Other Historical Information

THE SHEFFIELD & DISTRICT
INCLOSURES

Extracted from "Forgotten Facts in the History of Sheffield"
by Carolus Paulus ~ Published in 1907

List of Local Inclosures

Attercliffe & Darnall, Sheffield, Ecclesall, Brightside and Bradfield inclosures are described below;

Year Act Passed	District of Inclosure	Acres of land Inclosed
1767	Anston (North)	1,100
1769	Laughten-en-le-Morthen	1,160
1774	Rawmarsh	1,250
1777	Killamarsh	410
1778	Bolsterstone	3,000
1779	Ecclesall	1,000
1779	Anston (South)	1,685
1781	Stoney Middleton	500
1784	Ecclesfield and Southey	600
1788	Brightside	150
1791	Sheffield	6,000
1795	Eckington	1.070
1795	Barlborough	900
1796	Beighton	600
1797	Dalton	450
1798	Ulley	220
1802	Handsworth	470
1803	Eyam	3,000
1806	Bakewell	2,800
1809	Dronfield and Dore	5,000
1810	Attercliffe and Darnall	285
1811	Langsett	4,000
1812	Brinsworth	245
1812	Bradfield	14,000
1813	Thurgoland	400
1814	Wentworth	260
1814	Wickersley	540
1815	Wisewood	90
1816	Whiston	230
1816	Holmesfield	3,000
1821	Whittington	284
1823	Baslow and Froggatt	3.900
1839	Totley	1,200

The total of lands inclosed in the Manors of Sheffield and Ecclesall, plus the lands enclosed in Brightside and Attercliffe totaled 7,385 acres of common land.  Landed interest was supreme and the people had nowhere to turn.  The principle followed was that unless a person in the parish where land was to be inclosed was possessed of some ancient messuage having rights of common, or was the fortunate owner of freehold land, he could not legally claim any part in the inclosure and he had no rights at all which were, or could be, taken into account.

Parliament had the right to reject any of the Inclosure Acts but didn't.  The excuse made for the inclosures was that in carrying out the beneficial purposes pretended, public utility would be served and that it was to the public advantage, although the promoters took care that the persons benefiting would be the existing land proprietors only.  The poor were fleeced of their immemorial rights and the lands in the hands of the private owner increased in leaps and bounds.

When one considers the excuse made to Parliament and the country for these Inclosure Acts was that private ownership of the great commons would conduce to their proper cultivation and add to the nation's wealth, the question would surely be - in what respect has posterity benefited by the inclosures?  Many of the great tracts, especially those allotted to the Duke of Norfolk are now (in Bradfield in 1906) game preserves, ministering to the pleasures of the rich.

The legislation which permitted these appropriations of the common land was passed by Parliaments of the rich for their own benefit.

Below is an outline of what happened in some of the inclosures in the Sheffield area.
 

Attercliffe & Darnall Inclosures

In the year 1820 Attercliffe was no longer the Attercliffe that had been in existence for hundreds of years.  In that year the Inclosure Act, passed in 1810, was put into effect in Attercliffe.  Not only 100's of acres of common and waste land,  open fields but 4 village greens that had been available to the inhabitants of Attercliffe, were all taken away from them at the stroke of a pen.  In Attercliffe they were also deprived of public footpaths which had been available since people had first settled on the banks of the Don.  Hunter (Hunter's Hallamshire) describes the Attercliffe Enclosure Act as one of the most selfish ever passed, and states that the promoters of it used their powers to the fullest extent.

Attercliffe at this time was mostly rural with about 2.500 inhabitants, who besides tilling their farms, were often engaged in other occupations such as file cutting and blade making etc.  Huntsman, the inventor of cast steel had a furnace on Attercliffe Green at this time, but despite this, Attercliffe was a rural area. 

