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| Hayfield, Derbyshire |
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| From: Kelly's Directory of the Counties of Derby, Notts, Leicester and Rutland pub. London (May, 1891) - pp.224-226 |
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HAYFIELD is a township
and parish, formed in 1837 from that of Glossop and consisting of
the hamlets of GREAT HAMLET, PHOSIDE and KINDER, in the High Peak
division of the county, Glossop county court district, hundred of
High Peak, petty sessional division of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Hayfield
union, rural deanery of Glossop, archdeaconry of Derby and diocese
of Southwell : Hayfield is 5 miles south from Glossop station, 4
north from Chapel-en-le-Frith, 18 from Manchester, 10 from Buxton,
3 from New Mills and 11 south-east from Stockport, and is the terminus
of a branch line from New Mills on the Sheffield and Midland railway
: the village, built of stone, has a scattered and bleak appearance,
and is about 622 feet above the sea-level, standing on the banks
of the Sett, a rapid mountain stream which rises on the western slopes
of the Peak. The church of St. Matthew, situated between the Kinder
stream and Phoside valley, was originally erected in 1336, and rebuilt
in 1818 at a cost of £2,000, and is an edifice of stone in the Early
English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and
an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and
6 bells: there is a monument with bust, by Bacon, to the late Joseph
Hague esq. of Park Hall, d 1786, and others to the Rev. John
Padley, curate of Hayfield (1764), and to the Rev. George Buckley
Bower B.D. rector of Great Billing, Northants, and archdeacon of
Richmond, Yorks (1800) : the stained east window was erected in December,
1879, by Mrs. Bennett, of Birch House, in memory or her husband ;
and there are others to the late Levi and Elijah Hall, Mrs. Hall,
of Moorlands, and the late Wright Turner esq. (1881): the church
affords 850 sittings, 50 being free : an additional burying ground
of 1 acre was bought by a rate and consecrated in 1862 : the Rev.
John Wesley visited Hayfield and preached in the church in 1755,
during the incumbency of Mr. Badley. The register dates from the
year 1622. The living is a perpetual curacy, gross yearly value £180,
in the gift of the resident freeholder, and held since 1877 by the
Rev. Ricketts Raymond Ricketts, of St. Bees : a parsonage house was
erected in 1869, at a cost of £1,200, raised by subscription. There
are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and United Methodist chapels, and
Liberal and Conservative clubs. The facilities for manufacture, owing
to the abundance of water, are very considerable, and two extensive
calico-printing works are carried on, besides the print works at
Birch Vale, a mile south : there are also two paper mills at Bank
Vale, and cotton mill at Little Hayfield : formerly a good deal of
twine, locally known as "bant", was made here: twice a
year a shepherds' meeting is held, when the various sheep marks are
agreed upon and strayed sheep exchanged : fairs for cattle
are held here May 12th and October 10th. The charities amount to
£23 yearly for clothing, chiefly by the gift of the late Joseph Hague
esq. of Park Hall (1778): prior to 1820 the poor had it right or
turfery on "Old Pits," a plot of 40 acres on Leygate
Moor. Due south of Hayfield lies Chinley Tor, a steep and rugged
mountain, 1,493 feet high, commanding fine views over the valley
of the Goyt and the adjacent summit of Eccles Pike (1,225 feet) southwards
; to the west lie Whaley Moor (1,347 feet) and Sponds Hill (1.357
feet) ; northwards there is an extensive prospect over Disley : Poynton
Park and the plains of Cheshire : this district is believed to have
been at one time in Roman occupation, and some coins of the 8th century
have been found on the Doctors' road, near Bowden Bridge, one part
of which road was paved : previously to 1830, the flat piece of ground
near the Kinder Print Works was common land, and known as "Cutlers'
Green," cutlery having, it is said, been made here before its
manufacture was known in Sheffield : halfway between this spot and
Hayfield is the Whitworth well, famous for its curative properties.
The village, from its peculiar situation, has always been liable
to floods, one of which, in 1748, destroyed some lives, several water
mills and part of the churchyard ; in August, 1799, the bridge was
washed away, and in 1809 a number of buildings; again, on the 16th
June, 1858, the torrent tore up the mill weir and carried away the
backs of four houses abutting on the stream. By an ancient custom
Hayfield had the privilege of electing a mayor, an office which the
late John Hobson esq. filled for thirty years: Joseph Bowden esq.
was elected mayor of Hayfield in 1844. Park Hall, 1 mile north of
Hayfield, was formerly the abode of the late Joseph Hague, a generous
benefactor to this neighbourhood: he began life by selling small
articles from a basket, and subsequently went to London, where in
course of time he became an opulent merchant; he died at Park Hall
on the 12th March, 1786, and was buried at Glossop. The Duke of Devonshire
K.G. is lord of the manor; F. J. Sumner esq. is the principal landowner.
