extensive iron furnaces and foundries of Messrs. Appleby and Co. The Chesterfield canal passes close to the works, which affords every means of transit for their metals and castings, for which they stand pre-eminent. The Midland railway has also a station near Renishaw Iron-works, near which is the Sitwell Arms Inn, conveniently adapted for the accommodation of passengers, and where a cab is always in readiness. Here is a Free School, endowed by Thomas Cannon and others,—(See Charities),—with lands, &c., the rents thereof to be paid to the schoolmaster for instructing poor children of Renishaw and Eckington. The school is a commodious stone building, rebuilt in 1832, at a cost of about £600. Renishaw Hall, about ½ mile S.E, from Eckington, is a large handsome stone mansion with a centre and wings; from the centre, which stands a little backward, projects a semi-octagonal entrance, surmounted by battlements having pinnacles at the corners, with vanes rising from the wings and centre. It is pleasantly situated in an extensive park, well wooded, fronting the north, commanding an extensive prospect, lying on the west side of the Sheffield road and of the vale of the Rother. It is the property of Sir Sitwell Reresby Sitwell, Bart.

SPINK HILL is a hamlet and small village, situated on a lofty eminence 1 mile E. of Renishaw, and has long been noted for its Catholic chapel, and where a handsome Catholic church was erected in 1845, with a tower, from which rises a spire 50 feet high. A handsome building, principally of brick, has also been erected, which forms three sides of a square, the projecting ends finished octangular with stone; the enclosed side has a stone piazza, crossing from the other two sides, over which is a singular looking screen, covered to the height of the building, giving free access around the outside of the building, yet sheltered from the weather. It is cemented in imitation of stone. This is a Jesuit college, for the education of youth, and is a branch from Stoneyhurst, in Lancashire, established there by some refugees driven from their establishment at Liege, in 1794, by the horrors of war and the proscriptions of the French revolution. In connexion with which, in 1852, a School was erected, with a house for the master, at a cost of upwards of £600, raised by subscription. It is a handsome stone building in the Gothic style, open to all denominations, and is under general inspection; it will accommodate about 120, and the average attendance is about 90.

RIDGWAY, is a small village 5 miles S.S.E. from Sheffield, and 8 miles N. by E. from Chesterfield, forming the western side of Eckington parish, with which it still keeps its poor. It was by order in Council, dated 10th June, 1843, made ecclesiastically a distinct parish. The manufacturing of sickle and reaping hooks is carried on here to a considerable extent. The Church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is a small neat building, on a declivity, was erected in 1840 at a cost of £2,000, raised by subscription, aided by grants from the Incorporated Society for Building and Enlarging Churches, and from the Diocesan Society of £800. It is a stone building, of unpresuming appearance, having a buttress surmounted with a cross, which holds one bell. The living is a perpetual curacy, valued at £300. The rector of Eckington patron, Rev. Alexander Crawford Bromehead, jun., B.A., incumbent, and the Rev. R. K. Bolton, B.A., curate. It is endowed with £280 per annum, paid from the rectorial tithe or corn rent of Eckington; the rent of 28 pews in the church is also appropriated to the augmentation of the resident curate’s stipend, as specified in the deed of endowment. The Methodist chapel, erected 1806, is a neat stone building, with burial ground attached. The National School, erected 1837, by private subscription, is a small neat building. Grants from the National School Society of £30, and from the Lords of Her Majesty’s treasury of £80, were obtained towards defraying the expenses of the erection. At the enclosure of Eckington, in 1795, 2A. 3R. 5P. of land was vested in the rector and churchwardens for the use of a schoolmaster, in consideration of his teaching 5 poor children of Ridgway and Troway quarter. The master also had a dwelling house provided. This land is now let for £4 10d. per annum, which is paid

