Thorpe Hesley
Thorp a common name, from Old Scandinavian. thorp ‘outlying farmstead or hamlet, dependent secondary settlement Source A Dictionary of British Place-Names in Names & PlacesHistory
Described in the late 1800's as an old village 6 miles from Sheffield, is noted for the manufacture of nails. In the township of Wentworth, except a small part which is in Kimberworth township. It has a neat church, built in 1837 chiefly at the cost of Earl Fitzwilliam and the late Earl of Effingham. The perpetual curacy valued at £19 is vested with trustees, now in the incumbency of Rev. D. Travers. Here is a school with a small endowment; and in the village is a Wesleyan Chapel.
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1869
Thorpe Hesley, described as an old village 6 miles N. by E. of Sheffield, is mostly in the township of Wentworth, but partly in Kimberworth Township. The village was formerly noted for the manufacture of nails; but most of the men and boys work now in the coal pits and in the ironstone mines. Its ecclesiastical district, comprising parts of the ancient parishes of Wath-upon-Dearne, Rotherham, and Ecclesfield, was formed in 1841; it has an area of 1800 acres, and had 1949 inhabitants in 1871. It is partly in Wortley and partly in Rotherham union, and wholly in Rotherham county court district. It has a neat Church (Holy Trinity), built in 1837, chiefly at the cost of Earl Fitzwilliam and the Earl of Effingham. The living, a vicarage, valued at £200, is in the patronage of trustees, and incumbency of the Rev. William Stuthert, B.A. The Wesleyans, the Primitive and the United Free Methodists have chapels here; and there are National and Wesleyan day schools. A Public Library Institute is about to be built. Post via Rotherham; but Chapeltown is the nearest Money Order Office. There is a Wall Letter Box, which is cleared at 4.45pm.
Trades
William Adamson - Farmer
Joseph Allott - Beerhouse
John Ashforth - Nail and Gas Hook maker, Common
John Atkinson - Beerhouse, Common
William Barraclough - Clerk
Joe Beard - Shopkeeper and Beer Seller
George Bennett - Miner and Farmer
George Birkinshaw - Beerhouse
--- Brown - Wesleyan Schoolmaster
John Burgin jnr. - Shopkeeper
Charles Butcher - Nail Maker
Henry Butcher - Grocer and Post Office
Thomas Butcher - Nail Maker
William Butcher - Nail Maker
Samuel Carnelly - Farmer, Red House
Charles Cooper - Victualler, Red Lion
Arthur Copley - Butcher; and (h) Chapeltown
William Cutt - Grocer
Mrs Ann Dawson - Farmer, Lodge
Mrs Elizabeth Duke - Farmer, Barley Hall
William Earnshaw - Farmer
Arthur Emmerson - Shoemaker
Charles Emmerson - Beerhouse and Blacksmith
Thomas Foulston - Shoemaker
Joseph Fox - Vict. Sportsman, Common
William Gillott - Farmer
Joseph Goodhall - Fishmonger and Shopkeeper
Mrs Ellen Hartley - Farmer
Joseph Hattersley - Nail Maker
John Hawksworth - Vict. Ball Inn
James Heeley - Nail Maker
Joseph Hobson - Farmer
George Hoyland - Butcher
George James - Butcher
Charles Jarvis - Farmer, Common
Mrs Elizabeth Jenkinson - Vict. Horse and Tiger
Mrs Matilda Jenkinson - Farmer
Thomas Jenkinson - Farmer
Joseph Kitchen - Beerhouse and Farmer
John Kitchen - Grocer
Mrs Sarah Loxley - Farmer
James Milnes - Tailor
George Pashley - Butcher
Joshua Peart - Tobacco Pipe Maker
Joseph Pickles and Mrs Elizabeth Pickles - National School Teachers
Miss Caroline Pilley - Farmer and Vict. Masons' Arms
Joseph Pilley - Joiner, Builder, Stonemason and Farmer
Michael Pilley - Nail Maker
Ambrose Sanderson - Beerhouse
Edward shaw - Tailor
Benjamin Smith - Beerhouse
Esra Smith - Grocer and Draper
Richard Smith - Shoemaker
William Speight - Shoemaker
Rev. William Stuthert B.A. - Vicar, The Vicarage
George Sylvestor - Farmer, Common
George Waller - Nail Maker
William Watson - Nail Maker
Thomas White - Nail and Screw Maker
Willoughby Wood - Herbalist
William Yeardley - Seed Merchant, Barley Hall
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