Rotherham and Neighbourhood in 1828
Rotherham is a small but flourishing and respectable market town in the parish of that name, in the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, and in the liberty of Hallamshire, 159 miles from London, 49 from York, 47 from Manchester, 12 from Doncaster, and 6 from Sheffield. The town is situated partly on the declivity of a hill and partly in a valley on the river Don, at its confluence with the Rother, and enjoys great facilities of water carriage, to all the great manufacturing towns in Yorkshire and Lancashire.
The chief importance of this place is derived from the extensive Walker's Iron Works of Masbrough , nearly adjoining the town, in this parish. The period of the first establishment of these celebrated works was about the year 1752, by the late Samuel Walker, Esq. who, at the age of 12 years, was left an orphan, with 2 brothers and 4 sisters, destitute of property and almost of education, but by attentive industry, and being blessed with superior natural talent, he was soon enabled to commence a school. But this was not congenial to his mind, and he shortly, assisted by his brothers Aaron and Jonathan, commenced a small foundry, in which his genius truly and successfully developed itself, and was, in the course of time, rewarded with a princely fortune, and his manufactures justly esteemed the most extensive in Europe. He died in May, 1782, in the 66th year of his age, after bestowing numerous benefactions on the charitable institutions belonging to the town.
Less business is at present done at these works than formerly; this is attributable to the number of similar establishment s which have arisen in various parts of the kingdom, and not to the quality of the articles manufactured being held in less estimation. During the late war, a great proportion of the cannon, etc. for the use of the army, were manufactured here; also several large iron bridges, particularly that over the Thames, called Southwark Bridge, as well as those of Sunderland, Yarm, and Staines; and the several establishments in the parish at this period give employment to numerous mechanics, and cause a circulation of money to a very considerable amount.
Although the iron trade of Rotherham is its staple, yet there are other branches of high respectability, comprising chemical, oil, and glass works; large malting concerns, a starch manufactory, roperies, etc. etc.. The places for divine worship here are the parish Church, built in the reign of Edward IV. a spacious Gothic structure, dedicated to All Saints; the dissenter's chapel, erected in 1705; and the Methodists', rebuilt in 1805, which has a school attached to it for 30 poor children. The most prominent of the charitable institutions are a free grammar school, endowed by the King; a charity school, supported by the donations of the benevolent from time immemorial, besides others of minor importance. A relief from commercial and trading pursuits is given by the establishment of an excellent subscription library, containing upwards of 2,000 well selected volumes. The weekly market is on Monday, and there is also a cattle market every 2nd Monday. The fairs are Whit Monday and December the 1st. The population, according to the returns for 1821, amounted to 3,548.
Post Office, High Street, Rotherham, Martha Wilson - Postmistress - Letters for London, etc.. are despatched at 10 in the morning, and arrive at 3 in the afternoon. - Letters by the Sheffield Mail, which also takes bags for the counties of Lancashire, Derby, and Cheshire, are despatched every afternoon at 3, and arrive every morning at 10. - A horse post to Sheffield also is despatched every evening at 8, and arrives every afternoon at 5.
Gentry and Clergy
Eyre Askham, Gent - Doncaster Gate
Thomas Bagshaw, Gent - Westgate
Rev. Edward Batty - Talbot Lane
