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History of 7 High Bank, Thurlstone

The History of

7 High Bank, Thurlstone, Sheffield,

South Yorkshire, S36 9QH

Margaret Grinnell

Life in the Early 19th Century

George III of the House of Hanover had been king since about 1760, but suffered an illness that caused periods of temporary insanity. In 1811 he suffered his final and longest period of insanity and it was clear that he was unable to govern. His eldest son George, Prince of Wales, became Prince Regent and governed in place of his father (Regency Period) until he became officially George IV on the death of his father in 1820. George IV died in 1830 leaving no legitimate heir, so sovereignty passed to his brother William IV from 1830 - 1837 and then to Victoria from 1837 - 1901.

Background

Over the century before the building of our house at 7 High Bank, Thurlstone, Britain had experienced a great deal of change. The death rate dropped and the population grew. Improved standards of hygiene and medical knowledge contributed to this. The plague-carrying black rat disappeared. Dr Edward Jenner performed the first vaccination against smallpox in 1796.

The Industrial Revolution had begun. James Watt produced his steam engine in 1782 (prior to this a less-advanced version had been used to pump water out of mines). The textile industry had seen a series of inventions: the flying shuttle by Kay in 1733, Hargreaves’ Spinning Jenny around 1764, Arkwright’s water frame for weft around 1769, and Cartwright’s power loom around 1785. These inventions made it more economical to transform a cottage industry into factories and mills. Similarly the iron and steel industry was growing, also manufacturing industries, and the demand for coal was greater. More food was needed to feed this growing population who were not employed on the land and were no longer self sufficient for food.

In 1811, Britain was still involved in the Napoleon Wars, and therefore food supplies had to be provided for the soldiers. Food could no longer be safely imported. Millions of pounds had to be raised by taxation to subsidise the allies. In order to produce so much food, farming methods had to change.

Until recently most people’s occupation had been farming, and the medieval three-field strip system of farming was practised. Land around the village was divided into three great fields plus an untilled area of common land. Villagers took firewood and timber from the common land and grazed animals there. Each of the great fields was divided into strips and each villager was allocated a number of strips in each field. Land was wasted because and unploughed strip had to be left in between each strip. Animals would wander at will.

If more food was to be produced, things had to change. Some people were already using new inventions, eg Jethro Tull’s horse-drawn seed drill (invented 1701), and better ploughs and machinery were available. The Dutch were already becoming experts in improving poor soil on low lying and reclaimed land. The strip system of farming had to change in order to accommodate new farming methods. There must certainly have been an interest in agricultural improvement, as a Penistone Show was held in 1804. (Arthur Young was appointed by national government in 1793 to encourage the organisation of local agricultural shows to educate farmers in successful methods of farming.)

Between 1760 and 1850 nearly all the land in the country was enclosed, ie divided into the sort of farms and fields we see today. The process of change was at first voluntary, but later acts of Parliament made enclosure compulsory. Thurlstone’s Act for enclosing common land was passed in 1812, followed by Penistone in 1819.

Leading landowners who decided that they wanted to change to the enclosure system fixed a notice to the door of the church for three Sundays (not without opposition from violent mobs in many cases) and presented details agreed by three quarters of the land owners to a Commons Committee. On approval, three commissioners were sent to carry out the enclosure, mapping out the land checking claims and settling disputes.

The downside to enclosures was that many small tenants lost their land, as they had to have documentary evidence of right to the land, not just a tradition. Even if they could prove ownership, it was not sufficient just to provide just enough for your own family. Sufficient profit had to be made to pay for your share of the enclosure act, legal fees, including walling, hedging and ditching costs and other improvements. Small farmers had to compete with more efficient and productive methods that were possible on larger farms. It was often better to sell up and become a 'wage slave' in industry or a labourer on a larger farm.

The inhabitants of this house were carpenters, a good solid traditional trade. There would always be demand for coffins if nothing else! They were not craftsmen employed in industry but skilled craftsmen working in their own homes according to their own timetable and probably employing family members as assistants.

Neighbours in the weavers’ cottages were out-workers for the local clothier. They too could work to their own timetable, and employ wives and families. They provided their own looms, candles etc, and regarded themselves higher up the social ladder than farm labourers. However they were at the mercy of their paymaster, the clothier, who could slash rates of pay at will, make them take truck (goods instead of money), and force them to buy goods in shops with false weights and measures owned by them.

For this reason many land sales took place in the early 19th Century. This included the land on which our house is built.