In the Attercliffe Enclosure Act it stated that the Duke of Norfolk, Gamalial Milner and other large landowners claimed to be the proprietors of the commons.  The claim by these freeholders was totally unfounded and could not be sustained on either legal or moral grounds.  The inhabitants had acquired legal rights of common under the law of the land.  However, when these lands became more valuable because of the growth of population, trade and commerce, the current landholders wanted to inclose and appropriate them.  The landowner could not do this without the consent of every interest which had grown up by custom and lapse of time, so what could not be done by the Lord of the Manor was done by Acts of Parliament

In the Preamble to the act it is stated  "......are proprietors of the said Commons wastes and open fields and it would be of advantage to them if the same were divided and specific parts thereof allotted to them and the other persons interested but the beneficial purpose cannot be effected without the aid and authority of Parliament." Unfortunately it was never stated what the beneficial purposes were.  This was quite a large Act and so only a few of the more salient points are briefly listed below:

• Encroachments taken from the said Commons and wastes within the last 40 years shall be deemed to be divided and inclosed except the encroachment made for the Chapel yard and that upon which the Town school is built, which shall not be disturbed.
• The Commissioners shall set out such part or part of the Commons as they shall think fit (not exceeding in quantity 3 acres) to be used as public watering places and for getting materials for repairing the road to be by them set out or any ancient roads within the township
• A plot of land the breadth of 82 and a half yards was to be set out from the Chapel yard at Attercliffe in a direct line down to the road leading from Sheffield to Rotherham to be used as a burial ground for the inhabitants of Sheffield and Darnall. 
• The Commissioners could divert, stop up or change any of the carriage bridle or foot roads (not being a turnpike road) across the said commons or across or through any old inclosures within the townships with the order and concurrence of two Justices of the Peace.  Of the nine ancient footpaths and roads, 2 were diverted and 9 closed.
• The Commissioners were to set out, allot and award three fourths part of a rood of land in front and a quantity not exceeding half a rood, as they shall think proper, behind the Town School for the benefit of the said school ......"
• After the Commissioners had set out lands for sale to defray the expenses of the inclosure, they were to set out and allot to the Duke of Norfolk a one eighteenth part of such residue in the said Manor in lieu  of and as compensation for his right and interest in the soil therein.  Frances Spencer, Lady of the Manor of Darnall a one eighteenth part of such residue within the said manor as compensation for her right and interest in and to the soil thereof.
• A one fourth part of the residue of the Commons in Attercliffe were to be allotted to the proprietors of the ancient messuages or tofts.
• The remainder of Attercliffe common lands to be allotted to the owners of ancient enclosed lands in Attercliffe in proportion to and according to the value of their respective lands and as a full compensation for all their rights of common upon the commons to be divided and enclosed.
• A one fourth part of the residue of the commons and wastes within Darnall to be allotted to the proprietors on of the ancient messuages or tofts.
• The remainder of Darnall commons and lands to be allotted to the owners of ancient enclosed land in Darnall in proportion and according to the value of such their respective lands and as full compensation for all their rights in common upon the commons to be divided and enclosed
• The public road leading from Sheffield to Rotherham over the commons shall be of the breadth of 90 feet, including the footpath.
• The Award to be deposited with the Minister and Chapel wardens of the parish of Attercliffe .... for the convenient inspection of all persons interested.
• Nothing in the Act shall prejudice, lessen or defeat the right, title or interest of the Duke of Norfolk, or any future Lord of the Manor of Attercliffe, or of Frances Spencer or any future Lady or Lord of the Manor of Darnall, in any mines, ores, minerals or coal in or under the aforesaid commons or waste lands.  They, their respective lessees, agents, servants and workmen shall have full and free liberty at all times hereafter to search for, work, dig, win, raise and carry away all such mines, minerals and coal as fully and effectually as if the act had not been passed.
• A road the breadth of 30 feet at the least from a certain public house at Darnall now (1810) known as the Duke of York to adjoin upon and pass by a certain Engine, now called Greenland Engine shall be set out and appointed over the said commons to communicate with the Turnpike Road leading from Tinsley to Sheffield ....... be set out for the benefit of the said Duke of Norfolk and may also be useful as an occupation road to the persons having allotments adjoining it .... and the expenses for the making and repairing of the road shall be borne and paid by the said Duke and what proportion by the persons to whom allotments adjoining the said road shall be set out and made.  The Commissioners shall also direct for what purposed the said road shall be used and by what persons beside the said Duke.
• A final paragraph stating reservation of manorial rights to the Duke of Norfolk.

If anybody is interested there is a table, showing who received an allotment in some of the enclosure areas and who didn't, at the end of this document.
 

Sheffield Inclosures

An Act of Parliament in 1791, allowing the inclosure of  "several commons  and waste grounds, common fields and mesne enclosures within the Manor of Sheffield", encompassed more than 6,000 acres.  The largest enclose in the area apart from Bradfield.