The area of the township is 7,920 acres, and of the parish 11,309
acres; rateable value, £13,438; the population of the township of
Hayfield in 1881 was 2,801, including 82 officers and inmates in
the workhouse; and of the parish 4,034. Parish Clerk, William S. Llewellynn. POST, M, O. & T. O., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.- John Pursglove, postmaster. Letters are received through Stockport at 6.25 a.m. & 3.30 p.m. ; dispatched at 8.15 a.m, & 7.30 p.m. ; on sundays arrive at 6.23 a.m. ; dispatched at 7.20 p.m Surveyors of Highways for Hayfield.-Great Hamlet, Joel Goddard & Israel Smith Etchells; Phoside Hamlet, John Barber & Squire Hall; Kinder, John Greenwood HAYFIELD UNION. Board day, monday, fortnightly. Hayfield Union comprises the following places :-Beard, Thornset, Whitle & Ollerset, Disley or Disley Stanley (Chester), Hayfield & Mellor; the population of the union in 1881 was 12,734; rateable value in 1890, £56,588 CIerk to the Guardians & Committee, Henry Barber, Spring bank, New Mills Treasurer, Joseph Nixon Potts, Manchester & County Bank, Stockport Relieving & Vaccination Officer, Thomas Mower, Newtown, Cheshire Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, James Edwin Anderton L.R.C.P. Edin. Spring bank, New Mills Superintendent Registrar, Henry Barber, Spring bank, New Mills; deputy, A. Barber, New Mills Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, George Walker, New Mills; deputy, A. Grundey, New Mills Workhouse, Low Laighton, a building of stone, built in 1840, to hold 96 inmates; John Livesley, master; medical officer, J. E. Anderton L.R.C.P. Edin. New Mills; Miss Martha Ann Livesley matron RURAL SANITARY AUTHORITY. Meets at Workhouse, monthly, on mondays, at 1 p.m. Clerk, Henry Barber, Spring bank, New Mills Treasurer, Joseph Nixon Ports, Manchester & County Bank, Stockport Medical Officer of Health, Charles John Bennett, Buxton Inspectors of Nuisances, John Fox Gee, Hayfield; Joseph Marsland, Mellor ; Henry Curtis, Disley SCHOOL ATTENDANCE COMMITTEE. Clerk, Henry Barber, Spring bank, New Mills Attendance Officer, Joseph Marsland, Mellor SCHOOLS:- A School Board of 5 members was formed in 1881 ; John Fox Gee, clerk to the board Board (mixed & infants), built in 1888, for 183 children; average attendance, 182; Robert Henry Fletcher, master; Miss Eleanor Gregory, infants' mistress National (mixed & infants), erected in 1830 & enlarged in 1879, for 290 children ; average attendance, 90; Thomas Beardwood, master; Miss Clara Bentley, infants' mistress Wesleyan, erected in 1874, for 281 children; average attendance, 174; William Jackson, master Railway Station, William Procter, station master BIRCH VALE is a village, 2 miles east from New Mills, 1 mile west from Hayfield, with a station on the Sheffield and Midland railway: calico printing is carried on here very extensively, and there are also quarries producing paving sets and wall stones, besides coal pits. Here is a Free Methodist chapel. POST, M. O. & T. O., S. B. & Insurance & Annuity Office.- Arthur Hirst, postmaster. Letters arrive at 6.10 a.m, & 3.20 p.m. & are dispatched thereto at 8.15 a.m, & 3.45 & 7.40p.m Railway Station, James Ryley, station master LITTLE HAYFIELD is a hamlet three-quarters of a mile north of Hayfield, with a cotton mill, color and pigment works, and a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1851 ; there are sittings for 200 persons, 70 being free. Hayfield. PRIVATE RESIDENTS. Bennett John, Highgate lane Branthwaite Robert Edward Davidson George Scott Gibb Mrs Hadfield James, Swallow house Hall Joe, South view Leech Robert Marshall Mrs Ricketts Rev. Ricketts Raymond, Parsonage Slack Albert, Oak lands Slack Christopher, Bank vale Wimpenny Abel Buckley, Oak villa