1912 Kelly`s Directory: Hayfield
with Birch Vale, Little Hayfield etc.
HAYFIELD is a township & parish, formed in 1837 from that of Glossop and consisting of the hamlets of Great Hamlet, Phoside and Kinder, in the High Peak division of the county, Buxton and New Mills county court district, hundred of High Peak, petty sessional division of Chapel-en-le-Frith, Hayfield union, Glossop rural deanery, Chesterfield archdeaconry and Southwell diocese. Hayfield is a terminus for a branch line from New Mills on the Great Central Railway, 5 miles south from Glossop station, 4 north from Chapel-en-le-Frith, 18 from Manchester, 10 from Buxton, 3 from New Mills and 11 south-east from Stockport: the village built of stone, has a scattered and bleak appearance, and is about 622 feet above the sea-level, standing on the banks of the Sett, a rapid mountain stream which rises on the western slopes of the Peak. The church of St Matthew, situated between the Kinder stream and the Phoside valley, was originally erected in 1386, and rebuilt in 1818 at a cost of £2,000, and is an edifice of stone in the early English style, consisting of chancel, nave, aisles, south porch and an embattled western tower with pinnacles, containing a clock and 6 bells: the tower was rebuilt in 1894, and in 1898 the chancel was enlarged and decorated at a cost of £80: there is a monument with bust by Bacon, to the late Joseph HAGUE esq. of Park Hall, d. 1786, and others to the Rev. John BADLEY, curate of Hayfield (1764), and to the Rev. George Buckley BOWER B.D. rector of Great Billing, Northants and archdeacon of Richmond, Yorks (1800): the stained east window was erected in Dec. 1879, by Mrs BENNETT, of Birch house, in memory of her husband; and there are others to the late Levi and Elijah HALL, Mrs HALL, of Moorlands, and the late Wright TURNER esq. (1881): the brass eagle lectern was presented in 1891 by the Rev. R.R. RICKETTS, incumbent 1877 - 1907, at a cost of £100, as a memorial to his wife, who died in 1890: the font, of Caen stone, is a memorial to Henry Clement Rain WALKER d. 1893, and was presented in 1899, by his father Thomas Rain WALKER esq. H.M. Consul at Honolulu, Sandwich Islands: a brass ewer has been given by Miss B.E.R. WALKER, and a new pulpit by C. BENNETT esq. at a cost of £100: the church affords 700 sittings, 50 being free: an additional burying ground of one acre was bought by a rate and consecrated in 1862: the Rev. John WESLEY visited Hayfield and preached in the church in 1755, during the incumbency of Mr BADLEY. The register dates from the year 1622. The living is a perpetual curacy, net yearly value £180, in the gift of the resident freeholders, and held since 1907 by the Rev. William RICKABY, of St. Bees: a parsonage house was erected in 1864, at a cost of £1,200. There are Wesleyan, Primitive Methodist and United Methodist chapels, and Liberal and Conservative clubs. The facilities for manufacture, owing to the abundance of water, are very considerable, and two extensive calico-printing works are carried on, besides the print works at Birch Vale, and a cotton mill at Little Hayfield; formerly a good deal of twine, locally known as "bant", was made here; twice a year a shepherds` meeting is held, when the various sheep marks are agreed upon and strayed sheep exchanged; fairs for cattle are held here May 12th and October 10th. The charities amount to £23 yearly for clothing, chiefly by the gift of the late Joseph HAGUE esq. of Park Hall (1778); prior to 1820 the poor had a right of turfery on "Old Pits", a plot of 40 acres on Leygate Moor. Due south of Hayfield lies Chinley Tor, a steep and rugged mountain, 1,493 feet high, commanding fine views over the valley of the Goyt and the adjacent summit of Eccles Pike (1, 225 feet) southwards; to the west lie Whaley Moor (1,347 feet) and Sponds Hill (1,357 feet); northwards there is an extensive prospect over Disley, Poynton Park and the plains of Cheshire: this district is believed to have been at one time in Roman occupation, and some coins of the 8th century have been found on the Doctor`s road, near Bowden Bridge, one part of which road was paved: previously to 1830, the flat piece of ground near the Kinder Print Works was common land, and