Weather TravelWhat the Papers SayTV GuideLeisure
Search Site Web
Home What's new History Our Area Districts Photo Gallery Features Memories Genealogy Webshop Advertisers Miscellany Links Business

 


Districts

Todwick

Images of Todwick »

Todwick - Tatewic in 1086. Dwelling or (dairy) farm of a man called Ta. Source: A Dictionary of British Place-Names in Names & Places

 

History

Described in the 1820s as a parish-town, in the upper-division of Strafforth and Tickhill. Situated 7 miles from Rotherham, 7.75 miles from Worksop, Nottinghamshire, 10.25 miles from Sheffield and 49 miles from York. The population was 210. The Church, a rectory, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, in the deanery of Doncaster, value, £3 14s. 7d. Patron, the Duke of Leeds. In the same township and parish is Todwick Grange, the seat of George Fox, Esq.

Described in 1879 :Todwick is a parish ten and a half miles east by south of Sheffield, in Worksop union and County Court District, Rotherham Petty Sessional Division and Rural Deanery, and York Diocese and Archdeaconry. It had 193 inhabitants in 1871, and comprises 1,808 acres. The Duke of Leeds and Miss Fox, of Todwick Grange, are the principal owners of the soil, and the former is the Lord of the Manor. The church (St. Peter and St. Paul), a small ancient building, consisting of nave, chancel, and tower, is pleasantly situated and dates from Saxon times. It formerly belonged to the monks of Roche. The benefice is a rectory, valued at a £160, in the patronage of Miss Fox, and incumbency of the Rev. Henry Rudd Hunter, who has a rectory house. The National Schools were erected by subscription in 1869, at a cost of £200.

Post Office at Mr. Joseph Cousins - Letters are received at 8.40 a.m. from, and despatched at 4.30 p.m. to Sheffield. The nearest Money Order Office and Railway Station is at Kiveton Park.

Trades

Carrier - William Stacey, to Sheffield, Tuesday and Saturday.

 

Read about the Garland Family of Todwick

↑ Top

« Places