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to the master of the national school, who teaches 5 poor children free. Carter Lane 1 mile W. from Ridgway, consists of a few scattered farms. Carter Hall an ancient residence now in the occupation of Mr. Edwin Inman. Ford, 1 mile S. by W., situated in a deep glen, is a small hamlet, noted for its ancient sickle manufactory. High Lane, ½ mile N., consists of a few scattered houses. White Lane on the N.W., where is Charnock Hall, an ancient mansion, the property of George Rhodes, Esq. Sload Lane is a scattered district of farms, ½ mile W. Troway, the ancient seat of the sickle manufacture, is a small scattered village, situated on a lofty eminence in a sequestered spot, 1½ miles S. W. from Ridgway, and 6 miles N. by E. from Chesterfield. It forms with Ridgway ecclesiastically a distinct parish, but still keeps its poor with Eckington. Bramley a small village, 1 mile E. by S. from Troway, a little north of which is Bole Hill, another small hamlet. Marsh Lane a scattered district of houses, extending 2½ miles S. from Ridgway, and partly in Eckington quarter.

CHARITIES.—Margaret Foljambe, widow, in 1762, directed a rent charge of £5 per annum, to be paid out of a tenement at Barlborough Wood Lane End, and several closes of land called the Croft, the Little Ox close, the Great Meadow, and the Long Meadow. These premises are now in the possession of Sir S. R. Sitwell, subject to the above payment, which is distributed at the vestry on St. Thomas’s day, 40s. thereof equally amongst 20 poor widows, and the residue to 60 other poor persons of the quarters of Eckington and Renishaw, in sums of ls. each. An annual sum of £4 is received by the overseers, as a charge upon some part of the estate of E. S. Chandos Pole, Esq., which is given in sums varying from 1s. to 2s. 6d.

Jonathan Bromehead, in 1791, left on trust for the benefit of the poor, certain messuages in Eckington, and an allotment of land, containing 1A. 0R. 20P. on Eckington Marsh. The following benefactions may be considered as forming part of this charity, though given by the Rev. Joseph Bromehead and other persons of his family, in consequence of the loss of a legacy intended to have been given by the said Jonathan Bromehead. The sum of £200 in 1819, and the sum of £100 in 1827, were invested in the three per cent. consols. Out of the income of the charities, consisting of rents and dividends, seven 5d. loaves are given weekly to poor families of Eckington and Renshaw quarters.

Henry Inman, in 1711, devised his lands and tenements at Newbold, upon trust, the rents and profits thereof to provide strong warm blue gowns, with the letters H and I to be set upon one of the sleeves. The land is now let for £6 10s. per annum. One moiety thereof is given to Eckington quarter, and one moiety to Mosborough. In 1828, the ironstone and timber growing on this estate were sold for £102, which was laid out in the purchase of land at Bramley Brooks, the proceeds of which is applied as above.

MOSBOROUGH SCHOOL.—Joseph Stones, by will, dated 20th May, 1680, devised certain premises and lands, upon trust, to bestow the rents upon a schoolmaster, for teaching 15 poor children within the Bierlow of Mosborough. Proceedings were instituted by the Rev. Frederick Ricketts, and five others, for the purpose of having new trustees appointed and for the removal of the schoolmaster. Under an order of the Court of Chancery, 6th June, 1822, the property was vested in Luke Staniforth, Thomas Hutton, and five others, and the schoolmaster directed to give up possession of the school premises. The property consists of a dwelling house, homestead, croft and garden, containing 3R. l3P., the school, and a playground of one rood, the great and little Beighton Hill doses, 4 acres, which were divided by making a turnpike road, let for £14 8s.; the allotment in Street field, 3R. 22P., let for £3 15s.; an allotment on Mosborough Green made by the award of the Commissioners, 1804, containing 2A. 1R, 23P. let for £10 6s. 7d. When the schoolmaster gave up possession the buildings were in bad condition, and £131 was expended in building a new schoolroom and repairs. The costs of the suit in Chancery was £156 8s. 5d. Early in

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1823 a new master was appointed with a salary of £8, the remainder of the rents being reserved for liquidating the above expenses, for which 15 children of Mosborough are instructed in reading and writing.

The Rev. Francis Gisborne, in 1817, left £5 10s. per annum, to be expended in flannel and coarse woollens, and distributed to the poor in winter.

The yearly sum of 19s. from Denham’s charity, is carried to the account of the poor-rate. (See Clown).