This Act stated that the Duke of Norfolk was Lord of the Manor of Sheffield and as such the owner of the land to be inclosed.  The Duke of Norfolk was also stated to be entitled to all the tythes and two thirds of the small tythes of the districts of Nether Hallam and Upper Hallam.  James Wilkinson, Vicar of Sheffield, was entitled to the remainder of the small tythes.  In return, the £4 a year taken from the inhabitants, entitling them to rights of common, wood and waste, was to be abolished and the Duke of Norfolk would be entitled to an adequate allotment of common and waste to, as compensation.

The following grounds were given to justify the inclosures:

"And whereas the said commons and waste grounds are in their present state capable of improvement, and a division and inclosures of the same between the several owners interested therein according to their respective rights and interests would be of manifest advantage to them, but such division cannot be effectually established without an Act of Parliament"

The act was duly passed and the Commissioners appointed to carry out the allotment of the commons had the following powers.

• To set out and allot to the Duke of Norfolk one third part of Stannington Wood (a total of 295 acres) and the remaining woodland was to be part of the commons to be divided.
• To form and set out roads over the new enclosures.
• To allot to the tythe owners parts of the commons in equal value to one tenth part thereof.
• To allot to the Duke of Norfolk such part of the common land as was equal to the yearly payment of £4, hitherto paid by the inhabitants of Hallam, Fulwood etc., for rights of common land enjoyed in the Riviling.
• To sell such parts of the commons as might be necessary to pay expenses of carrying out the Act of Inclosure.
• To divide and allot one quarter of the residue amongst the proprietors of ancients tofts and messuages having rights of common.
• To divide and allot the remainder amongst the owners of land within the Manor according to the yearly value of the land respectively held by them.

The poor of Sheffield were not forgotten - they were allotted the handsome portion of two acres!

The clerical and lay (the tythe owners) had taken 238 acres, with the material advantages following their possession.

The general situation of the waste lands may be gathered from the names of some of the roads which were to be set out over the new inclosures - Fulwood Head Road, Lodge Moor Road, Rivelin Mill Road, Broad Lane Road, Crookes Road, Rivelin Bridge Road, Walkley Road, Newfield Green Road, Rowel Bridge Road and Malin Bridge Road.

The inclosures took away quite a number of village green from the poor inhabitants and appropriated them to the use of the landed classes, e.g. Brookhouse Green (Fulwood), Heeley Green, Newfield Green, Owlerton Green and Rivelin Green.
 

Ecclesall Inclosures

In the Manor of Ecclesall about 1,000 acres of Common land was lost by an Act in 1779.  The Earl of Surrey was entitled to all the tythes and two thirds of the small tythes arising out of such lands in Ecclesall that lay on both the north and south side of the rivulet Porter Brook.  Andrew Wilkinson, Bethiah Jessop, Philip Gell, John Gell, Mary Catherine Gell and Mary Gell were entitled to the other third part of the tythes for the land lying on the south side of Porter Brook and James Wilkinson, as Vicar of the Parish Church at Sheffield, was entitled to the remainder of the small tythes on both sides of the Brook

Commissioners were appointed to divide and allot the 1,000 acres, as follows:

• To allot two acres for public stone quarries and a further two acres to enlarge the Ecclesall Chapel burial ground
• To allot one tenth part of the commons to the owners of great and small tythes.
• To grant allotments to the tythe owners in full compensation, and in lieu of the tythes on the old inclosures.
• To allot to the Marquis of Rockingham, as Lord of the Manor of Ecclesall, for his rights in the soil, one sixteenth part of the commons.
• To allot one fourth part of the residue of the commons to the owners of tofts and messuages within the Manor of Ecclesall having rights of common.
• And to divide the remainder amongst the owners of land within the Manor according to the yearly value of the land respectively held by them

The Act contained the usual clause providing that all encroachments of land on the commons within 40 years should be surrendered and dealt with accordingly.

The encroachments that were excused by the Act were a school and workhouse that had been erected on Sharrow Moor, a boy's charity school on Crookes Moor and part of a wheel pond belonging to the Earl of Surrey.  An encroachment by the Lord of the Manor of Sheffield onto the north side  (Ecclesall side), where he had built a dam, was also excused.

The streets in the vicinity of Sheffield Moor were largely reminiscent of the Inclosure Act - many of them were set out by the Commissioners.  For instance, Carver Street, Rockingham Street, Bright Street, Earl Street, Alsop Lane, Jessop Street, Tudor Street, Duke Street (later Matilda Street), Cumberland Street, Bishop Street, Button Lane and Porter Lane, were all inclosure roads formed at this time out of what was then called Little Sheffield Moor.