Miss Cupola Bennett - Masborough
Rev. Benjamin Birkett - Grammar School
Rev. Thomas Blackley - Vicarage
Rev. Jacob Brettell - Crofts
James Clark, Gent - Westgate
Samuel Clark, Gent - Masborough
Mrs Elizabeth Crawshaw - Wellgate
William Fenton, Gent - Carr House
Miss Maria Gibson - Masborough
John Hall, Gent - Westgate
Mrs Gladman Jepson - Wellgate
Mrs Elizabeth Lamprier - Masborough
Robert Leesley, Gent - Westgate
Rev. Thomas Moss - Talbot Lane
Colonel Charles Newton - Barbott Hall
Mrs Ann Parker - Crofts
William Pearson, Gent - Wellgate
Rev. James Reece - Masborough (1797-1871) At Braithwell in 1851
Colonel Hen. Cupola Riddle - Masborough
John Roodhouse, Gent - Market Place
William Smith, Gent - Wellgate
Misses Margaret and Frances Spencer - Masborough
Francis Squire, Gent - Wellgate
Rev. Edw. J. Townsend - Rawmarsh
Miss Eliz. Cupola walker - Masborough
Miss Mary Ann Walker - Masborough
Mrs Walker - Clifton
Mrs Ann Wheatley - Masborough
John Woodcock, Gent - Munsbro'
Jas. S. Woodhead, Gent - Westgate
Academies and Schools
(Not otherwise described are Day Schools)Jonathan Appleton - Moorgate (boarding)
Ann Crimes - Bridgegate (boarding)
Grammar School, Rotherham - Rev. Benjamin Birkett, Master
Thomas Hodgson - Masborough
John Maxfield - Rawmarsh
Henry Ross - Quarry Hill
Mrs Scott - Rawmarsh (ladies boarding)
William Shillitto - Jesus Gate
Mary Townend - Crofts (boarding)
Agents
(see also Fire, etc. Office Agents)William Fleck - Masborough (commission)
John Guthrie - Masborough (general commission, and timber, stone, and slate merchant)
Attorneys
Thomas Badger - High Street
William Fretwell Hoyle - Westgate
Richard Jenkinson - Westgate
Thomas Beverley Mason - Crofts
John Wright Potter - High Street
Joseph Wheatley - Westgate
Auctioneers
Benjamin Badger - Westgate
William Craven - Westgate
Thomas Crookes - Westgate
Bakers and Flour Dealers
Joseph Ludlam - Westgate
Thomas Reckless - High Street
James Sales - Bridgegate
William Turner - Bridgegate
Bankers
Eyre and Stanley Walker - High Street (draw on Barclay & Co. London)
Basket Makers
My. Needham (dealer) - Doncaster Gate
Robert Needham - Market Place
Thomas Parker - Bridgegate
Blacksmiths
George Adams - Vicarage Lane
Thomas Bell - Westgate
John Cross - Wellgate
Joseph Green - Masborough
John Greenwood - Westgate
Samuel Whittington - Jesus' Gate
Boat Builders
Charles Simpson - Masborough
Thomas Smith - Westgate
Booksellers and Stationers
John Bagley (and printer) High Street
Samuel Crookes (and printer) Westgate
Martha Wilson - High Street
Boot and Shoe Makers
William Badger - High Street
Abraham Hobson - Market Place
James Lilley - Bridgegate
George Marshall - Bridgegate
John Radcliffe - Westgate
William Turton - Market Place
Peter Waites - High Street
Mark Wright - Bridgegate
Braziers and Tin Plate Workers
Joseph Biddulph - Wellgate
Edward Clayton - High Street
Thomas Kent - Market Place
Nathan Williams - Bridgegate
Brewers
Robert Bentley - Westgate
John Cooper - Westgate
Richard Hill - Masborough
Butchers
William Dickinson - Rawmarsh
Edward Gillott - Shambles
Humphrey Gillott - Shambles
Thomas Gillott - Masborough
John Greaves - Masborough
Joseph Greaves - Shambles
George Harrison - Shambles
Matthew Hawley - Masborough
Isaac Healey - Masborough
John Kent - Shambles
Francis Kirk - Shambles
Samuel Kirk - Masborough
John Makin - Masborough
William Spur - Shambles
Thomas Stocks - Shambles
Thomas Styring - Shambles
William Twigg - Masborough
John Wharin - Shambles
Thomas Wildsmith - Shambles
Henry Young - Shambles
John Young - Shambles
Cabinet Makers
John Athey - High Street
Thomas Bell - Westgate
David Coe - Bridgegate
Joseph France - Westgate
Thomas Heathcote - Market Place
William Jubb - Crofts
John Turton - Masborough
Chemists - Manufacturing
John Aldred - Wellgate (pyroligueous acid)
Robert and Brothers Beatson - Masborough and Westgate (alum, oil of vitriol, etc.)
