History
Whiston in 1879
Whiston is a considerable village and parish in a pleasant valley 6 miles east by north of Sheffield and 2 miles south by east of Rotherham and is in The Rotherham Union and county court district. Its parish contains 3189 acres and had 1278 inhabitants in 1871, but its township extends into Rotherhan Parish, having an area of 3948 acres and at that time a population of 1317. It includes the hamlets of Canklow, Guilthwaite, Herringthorpe, Moorgate and Morthen.
The church - St. James, is a neat structure in the Perpendicular style, and the living is a rectory valued at £869. The Earl of Effingham, who is the chief landowner, is patron of the benefice and the Hon. Rev. Wm Howard, M.A., J.P., Canon of York, is the incumbent.
Here is a Wesleyan Chapel, built in 1866, at a cost of £900.
The National School was built in 1873 at a cost of £850 and will accomodate 220 scholars/
Post Office is at Miss Ann Thackray's. Letters are received at 7 a.m. and despatched at 5.55 p.m., via Rotherham, which is the nearest Money Order Office and Railway Station.
George Appleyard, Corn Miller and Farmer, Canklow Mill
Joseph Armstrong, Farmer, Upper Whiston
James Banks, Joiner and Wheelwright
Joseph John Bartholomew, Coal Dealer;and Rotherham
Mr. John Bilbrough
John Bramhill, Farm Bailiff
Mr. John Brown
Mr. John Bulmer Brown, Clerk
Charles Clay, Grocer and Draper
Mrs. Elizabeth Clegg, quarry owner
Misses Annie and Mary Corker, Grocers
William Cox, Farmer, Whiston Hall
Mr. William Davison
Henry Dawes, Farmer and Vict, Stag Inn, Herringthorpe
Henry and Samuel Deakin, Farmers and Cattle Dealers, Guilthwaite
William Dixon, National Schoolmaster
Timothy Elliott, Butcher and Victualer, Chequers Inn
George Evans, Solicitior, Canklow House
Mary Foers, Vict, Sitwell Arms
Charles Foers, Farmer, Upper Whiston
William Foers, Farmer, Upper Whiston
Henry Gammon, Farm Bailiff, Canklow
Charles Garfitt, Farmer, Canklow
William Gray, Shoemaker
John Hardwick jun, Farmer, Guilthwaite
Thomas Henry Harrison, Wheelwright and Parish clerk
Thomas Hatfield, Hay and Straw Dealer
George Hibbard, Butcher
Robert Hy Hoyland, Secretary to Swinton Gas Co., Stanley Cottage
Hon. Rev. Wm Howard, M.A., J.P., Canon of York, The Rectory
Elizabeth Hudson, Shopkeeper
James Shimeld Jubb, Morthen Hall
William Jubb, Farmer, Herringthorpe
George Kirk, Farmer, Morthen
Mr. Joseph Marples
John Marshall, Shopkeeper
Andrew Merryweather, Bookkeeper
Robert Moody, Farmer, Royds Moor
William Ogton, Tailor
John Oxley, Solicitor,at Rotherham. H. Broomhill
William Oxley, Steel Manufacturer, Parkgate, h. Campbell House
Thomas Charles Parkin, Vict, Ball
Mrs. Sarah Pearson
John Prince, Farmer, Broomhall
James John Robinson, Traveller, Canklow
Joseph Scurrah, Beer Retailer, Herringthorpe
Mrs. Shaw-Yates, Oakwood Hall
Benjamin Shephard, Joiner and Builder, Guilthwaite
Percy Smith, Manufacturer, Rotherham lives Herringthorpe
Edward Spencer, Farmer, Moorhouse
Robert Spendilove, Farmer and Butcher,Upper Whiston, also at Rotherham
Mrs. Elizabeth Stephenson
William Street, Blacksmith
John Dobb Styring, Auctioneer and Farmer, Manor House
Miss Ann Thackray, Postmistress
William Thompson, Farmer, Morthen Lodge
George Thorpe, Tailor
Thomas Unwin, Farmer, Upper Whiston
Thomas Wadsworth, Farmer, Herringthorpe
James Yates Esq., D.I., J.P., Oakwood Hall
Source;White's Directory of Sheffield, Rotherham , 1879
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