known as "Cutlers` Green", cutlery having, it is said, been made here before its manufacture was known in Sheffield; halfway between this spot and Hayfield is the Whitworth well, famous for its curative properties. The village, from its peculiar situation, has always been liable to floods, one of which, in 1748, destroyed some lives, several water mills and part of the churchyard; in August 1799, the bridge was washed away, and in 1809 a number of buildings; again on the 16th June 1858 the torrent tore up the mill weir and carried away the backs of four houses abutting on the stream. By an ancient custom Hayfield had the privilege of electing a mayor, an office which the late John HOBSON esq. filled for thirty years: Joseph BOWDEN esq. was elected mayor of Hayfield in 1844. Park Hall, 1 mile north from Hayfield, an ancient building of white brick, surrounded by a park of considerable extent, now the residence of Samuel HILL-WOOD esq. M.P. was formerly the abode of the late Joseph HAGUE, a generous benefactor to this neighbourhood, who began life by selling small items from a basket, and subsequently went to London, where in course of time he became an opulent merchant; he died at Park Hall on the 12th March 1786, and was buried at Glossop. The Duke of Devonshire P.C. is lord of the manor; Francis J SUMNER esq. of Eathorpe Park, Leamington, Warwick, and James WATTS esq. of Abney Hall, Cheadle, are the principal landowners. The area of the civil parish is 7,901 acres of land and 19 of water; rateable value, £15,266; the population of the township of Hayfield in 1901 was 2,614.
Highgate Head and Oaklands are places in the parish.
Verger, Ernest RANGELAY (sic)
Post, M.O. & T. Office - Arthur Howard LOWE, sub-postmaster. Letters are received through Stockport & delivered at 7.15 a.m. & 3.40 p.m.; Sundays 7.15 a.m.; dispatched at 8.15. & 10.45 a.m. & 3.10 & 7.30 p.m.; Sundays 7.30p.m.
HAYFIELD RURAL DISTRICT COUNCIL
The parishes in the District are: Hayfield, Mellor & Newtown. The area is 10,282 acres; the population in 1911 was 5,170. Council meets at Low Leighton, monthly.
Chairman, Basil MACKENZIE, Tomstead, Hayfield.
Officials: Clerk, Joseph Rose BOWDEN, High Street, New Mills
Treasurer, Isaac J. GIBBS Manchester & County Bank, New Mills
Medical Officer of Health, Charles John BENNETT M.R.C.S. eng. 24 Hardwick Street, Buxton
Surveyors, Alfred GODDARD, Holm Lea, Hayfield & Joseph MARSLAND, Mellor
Sanitary Inspector, Joseph MARSLAND, Mellor
HAYFIELD UNION
Board day, Monday, fortnightly
Hayfield Union comprises the following places:- Disley (Cheshire), Hayfield, Mellor, New Mills and Newtown. The area of the Union is 17,952 acres; rateable value, Lady Day, 1912, of the Derbyshire parishes, £62,335; the population of the entire union in 1911 was 17,127
Chairman of the Board of Guardians, William WHITEHEAD, Church Street, Hayfield
Clerk to the Guardians & Assessment Committee, Arthur WALKER, 8, Market Street, New Mills
Treasurer, Isaac J. GIBBS, Manchester & County Bank, New Mills
Relieving & Vaccination Officer, Jas. TAYLOR, Newtown
Medical Officer & Public Vaccinator, James Edwin ANDERTON L.R.C.P. Edin., M.R.C.S. Eng., Spring Bank, New Mills
Workhouse, Low Leighton, a building of stone built in 1840, to hold 96 inmates, & enlarged at a cost of £6,460; Richard REYNOLDS, master; J.E. ANDERTON L.R.C.P. Edin. New Mills, medical officer; Mrs B.E. REYNOLDS, matron
HAYFIELD REGISTRATION DISTRICT
Superintendent Registrar, Arthur WALKER, 8, Market Street, New Mills
Registrar of Births, Deaths & Marriages, William WILD, New Mills; deputy, A. GRUNDEY, New Mills
Schools
Public Elementary (mixed & infants), built in 1888 & enlarged in 1900, for 250 children; average attendance, 230; Arnold WALKER master
Public Elementary (mixed & infants), erected in 1830 & enlarged in 1879, for 220 children; average attendance 190; Arthur HALLWORTH, master
Railway Station, William PROCTER, station master
BIRCH VALE is a village, 2 miles east from New Mills, 1 mile west from Hayfield, with a station on the Great Central and Midland railways: calico printing is carried on here very extensively, and there are also quarries producing paving sets and wall stones, besides coal pits. Here is a United Methodist Chapel.