COMMERCIAL. Anderson Wm. Stirling M.D., C.M. surgn Bennett Thomas, blacksmith Booth Joseph, clogger Bowmer Joseph, hair dresser Boyle Walter, builder Bradbury Joseph, butcher Bradbury Mary (Mrs.), greengrocer, Church street Bradbury Thomas, general dealer Braddock Joseph, beer retailer Branthwaite Robert Edward, solicitor Brocklehurst John, farmer, Shude hill Brocklehurst Thomas, blacksmith Brocklehurst Wright, grocer & druggist Brown William, Bell's Head P.H Chatterton John Thomas, draper Conservative Club (Fdk. Woolley, sec) Cooper John, farmer, Highgate lane Co-operative Stores (Rt. Barber, mangr) Davidson Geo. Scott M.A., M.B., C.M. surg Digby Joseph, beer retailer Downs Joseph Bennett, grocer Eversden John William, corn merchant Garside Luke, stationer & tobacconist Gee John Fox, assistant overseer, tax collector & inspector of nuisances to rural sanitary authority & clerk to school board Gee Joseph, joiner & confectioner Goddard Hannah (Mrs.), shopkeeper, Church street Goodwin Thomas, beer retailer Greenwood Thomas, butcher Hadfield Benjamin, slater & plasterer Hadfield George, shoe maker Hadfield James, shoe maker Hadfield Mary Jane (Miss), dress makr Hampson John & Samuel, wheelwrights Handford Jane (Mrs.), grocer & draper Harrison Frederick, beer retailer Hayfield Coal Co. (Jn. Brocklehurst, sec) Hayfield Gas Works (John Brocklehurst, sec) Hayfield Printing Co. (Abel Buckley Wimpenny, manager) Hill Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Holt Thomas, tailor & grocer Howard Samuel, coal mer. Station yard Hudson Ann (Mrs.), stationr. Bridge end Hudson John, confectioner Hurst Thomas William, grocer Johnson Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Cote lane Liberal Club (Samuel Barber, sec) Lithgow John, confectnr. & tobacconist Livesley Alfred, chemist Lowe Hannah (Mrs.), grocer & corn dlr Manchester & County Bank Limited (sub-branch) (Hy. Barber, manager), Church street; open wednesday & friday from 10 a.m. til 12p.m.; draw on Union Bank of London Limited, London E C Marshall Hannah & Martha Ann (Misses), dress makers Mason Edwin, builder & ironmonger Mason Thos. stone dealer, Church street Moseley John Edward, boot maker Mosscrop, Salathiel & Alvah, drapers Ollerenshaw Joseph, wheelwright, joiner, builder, grocer &c Porritt Ralph, blacksmith Porritt Wm. draper, joiner & wheelwrght Procter William, station master Pursglove Benjamin, greengrocer Pursglove John, grocer & postmaster Rangeley Ernest, boot maker Schofield Bold, tinplate worker & draper Shepley James, joiner & painter Slack Jn. paper manfr. Bank Vale mills Swindells Henry, boot maker Taylor Ann (Mrs.), tinman & brazier Torkington Jn. farmer & pork butcher Trevitt Thomas, beer retailer Turner Ann (Mrs.), shopkeeper Turner George, cooper Turner Elizh, (Mrs.), fruitr.& lishmongr Turner Robert, shopkeeper & band ma Walker John, boot & shoe maker Walton Joseph, Royal hotel & coal mer Walton Josiah, grocer Waterhouse John, jun. butcher & farmr Waterhouse Rebecca (Mrs.), apartments Waterhouse William, tailor Watts James Thomas, Pack Horse inn Webster James, George hotel Wimpenny Abel Buckley, manager of the Hayfield Printing Co. Oak villa Woolley Fredk. Tinker, beer retailer Woolrich James, farmer Little Hayfield. Gillaird James, Marl house Rice Joseph J.P. Park hall COMMERCIAL. Ashton Bros. &Co. Lim. cotton manfacturers (Joseph Turner, manager) Bennett John & Co. pigment & color manufacturers, Primrose vale Bowden Tom, farmer & steward to F. J. Sumner esq. Little Hayfield house Bradbury Samuel, farmer, Hallett Burbidge Hy. farmer, Tom Hayes farm Charlesworth George, grocer Elliott Elms, farmer, Knars Etchells Israel Smith, farmer, & surveyor of highways for Hayfield, Spray house Garrett James, farmer, Blackshaw Goddard Joel, surveyor