History
Whiston in 1856
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 1000 inhabitants, and 3780 acres of land of which Sir S. R. Sitwell is lord and principal owner, though the Duke of Norfolk owns Canklow Wood, 243 acres, and is said to be lord paramount, - the manor being anciently held by the Furnivals and considered part of Hallamshire.
The rectory and schools stand on a bold rocky eminence above the village.
The hamlets in the parish are Canklow, Guilthwaite, Herringthorpe, Moorgate and Morthen.
Mr. John Abson, Quarry Owner
James Banks, Millwright (Moorhouse)
John Barns, Blacksmith, Moorhouse
John Boomer, Esq., Broom
Wm Bywater, National Schoolmaster
Thomas Coe, Joiner and Wheelwright
Mrs. Hannah T Coldwell
Richard Cutts, Parish Clerk and Sexton
Elizabeth Davison, Boarding School
Timothy Elliott, Butcher
Thomas Fletcher, Painter and Glazier
Charles Garfitt, gent, Woodfoot
Wm Goodison, Butcher
John James Goodwin, Grocer at Rotherham
William Harrison, Joiner and Wheelwright
Rev. W. Howard, M.A., Rector
Thomas Jackson, Moorgate
Thomas Jarvis, Moorgate
Samuel Jenkinson, Moorgate
Henry Jubb, Solicitor, Moorgate
James S. Jubb, Gentleman, Herringthorpe
Edward Lawton, Canklow Wood
Wm Marsh, Merchant, Canklow House
James Martin, Music Professor
George Moorhouse, Corn Miller, Canklow
George Myers, Tailor, Moorgate
Re. Edward R. Nussey?, curate, Moorhouse
Mr. Francis Richard Rawson
Edward Rotherham, Millwright
Edwin W. Shirt, Roller at Tinsley,Moorgate
Thomas Shore, Herringthorpe
Richard Slater, Warehouseman, Moorgate
Esther Street, Blacksmith
Misses Mary and Susanna Thurgar
James White, Land Surveyor, Moorgate
Miss Lydia Whitehead, Strafford Cottage
Inns and Taverns
Ball, John Bagshaw
Chequers, Bryan Elvidge
Stag, Herringthorpe, John Hobson
Sitwell Arms, Alfred Foers
Farmers
Ann Cooper
Thomas Cutts, Morthen
Thomas Didsbury
Ann Ellison, Morthen
Charles Foers, Upper Whiston
Wm Foers, Upper Whiston
Mary A Foers, Moorhouse
Thomas Goodwin
Thomas Goodwin Jnr, Upper Whiston
John Hardwick, Upper Whiston
J. Hardwick Jnr, Guilthwaite
John Hobson
Samuel Hollins, Moorgate
William Jubb, Herringthorpe
Emma Kirk, Moorhouse
Mathew Kirk, Morthen
James Martin
Fras Moss, The Hall
Angelo Newton, Guilthwaite
John Parkin, Guilthwaite
John Parkin,Morthen
Thos Sherman, Guilthwaite
Wm Thompson,Morthen
Thos Swan,Morthen
Geo. Wadsworth, Herringthorpe
Jas White, also Maltster,Morthen
Joseph Wressel
Shoemakers
George Abson
John Bagshaw
Wm Brookfield
Job Gray
William Gray. Moorgate
Wm Stanley
George Walker
Richard Winter?
Shopkeepers
Eliz Martin
A Sanderson
J Simmonite
Ann Thackray, Post Office
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