Confectioners
George Hobson - Bridgegate
Thomas Reckless - High Street
James Sales - Bridgegate
William Turner - Bridgegate
Andrew Ward - High Street
Elizabeth Wortley - Market Place
Coopers
William Fields - Bridgegate
John Hepworth - Blind Lane
William Joell - Wellgate
Corn Factors
Richard Didsbury - Westgate
Edward Fletcher - Doncaster Gate
William Heaton - Pigeon Lane
Thomas Wheatley - Masborough
Thomas Wright - Pool Green
Corn Millers
Matthew Crossley - Doncaster Gate
John Jackson - Westgate and Canklow
John and Edward Jackson - Newbiggin
Peter Jackson - Ickles
Turner, Woodhead & Co. - Westgate
Curriers and Leather Dressers
John Booth - Jesus Gate
Edward Thomas - Westgate
Druggists
Jacob Newton - High Street
William Norman - High Street
Zachariah Parkin - Westgate
William and John Parkin - Bridgegate
Dyers
Peter O' Neill - Bridgegate
William Wells - Wellgate
Fire and Office Agents
Albion - E.I. Haseltine, High Street
Atlas - William Fretwell Hoyle, Westgate
Guardian - John Oxley, Bridgegate
Leeds & Yorkshire - Thomas Badger, High Street
Royal Exchange - Benjamin Badger, Westgate
Sheffield - Samuel Crookes, Westgate
Fire Iron Manufacturers
William Flockton - Masborough
Joshua Nicholson - Masborough
Sandford & Yates - Masborough
Glass Manufacturers and Merchants
Close & Clark, Masborough
Richard Hill - Masborough (merchant)
Grocers and Tea Dealers
John Adams - High Street
Barnsley & Rhodes - Bridgegate
William Bingley - High Street
Thomas Breddon - Westgate
James Carlton - Bridgegate
Charles Nightingale - Westgate
William Steel - Bridgegate
George Townend - Jesus Gate
Thomas Wheatley - Masborough
Mary Wigfield - High Street (and tobacco manufacturer)
Hair Dressers
Robert Bellamy - Masborough
Richard Goodier - Jesus Gate
William Hague - Market Place
Charles Salt - Church Street
Hatters
Marked * are manufacturesNoah and Martha Gartside - High Street (and hosiers)
*Thomas Gillott - Westgate
William Hague - Market Place
Charles Salt - Church Street
Esther Taylor - Bridgegate
*James Turton - Market Place
Inns
Angel - William Corbitt, Bridgegate
Angel - Mary Hattersley, High Street
College Inn - Jno. Hudson, Jesus Gate
Crown (posting) - Ann Oldfield, High Street
George - George Taylor, Newbiggin
Red Lion (posting) - Joseph Watson, Bridgegate
Ship - Mary Hudson, Westgate
Three Cranes - Rd. Alvey, High Street
Iron Founders
Jarvis Harris - Wellgate
Henry Kimpster - Masborough (and boiler maker and smith)
Kirk, Kidgell & Co. - Rotherham Foundry (and stove grate and spade, shovel and fender manufacturers)
Sandford & Yates - Masborough (and manufacturers of wrought iron goods, stove grates, etc..)
Wragg & Graham - Millgate
Iron Manufacturers and Masters
Charles Coe - Masborough (and steel refiner)
Liversedge & Crownshaw - Millgate (and masters and linen manufacturers)
Oxley & Hodgson (steel) - New Park Gate Steel Works, Newbigin
Sanderson & Watson (masters) - Park Gate Iron Works, Newbigin
Joshua Walker & Co. - Masborough
Ironmongers
William Radford Bayliffe - High Street
Andrew Crawshaw - High Street
Joiners
John Athey - High Street
John Blackmore - Bridgegate
Crowther & Son - Crofts
George Gee & Son - Crofts
Thomas Heathcote - Market Place
William Jubb - Crofts
Samuel Smith - Market Place
Linen and Woollen Drapers
Bufton & Smith - Westgate
Cowen, Davy & Dixon - High Street
William Earnshaw - High Street
Jos. Jones Habershon - High Street
Thomas Law - High Street
George Taylor - Bridgegate
Maltsters
Benjamin Barroclough - Rawmarsh
John Cooper - Westgate
John Harrison - Masborough
Richard Hill - Masborough
John Marsh - Ickles
Robert Marsh - Ickles
Charles Nightingale - Westgate
John Owen - Westgate
William Steel - Bridgegate
John Wainwright - Rawmarsh
Thomas Wheatley - Masborough
Milliners and Dress Makers
Elizabeth Bellamy - High Street
Mary Cromack - Westgate
Martha Darwent - Wellgate
Eliz. and Margaret Pullin - Crofts
Elizabeth Thompson - High Street
Nail Makers
Henry Aldred - Wellgate
William Easton - Wellgate
William Favell - Westgate
John Gordon - Westgate
Joseph Wilkinson - Westgate
Nursery and Seedsmen
John Cadbert - Church Street
Thomas Holmes - High Street
Painters - House, Sign etc.