Other new roads indicate the localities where inclosure took place, it being necessary to make new roads to give access to the owners of the new allotments - Fulwood Road, Clarkehouse Road, Manchester Turnpike Road, Whirlow Road, Ecclesall Wood Road, Dead Lane, Button Hill Road, Cherrytree Hill Road, Tapton Hill Road, Broomhill Bridle Road (also known as Truelove's gutter), Whiteley Wood Road, Greystones Road, High Storrs Road, Ranmoor Road, Dobbing Hill Road, Little Common Road, Holt House Road, Brincliffe Road and Machon Bank Road.
 

Brightside Inclosures

The Brightside Inclosure Act was passed in 1778 and applied to only 150 acres.  The common lands inclosed were at the Burton Weir end of Brightside Lane, on each side of Barnsley Road, near the Brushstones, Norwood, The Hills, Osgathorpe;  the Assembly Green in the Wicker, the whole of Pitsmoor and Grimesthorpe Green.

Appointed Commissioners were empowered to:

• To make roads on the commons and to divert or stop up any ancient footpaths.
• To grant to the Duke of Norfolk, as the owner of tythes of corn, grain, hay and wood, one eights part of the commons and also an allotment equal to the value of two thirds part of the small tythes, and also to grand an allotment to the Vicar of Sheffield in satisfaction of his interests in the remaining one third part of the small tythes.
• To sell such parts of the commons as might be sufficient for payment of the expenses of obtaining and carrying out the Act.
• To allot to the Duke of Norfolk one eighteenth part of the commons and also to allot to him the parcel of ground in the Wicker called "The Assembly Green", which said allotments were to be in lieu and in full compensation for his rights as Lord of the Manor to the soil of the commons and of all mines and minerals therein.
• To allot not exceeding one fourth part of the residue amongst the proprietors of messuages, cottages and tofts having rights of common.
• To allot the remainder amongst the owners of land within the Township having rights of common in proportion to the yearly value of their respective lands.

The Brightside Act differed from the other local inclosure Acts as the right to minerals went with the lands to be enclosed.

The Act provided that persons who had encroached on the commons within the last 30 years should surrender any land to the Commissioners and that they be deemed part of the lands to be inclosed.

At the time the Act was passed there existed a large green in the Wicker called Assembly Green and this was of quite a large area, covering about 5 - 6 acres.  Brunswick Road, Johnson Street, Stanley Street, Walker Street and Wicker Lane now (in 1907) occupy the site of the old green.  The then Duke of Norfolk had appropriated part of the green and put up certain buildings and this was an encroachment of the common land.  However, the Duke's encroachment was excepted by the Act.

The surrender clause was common to all the five inclosures.  The Lord of the Manor was excused his encroachments in three of them.
 

Bradfield Inclosure

In 1801 the Act of Inclosure of the commons, moors, wastes and uninclosed lands referred to more than 14,000 acres of land.

The Act further stated that the Duke of Norfolk was Lord of the Manor and that Sir Sitwell Sitwell, James Dixon, the then Vicar of Ecclesfield; Thomas Newton, the then curate of Bradfield, and one John Spooner of Walkely, were entitled, in certain defined proportions, to the tithes arising out of the old and new enclosures.

It also stated that John Worrall, Edward Appleyard, Robert Briggs, John Kaye, John Booth, William Carlisle, the Reverend Charles Hope and the Reverend Joseph Hall along with several other persons, were the proprietors of the said uninclosed lands, and it would be of advantage to them if the same were divided amongst them in proportion to their respective rights.

Again, this claim of ownership does not appear to rest on the slightest legal foundation.

The commissioners were charged with the task of allotting lands and to sell part wherewith to pay the expenses of the inclosure.  A certain Mr. Rimington of Broomhead Hall became the purchaser of 640 acres of common land, a sum less than 15 shillings per acre.

The commons were divided as follows:

• Seven thousand acres were allotted to the Duke of Norfolk
• Three hundred acres went to the four owners of tythe in discharge of their claim to tythes.
• One quarter of the remainder passed to the owners of ancient messuages in satisfaction of their rights of common.
• The remaining three quarters were allotted to the several proprietors of ancient inclosed land, ie the large landowners, in proportion to the respective values held by each of them.

