History
Whiston in 1750
Frances Mansel's Charity
In a deed of 1728 Frances Mansel gave £6 for teaching 12 poor children of Parish of Whiston
£2 12s 0d for bread to the poor
Books for the 12 children which may be necessary
Population in 1750 - 859
Rev. Benj. Birkett, curate
William Jubb, gentleman
Rev. R. Lacy, rector and magistrate
William Parkins, gentleman
Lydia Whitehead, gentlewoman
William Abson, shoemaker
Charles Ashley, blacksmith
George Ashley, stonemason
George Banks, millwright
John Boomer, overseer
John Boomer,collector of taxes
William Bower, clerk and sexton
John Brayshaw shoemaker
John Broadhead, church organist
Thomas Coe, wheelwright
William Cooper, vict, Three Cranes
William Cooper,jnr, butcher
Richard Cutt, linen manufacturer
Thomas Cutt, shoemaker
Benj. Dennis, tailor
Robert Elliott, vict, Chequers
Robert Elliott, butcher
Thomas England, grocer
John Foers, stonemason
William Gillatt, stonemason
John Hardwick, collector of taxes
Thomas Hardwick, overseer
Thomas Harrison, churchwarden
Thomas Harrison, wheelwright
William Hawart, constable
J & W. Heward, tanners
John Jarvis, tailor
John Midgely, wheelwright
Benj. Newbould, grocer
Thomas Pearson, churchwarden
John Roddis, stonemason
Samuel Roddis, stonemason
William Roddis, stonemason
John Rotherham, wheelwright
Joseph Simmonite, shoemaker
William Stanley, shoemaker
Thomas Street, tailor
James White, maltster
George Wilkinson, vict The Ball
Source: Baines Directory 1750
1807 - Details of Timber from Canklow Woods for sale
An Act for enclosing Lands in the Parish of Whiston, was passed by the House of Lords in 1816
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