Districts within Rotherham
Brampton Bierlow
The township described in 1860, consisted of 1741 inhabitants, and 3159 acres of land. The hamlets of Brampton were: Hoober, Newhill, Elsecar, Coley Lane, Cortwood and West Melton. At Brampton is a good inn, the Bull's Head and also a National School built in 1818
In 1833 this township had two boarding schools and several iron works and collieries worked by Earl Fitzwillizm. The national school was built in 1818 in by the trustees of George Ellis who died in 1711 and left land for the education and relief of the poor. The school master had £12 yearly from the bequest of John Higson who died in 1814. The poors estate consists of three cottages and about ten acres.
The will of Geo. Ellis of Brampton (Yorks.), gent.
Estate at Brampton Bierly in parish of Wath in trust to pay:
- £20 p.a. to an afternoon lecturer at Wath
- £5 p.a. to vicar of Darfield if resident
- £6.13s.4d. p.a. to school at Brampton, or Wath (as trustees choose) to teach 20 poorest boys and girls of the parish, with 20s. for books, 50s. for apprenticing, 10s. for coals and 1s. p. week for bread; and 20s. for 1 poor widow to live in a room in the schoolhouse. £6.13s.4d. to school at Barnsley, with 20s., 50s. and 10s. as above, and 20s. to curate for catechising. £10 p.a. to charity school at Rotherham
Should any above school fail, money to go to charity schools at Leeds, York or Hull, or to charitable uses trustees think fit.
In 1932, Alphonso Allen, aged 51, a colliery deputy, of Cliff Road, was killed in an explosion at nearby Cortonwood Colliery.