There was the usual clause in the Act providing that all persons who had encroached on the common lands within the last 30 years should surrender any land thus acquired for division under the Act.

However, certain encroachments admitted to have been made by the Duke of Norfolk were expressly excepted from this provision.  The Duke was further favoured by the following:

The Commissioner was directed by the Act "to set out at least two good roads across the rest of the commons to the land directed to be allotted to him (i.e. the 7,000 acres) and one of the roads was t o be set out from a place called Moscar Cross to a place called Lost Lad, being the most eligible direction for a road between Sheffield and Glossop Dale, and the cost of its maintenance thereafter was to be placed upon the inhabitants of such district, hamlet or division as the said road should run through.
 

Inclosure Awards

The table below shows who was awarded land and how much, in the inclosures.  I haven't included the plot numbers of the land awarded but if anybody is interested I will supply them. 

Granted to	Where	Acres	Rods	Poles	Purchase
					Price
					£   s   d
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	0	2	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	0	25	-
Ellen Greaves	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	0	24	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	0	5	-
Geo. Bustard Greaves	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	2	28	-
Geo. Bustard Greaves	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	2	14	101.0.0.
Reserved for public watering place	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	0	22	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	1	11	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	0	2	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	0	37	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	2	1	20	-
Edward Hanson	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	0	9	-
Edward Hanson	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	3	10	-
Rev. Thos. Radford	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	0	9	14.10.0.
Rev. Thos. Radford	Attercliffe, Oaks Green	0	0	39	-
Thos. Sorby	Attercliffe Green	0	0	1	-
Rd. Swallow	Attercliffe Green	0	0	10	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Green	0	0	18	-
J. Hawkesworth	Attercliffe Green	0	0	10	14.8.0
Chas. Bower	Attercliffe Green	0	0	13	24.0.0
Wm. Hartopp	Attercliffe Green	0	0	5	-
Jas. Haywood	Attercliffe Green	0	1	32	-
Thos. Vickers	Attercliffe Green	0	0	25	39.15.0
Town School	Attercliffe Green	0	1	10	-
Jas. Haywood	Attercliffe Green	0	0	8	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Green	0	0	6	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Green	0	0	1	-
Gamalial Milner	Attercliffe Green	0	1	15	100.0.0
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Green	0	0	17	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Green	0	0	1½	-
Thos. Bamforth	Attercliffe Green	0	0	25	-
Thos. Rawson	Attercliffe Green	0	0	21	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Green	0	0	5	-
John Huntsman	Attercliffe Green	0	0	29	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Attercliffe Green	0	0	14	-
John Shaw	Attercliffe Green	0	0	9	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Green	0	0	17	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Green	0	0	20	-
John Barlow	Attercliffe Green	0	0	8	-
Mary Weightman	Attercliffe Green	0	0	23	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Green	0	0	39	-
William Green	Attercliffe Green	0	0	8	-
John Fox	Attercliffe Green	0	0	14	-
Rebecca Heppenstall	Attercliffe Green	0	0	12	-
Gamalial Milner	Attercliffe Green	0	2	39	-