Post, M.O. & T. Office. - Arthur HIRST, sub-postmaster. Letters through Stockport arrive at 6.40 a.m. and 3.15. p.m. and are dispatched thereto at 9 a.m. & 3.15 & 7.15. p.m.; Sunday 7.30. p.m.
Wall Letter Box, Oven Hill, cleared at 8.30 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Sunday 8.30. a.m.
Railway Station, George Berkley GINN, station master
LITTLE HAYFIELD is a hamlet three-quarters of a mile north of Hayfield, with a cotton mill, color & pigment works, and a Primitive Methodist chapel, built in 1851; there are sittings for 200 persons, 70 being free.
Post Office - Samuel HURST, sub-postmaster. Letters delivered through Stockport at 6.55 a.m. & 7 p.m.; box cleared 9 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Sundays 8.15. a.m. Hayfield 1 mile distant is the nearest money order & telegraph office.
Wall Letter Box, cleared at 9 a.m. & 7 p.m.; Sundays 7.45. p.m.
Wall Letter Box, at Kinder Bridge, cleared at 9.45. a.m. & 4.45. p.m.
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PRIVATE RESIDENTS ARBLASTER Charles A., L.R.C.P. Edin BARBER Arthur, Manchester & County Bank BBENNETT Bertram Marriott M.B. BENNETT John, Holly House BOWDEN Walter, Swallow Houses DOWSON Edgar Enfield, Woodhouse GODDARD Miss, The Mount HADFIELD James, Swallow House HEARSUM Charles LEECH Robert, Spring Villas MARSHALL Miss, Ridge View MELLOR John, Mount Villas (Letters via Birch Vale, Stockport PEEL William, Netherend Villas RICKABY Rev. William, Parsonage SHAND Thomas, Hazel House SLACK Norman, Oaklands WALSH John, Fishers Lodge WALKER Arnold, Fair View WILKS Mrs., Shudehill House COMMERCIAL ALLCROFT Thomas, George Hotel ARBLASTER Charles A., L.R.C.P. & L.R.O.S. Edin, Surgeon BARBER Arthur, manager of the Manchester & County Bank BARBER Henry, monumental mason BARBER Robert, grocer, Station Road BENNETT Bertram Marriott M.B.Ch.B. Vict. physician & surgeon BENNETT James, farmer Meadow Farm BENNETT Robert, blacksmith BOWDEN Maria (Miss), draper BOWDEN Samuel, clerk to the Parish Council & assistant overseer BOWDEN Walter, land steward to F. J. SUMNER esq., Swallow Houses BOX Robert, Royal Hotel BRADBURY Mary (Mrs), greengrocer, Church Street BRENNAND Herbert, confectioner BRENNAND William, baker & confectioner BROCKLEHURST John, drug store BROWN Joseph, farmer BUTLER George, butcher, Church Street CHARNOCK Thomas, beer retailer CHATTERTON John Thos, draper, High Street CLOSE John Thomas, Pack Horse Inn Conservative Club (Wm. EYRE, sec.) COOPER Charles, farmer, Cote Lane COOPER Peter, butcher Co-operative Stores (Charles ELLIOTT, manager) DIGBY Betsy (Mrs), Toll Bar Inn FARROW Alfd, chip potato dealer, Church St. FARROW Arthur, fruiterer FRANCE Joseph, shopkeeper FIDLER Fred, grocer GARSIDE Luke, stationer & tobacconist GARSIDE Mary Jane (Mrs), confectioner GEE Joseph, joiner GODDARD Alfred, tax collector & surveyor to Hayfield Rural District Council GREEN Thomas, confectioner GREENWOOD Thomas, butcher HADFIELD Benj., slater & plasterer HADFIELD Joel, builder & contractor, see Mason & Hadfield HADFIELD Joel, ironmonger |