John Farr - Jesus Gate
Thomas Hague - Church Street
George Hardy - Bridgegate
Robert Hudson - Bridgegate
Plasterers
Joshua Jenkinson - Westgate
Samuel Jenkinson - Wellgate
George Leadbeater - Jesus Gate
Plumbers and Glaziers
Thomas Binks - Westgate
Edward Chrimes - Market Place
Richard Curtis - High Street
John Watson - Wellgate
Potters and Earthenware Manufacturers
Martha Beatson - Masborough
Elizabeth Hawley - Rawmarsh
William Shackleton - Masborough
George Taylor - Rawmarsh & Newbiggin
John Wainwright - Rawmarsh
Rope and Twine Makers
Robert Arnold - Westgate
John Green & Son - Westgate and Masborough
James Hattersley - Westgate
Joseph Law - Masborough
Joseph Newton - Masborough
William and David Wath - Westgate
Saddlers
Thomas Derwent - Wellgate
George Hicks - Rawmarsh
Richard Lodge - High Street
John Mower - Market Place
Seed Crushers and Oil Merchants
Francis Parker - Ickles
Turner, Woodhead & Co. - Westgate
Shopkeepers and Dealers in Sundries
John Athey - High Street
George Beaumont - Wellgate
Joseph Bradburn - Westgate
Matthew Crossby - Doncaster Gate
William Crossby - Westgate
Benjamin Guest - Westgate
Ann Jackson - Doncaster Gate
Elizabeth Minors - Westgate
Benjamin Moody - Crofts
Ann Sharpe - Wellgate
Ellen Tasker - Bridgegate
John White - Wellgate
Spade and Shovel Manufacturers
Kirk, Kidgell & Co. - Rotherham Foundry
Sandford &Yates - Masborough
Thomas Slack - Masborough (shovel bits and cinder shovels)
Starch Manufacturers
Turner, Woodhead & Co. - Westgate
Stay Makers
George Cooke - Jesus Gate
William Proctor - Westgate
James Shillito - Doncaster Gate
Stone and Marble Masons
Charles Dobb - Wellgate
John Dobb jnr. - Wellgate
John Dobb snr. - Wellgate
John Earnshaw - Wellgate
John Leesley - Westgate
William Mills - Wellgate
Straw Hat Makers
Catharine Barr - Church Street
Mary Booth - High Street
Maria Needham - Doncaster Gate
Surgeons
John Robinson - Wellgate
Edw. Jas. Shearman - Market Place
Jos. Hatfield Turner - Wellgate
Joshua Turner - High Street
James Wilkinson - Vicarage Lane
Tailors (marked thus * are also Drapers)
William Booth - Crofts
*Cuthbert Brown - Church Street
*Benjamin Crossby - Bridgegate
Joseph Evans - Crofts
John Goodall - Market Place
John Gouldsbrough - Bridgegate
James Guest - Bridgegate
John Hague - Wellgate
*William Halksworth - High Street
*Richard Robinson - High Street
Tallow Chandlers
Barnsley & Rhodes - Bridgegate
James Calton - Bridgegate
Charles Nightingale - Westgate
Taverns and Public Houses
Black Bull - John Young, Masborough
Black Horse - Robert Hallam, Rawmarsh
Black Horse - Michael Nicholson, High Street
Black Swan - William Gray, Crofts
Blue Bell - Zachariah Parkin, Market Place
Boot & Shoe - Eliz. Wightman, Bridgegate
Bridge Inn - Mary Gillott, Masborough
Butcher's Arms - William Boulton, Crofts
Cleaver - Joseph Turner, Wellgate
Cross Draggers - Francis Kirk, High Street
Cross Keys - George Steel, Crofts
Crown & Anchor - Ebenzr. Cavill, Masborough
Cutler's Arms - Benjamin Flockton, Westgate
Duke of York - Margaret Jackson, Westgate
Elephant & Castle - Hen. Young, High Street
Fitzwilliam Arms - Jos. Cooper, Newbegin
Grapes - Ann Lawson, High Street
Grapes - George Watson, Market Place
Greyhound - Joseph Boaler, Masborough
King's Arms - Mary Ackland, Jesus Gate
Mail Coach - Emanuel Jarvis, Wellgate
Masons' Arms - John Mellor, Westgate
Nag's Head - Alice Needham, Market Place
Old Ring of Bell - Thomas Kirk, Church Street
Pack Horse - William Babb, Wellgate
Plough - Thomas Shaw, Masborough
Red Bear - John Hunter, Bridgegate
Red Bull - William Smith, Masborough
Red Lion - William Dickinson, Rawmarsh
Royal Oak - James Smith, Market Place
Ship - William Horsefield, Masborough
Sport Bone - Benjamin Brown, Masborough
Star Inn - John Wainwright, Rawmarsh
Three Tuns - Thomas Steel, Wellgate
Travellers - William Caldwell, Westgate
