SHEFFIELD:
Sheffield description, 1852
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ECCLESIASTICAL DISTRICTS OF SHEFFIELD, 1852
The Ecclesiastical Commissioners, with
the sanction of the Queen and Privy Council, determined in 1846, that the
large and populous parish of Sheffield should be ecclesiastically divided
into 25 Parochial Districts, each to have a church and an incumbent. One
of them is the VICARAGE DISTRICT OF ST. PETER, which is bounded by
the rivers Don and Sheaf, from the Iron Bridge to Sheaf Bridge, and has
for its other boundaries one side of Shude hill, Baker's hill, and part of
Norfolk street; one side of Norfolk row, and thence across Fargate to
Orchard street; thence along Lee Croft, Silver street head, and Scotland
street, to Furnace hill, and down the latter, and Bower spring and Cotton mill
walk, to the Iron Bridge. The other clerical districts are perpetual curacies,
and the following enumeration of them shews their boundaries, but
three of them are still without churches and incumbents, viz., Netherthorpe,
Broomhall, and Porter street; and five others, viz., Brightside, Carver
treet, Gillcar, Hollis croft, and Dyer's hill, have no churches, but have
incumbents, to whom the Ecclesiastical Commissioners allow yearly stipends
of £130, which will be increased to £150 as soon as churches are
provided. Seventeen of the districts have churches, it is hoped an emula-
tion of the liberality and Christian charity which prompted the Misses
Harrison, of Weston Hall, to build the churches of Wadsley and the Wicker
District, and the late Miss Silcock to erect Fulwood church. will not long suffer
the other eight districts to be churchless. Darnall, Heeley, Eldon, and Wicker
Districts, have been ecclesiastically constituted into new parishes, entirely
independent of the vicar, under Peel's Act ; and, for all practical and useful
purposes, the chapelry districts allotted to the churches built under the
"Million Act" of the 59th of George III., have been placed on the same
basis by an act passed in 1844. The funds for the endowment of new
churches, and the augmentation of poor livings, do not come out of the
public purse, but out of the revenues of the Church, or from private munificence.
BOUNDARIES, &c., OF THE PAROCHIAL DISTRICTS.
St. Peter's District is a vicarage, and is described above, and the following are
perpetual curacies, of which nine are in the alternate patronage of the Crown and
Archbishop, and seven in the gift of the Vicar.
Attercliffe and Darnall Districts comprise the township of Attercliffe-cum-Darnall.
Brightside District includes Grimesthorpe, the Midland Railway Station, the north
side of Saville street, and the east side of Occupation road, and all the rest of Brightside
township within those limits. The Rev. Thomas Hulme is the incumbent, for whom it,
is hoped a church will soon built.
Wicker District includes the Wicker, the Nursery, the south side of Saville street t
and most of the Bridgehouses, having for its boundaries the river Don and one side of
Pye bank, Fox street, Gray street, Barnsley New road, and the Occupation road, as far
as Burngreave. Its Church (Trinity) is afterwards noticed.
Pitsmoor District includes Harvest lane, Neepsend, and all the rest of Brightside
Bierlow not comprised in the two last named districts.
St. John's Church includes all the populous portion of Sheffield Park, bounded by the
river Don and Attercliffe township, the Sheaf as high as the Corn Exchange, and the
north eastern sides of Duke street and Intake road.
Dyer's hill District is bounded by, and includes one side of Duke street, (Park,) Talbot
street, Bungay street, Harmer lane, Pond street from the latter, Flat street, Baker's hill,
Shade hill, Sheaf bridge, and Broad street, as high as Duke street, Park. The Rev.
Wm. Hall was appointed incumbent of this churchless district in 1850.
Heeley District includes the Heeley portion of Nether Hallam township, Newfield
Green, and those portions of Sheffield Park extending from Heeley to Shrewsbury
Hospital, and bounded by the Intake road, Talbot street, Bungay street, and the river
Sheaf. It is a separate parish, and its church and incumbent are noticed.
St. Paul's District includes both sides of Pond street, from Boardman's Bridge to
Harmer lane, and the gardens between the Porter and Sheaf. From Harmer lane its
boundary extends along the west side of Pond street, to the end of Flat street, and
thence up the south side of Norfolk street, up Norfolk row, Fargate, and Barker's pool,
and thence down the eastern sides of Coalpit lane and Furnival street, to the confluence
of the Sheaf and Porter.
Porter street District is of small extent, its boundaries being Furnival street, Jessop
street, the south side of South street between Furnival street and Jessop street, and part
of Arundel street and Duke street.
Carver street District runs along the south side of West street, from Holly street to
Westfield terrace, down the latter and Trafalgar street to the foot of Rockingham street,
and thence up South street, Coalpit lane, and Holly street. The Rev. J. F. Witty is its
incumbent, and funds are accumulating for the erection of a church. Mount Tabor
Chapel, in Rockingham street, is about to be used as a church for this district.
Eldon District extends along the south side of West street, from Westfield terrace to
Fitzwilliam street, down the latter and part of Broomhall street to Thomas street, and
along the east side of the latter and Tudor street to South street, up the latter to the
intersection of Rockingham street and Button lane, and thence up the west side of
Trafalgar street and Westfield terrace. Its Church (St. Jude) is afterwards noticed.
