History
Whiston in 1849
Source:The General Directory of Sheffield
Whiston is a considerable village in a pleasant valley, 6 miles east by north of Sheffield and 2 miles south by east of Rotherham. Its parish has about 1163 inhabitants, and 3194 acres of land of which Sir George Sitwell is lord and principal owner, though the Duke of Norfolk owns Canklow Wood, 213 acres, and is said to be lord paramount, - the manor being anciently held by the Furnivals and considered part of Hallamshire.
The Church, St. James, is a rectory worth about £900 per annum. The Earl of Effingham is patron and the Rev. William Howard, M.a. is the incumbent.
The hamlets in the parish are Canklow, Guilthwaite, Herringthorpe, Moorgate and Morthen.
Mr. John Bilbrough
John Boomer, Esq., Broom
Thomas Coe, Joiner and Wheelwright
Richard Cutts, Parish Clerk and Sexton
Elizabeth Davison, Boarding School
Benjamin Dennis, Tailor
William Dixon, National School
Timothy Elliott, Butcher
Rev. Edward Gunner, B.A. Curate
William Harrison, Joiner and Wheelwright
Rev. W. Howard, M.A., Rector
Jackson and Smith, Corn Millers, Canklow (and Attercliffe)
James S. Jubb, Gentleman, Herringthorpe
John and Anglo Newton, Gents, Guilthwaite
John Oxley, Solicitor, Moorgate and Rotherham
James Roddis, Gamekeeper
John B. Rotherham, Machine Maker
Benjamin Shepherd, Wheelwright, Guilthwaite
Misses Mary and Susanna Thurgar
George Thorpe, Tailor
Joseph Hadfield Turner, Surgeon, Canklow
Miss Lydia Whitehead, Strafford Cottage
Inns and Taverns
Ball, James Cooper
Chequers, Mary Elliott
Stag, Herringthorpe, Samuel Turner
Sitwell Arms, Wm Cooper
Blacksmiths
Mr. John Bilbrough
Esther Street
George Walker, Guilthwaite
Farmers
Thomas Cutts, Morthen
Thomas Didsbury
Ann Ellison, Morthen
Charles Foers, Upper Whiston