Hayfield Coal Co., (John BROCKLEHURST sec.) Hayfield Cricket Club (Norman HANDFORD sec.) Hayfield Gas Works (William WHITEHEAD sec.) Hayfield Printing Co. (branch of the Calico Printers Association Ltd.) (Edgar Enfield DOWSON, manager) HILL Walter, apartments HOBSON Percy, coal mer. Station yard HOLLAND Lorenzo, Bulls Head P.H. HUDSON Elizh. Hannah (Mrs), confectioner HUDSON John Charles, draper KNIGHT Thomas, beer retailer LARGE William H., refreshment rooms LATHAMS Ltd., grocers, Church St. LEE Prudence, shopkeeper LEEMING William Alfred, butcher Liberal Club (Wilfred LEECH sec.) LIVESLEY, Alfred & Sons, pharmaceutical chemists LODGE John, stone merchant, Birches quarry (letters via Birch Vale, Stockport) LOMAX Mary (Mrs), beer retailer, Railway Inn LOWE Arth. Howard, stationer, Post Office LOWE Kate (Mrs), stationer, Bridge End Manchester & County Bank Ltd. (branch) (Arthur BARBER, manager) (open daily from 10 a.m. to 3p.m.; Sat. 10.a.m. to 12 noon); draw on Union of London & Smiths Bank Ltd., London E.C.) MARRIOTT Elizabeth (Mrs), grocer MARSHALL Hannah & Martha Ann (Misses), dress makers MASON & HADFIELD, builders & contractors MELLOR Danl, insurance agent, Church St. MOSELEY John Edward, boot maker PACK William, shopkeeper PARSGTONE John, farmer PORRITT Albert, farmer PORRITT James C., butcher PORRITT Ralph, carpenter PORRITT William, draper PORTER David, farmer, Shudehill PRICEMAN Harry, outfitter RANGELEY Ernest, boot maker REDFERN Jane (Miss), midwife ROBERTS Walter, Wood Inn ROSE John, farmer, Shudehill SEDDON Herbert & Co., outfitters SCHOFIELD Joseph, tinplate worker SHEPLEY James, coal & coke merchant, Station yard SHEPLEY Jas., painter & apartments SHEPLEY James, cab proprietor SLACK John, paper manufacturer, Bank Vale Mills SMITH Thomas, grocer & draper SWINDELLS Henry, boot maker TORKINGTON John, farmer TORKINGTON John jun., pork butcher TURNER Elizabeth (Miss), fruiterer TURNER George, cooper WADDINGTON Fred & Son, hair dressers, High St. WARRINGTON Arthur, grocer WATERHOUSE Eliza (Miss), shopkeeper WATERHOUSE Rebecca (Miss), aparts WHITEHEAD William, confectioner WILSON William, wheelwright
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LITTLE HAYFIELD
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BOWDEN Tom, Little Hayfield House HILL-WOOD, Samuel M.P. Park Hall; & Bachelors` Club W & Carlton & Junior Carlton clubs S.W. London COMMERCIAL ASHTON Alice (Mrs), beer retailer ASKHAM Walter, farmer, Cliffe Bank BAYLEY George Herbert, farmer, Carr Meadow BENNETT John & Co., pigment & color manufacturers, Primrose Vale Co-operative Stores Ltd., (Joseph MARSHALL, manager) ETCHELLS Israel Smith, farmer, Spray House HADFIELD Randal, farmer, Brown Hill Farm |
