History
Estates and Land Surveys
Surveys of Whiston Manor were carried out by Immanuel Halton.between 1668-1685. Details of each farm-house were taken as well as the names of fields.
Most of the property was on lease for 21 years from 1650.
The Duke of Norfolk or the Earl of Surrey is lessor unless otherwise stated.Reference: ACM/SD/180 . 7 Dec 1639
Scope and Content . Between Thomas, Earl of Arundel, and others, and Lionel Copley of Browme in the parish of Whiston, Thomas St. Nicholas of Ash, Kent, Leonard Pinkney of London and Christopher Copley of Wadworth, for the leasing of Worlds' End at Ecclesfield, the Holmes and Castle Meadow in Attercliffe and Dewhurst Close in Sheffield. The lessors reserve rights to 2,000 cords of wood yearly; the lessees agree to erect two iron forges, etc.
Notes:Lionel Copley, of Broom in the parish of Whiston, in 1603 he took the lease of Attercliffe Forge, by 1637 had converted the Sheffield fulling mill into a forge and in 1641 he erected two furnaces and forges at Wardsend. He also obtained leases of the Conisbrough ironworks and Rockley furnace. By the middle of the seventeenth century he was a leading figure in the Iron Trade of South Yorkshire.
Reference: ACM/SD/1 22 Sep 1702
Agreement with Edward Fretwell of Wickersley, concerning getting coals on a piece of waste ground in the Manor of Whiston called Herringthorpe; for seven years at 7d. for every wainload of coals got.
1750. Agreement of Wm. Simpson that he purchased from Thomas Howard, nephew of Edward, Duke of Norfolk, his estate in remainder of and in the Advowsons of Handsworth, Whiston and Treeton, on behalf of John Griffith the elder, for £400, which was the proper money of the said Griffith.
Reference: ACM/SD/870/74 15 Aug 1787
Counterpart lease - Lease for 99 years to Charles Martin, cutler; property: cottage and garden at Whiston; rent 15s.
Lease for 21 years to Edward Gillatt of Whiston, farmer; property: messuage and fields in Whiston; rent £38, two boon work days.21 Nov 1798
Lease for 21 years to Thomas Hardwick the elder of Whiston, farmer; property: messuage and fields in Upper Whiston; rent £105, three boon work days.
In 1794 another survey was carried out by W. Fairbank, which included some intermediate lands in Whiston, Treeton and Handsworth He described this in several maps.
Counterpart lease of 16 Jul 1805
Lease for 21 years to Mary Cooper of Whiston, widow; property: messuage and several fields at Whiston and Treeton; rent £52 10s. 2d. two boon work days.
Lease for 21 years to Jonathan Storkey of Whiston, husbandman; property: 2 messuages etc. and fields at Whiston; rent £120, three boon work days.
Lease for 21 years to John Oxley of Rotherham, yeoman; property: messuage and parcels of land at Moor Gate in Whiston; rent £120 three boon work days.
Lease for 21 years to Lydia Whitehead of Whiston, widow; property: messuage and closes in Whiston; rent £105 two boon work days. 26 July 1805
Lease for 21 years to Francis Dolphin of Whiston, husbandman; property: messuage and parcels of land in Whiston, rent £24 two boon work days. 23 Oct 1809
Lease for 99 years to John Oxley of Moorgate, Whiston, Attorney-at-law; property: parcel of ground in Whiston and the messuage, etc. erected or to be erected thereon; rent £12.
Source:Arundel Manuscripts
An Act for enclosing Lands in the Parish of Whiston, in the County of York. was passed by the House of Lords in 1816,
In 1842 there were selected surveys of the Duke of Norfolk's lands in Whiston, Treeton and Aston
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