John Billcliffe

At the beginning of the 19th Century there were at least 4 men of a similar age called John Billcliffe in the Penistone area. The International Genealogical Index, Batches C042481 & M042481, has the following entries.

John BILLCLIF - Marriage: 20 Nov 1766 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Spouse: Betty THORNTON

Jno. BILLCLIFF - Baptism: 8 Apr 1765 Penistone, Yorkshire

Father: Jno. BILLCLIFF, Mother:

John BILLCLIFF - Baptism: 30 Oct 1781 Penistone, Yorkshire

Father: Joshua BILLCLIFF, Mother:

John BILLCLIFF - Baptism: 14 Nov 1788 Penistone, Yorkshire

Father: Mother: Ann BILLCLIFF

John BILLCLIFF - Baptism: 1 Feb 1801 Penistone, Yorkshire

Father: Isaac BILLCLIFF, Mother: Lydia WAINWRIGHT

The wealth of two men by this name can be judged from the Thurlstone land tax assessments for the year commencing 25 March 1802 (applies also to the following year).

12 proprietor Mrs Busk occupant Jes GOLDTHORP 13s 4d

18 proprietor Mrs Busk occupant Widow GOLDTHORP12s 6d

28 proprietor Mrs Busk occupant George WAGSTAFF £2 12s 6d

63 proprietor Jno BILLCLIFF occupant self

1s 6¾d

119 proprietor Jno BILLCLIFF occupant self

10s 1¾d

In 1812 an act was passed enclosing common lands in Thurlstone. This began a wave of land sales, including the land on which the row of houses, shops and workshops were built at the lower end of High Bank. Two years later, on 11 April 1814, John Billcliffe (carpenter, apparently born out of wedlock in 1788 to Ann Billcliffe) married Hannah Wagstaff., Baptised in 1789, Hannah Wagstaff was the daughter of George Wagstaff and Martha Pepper, a fairly wealthy cornmiller at Bullhouse Mill, who at some point also worked as a tax collector. John Wagstaff was the eldest son. Baptised on 16 May 1794, he was also a corn miller, although he seems to have become a farmer in Penistone after marrying Mary Ann Ibbotson of Cawthorne in 1817.

On 30 September 1816 John Billcliffe (blacksmith) sold 105 sq yards of wasteland 15 yd x 7 yd 2 perches to partners John Billcliffe (carpenter) and John Wagstaff (cornmiller of Bullhouse). On the same day William Earnshaw registered the sale of 572 square yards of wasteland 134 ft x 26 ft to Billcliffe and Wagstaff. It is described as more or less bounded on one side by the road to Holmfirth and land of Wm Earnshaw south and west. To the east was land of Crossley. There may have already been a building on the land below the present house; this building may have been built illegally, because the land is termed “encroached” on early maps.

John Billcliffe (carpenter) appears to have built on this land, and he was probably the first person to live at what is now known as 7 High Bank. John Wagstaff's involvement seems to have been limited to partly financing the house/carpenter’s workshop building project. John and Hannah Billcliffe were certainly living in Thurlstone Bank in 1819. Their children, perhaps born in this house, were as follows (the information was derived from the International Genealogical Index, Batch C042481, and a gravestone in Penistone Churchyard). Information about unrelated Billcliffes is given below.

Ann BILLCLIFFE - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 9 Jan 1815 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: John BILLCLIFFE, Mother: Hannah WAGSTAFF

John BILLCLIFFE born 1817, died 1 January 1830

Ellin BILLCLIFF INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"- born 1820, Baptism: 29 Sep 1823 Penistone, Yorkshire, died June 1825

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: John BILLCLIFF, Mother: Hannah

George BILLCLIFF INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"- born 1823, Baptism: 29 Sep 1823 Penistone, Yorkshire, died 30 September 1848

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: John BILLCLIFF, Mother: Hannah

Henry BILLCLIFF - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 9 Oct 1825 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: John BILLCLIFF, Mother: Hanh.