Jane Wainwright	Attercliffe Green	0	0	11	-
Joseph Johnson	Attercliffe Green	0	0	12	-
Wm. Bramall	Attercliffe Green	0	0	6	-
Thos. Sorby	Attercliffe Green	0	0	12	-
John Hutchinson	Attercliffe Common	0	0	4	-
Thos. Bamforth	Attercliffe Common	0	0	4	-
Thos. Greaves	Attercliffe Common	0	0	14	-
Thos. Greaves	Attercliffe Common	0	0	12	-
Overseers of the Poor	Attercliffe Common	0	0	18	-
Jane Outram	Attercliffe Common	0	0	6	-
Benjamin Gilley	Attercliffe Common	0	1	9	-
Geo. Fieldsend	Attercliffe Common	0	1	5	-
Burial Ground Hill Top	Attercliffe Common	1	2	0	-
Geo. Fieldsend	Attercliffe Common	1	0	24	78.15.0
Geo. Fieldsend	Attercliffe Common	0	0	9	-
James Hill	Attercliffe Common	1	3	3	126.0.0
James Hill	Attercliffe Common	2	2	29	180.7.0
James Hill	Attercliffe Common	0	0	39	-
James Hill	Attercliffe Common	0	1	16	-
Wm. Lambert	Attercliffe Common	0	3	7	-
Samuel Ashforth	Attercliffe Common	1	0	27	-
Edward Hinde	Attercliffe Common	0	0	37	-
Hy. Puncheon	Attercliffe Common	0	2	25	-
Joseph Ward	Attercliffe Common	0	2	23	-
Jno. Shemeld	Attercliffe Common	0	2	12	-
John Toothill	Attercliffe Common	0	0	26	-
Wm. Bramall	Attercliffe Common	0	2	14	-
John Bamforth	Attercliffe Common	0	2	6	-
Thos. Greaves	Attercliffe Common	0	1	32	-
John Johnson	Attercliffe Common	0	2	29	-
John Johnson	Attercliffe Common	0	2	19	44.2.0.
Henry Sorby	Attercliffe Common	1	2	16	107.2.0.
Henry Sorby	Attercliffe Common	1	2	16	-
John Cousins	Attercliffe Common	0	2	17	-
Wm. Hyde	Attercliffe Common	0	1	39	-
Rebecca Heppenstall	Attercliffe Common	0	2	5	-
Thos. Sorby	Attercliffe Common	0	1	39	-
Thos. Rawson	Attercliffe Common	0	0	21	-
Joseph Bailey	Attercliffe Common	0	1	0	-
Thos. Beardsall	Attercliffe Common	0	0	27	-
Trustees of Grimes-Thorpe School	Attercliffe Common	0	0	26	-
Lucy Southern	Attercliffe Common	8	1	34	-
Lucy Southern	Attercliffe Common	0	0	35	-
Lucy Southern	Attercliffe Common	0	2	14	-
B. J. Wake	Attercliffe Common	4	0	9	341.5.0
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Common	4	1	28	-
John Hunstman	Attercliffe Common	1	0	27	-
John Deakin	Attercliffe Common	2	0	16	-
David Deakin	Attercliffe Common	0	0	28	21.0.0.
David Deakin	Attercliffe Common	0	2	6	-
Robert Deakin	Attercliffe Common	1	0	1	-
William Deakin	Attercliffe Common	3	0	0	-
William Deakin	Attercliffe Common	0	1	4	15.0.0.
Samuel Staniforth	Attercliffe Common	5	1	18	-
Samuel Staniforth	Attercliffe Common	0	1	26	29.0.0.
Joseph Read	Attercliffe Common	1	2	23	-
Joseph Read	Attercliffe Common	0	1	4	16.0.0.
Geo. Bustard Greaves	Attercliffe Common	0	0	24	-
Ellen Greaves	Attercliffe Common	5	1	3	-
John Shaw	Attercliffe Common	3	2	0	-
John Shaw	Attercliffe Common	3	3	27	-
Jno. Cooke	Attercliffe Common	0	0	37	-
Francis Spencer	Attercliffe Common	1	1	15	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Common	7	0	3	-
John Hutchinson	Attercliffe Common	1	0	16	-
John Hutchinson	Attercliffe Common	0	2	25	-
William Oakes	Attercliffe Common	0	0	32	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Attercliffe Common	6	0	14	-
Edmund Swift	Attercliffe Common	1	0	32	-
Samuel Fox	Attercliffe Common	1	1	17	-
John Barlow	Attercliffe Common	1	0	9	-
John Barlow	Attercliffe Common	0	2	19	-
John Hutchinson	Attercliffe Common	1	1	2	-
Joseph Johnson	Attercliffe Common	2	1	13	-
Joseph Turner	Attercliffe Common	0	1	9	-
Geo. Hutchinson	Attercliffe Common	1	0	8	-
Booth and Co.	Attercliffe Common	0	0	28	-
Quarry (public)	Attercliffe Common	0	3	7	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Common	30	1	5	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Common	11	2	21	-
Rd. Swallow	Attercliffe Common	4	3	2	-
Thos. Milne	Attercliffe Common	0	0	2	-
John Green	Attercliffe Common	0	1	0	-
Wm. Oakes	Attercliffe Common	0	1	6	-
