History
Whiston in 1911
There were watercress beds here where you could buy a bunch for 1d. !
Whiston is a parish, township and considerable village, partly in the Borough of Rotherham, and situated in a pleasant valley 6 miles east by north of Sheffield and 2 miles south by east of Rotherham, and is in Rotherham Union, county court district, and Whiston polling district of the Rotherham Division of Yorkshire, rural deanery of Rotherham, archdeaconry of Sheffield and diocese of York.
It includes the hamlets of Canklow, 5 miles north east of Sheffield; Guilthwaite, half a mile south of Whiston; Herringthorpe, 2 miles east; Moorgate, half a mile south of Rotherham; and Morthen, 2 miles east of Whiston.
Mrs B.F.W. Howard's Charity for the Poor was created in 1913
The Church of St. Mary Magdalene, an edifice in the Norman and late decorated styles, was restored and partly rebuilt under the direction of the late Sir Gilbert Scott, R. A. at a cost of about £8000, towards which the late Lady Charlotte Howard (died 1896), made a donation of £5000, in memory of her brother, The Rev. the Hon. William Howard, M.A. rector here in 1841. There are several stained windows including one inserted in 1890 to Henry, second Earl of Effingham (died 5 Feb. 1889) and another placed in 1891 to the Deakin family. The register dates from 1594, and is in fairly good condition. The living is a rectory, net yearly value £400 with residence in the patronage of the Earl of Effingham, and held since 1909 by the Rev. Augustus George Allton of St. Aidans.
The Wesleyan Chapel here was built in 1866 at a cost of £900 and there is another at Canklow erected in 1894. Sir G. R. Sitwell, Bart., J.P. F.S.A. of Renishaw, Derbyshire and the Duke of Norfolk K.G., E.M. are the principal landowners.
The Midland Railway Company opened new locomotove sheds at Canklow on 19th November, 1900.
The Parish Reading Room was established in 1887 to commemorate the Jubilee of Queen Victoria.
The area is 3946 acres of land rateable value £11752 the population in 1903 was 1982.
Parish Clerk and Sexton - Richard James Shaw
Post and Money Order Office, at Richard James Shaw's. Letters via Rotherham are delivered at 7. 25 a.m. and 6.5 p.m. and are despatched at 8.35 a.m. and 6.45 p.m. no Sunday delivery. Letters to Canklow and Herringthorpe should be addressed to Rotherham. Whiston should not be mentioned.Rotherham
Post and Money Order Office - sub postmaster Thomas Gee. Letters are despatched at 8 and 11.45 a.m. and delivered 7.45 a.m. and 5.15 p.m., no Sunday delivery. The nearest Telegraph Office is at Rotherham.
Elementary School, built in 1873, at a cost of £850, for 220 scholars. Infants School built in 1890 at a cost of £400 for 90 children.
Rotherham is the nearest Railway Station.
The Old Ford, about 1910
Extract from 1911 directory and census:
Sam Abbott, Brook Side 6 male 2 female
Mrs. Charlotte Ackers, Grocer, Canklow
Joseph Ainsworth, Cashier, Overdale, Bawtry Road, Canklow
Rev. Augustus George Allton, Rector. (Oakwood hospital chaplain in 1916)
Arthur Andrews, High Street, House and Shop. 2 male, 2 female
John Armitage, Builder
John Armstrong, Market Gardener, Howarth Hall
Hannah Aveling, Alma Row. 4 male, 1 female
Thomas Henry Bagnall, Alma Row, 1 male, 2 female
John Bateman Bagshaw, Farmer, Manor House (4 males, 3 females)
Alfred Bartholomew, Joiner
Arthur Bartholomew, Chapel Hill. 2 male, 2 female
Mrs. Mary Ann, Bartholomew, Vanstone Cottage
Jos.Emd. Batty, Moorhouse
Arthur B. Baylis, Spring Vale, Morthen
Samuel Berry, Whiston Grange
Alfred Bratley, manager,Mill House, Canklow
Benjamin Briggs, Grocer
John B Brown (living Mill Hill area) 1 male, 1 female
John Brown and Co. Ltd., Colliery owners, Rotherham Main, Canklow and Sheffield
Canklow Midland Railway Locomotive Sheds, Thomas Rigby,District Loco. Superintendent
Charles Cartwright, Grocer, High Street, 2 male, 2 female
Frank Cary. (living Mill Hill area) 1 male, 4 female.
George Clark, Grocer
Robert T. Coates, Schoolmaster
Alfred Cooke, Hairdresser. Canklow
Jonathan Cooper, Underground Manager, Canklow
Agnes Copcutt, Chapel Hill, 1 male, 1 female
Rupert Vincent Dalby, Butcher, Canklow
Walter Davis, High Street, 4 male, 2 female
Richard Dixon, Bootmaker
William Douglas, Grocer, living Melrose Cottages. 2 male, 2 female
Joseph Duckmanton, Farmer, Upper Whiston
Alfred Eadon, Morthen Hall
?Fran Eames, Quarry House, 2 male, 2 female
Thomas Eames, Cart Owner
William Endersby, Police Constable
William Evans, Melrose Cottages, 1 male, 6 female.
