Tinsley
In the Domesday Book, this manor is called Tirneslaw. It was given by the Conqueror to Roger de Busli, but it was seized by King Stephen, and given to one Mairolls, from whom it came to Roger le Bret, and from him, by marriage to the Wentworths. The original grant from King Stephen to Mairolls was in the custody of Earl Fitzwilliam one time Lord of the Manor
Tinsley in 1850
Tinsley Park Wood
Tinsley Park Wood comprises a number of blocks of woodland of various sizes on the south-eastern edge of Tinsley Park Golf Course, close to where this meets the A630, Sheffield Parkway.The woodland was first referred to in a deed dating from as early as 1325 in which half of the manor of Tinsley was transferred to the ownership of William Wynteworth. In 1657, Tinsley Park was included in a charcoal contract between Lionel Copley, a Rotherham ironmaster, and the 2nd Earl of Strafford of Wentworth Woodhouse. At the time, Tinsley Park covered 413 acres and was divided into ten coppice compartments and three holts (areas of high forest). However, since this time, much of this woodland has been destroyed by mining, the creation of Tinsley Park Golf Course, and more recently the construction of Sheffield Airport.
Archives
Various early references to Tinsley:- Ref. Ga 9201-Ga2I. Lease by William Earl of Strafford to William Hoole, of Tinsley Hall and lands, for 21 years, paying yearly £58. 12s and 3 capons, consideration £58. 12s. Location: Tinsley. 20 January 1676.
- Reference: Ga 10,150. Conveyance by William Earl of Strafford to William Hoole, of a messuage and lands, for £155. Location: Tinsley and Brinsworth, Yorkshire. 11 August 1686
- Reference: Ga 10,151. Deed to Declare the uses of a fine between (1) Seth Shepley, and John his son (2) Henry Waterhouse and Richard Downes and (3) William Hoole concerning a messuage and lands to the uses of William Hoole. Location: Tinsley, Brinsworth, Sheffield and Bradfield, in Ecclesfield parish, Yorkshire. 1 March 1688
- Reference: Ga 10,152. Lease by William Earl of Strafford to William Hoole, of Tinsley Hall and lands, for 25 years, paying yearly £52. 12s and 7d and 3 capons (or 4s. 6d in lieu thereof). Location: Tinsley, Yorkshire. 2 February 1693
- Reference: Ga 10,159. Quitclaim by Mary Hoole, widow of William Hoole, to John Hoole her nephew, of right and claim in the tenant right of leasehold lands and in the goods and chattels of William Hoole, for £55. Location: Tinsley. 14 February 1706
- Reference: Ga 10,164. Counterpart lease by Mary Hoole, widow, and William Hoole her son and heir apparent to William Rodger, of a messuage and lands, for 21 years, paying £22 yearly. Location: Tinsley and Brinsworth. 1 July 1729
- Reference: Ga 10,165. Lease by Thomas Earl of Malton to Mary Hoole, widow, of a messuage and lands, for 21 years, paying yearly £66, and 3 capons or 4s. 6d and 3 boon days work with a draught horse and 2 able men. Location: Tinsley. 4 April 1739
Source: Nottingham University Library
Trades and Professions for Tinsley in 1822
Gentry
Mower Rev. James, A.M. vicarMiscellany of trades
Blagden Wm. lime burnerGardiner Wm. schoolmaster
Hounsfield John, cattle dealer
Jenkinson David, parish clerk
Lindley John, shoemaker
Swinden John, maltster & victualler, Plumper's Inn
Thompson James, boot & shoemaker
Watson Bingley, vict. Red Lion
Butchers
Genn HenryWilde Wm.
Wheelwrights
Goodwin Thos.Goodwin Geo.
Tinsley Subsidy Rolls