Attercliffe Methodist Chapel	Attercliffe Common	0	0	15	-
Thos. Holy	Attercliffe Common	0	1	5	-
Peter Tyron	Attercliffe Common	0	0	11	-
Littlewood & Co	Attercliffe Common	0	2	7	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Attercliffe Common	0	0	13	-
Benj. Gilley	Attercliffe Common	0	3	3	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Attercliffe Common	0	0	2	-
Earl Fitzwilliam	Attercliffe Common	0	1	13	-
John Beldon	Attercliffe Common	0	0	9	-
John Fox	Attercliffe Common	0	0	28	-
Jas. Johnson	Attercliffe Common	0	0	24	-
Joseph Clay	Attercliffe Common	0	1	9	-
Jane Outram	Attercliffe Common	0	2	1	-
Jas. Richardson	Attercliffe Common	1	0	22	-
Philip Whitham	Attercliffe Common	0	1	8	-
Ebenezer Brooks	Attercliffe Common	1	1	26	-
Jane Wainwright	Attercliffe Common	0	3	29	-
Geo. Twigg	Attercliffe Common	1	3	30	-
Gamalial Milner	Attercliffe Common	2	1	0	-
Gamalial Milner	Attercliffe Common	1	3	10	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Attercliffe Common	0	0	2	-
Gamalial Milner	Attercliffe Common	0	0	1	-
Joseph Johnson	Attercliffe Common	0	0	1	-
Earl Fitzwilliam	Attercliffe Common	0	0	17	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Common	2	3	16	-
Duke of Norfolk	Attercliffe Common	0	0	6	-
John Honfrey	Attercliffe Common	0	0	8	-
Samuel Glave	Attercliffe Common	0	0	10	9.9.0.
Rd. Wake	Attercliffe Common	0	0	3	-
Samuel Glave	Attercliffe Common	0	0	2	-
John Fox	Attercliffe Common	0	0	28	-
Thos. Fawley	Attercliffe Common	0	0	2	-
Wm. Hartop	Attercliffe Common	0	0	13	-
John Honfrey	Attercliffe Common	0	1	16	-
Wm. Abdy	Attercliffe Common	0	0	37	-
Joseph Parker	Attercliffe Common	0	0	38	-
Peter Blakeley	Attercliffe Common	0	0	13	-
Overseers of poor	Attercliffe Common	0	0	6	-
Benjamin Gilley	Attercliffe Common	0	0	12	-
Wm. Green	Attercliffe Common	0	0	26	-
Earl Fitzwilliam	Attercliffe Common	1	0	36	-
Watering place (public)	Attercliffe Common	0	1	21	-
S. Staniforth	Darnall, Owler Greave	0	0	3	-
E.P. Walker	Darnall, Owler Greave	0	0	13	-
Michael Barston	Darnall, Owler Greave	1	1	33	-
John Smilter	Darnall, Owler Greave	1	1	35	-
S. Staniforth	Darnall, Owler Greave	1	2	10	-
Joseph Cardwell	Darnall, Owler Greave	0	0	36	-
Samuel Staniforth	Darnall, Owler Greave	0	1	12	-
J. Oddy	Darnall, Owler Greave	0	2	7	-
John Young	Darnall, Owler Greave	0	1	35	-
S. Staniforth	Darnall, Owler Greave	0	0	13	-
Joseph Cardwell	Darnall, Owler Greave	0	0	32	-
John Hutchinson	Darnall, Owler Greave	0	0	8	-
Surveyor of Highways	Darnall, Owler Greave	0	0	19	-
Public Stone quarry	Darnall Green	0	1	17	-
Earl Fitzwilliam	Darnall Green	0	1	20	-
John Scholey	Darnall Green	0	0	27	-
Michael Barlow	Darnall Green	0	0	5	-
Earl Fitzwilliam	Darnall Green	0	1	20	-
John Scholey	Darnall Green	0	0	4	-
John Hutchinson	Darnall Green	0	0	8	-
J and J Hawksley	Darnall Green	0	0	7	-
John Shaw	Darnall Green	0	0	21½	-
John Pitt	Darnall Green	0	0	16	-
John Reaney	Darnall Green	0	0	7	-
John Hoult	Darnall Green	0	0	1	-
Paul Champion	Darnall Green	0	0	25	-
Overseers of the Poor	Darnall Green	0	0	29	-
Thos. Wright	Darnall Green	0	0	1½	-
Geo. Handley	Darnall Green	0	0	31	-
Thos. Bamforth	Darnall Green	0	0	32	-
Wm. Cawthorne	Darnall Green	0	0	8	-
Francis Hallam	Darnall Green	0	0	4	-
Geo. Handley	Darnall Green	0	0	8	-
Jno. Innocent	Darnall Green	0	0	1	-
Joseph Jones	Darnall Green	0	0	8	-
Thos. Wright	Darnall Green	0	0	18	-
John Pitt	Darnall Green	0	0	19	-
Samuel Staniforth	Darnall Green	0	0	7	-
Joseph Jones	Darnall Green	0	0	5	-
Geo. Reaney	Darnall Green	0	0	1	-
S. Staniforth	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	4	-
S. Staniforth	Darnall Lesser Green	0	2	28	-
E. P. Walker	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	16	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	16	-