Parish Lands.—At a court baron, in 1680, Margaret Freeton surrendered to the churchwardens and overseers for the use of the poor, the land now consisting of the Nether High Bramley, and the Upper High Bramley. An allotment of 1R. 15P. was set out to the overseers in respect thereof, at the enclosure. There is also a field, containing 1A. 1R. 22P. which is let by the parish officers. The rents of all these lands, amounting to £15 14s. per annum, are carried to the general account of the overseers.

RENISHAW SCHOOL.—Thomas Camm, in 1702, surrendered all his copyhold messuages and lands, upon trust, to cause a school house to be built. He also directed the yearly rents thereof, except 40s. a year for the repairs of the school, to be given for the maintenance of a schoolmaster, for instructing poor children of this parish free. In 1715, George Sitwell gave a messuage and croft adjoining, on trust, for the use of the schoolmaster, provided that no person be appointed master without the consent of George Sitwell or his heirs. Lady Fretchevill bequeathed £100 to this school. In 1719, this legacy with £20 given by Sir George Sitwell, Bart., to equalize an exchange of land, was laid out in the purchase of £200 11s. 4d. three per cent. consols.

Peter Cadman, in 1808, directed his executor to place out on government securities, a sufficient sum of money to secure £5 per annum, to be given to the free school at Eckington.

Lost Charities.—There are several benefactions mentioned on a tablet in the church, formerly given to the poor, which have been lost for many years, as well as the charities of Thamos and William Rotherham.

ECKINGTON DIRECTORY.

Post Office, at John Morton’s; letters arrive from Chesterfield, at 8.30 a.m., and are despatched at 5.30 p.m.

Alderson Alfred, solicitor, joint clerk to the magistrates, for the Eckington and Hems- worth district, and agent to the North of England Fire and Life Assurance Co., commissioner for taking affidavits in all the courts, and to administer oaths Antliffe John, millwright Appleby Jas., Esq. Barton Wm., chair maker Billam Ephraim, gent. Billam Samuel., constable Carr Bennett, chemist & druggist Crookes W., plumber, glazier, house deco- rator, and gothic glass painter Eastwood Rev. Jonth., M.A., curate Estcourt Rev. E. H. B., M.A., rector Jarvis Mary, milliner Keeton Mark, scythe mfr. Knowles Thos., trav. draper Lund Wm., farrier Oldale Wm., tanner & currier Paget John, hairdresser

Parker Thos., gent. Staton Mark, reaping hook mfr. Stevenson John, parish clk. Tasker Jph., supt. of police Upson Jas., gardener Wells Jph. & Geo., coal masters, and Mos- borough & Bramley moor collieries Wells Luke, plastrerer Wheelhouse Geo., reliev. officer Wilson Thos., plumber & glazier Inns and Taverns. Angel, Wm. Turner Brown Bear, Chas. Lund Coach and Horses, Geo. Robinson Duke of York, Thos. Mellors Lion and Lamb, Thos. Hoult Rose and Crown, John Goodwin White Hart, commercial and posting hotel, Abraham Hibbard

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Academies. Askham Mary Bradbury Mary Fox Jane Free, Robt. Harrison Bakers. Hind William Marples Jonas Bank. Savings,—Open on Wednesdays, from 11 to 1; John J. Hayes, actuary Beerhouses. Hind Wm. Turner Hannah Blacksmiths. Adams William Littlewood Mark Butchers. Barber Joseph Barber Wm. Field Wm. Lund Chas. Oxspring Wm. Stainforth Geo. Farmers. Barber Fredk Barber Wm. Billam Chas. Booth Joseph Cadman Edw. Cadman John Crofts Robt. Fletcher James Hardy Samuel Hibbard Abraham

Jervis Jas. Lawrence John Oxspring Wm. Staniforth Geo. Staniforth Mark Stevenson Luke Wells Jph. & Geo. White Geo. White Jph. Whitehead Wm. Widdowson Geo. Grocers & Draprs. Bell William Chapman Joshua Fenny Thos. Harrison Wm., (and general dlr Henderson Mary, (draper only) Hunt Eliz. Hurst Robt. Mc Laurin Thos. Marsden John, (& edge tool maker) Marples Jonas Shacklock Peter Staniforth Geo. Wells Wm. Wheelhouse Jas. Joiners & wheel- wrights. Mrkd. * are Cabinet makers. * Bell Thomas Jervis John Parker Joseph * Simpson Joseph Stephenson John Nail Makers. Fenshaw Robt.