Thomas BILLCLIFF - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 6 Jan 1828 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: John BILLCLIFF, Mother: Hannah WAGSTAFF

William BILCLIFF - born 7 Sept 1829,2 Baptism: 19 Feb 1830 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: John BILCLIFF, Mother: Hannah WAGSTAFF

Joseph BILLCLIFF - born 1 May 1832,2 INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 27 Sep 1832 Penistone, Yorkshire, died 19 June 1846

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: John BILLCLIFF, Mother: Hannah WAGSTAFF

John BILCLIFF - Marriage: 26 Mar 1823 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Spouse: Ann HEATON

George BILLCLIFF - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 9 Jul 1826 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: John BILLCLIFF, Mother: Ann EATON

Elizabeth BILLCLIFF - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 9 Feb 1829 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: John BILLCLIFF, Mother: Ann HEATON

Jane BILLCLIFF - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 14 Aug 1831 Penistone, Yorkshire


John BILLCLIFF - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 14 Jul 1833 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: John BILLCLIFF, Mother: Ann EATON

Sarah Ann BILLCLIFF - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 6 Sep 1840 Penistone, Yorkshire


James BILLCLIFF - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 6 Sep 1840 Penistone, Yorkshire


John BILLCLIFF - Marriage: 8 Apr 1833 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Spouse: Sarah KILNER

In 1818 Billcliffe and Wagstaff sold some land to John Shirt, Yeoman of Tankersley – 104 sq yards of land 15 yards x 7 yards. Buildings to the south-east were of Ann Saxton, and north land was of Mr Fenton; there was also a reference to dwelling houses or tenement with shops and other buildings lately erected by John Billcliffe. This may have been the land and properties above 7 High Bank, because John Saxton, a shopkeeper, lived there until at least 1871.

In July 1819 Billcliffe and Waggstaff sold dwelling houses, shops and other buildings lately erected by John Billcliffe to John Beatson of Cinder Hill, Cawthorne. John Billcliffe was in occupation at the time.

A gravestone in Penistone churchyard by the vestry door to the right of the east window, lists the following names in this order.

· Isaac Crossley of Penistone d 23 March 1760 aged 61 – it seems likely that Hannah was a relation. Land in Thurlstone near High Bank was owned by a Crossley and also at Bullhouse where she originated.

· Ellen Billcliffe, daughter of Hannah & John, d June 1825 aged 4 y 6 months

· John their son d 1 January 1830 aged 12

· Also the above Hannah Billcliffe 22 April 1845 or 6 aged 57

· Joseph Billcliffe son d 19 June 1846 aged 18

· George Billcliffe son d at Beighton Viaduct 30 September 1848 aged 25

· John Billcliffe (carpenter) d 1850 aged 62.

The International Genealogical Index, Batches C042481 & M042481, has the following information that may be relevant to the first inscription. Although the identity of Isaac Crossley is unknown, there is a marriage between Bilcliff and Crossley.

Isaac CROSSLEY - Marriage: 22 Nov 1692 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Spouse: Anna TAYLOR

Johes. BILCLIFF - Marriage: 17 Sep 1711 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Spouse: Sara CROSSLEY

Isaac CROSSLEY - Marriage: 6 Feb 1715 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Spouse: Anna MITCHEL

Isaack CROSSLEY - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 3 May 1741 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: Benn. CROSSLEY, Mother:

Isaac CROSSLEY - INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Baptism: 23 Apr 1801 Penistone, Yorkshire

INCLUDEPICTURE \d "../../images/invisible.gif"Father: Josh. CROSSLEY, Mother: Mary MICKLETHWAITE

Helen CROSSLEY - Baptism: 19 Feb 1804 Penistone, Yorkshire

Father: Isaac CROSSLEY, Mother: Ann BILLCLIFF

John Beatson

John Beatson who now owned the house was connected to the present Beatson Clark Company. Beatsons had been buying and selling property for a long time, and transactions are registered in names of John, Jane, Deborah, Robert and Richard Beatson. Mary Beatson of Leeds is possibly related. They are manufacturing chemists, and there may be a connection with Beatson House, Cawthorne. In 1811 John was prominent in the church and on committees.

In September 1820 there was a transaction between John Shirt and John Beatson. Beatson bought 105 sq yards of waste ground in Thurlstone Bank 15 yd x 7 yd (presumably the land sold to John Shirt in 1818), plus a dwelling house with shops and buildings lately erected by John Billcliffe. John Billcliffe is or was in residence in 1822. However, this may refer to land and perhaps even a blacksmith’s shop occupied by John Billcliffe (blacksmith) - the only son and heir of Lydia Wainwright, deceased wife of Isaac Billcliff (blacksmith).

The property appears to have stayed in the ownership of the Beatson family. By 1841, Uriah Tinker rented this house/workshop from Elizabeth and Frances Beatson. Number 5 High Bank was probably part of the property, as there was a connecting door from the present kitchen at number 7. This is evident when the wall plaster is removed. Word of mouth has it that this was a warehouse until it was converted into a dwelling house in the 1950s, having the yard behind dug out for a rear access and the outbuildings erected. (The deeds to number 5 will probably be informative.)