HALLAM Edgar Montague, farmer, Highbarn HEARSUM John, farmer, Bankvale HIBBERT Thomas, farmer, Brookhouse HOBSON James, farmer, Ivy Farm HURST Samuel, grocer & post office KOEBER Lewis, farmer, Matley Moor LOMAS Luke, farmer, BlackshawMARRIOTT Francis, farmer PLATT Edward Ltd., cotton manufacturers (E. OSBALDESTON, manager) ROSE Jonathan, farmer, Bullsham (sic) Farm SCHOLES Albert, New Inn SIMPSON Joseph, farmer, Lanehead
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KINDER
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DOWNS, John, Rock Hall SHIPLEY Wilfred, Jubilee House SUTCLIFFE, Samuel, Stones House WATTS James, Upper House COMMERCIAL BARNES Samuel, gamekeeper to James Watts esq. BENNETT Thomas Edward, farmer, Tunsted Clough BRADBURY Edmd., farmer, Coldwell Clough BRADBURY Thomas E., farmer, South Head |
DOWNS Wm., stone dealer, Rock Hall GEE John Thomas, farmer, Ashes HALL Joseph, stone dealer HANCOCK John & Sons, grocerS MARRIOTT John Thos., farmer, Upper House RIPLEY Jas., farmer, Hill House Farm Stockport Corporation Water Supply Co. (Basil MACKENZIE, manager) WILD Alfd., Sportsman`s Arms Hotel WINTER Tom, stone merchant, Ellerbank
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PHOSIDE
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GOULD Norman, Phoside View BALSFORD Joseph, farmer, New house BARNES Arthur, farmer, Far Phoside BENNETT James, farmer, Ridge Top Lane BROCKLEHURST Martha (Mrs), farmer BROCKLEHURST Squire, farmer, Little Ridge COOPER James, farmer, Chinley Head COOPER John, farmer, Highgate Head |
HADFIELD Elizabeth (Mrs), farmer HUDSON Joseph, farmer, Clough Head JEPSON Charles, farmer, Ridge Top MORTON John, farmer, Heys PICKFORD Thomas, farmer, Hills Farm PORRITT Albert, carpenter & farmer PORRITT Ralph, farmer, Highgate
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BIRCH VALE
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PRIVATE RESIDENTS BENNETT Joseph, Westwood BENNETT Mrs., Birch Vale House BINDLOSS Frank, Meadow Nook EASTWOOD, George Henry, Netherhey GRAY John Ernest, Netherhey HALL Misses, Moorland House OLDHAM Robert, Spring Villas STURGEON Samuel, Sunnyside WINTER Tom, Spring Villas COMMERCIAL ASHTON, Isaac, farmer, Ravensleach BARKER Thomas B., Birch Hall Inn BROWN John, boot repairer Calico (The) Printers Association Ltd., calico printers CHAPMAN Wm., L.R.C.P. & S. Edin. L.F.P. & S. Glas. surgeon
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CLAYTON James, Grouse Inn DODD Joseph, butcher HALL Charles, greengrocer HIBBERT Geo. Hy., farmer, Lower Cliffe HIRST Arthur, grocer, Post Office HUDSON Lavinia (Mrs), shopkeeper HUDSON Norman, builders` merchant JOHNSON Levi, farmer, Highwalls LOWE John & Son, coal merchants MELLOR Thomas, joiner New Mills Co-operative Societly Ltd. (George Arthur RATCLIFFE, manager) NEWTON John, greengrocer RICHARDSON Joseph, shopkeeper SIDEBOTTOM Jsph., farmer, Coldharbour SKILBECK John, farmer, Hext Farm WALTON James, Sycamore Inn WARDLE James, farmer, Birch Hall |