Gillcar District lies west of the latter. Its boundary line runs along the south side
of Wilkinson street from Hanover street, and thence along Convent walk. On the west
it extends down Hanover street to Ecclesall road, and thence to South street; up the
latter to Tudor street, and along the latter and Thomas street and part of Broomhall
street to the top of Fitzwilliam street. The Rev. Canon Trevor has recently been
appointed incumbent of this district, and a church (St. Andrew's,) is intended to he
erected for him in or near Hanover street or Spring lane.
St. George's District comprises some of the best parts of the town, including a great
part of West street, Glossop road, and Wilkinson street, and all Portobello street, Beet
street, Brook hill, Western bank, &c. It is of a triangular figure, and its boundary line
runs from the top of Watery lane to Weston Hall and Mushroom, and thence along the
north sides of Northumberland street, Wilkinson street, and West street, to Bailey lane;
along the west side of the latter to Broad lane, across the latter and along the southern
sides of Red hill, Corn hill, and Daisy bank, to Watery lane.
Hollis croft District includes Pea croft, White croft, Garden street, Brocco street, two
thirds of Solly street; one side of Scotland street, Red hill, and Corn hill; one side of
Broad lane from Red hill to Tenter street, and one side of Allen street from Corn hill to
Meadow street; also, all courts, lanes, &c., within these limits. The Rev. R. H. Deane,
B.A., is the incumbent, for whom a church will shortly be built in Solly street where
the site has been purchased.
Netherthorpe District comprises a great part of Allen street, Meadow street, and St.
Philip's road. Its boundary line runs along Watery lane, Daisy bank, Allen street,
and Scotland street to Smithfield; and thence along Doncaster street, up Matthew
street, and along Meadow street and Netherthorpe to Watery lane, at the intersection
of St. Philip's road. The incumbent is not appointed, and some years may elapse
before the church is built.
Moorfields District comprises Gibraltar street, Shalesmoor, Moorfields, Russell
street, Sheffield Workhouse, Kelham Island, &c., and its boundary lines are the river
Don, Dan street, Matthew street, Doncaster street, Smithfield, Furnace hill, Bower
spring, Cotton Mill walk, and Union buildings. The Rev. S.J. Lyon is the incumbent;
and the Church, (St.Jude,) is building near the junction of Cupola and Gibraltar streets,
on an obscure and confined plot of ground given in 1849, when the first stone was laid.
After standing more than a year, the work was resumed, and it is expected that this
small church will be finished in 1858.
St. James's District is small and central; its boundary line including one side of
Orchard street, Vicar lane, Lee croft, Silver street head, Tenter street, and of Broad
lane as high as Bailey lane ; also, one side of the latter; one side of West street to
Holly street; one side of the latter to Barker pool, and one side of Fargate down to
Orchard street.
St. Philip's District has its church in the north western part of Sheffield township,
but includes Portmahon, Upperthorpe, Daniel hill, Bloomsbury place, Barber nook,
Philadelphia, Bacon Island, the Infirmary, the Barracks, Owlerton road, and part of
Malin Bridge, all in Nether Hallam township. Its southern boundary extends from
the river Don along Dun street, Matthew street, part of Meadow street, Netherthorpe,
Watery lane, and up Dam lane, as high as the foot road leading across Crookes moor
valley to Steel bank.
Crookes District, St. Thomas's, includes the village of Crookes, the western part of
Crookes moor, Mount Pisgah, Mushroom, and the north side of Hallamgate road, Broom-
hill, and Walkley, and all the north western parts of Nether Hallam township. Its
incumbent and church are noticed.
Fulwood District comprises all Upper Hallam township, and some parts of Ecclesall
Bierlow in and near Whiteley Wood, as noticed with its Church.
Ecclesall District comprises all those parts of Ecclesall Bierlow township lying west
and south west of Broomhall and St. Mary's Districts, except Whiteley Wood and its
vicinity. The Church, (All Saints,) commonly called Ecclesall Chapel.
St. Mary's District, which comprises part of Sheffield and Ecclesall townships, has its
church in the former, and extends south and south west from Suffolk Works and the
Lead Mills ; including all the streets, &c., between the rivers Sheaf and Porter, as far as
Heeley Bridge, Snuff Mill Bridge, and Cherrytree hill road.
Broomhall District comprises all that handsome suburban portion of Ecclesall Bierlow
bounded on the east by Hanover street and the east end of Ecclesall road ; on the south
by the river Porter; on the west by the latter and Upper Hallam township; and on the
north by Fulwood road, Broomhill, Northumberland street, and Wilkinson street. It
includes Broomhall, Endcliffe, the Collegiate School, Wesley College, the Botanical
Gardens, a large portion of Glossop road, the Mount, Westbourne, &c. It has neither
church nor incumbent, but a site for the former has been given by Mr. W. Butcher, in
Broomfield, Glossop road, and large sums have already been subscribed for the erection
of the church.
Data transcribed from:
Whites Directory of Sheffield 1852
Transcribed by
Colin Hinson ©2003
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