History
Whiston in 1901
Whiston is a parsh, township and considerable village, partly in the borough of Rotherham. It is in the Rotherham Union and County Court Division and Whiston Polling District of the Rotherham division of Yorkshire. It is in the Rural Deanery of York. It includes the hamlets of Canklow, Guilthwaite, Herringthorpe, Moorgate and Morthen. The township extends into Rotherham Parish and had 1687 inhabitants in 1891 and 3948 acres of land; rateable value £9968. A portion of Whiston has been incorporated with Rotherham borough.
Sir G. R. Sitwell, Bart, J.P., F.S.A. of Renishaw and the Duke of Norfolk are principal landowners.
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, an edifice in the Norman and Late Decorated Styles has been restored and partly rebuilt under the direction of Mr. J. Oldrid Scott, architect, at a cost of about £8000 towards which the late Lady Charlotte Howard made a donation of £5000, in memory of her brother, the Rev. the Hon, William Howard, M.A., a former rector. There are several stained windows, including one inserted in 1890 to Henry 2nd Earl of Effingham and another placed in 1891 to the Deakin family. The register dates from 1594. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £440 in the patronage of the Earl of Effingham, and held by the Rev. Herbert Alfred Holme, M.A. of St. Johns College, Cambridge.
The Wesleyan chapel was built here in 1866 at a cost of £900 and there is another at Canklow erected in 1894.
The National School built in 1873 at a cost of £850 will hold 220 scholars. There is also a school established at Canklow by John Brown and Co. Ltd, for about 145 children of the workpeople employed by the firm and an Infants School for 180 children.
The Midland Railway opened New Locomotive Sheds at Canklow on November 19th 1900.
The Reading Room was established in 1887.
Whiston United Charities, which included the charities of Joseph Hammond and Frances Mansell was formed in 1901.
Post and Money Order Office at Mr. J. R. Shaw's. Letters are delivered at 7 a.m. and 5.15 p.m. and are despatched at 8.10 a.m. and 6.45 p.m. via Rotherham, which is the nearest Telegraph Office. Letters to Canklow and Herringthorpe should be addressed to Rotherham; Whiston should not be mentioned. Wall Letter Box at Canklow cleared at 6.30 p.m. work days only.
Canklow Post and Money Order Office, Thomas Gee, sub postmaster. Letters are despatched at 6.30 p.m. and delivered at 7.45 a.m. and 6.35 p.m. The nearest Telegraph Office is Rotherham.
Jas Ackers, Beer Retailer, Canklow
John Armitage, Quarry Owner Stone Merchant and Builder
Bertram Bagshaw, Farmer Manor Ho
Alfred Bartholomew, Joiner and Wheelwright
Joseph John Bartholomew, Coal Dealer;and Rotherham
Mr. John Bulmer Brown, Timekeeper
John Brown, Brown And Co, Colliery Owners
Walter Buckley, Schoolmaster, Canklow
Canklow Midland Railway Locomotve Sheds, Thomas Stephenson, Manager
George Clarke, Vict, Chequers Inn
Charles Clay, Grocer and Retailer
Mrs. Elizabeth Clegg
Joseph Crowther, Grocer
Mr. William Davison
Miss Ellen Deakin, Guilthwaite
Miss Kate Dix, Church Schoolmistress (infants)
Richard Dixon, Bootmaker
Joseph Duckmanton, Farmer, Upper Whiston
Thomas Eames, Cart Owner
Thomas Eames,jnr, Baker
Emily Annie Edwards, Schoolmistress, Canklow
John Fletcher, Fishmonger and Fruit
Arthur Foers, Vict, Sitwell Arms
William Foers, Farmer, Upper Whiston
Thomas Gee, Shopkeeper and Post Office, Canklow
Walter Gill, Cashier, Canklow Ho
John Graham, Underground Manager ,Canklow House, Canklow
Charles Gray, Bootmaker
Charles Green and Co. Quarry Owners and Stone Merchants, Canklow; and Builders etc., Rotherham
John William Hardwick , Butcher, Rotherham, H. Guilthwaite
Mrs Ann Harrison
Watson Henry Harrison, Accountant, Deputy Registrar of BMD and Asst Overseer for Whiston
James Hawson, Butcher and Cycle Dealer, Canklow
Mawson Hustler, Police Sergeant
Rev. Herbert Alfred Holme, M.A. Rectory
Elizabeth Hudson, Grocer and Beer Retailer
Richard Henry Lambert, Shopkeeper
Isaac Law, Farmer, Upper Whiston
Abel Macwood, Medway Villas
James McClure, Bootmaker, Canklow
Henry Marshall, Shopkeeper
Andrew Merryweather, Farmer and Valuer
Charles Moody, Farmer, Morthen
Frank Moody, Farmer, Morthen
Mrs Sarah Stainforth Moody, Farmer, Royds Moor
John Padley, Farm Foreman, Herringthorpe
Henry Brightmore Parkin, Butcher
Thomas Charles Parkin, Vict, *Sitwell Arms
John Edward Pearson
James Pepper, Farmer
Rebecca Rhodes, Shopkeeper, Canklow
Charles E. Rhodes, Colliery Agent, Rotherham Main; Aldwarke and Carr House, resides Lane End
Parker F. Rhodes, Solicitor, Rotherham.Resides Whiston Grange
Jim Sanderson, Greengrocer, Canklow
John Scurrah, Stone Mason
Richard James Shaw, Postmaster
Robert Shaw, Farmer, Guilthwaite
Mrs. Mary Smith, Farmer
Colin Mackenzie Smith, Oakwood Hall
Samuel Smith, Farmer, Morthen Lodge
Arnold McTurk Spencer, Steel and File Manufacturer, Rotherham.Resides Herringthorpe House
Frederick Spencer, Thrashing Machine Owner, Brook House
Thomas W. Spencer, Stratford Cot.
Thomas Stephenson, Manager, Canklow Midland Rlwy.Resides Tinsley
William Stevenson, Vict. Stag Inn
Mrs Elizabeth Street, Blacksmith
Robert Stubbs, Under Manager, Canklow
Thomas Stubbs, General Colliery Manager, Rotherham Main, resides White Hill Farm, Catcliffe
Thomas Tordoff, Newsagent, Canklow
George Travis, Wagonette Proprietor
Arthur Marriott Unwin, Farmer, Whiston Hall
Alfred Waite, Church Schoolmaster
George Walton, Architect
George Henry Walton, Grocer and Beer Retailer
Re * is this an error ?- Thomas Charles Parkin, was Vict,of the Ball in 1879
Source;White's Directory of Sheffield, Rotherham , 1901
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