History
Whiston in 1822
According to Thomas Langdale's Topographical Dictionary of Yorkshire , in 1822, the Parish of Whiston contained:
- Whiston, - described as a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill, in the liberty of Hallamshire; 2 miles SE. of Rotherham, 7½ miles from Sheffield, 11 miles from Tickhill, 50 miles from York.
- Canklow
- Guilthwaite, - GILTHWAITE, in the township of Whiston, and parishes of Whiston and Rotherham, upper-division of Stainforth and Tickhill; (Gilthwaite-Hall, the seat of John Outram, Esq.) 2 miles from Rotherham, 5 miles from Sheffield, 12 miles from Worksop,Notts.
- Herringthorpe
- Morthen: Morthen-Hall, the seat of Nicholas Timm, Esq.
- Upper Whiston,
Trades and Professions
Source: Baines Directory of 1822
Gentry
Rev. Benjamin Birkitt , curate
William Jubb , gentleman
Rev. Richard Lacy , Rector & J.P.
William Parkin
Lydia Whitehead
Butchers
William Cooper jnr.
Robert Elliott
Grocers
Thomas England
Benjamin Newbould
Shoemakers
William Abson
John Brayshaw
Thomas Cuft
Joseph Simmonite
William Stanley
Stone Masons
George Ashley
John Foers
William Gillatt
John Roddis
Samuel Roddis
William Roddis
Tailors
Benjamin Dennis
John Jarvis
Thomas Street
Wheelwrights
Thomas Coe
Thomas Harrison
John Midgley
John Rotherham
Other Trades
Charles Ashley, Blacksmith
George Banks, Millwright
John Boomer, Overseer
John Boomer, Collector of rates
William Bower, Clerk and sexton
John Broadhead, Church organist
William Cooper, Vict. Three Cranes
Richard Cutt, Linen manufacturer
George Dennis, Farmer
Robert Elliott, Publican - The Chequers
John Hardwick, Collector of taxes
Thomas Hardwick, Overseer
Thomas Harrison, Churchwarden
William Heward, Constable
J. and W. Heward, Tanners
William Pearson, Churchwarden
James White, Maltster
George Wilkinson, Publican, The Ball
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