E. P. Walker	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	9	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	7	-
Edward  Farron	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	3	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	7	-
Edward Swift	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	2	-
Jas. Richardson	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	2	-
Gamaliel Miller	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	7	-
Edward Farron	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	7	-
Thos Sorsby	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	14	-
Wm. Deakin	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	8	-
Thos. Rodgers	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	10½	-
Thos. Rodgers	Darnall Lesser Green	0	0	38	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Darnall Lesser Green	0	1	36	-
Staniforth & Young	Darnall Common	0	0	14	-
S. Staniforth	Darnall Common	0	0	12	-
Watering place (public)	Darnall Common	0	0	23	-
Frances Spencer	Darnall Common	0	1	14	-
Frances Spencer	Darnall Common	0	0	4	-
Frances Spencer	Darnall Common	0	1	5	-
Frances Spencer	Darnall Common	0	1	10	-
Joseph Jones	Darnall Common	0	1	11	-
Frances Spencer	Darnall Common	0	3	16	-
Thos. Ibbotson	Darnall Common	0	3	9	-
Thos. Ibbotson	Darnall Common	0	2	29	-
Francis Spencer	Darnall Common	0	0	36	-
Samuel Staniforth	Darnall Common	2	0	15	-
Geo. Steer	Darnall Common	0	0	27	-
Francis Spencer	Darnall Common	1	1	0	-
Thos. Jeffcock	Darnall Common	0	1	34	-
S. Staniforth	Darnall Common	1	2	24	-
Thos. Bashforth	Darnall Common	1	1	17	-
Thos. Bashforth	Darnall Common	1	2	13	-
James Richardson	Darnall Common	1	3	32	107.0.0
James Richardson	Darnall Common	-	-	-	-
James Richardson	Darnall Common	1	3	30	274.0.0
James Richardson	Darnall Common	1	0	28	-
James Richardson	Darnall Common	0	1	2	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Darnall Common	0	2	0	-
E. P. Walker	Darnall Common	1	10	18	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Darnall Common	0	0	29	-
12 Capital Burgesses	Darnall Common	0	0	26	-
S. Staniforth	Darnall Common	0	0	34	-
John Beldon	Darnall Common	0	0	18	16.0.0
John Beldon	Darnall Common	0	1	31	-
Joseph Beldon	Darnall Common	0	0	16	-
John Beldon	Darnall Common	0	0	32	13.3.9.
John Beldon	Darnall Common	0	0	11	4.0.0
Wm. Binks	Darnall Common	1	1	3	-
Wm. Binks	Darnall Common	2	0	10	116.0.0
John Sorby	Darnall Common	0	0	31	7.16.0
George Steer	Darnall Common	0	3	20	-
George Steer	Darnall Common	0	1	18	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	156	1	21	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	43	2	19	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	17	2	2	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	2	1	3	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	23	3	6	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	28	2	14	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	60	0	0	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	23	3	5	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	98	3	15	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	73	0	0	-
Duke of Norfolk	Sheffield	783	2	17	-
Vicar of Sheffield and Mr Gell	Sheffield	42	3	0	-
Vicar of Sheffield	Sheffield	39	1	13	-
Duke of Norfolk	Ecclesall	105	3	25	-
Duke of Norfolk	Ecclesall	2	0	19	-
James Wilkinson, Vicar of Sheffield	Ecclesall	121	3	7	-
Andrew Wilkinson, Philip Gell, Bethiah Jessop, etc.	Ecclesall	80	0	2	-
Andrew Wilkinson, Philip Gell, Bethiah Jessop, etc.	Ecclesall	5	3	7	-
Andrew Wilkinson, Philip Gell, Bethiah Jessop, etc.	Ecclesall	68	3	5	-
Earl Fitzwilliam	Ecclesall	82	1	0	-

[Courtesy of: Ann Halford]
 

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