Uriah Tinker

Joseph WAINWRIGHT - Baptism: 14 Nov 1779 Penistone, Yorkshire

Father: Zackh. WAINWRIGHT, Mother:

Ann WAINWRIGHT - Baptism: 19 May 1782 Penistone, Yorkshire

Father: Zachh. WAINWRIGHT, Mother:

Benjamin WAINWRIGHT - Baptism: 17 Mar 1805 Penistone, Yorkshire

Father: Benjn. WAINWRIGHT, Mother: Elizth. BILLCLIFF

Joshua Tinker and Ann Jarvis Wainwright married on 20 October 1799. Joshua appears not to have been a very sober or responsible character. Ann, however, came from a well-to-do family who owned stone quarries, farms, mills etc in the area. When Ann's brother, Joseph Wainwright, inherited the family fortune he decided to sell up and emigrate to the USA. His businesses there were successful, and he needed workers. Seemingly sorry for his sister Ann as a result of her marriage to the drunken Joshua Tinker, Joseph offered to pay for the family to join him in the USA and work for him.

Uriah Tinker had been born on 24 February 1800 across the valley at Bankhouse (only 4 months after his parents' marriage, which may explain their apparent mismatch). When Uriah was 10, his parents, brothers and sisters emigrated to Pittsburgh in the USA to join Joseph Wainwright. Joshua was struggling to make a living for his family working in the woollen mill business, so Joseph provided the money for the passage. Joshua arrived in Liverpool with his family on 25 August 1810. On the 28th he was taken by the press gang, but he was released the next day upon the payment of 17 guineas. Ben Wainwright (Ann's first cousin) had to provide more money before Joshua's departure on the Orozimbo on 12 September 1810.

Joshua TINKER b: 1777 d: 1854

Father: George TINKER b: 1735 Mother: Frances NOBLE d: 1816

Marriage Ann WAINWRIGHT b: 1782 m: 1799 d: 1851

Children

1.Uriah TINKER b: 1800

2.Charlotte TINKER b: 1801

3.George TINKER b: 1803

4.William Jarvis TINKER b: 1804

5.Jarvis Wainwright TINKER b: 1808

6.Hannah Jarvis TINKER b: 1810

7.Edwin TINKER b: 1812

8.Charles TINKER b: 1814

9.Zachariah Wainwright TINKER b: 1816

10.George TINKER b: 1824

Joshua is not spoken highly of by his brother-in-law Joseph Wainwright. He appears to have acted in a “worthless manner and neglected the business” (a woollen mill). Apparently he was fond of the drink, upon which he spent all his money. His children are, however, described as “hard working and sober”.

We are unsure who looked after Uriah. Both maternal grandparents were dead, as was his paternal grandfather George Tinker. Grandmother Fanny Nobel Tinker lived until 1816 and by then Uriah was probably an apprentice. Uriah inherited his grandmother's property, and in July 1839 he inherited all of John Wainwright’s property. (Uriah may have been left behind by his father so that he could inherit from both sides of the family.)

Uriah Tinker

Uriah and Frances Tinker

Uriah became a carpenter, probably apprenticed to Isaac Billcliffe and Elihu Brown. He established his own joinery and undertaking business, and his record of work shows that the business thrived. Uriah charged 3s 6d for a full day's work, and his apprentice son John charged 3s per day. He was engaged in 1841 & 1842 by Lord MacDonald Bosville to paint the new Gunthwaite Hall, and he did many repairs on the estate. Another frequent customer was Mr J C Milner of Thurlstone Hall and owner of the Old Mill. Mr Thomas Tomasson engaged Uriah and his sons at his water mill to repair the carding machine, the shaft in the croppers' room, and the counter in the cloth room.

In June 1823, Uriah married Frances Raynor (Fannie) b 1802 in Penistone d 2 April 1877, and produced the following children. Some of the children were baptised at Netherfield Chapel, which also received the attention of Uriah's joinery business.

· Ann b 28 Jun 1824, d 14 Dec 1842 of typhus fever

· John b 26 Jun 1826, m Elizabeth Denton of Handbank, Langsett in 1856, d 11 October 1897

· Zachariah Wainwright Tinker b 30 Mar 1829 in Bankhouse, m Ann Hebblethwaite. Went on to be a joiner and painter in Penistone.