True Briton - Thomas Smith, Westgate
Vice & Hammer - William Flockton, Masborough
Wagon & Horses - Mary Crossland, Masborough
Wellington - Frances Wild, Westgate
Wheat Sheaf - Richard Wilkinson, Doncaster Gate
White Hart - Richard Hatt, Bridgegate
White Swan - Thomas Smith, Westgate
York Keel - John Turton, Masborough
Watch and Clock Makers
Andrew Crawshaw - High Street (and jeweller)
William Farnill - Market Place (and jeweller)
John Mason - Jesus Gate
James Wright - High Street (and jeweller and engraver)
Wharfingers
William Flack - Masborough
River Don Company, Masborough - Agents, William Smallpage & John Copeland
Wheelwrights
John Brammar - Wellgate
John Coward - Doncaster Gate
Crowther & Son - Crofts
John Eastwood - Bridgegate
John Reed - Masborough
John Steers - Westgate
John Thornton - Westgate
Whitesmiths
John Heppenstall - Market Place
Joseph Wells - Wellgate
Wine and Spirit Merchants
Clarke & Nightingale - Millgate
Woodhead & Pratt - Westgate
Worsted Manufacturers
Benjamin Couldwell - Jesus Gate
Thomas & William Rushforth - Jesus Gate
Miscellaneous
William Bakewell - Brush Maker, Beast Lane
William Brunt - Tanner, Westgate
William Cowan - Landscape Painter, Wellgate
Samuel Ellis - Organist, Masborough
John Fisher - Clerk to the Magistrates, High Constables, etc., Clifton Cottage
John Hall - Millwright and Engineer, Masborough
William Harrison - Governor of Workhouse, Crofts
Ann Lawson - Spirit Dealer, High Street
George Lent - Turner etc.., Jesus Gate
Miles Nadin - Pipe Maker, Westgate
Edw. Pagdin - Pay Office, Cattle Market
Jane Robinson - Glover, Market Place
William Rooth - Linen Yarn Spinner, Masborough
William White - Bed Screw Maker, Masborough
William Woodger - Chain Cable Maker, Masborough
Coaches
To Doncaster - A Coach, from the Crown Inn, every morning at half past 8 and 12 noon - and from the Cross Daggers, every Saturday morning at eight
To Lincoln - A Coach, from the Crown Inn, every afternoon at half past 1, goes through Doncaster
To Lincoln, Lough, etc. - The Royal Mail, from the Crown Inn, every morning at 10; goes through Tickhill, Bawtry, Gainsborough, etc.
To Sheffield - A Coach, from the Crown Inn, every evening at 3 and 6, every morning at half past 7, and from the Cross Daggers, every Sunday and Monday evenings at six
To Sheffield and Manchester - A Coach, from the Crown Inn, daily at 12
To Sheffield and Thorne - The Packet Coach, from the Crown Inn, daily.
Carriers
To Barnsley - Edward Wilkinson, from Doncaster Gate, every Tuesday morning
To Doncaster - Francis Flintham, from the Angel every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday - Edward Wilkinson, from Doncaster Gate every Thursday and Saturday - and - Downing, from the Pack Horse occasionally
To Lincoln - Hibberson, from the Cleaver every Monday and Thursday; goes through Tickhill, Bawtry and Gainsborough
To Retford, Blyth, etc. - Crompton & Gee, from the Cleaver every Monday morning at 10
To Sheffield - Francis Flintham, from the Angel every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday mornings - Hibberson, from the Cleaver every Wednesday and Saturday mornings at eight - Thomas Dawson, every Monday and Thursday morning - Malkin, from the Pack Horse every Tuesday morning - Humphrey White, from Westgate daily - Crompton and Gee, from the Cleaver every Wednesday evening at 4 - and - Downing from the Pack Horse occasionally
To Tickhill - Malkin, from the Pack Horse every Tuesday evening
To York - Thomas Dawson, from the Pack Horse every Monday and Friday
Conveyance by Water
To Hull, Doncaster, Thorne, etc. - Thomas Wright & Co., Vessels every Thursday night
To Liverpool - Thomas Smith's Vessels, weekly, go through Wakefield and Manchester
To Sheffield - Thomas Wright and Co.'s Vessels every Tuesday morning
Source:Pigot's Directory
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