History
Whiston in 1862
Whiston is a pleasant but scattered village, situated in a deep and narrow valley at the intersection of the Bawtry and Mansfield and Rotherham roads, 2 miles south by east of the latter, and 6 miles east by north of Sheffield. It is in the Upper division of the Wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill and includes the hamlets of Canklow, Guilthwaite, Herringthorpe, Moorgate, Morthen, Moorhouse and Upper Whiston, which together comprise 3780 acres of land and in 1861 had 282 houses and 1186 inhabitants.
Sir S. R. Sitwell is lord of the manor and owner of most of the soil. The Duke of Norfolk is owner of Canklow Wood - 213 acres. Mr. John and Mrs. Boomer and Thomas N. Bardwell, Esq., are also proprietors.
The church dedicated to St. James is a neat structure, in the perpendicular style. It is situated on an eminence and forms a conspicuous object for several miles around. The living is a rectory,value £909, in the gift of the Earl of Effingham, and enjoyed by the Hon. and Rev. W. Howard, M.A., who resides at the rectory, a neat mansion, occupying a lofty situation near the schools.
The Wesleyans have a small Chapel here, erected in 1822.
Post Office at Ann Thackray's. Letters arrive from Rotherham, by foot post at 7 a.m. and are despatched at 6 p.m.
John Abson, Quarry Owner
James Banks, jnr,Corn Miller and millwright
James Banks, Millwright, Moorhouse
John Bland, High Constable and Inspector of Weights and Measures, Moorgate
Charles Brown, Gardener
Mary Brown, National School
Rev. Richard Chambers, Curate, Moorhouse
Charles Clay, Wholsale and Retail Grocer, tea dealer and provisions merchant
Mrs Elizabeth Davison
Mr. William Davison
Charles Garfitt, Corn Miller, Canklow
William Goodwin, Butcher, Moorgate
Henry Hamilton, Painter and Glazier
Richard Harrison, Butcher, Moorgate
Thomas H Harrison, Joiner and Wheelwright, and Parish Clerk
Hon. and Rev. W. Howard, M.A, Rectory
Mr. Sameul Jenkinson, Moorgate
Chpr.Johnson, Mnfr, Canklow House
Henry Jubb, Solicitor, Moorgate House
James Shemeld Jubb, Herringthorpe
George Moorhouse, Mill Manager, Canklow
George Myers, Tailor, Moorgate
John Parkin, Rate Collector, Guilthwaite
Mr.Francis Rich Rawson
Edward Rotherham, Millwright
Mary A. Sanderson, Shopkeeper
William Shaw, Timber Merchant, Moorgate
Edwin W.Shirt, Roller, Moorgate
Charles Stanley, Merchant, Broom House
Wm.Street, Blacksmith
John D. Styring, Butcher, Broom
M.Sykes, Painter and Glazier
Ann Thackray, Shopkeeper
George Thorpe, Tailor
John Timms, Shopkeeper
Mr. William Turner, Moorgate
Mrs.Eliz.White, Morthen Manor House
James White, Land valuer and Surveyor, Moorgate
Miss Lydia Whitehead
James Yates Esq. Oakwood House
Inns and Taverns
Ball, John Bagshaw
Chequers, Timothy Elliott also Butcher
Sitwell Arms, Alfred Foers
Stag Inn, Henry Dawes, Bank Top
Farmers
Geo. Bartholomew,Upper Whiston
Charles Clay
Thomas Cutts, Moorhouse
Henry Dawes, Bank Top
Ann Ellison, Morthen
Alfred Foers
Charles Foers, Upper Whiston
Ruth Foers, Upper Whiston
John Hardwick, Guilthwaite
Mary Hardwick, Upper Whiston
Samuel Hollins, Moorgate
Hugh Hoyland
William Jubb, Herringthorpe
Emma Kirk, Moorhouse
Martha Kirk, Morthen
James Martin
Francis Moss, Hall
William Parkin, Guilthwaite
W.H.Pattison, Canklow
Thos Shearman, Guilthwaite
John D. Styring, Broom
William Thompson, Morthen
Thomas Unwin, Upper Whiston
John White also Maltster, Morthen Manor House
Shoemakers
George Abson
George Bagshaw
John Bagshaw
William Brookfield
William Gray
William Walker, Guilthwaite
Richard Winter
Source:Directory & Topography of Sheffield, 1862
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