· William Jarvis Tinker b 13 May 1832, m Eliza Simpson. Became a house painter in Sheffield d 1888

· Mary b 15 Sept 1834, d 25 Jul 1888. Never married and was a domestic servant/sick nurse. Died in an asylum.

· Henry b 5 Aug 1837 in Thurlstone, m Eliza Warner. Emigrated to USA, d 1922.

· Francis b 21 March 1840, m Amelia Caroline Haller. Emigrated to Pittsburgh USA d 1930

· Ann Elizabeth b 28 June 1845, m Joseph Billcliffe (d 1886) in 1867, d 1913 in Durham

An apprentice Joseph Dyson aged 19 was living in the house at the time of the 1841 census. It must have been very crowded. Uriah and Frances’s neighbours in 1851 were as follows.

1st house - the Seniors

2nd house - 2 separate families, John Senior and family (blacksmiths) & William Marsh & family

3rd house - John Ramsden (tailor)

4th house - Tinkers (joiners)

5th house – John Saxton 69 shopkeeper, John Moorhouse 23 woollen manufacturer, Sarah & Hannah Moorhouse 21 & 19, Ellen Crossley 47 housekeeper.

John Tinker

Uriah's father Joshua Tinker died in Butlers County in 1851. Early in 1853, a pattern of rocking chair was sent from America, and this helped Uriah expand his business as carpenter, joiner and cabinet maker. He died in 1876 while living at Top Bank.

John Tinker was not living at home at the time of the 1851 Census. He married Sarah Ann Moorhouse on 4 July 1852, when he was a joiner living in Glossop. Sarah died in childbirth at Hillside, Thurlstone, just over a year later on 22 November 1853. John married Elizabeth Denton (1832-1932) on 25 December 1856 in Penistone. By 1871 they were living in Low Bottom, Thurlstone, but John moved into 7 High Bank (sometimes known as Cliffstyle Lane) after the death of his father. The occupants of High Bank in 1871 that would appear in the same location 10 years later were as follows.

Dwelling:Top Bank

Census Place:Thurlstone, Yorkshire

Source:

PRO Ref RG10 Piece 4654 Folio 33 Page 22schedule 124

MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

John BEAUMONT

MHead

38 MThurlstone, Yorkshire

Occ:Labourer at Steel Works

Harriet A BEAUMONT

MWife

43 FDalton, Rotherham, Yorkshire

Rel:Wife

William BOWERUStepson13 MThurlstone, Yorkshire

Occ:Labourer at Bone Works

Eliza BOWER

UStepdaughter 7 MThurlstone, Yorkshire

Dwelling:Top Bank


Source:


MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

Joseph SENIORMHead


Occ:Woollen Weaver

Mary SENIOR

MWife

55 FThurlstone, Yorkshire

Occ:Woollen Weaver

Epheniam MARKERUStepson21 MThurlstone, Yorkshire

Occ:Labourer at Steel Works

Dwelling:Top Bank


Source:


MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

George BEEVERMHead


Occ:Woollen Weaver

Catharine BEEVERMWife


Occ:Cloth ?

Alice BEEVER

UDau


Albert BEEVER

Son


On Uriah’s death in 1876, John moved into High Bank. He bought the house and some outbuildings in 1885; he bought half of the property for £100 and Elizabeth and Frances Beatson kept the other half. He bought the property on and fronting to High Bank Road including dwelling house, joiner's shop, outbuildings and appurtenances (accessories) - buildings which he was already in occupation. He and Elizabeth had 9 children:

· Obadiah Denton Tinker; b 11 Nov 1858 m Mary Marsden 1890, d 25 Dec 1932

· Fanny Tinker; b 11 Jan 1861

· Ann Elizabeth Tinker; b 8 Feb 1865 m Warren Buckley 18 Aug 1898

· Hannah Tinker; b 18 May 1867

· Francis John Tinker; b 17 Jan 1870

· Uriah Tinker; b 11 Nov 1871 m Martha Beever 18 Aug 1898

· Eliza Tinker; b 10 Sept 1874 d 29 April 1910 at High Bank – spinster and dressmaker

· Dorothy Tinker; b 23 May 1877 went to Bradford as a domestic servant, m William Henry Downey

· Louise Tinker; b 23 Sept 1880 & died after only 5 hours

Dorothy and Louise were almost certainly born in the house. The Tinkers who died in this area were buried in Netherfield Congregational Cemetery, where they were members. In 1882, a new Sunday School and Class Rooms were added to Netherfield Chapel. They were built by Messrs Turner of Thurlstone, while the woodwork was carried out by Messrs J Tinker & Sons. Additional buildings were added in 1890 & 1891, built by Wainwright Brothers with joinery work completed by J Tinker & Son at a cost of £544 8s 6d.