John Fairbairn, Farmer, Morthen
Mary Ann Fillingham, High Street, single resident
William Edward Foers, Farmer, Upper Whiston
Thomas Gee, Shopkeeper and Post Office, Canklow,
Thomas Genn, Com.Trav. Guilthwaite
James Gibson, Vict, Chequers Inn
Walter Gill, Oakleigh, Bawtry Road, Canklow
Henry Gough, Herringthorpe Hall
Charles Gray, Bootmaker
Thomas Greaves, High Street, single resident
John Wm. Hardwick, Farmer, Guilthwaite
Robert John Hardwick, Butcher
Mrs. A. Harrison, Adby House
Watson Hy. Harrison, Accountant,Reg.Marriage, Asst.Overseer for Whiston
Henry Haywood. 1 male, 1 female
John Henry Hickman, Under Manager, Canklow House Canklow
David Higgitt, Hardware Dealer, Canklow
George Hill, Church Hill. 1 male, 4 female
Mrs Annie. E. Hollins, Farmer,Morthen
George Holmes, Hairdresser
Arthur Holt, Vict . Stag
John Henry Hopkinson, Brook Cottages. 2 male, 4 female
Isaac Horner, Chapel Hill. 3 male, 1 female
Walter R. Houghton, Ins. Agent
Joseph Hull?Hule Melrose Cottages. 4 male, 1 female
Richard Humphrey, Butcher, Canklow
Emma Jarvis, Mill Hill. 4 males, 2 females
Charles Jarvis, Mill Hill. 1 male, 1 female
Wm Alf. Knapton, Mill Hill. $ male, 3 female.
W. Larden, Mill Hill. 2 male, 1 female
Isaac Law, Upper Whiston
James Lee, Newsagent, Canklow
Charles Madeley, Church Hill, 3 male, 2 female
Masbrough Equitable Pioneers Society, Branch 18
Andrew Merryweather, Farmer
Jn Merryweather, Farmer, Bawtry Rd
Fred Middleton, Vict, Sitwell Arms
Mrs. Maria Eliz. Moody,District Nurse, Revell Villa
Wm. Chas Moody, Farmer, Morthen
Charles Henry Newman, Chapel Hill, 1 male, 1 female
Henry Brightmore Parkin, Butcher
Harry Parkinson, Clerk, Rock Villa
John Edward Pearson
Jas Pepper, Farmer, Herringthorpe
Herbert Pollard, Milliner, The Beeches,Bawtry Rd,Canklow
Reading Room
John Rear, Shopkeeper
Charles E Rhodes, Lane End
Percy Richardson, Medway Villas
Arthur W. Roberts, The Beeches,Bawtry Rd,Canklow
Edwin Roddis, Insurance Agent
Anne Rodgers, High Street, 3 male, 1 female
Mrs.Sarah E. Rose, Confectioner, Canklow
William Rose, Enginewright, Rosemount,Bawtry Rd, Canklow
Charles Rotherham, Mill Hill. 4 male, 1 female
Harold Rotherham, Milk Dealer, Guilthwaite
Rotherham Main Colliery Institute,Charles Moffatt, Sec, Bawtry Rd, Canklow
George Scales, Ball Inn. 2 male, 1 female
Percy Scholey, Farmer, Royds Moor
John Scurrah, Brook Side. 1 male, 1 female
John Henry Shale, Church Hill, 1 male, 4 female
Arthur Shaw, High Street, 3 male, 2 female.
Richard James Shaw, Postmaster,Parish Clerk and Sexton
Robert Shaw, Farmer, Guilthwaite
Emma Shirt? 3 male, 3 female
Alfred Smith, Chapel Hill, 2 male, 1 female
Colin Mackenzie Smith, Oakwood Hall
Mrs. Emma Smith, Farmer
Arthur Spencer
F. Spencer and Son, Threshing Machine Owners
Frederick Spencer, Brook House, 3 male, 1 female
David Talbot, Brook Cottges. 1 male, 2 female
A. H. Taylor, Brook House, Shop. 2 male, 1 female
Mrs. Annie Thompson, Canklow Cottage Canklow
Arthur Thompson, Farmer, Whiston Hall
John Toplis, Herringthorpe House
George Wadsley. (living Mill Hill area) 4 male, 2 female
Charles Henry Walker High Street single resident
Alfred Wells, Moorlands
Mrs. Martha White, Wildfell, Morthen
William White, Grocer, High Street, 1 male, 2 female
William Williamson, Farmer
Ernest Windle, Chapel Hill, 3 male, 2 female
Mrs. Alice Wolstenholme, Schoolmistress
William Woodward High Street, 2 male, 3 female
Charles Wraith, Alma Row. 2 male 3 female
John Wright, Brook Street. 2 male, 1 female
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