Fanshaw Thos. Harrison William, (& washer, forged nut, scythe, strickle, and snaith manufr.) Homer Henry Hoult Thos. Nightingale Jermh. Turner Benj. Saddlers. Ball John Wm. Pilkington Chas. Shoemakers. Clayton Geo. Denton Thos. Heald John Hirst John Holdsworth Jas. Johnson Joseph Revill Peter Watkinson Geo. Spade and Shovel Makers. Walker Job Wilkinson Geo. Stonemasons. Hollingworth Geo. Hollingworth Saml. Marsh Math. Surgeons. Beck Thos. Harwood Jabez Jones John Thos. Tailors. Chapman Joshua Dyson Edward Fox Wm. Gleadall Geo.

Weightman Robt. Wilks Henry Tinners, &c. Lacey Geo. Spencer John Wood Turners. Booth Joseph Morton George, (and cooper) Morton Wm. & Alfd. Wilson Geo. Railway Convey- ance. Midland Railwy. Co’s Station, 1 mile S. of the village, from whence there are trains betw. Derby, Masbro’ and Leeds, 6 down & 7 up daily; on Sundays 2 each way. The Manches- ter, Sheffield, and Lincolnshire Rail- way Co. also use the same station,—from whence there are 5 trains each way dly. between Sheffield & Eckington, and on Sunday, 2 trains each way. Wm. Dinham, stn. mast. Carriers. To Chesterfield; S. Shepherd, Wednes. and Saturday To Sheffield ; J.Good- win, Tu. and Sat.; and R. Turner, Tu. and Sat.

MOSBOROUGH HAMLET.

Those marked 2 reside at Mosborough Lane, 3 Mosborough Moor. and the rest at Mosborough, or where specified.

Hayes John Ibbotson, schoolmaster, reg. Of births & deaths, and actuary of Eckington Savings’ bank Hudson Geo., gent. Hunter Wm, colliery manager Keeton Edwin, prof. of music Keeton Fredk., sickle mfr., & dept. regr. Liversidge, Hy., surgeon Mullins Mrs. Sarah Peat Mr. James 2 Richardson Thos., forge manager Rippon Richd., bailiff to County court Rose Geo. Gillott, plum. & glzr.

Rotherham Charles, Esq., The Hall Stratford Mr. Wm. Swallow John Fell, coal master; h. Moor- hill house Swallow Richd., Esq., Moorhill house Wells Wm., bookkeeper, Moor-hole Whitehead Mrs. Dorothy 2 Whiteley Wm., corn miller Inns and Taverns. Black Bull, Benj. Rose 3 British Oak, Geo. Booth Duke William, Thos. Cooper

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3 Fitzwilliam’s Arms, Jas. Haslam George and Dragon, Geo. Plant 2 Nag’s Head, Geo. Mullins Rose and Crown, John Robinson Colliery Owners. Bishop Joseph Wright, Plumbley Lane Colliery; office, Corn Exchange, Sheffield

Swallow Richard and John Fell, Silkstone Main Colliery, and Inkerman Colliery, near Chesterfield Wells Joseph and George, Moor-hole and Mosborough Collieries Worrall Luke

Beerhouses. Rotterforth Jph. Webster Mary Blacksmiths. Denton Benj. Rose Joseph Rose Wm. Butchers. Rivington Edw Rose James Farmers. Alton Jph., Plumbley 3 Bramall Jph., (and cattle dlr.) Bunting Thomas, Plumbley Cadman Geo. Cadman Jno., Ox Close Caterer Geo. Galley Wm. Lee Thos., Moor-hole Mullins Geo., West Wells Mullins William

Oates Jph. Riley John Rose Benj. Rose John, (& brick maker) Rose Thomas Rotherham Samuel, West Wells Staniforth Ann, Moor Hole Sto