of highways for Hayfield Hadfield Randal, farmr. Brown Hill frm Hearsaum David, farmer, Bull Shaw Higginbottom Rowland, farmer, Barns Fold Hill William, farmer, Brookhouse Hudson Isaac, New inn, & joiner Hurst James, beer retailer Hurst James, farmer, Blackshaw Jackson William, farmer, Soapy barn Marriott Francis, farmer Marriott Thomas, farmer, Brook houses Rose Jonathan, farmer, High barn Sandiford William, farmer Turner Joseph, manager to Ashton Brothers & Co. West view Waterhouse Isaac, farmer, Lane head Wild James, grocer Kinder. Gold William Thomas, Stone's house Watts James, Farlands Welsh James, Bowden bridge Wilson William Henry, Kinder bank COMMERCIAL. Barnes Mrs. George, frmr. Kinder head Barnes Joseph, farmer, Lower house Bennett Thomas (Mrs.), farmer, Tunclough Bradbury Edmd. farmr. Coldwell clough Downs James, stone dealer, Rock hall Gee John Thomas, farmer & auctioneer, Ashes Greenwood John, farmer, & surveyor of highways for Kinder, Bank end Hall Joseph & Son, stone dealers Hall Squire, stone dealer, & surveyor of highways for Hayfield, see Hall Joseph & Son Kinder Fire Brigade (Thomas Hodgson, superintendent) Kinder Printing Co. calico printers, Kinder works Marriott George, cashier at Kinder Printing Co. Kinder bank Marriott Samuel, farmer, Bowden bridge & Hill house Marriott Samuel, farmer, Upper house Needham John William, farmer, Booth Pollitt Robert, farmer, South head Robinson Henry, shopkeeper Rowbottom Jn. Chas. Sportsman's inn Rowbottom John Charles, stone mason Wardle Brothers, stone dlrs. Ellerbank Warrington Levi. stone mason, Rock hall Whiteley George Frederick, chimney sweeper, Cuckoo nest Wilcockson Sarah (Mrs.), farmer, Kinder head Phoside. Barber John, farmer, & surveyor of highways for Hayfield, New house Bradbury Thomas, farmr. Chinley moor Braddock Joseph, beer retailer Brocklehurst Eli Adam. frmr. Ridge top Brocklehurst Squire, farmer Cooper John, farmer, Highgate bead Ford Elijah, farmer, Hill house Ford James, farmer Green James, farmer, Stubbs Hadfield Benjamin, farmer & plasterer Hadfield Eli, farmer Hadfield Thomas, farmer, Highgate Higginbottom Rowland, frmr. Barnesfold Hudson James, cattle dealer & shopkpr Hudson Joseph, farmer, Clough head Johnson Sarah (Mrs. ), farmer, Hazelhrst Morton John, farmer, Heys Porritt John, farmer, Ridge Top lane Turner John Wm. farmer, Ridge top Birch Vale. Bennett John, Birch Vale house Bennett Joseph, West wood Bennett Mrs. Birch Vale house Bennett Thomas J P. Heathfield Brainthwaite Robert, Netherhey Hall Misses, Moorland house Pearson Mrs. Hall bank Rogers Miss, Birch hall Turner Mrs. Spring villas Turner Mrs. John, Spring villas Wyatt Walter, Batley villas COMMERCIAL. Ashton Isaac, farmer, Coldharbour Ashton James, farmer, Ravensleach Barlow Ralph, shopkeeper Baxter James, block cutter Beard Richard, butcher Bennett John & Sons, calico printers Bennett Charles & Co. yarn bleachers & sizers Bennett James, stone dealer Bennett Thomas, calico printer, see John Bennett & Sons Clayton James, Grouse inn Froggatt James, farmer, Highwalls Hibbert George Hy. farmer, Lower cliffe Hobson Ellen (Mrs.), shopkeeper Hudson Jsph. builder & insurance agent Hirst Arthur, grocer, Post office Lawton Joseph, beer retailer Livesley Samuel, farmer, Weathercotes Marshall Jacob, farmer, Bankhead Mellor John, joiner Randles William Bate, shopkeeper Robinson Hugh, Sycamore inn Ryley James, station master Taylor Benjamin, farmer, Higginbottm Twemlow Charles, farmer, Higher cliffe Wardle James, farmer, Birch hall Williamson Joseph, stone dealer Wyatt Dennis, draper & grocer, & cashier at Bennett John & Sons' print works [End of transcript. Spelling, case and punctuation
are as they appear in the Directory.]
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