Obadiah Denton Tinker (known as Denton) lived in Prospect Terrace on the hill opposite High Bank and went into partnership with his father on 14 March 1894 at Spring Mills as John Tinker & Son Builders and Joiners. John Tinker died on 11 September 1897 and left his properties in Thurlstone or elsewhere to the use of his wife, and after her death for the use of his son Obadiah and his heirs. He also left £20 each to his 8 children.

Dwelling:Top Bank


Source:FHL Film 1342114 PRO Ref RG11 Piece 4613 Folio 5 Page 1

MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

Ellen CROSSLEYUHead


Occ:Grocer

Ann BILLCLIFF

UNiece


Occ:Retired Servant Domestic

Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

John TINKER

MHead


Occ:Carpenter Joiner Cabinet Maker (employing 1 Man & 1 Apprentice)

Elizabeth TINKERMWife

47 FMidhope, Yorkshire

Obadiah D TINKERUSon


Occ:Carpenter & Joiner - Journeyman

Hannah TINKER Daur


Occ:Scholar

Francis J TINKER Son


Occ:Scholar

Uriah TINKER

Son


Occ:Scholar

Eliza TINKER

Daur


Occ:Scholar

Dorothy TINKER Daur


Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

John BOOTH

MHead


Occ:Driver Engine Tenter at Stocking Mill

Sarah BOOTH

MWife

36 FHoyland Swaine, Yorkshire

Ann E BOOTH

Daur


Ernest I BOOTH Son


Jno T M BOOTH Son

2 MStaincliffe, Yorkshire

Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

Ben BRAY

MHead


Occ:Tallow Chandler

Mary BRAY

MWife

26 FHonley, Yorkshire

Ellen BRAY

Daur


Occ:Scholar

Edward BRAY

Son


Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

Andrew BEAUMONTMHead

42 MBerry Brow, Yorkshire

Occ:Dyer at Woollen Mill

Sarah BEAUMONTMWife

46 FLinthwaite, Yorkshire

Jas A BEAUMONTUSon

16 MBattley Carr, Yorkshire

Occ:Winder at Woollen Mill

Samuel BEAUMONT Son

10 MArmitage Bridge, Yorkshire

Occ:Scholar

Joseph BEAUMONT Son


Occ:Scholar

Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

William BEEVERMHead


Occ:Woollen Cropper

Charlotte BEEVERMWife

66 FHoylandswaine, Yorkshire

William BEEVERUSon


Occ:Mason's Labourer

Hubert BEEVER Grand Son 13 MThurlstone, Yorkshire

Occ:Woollen Mill Hand

Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

George BEEVERMHead


Occ:Steel Works Labourer

Mary E BEEVERMWife

29 FHoyland Nether, Yorkshire

Harry C BEEVER Son


Thomas BEEVER Son


Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

Thomas TURNERMHead


Occ:Stone Mason - Journeyman

Mary TURNER

MWife


Carr TURNER

Son


George TURNER Son


Occ:Scholar

Sarah A TURNER Daur


Occ:Scholar

Harry TURNER

Son


Occ:Scholar

Mary E TURNER Daur


Clementina TURNER Daur


Ellen TURNER

Daur


Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

Joseph HILL

MHead

25 MBirdwell, Yorkshire

Occ:Steel Works Lab

Ann HILL

MWife


John R HILL

Son

8 mMThurlstone, Yorkshire

Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

Robert BRAMALLMHead

39 MPenistone, Yorkshire

Occ:Steel Works Lab

Hannah BRAMALLMWife


Thomas BRAMALLUSon


Occ:Hurrier In Coal Miner

Eliza BRAMALL

Daur


Caroline BRAMALL


Occ:Scholar

Clara BRAMALL Daur


Occ:Scholar

Ann E BRAMALL Daur


Alice BRAMALL

Daur


Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

George BEEVERMHead


Occ:Woollen Cloth Weaver

Catharine BEEVERMWife



Alice BEEVER

UDau



Albert BEEVER

Son


Occ:Scholar

Clara BEEVER

Dau


Occ:Scholar

Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

Joseph SENIORMHead



Mary SENIOR

MWife

65 FHoylandswain, Yorkshire


Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

Joseph SILVERWOODMHead


Occ:Labourer Steel Works

Martha SILVERWOODMWife


Rachel Ann SILVERWOODDau


Occ:Scholar

Lucy SILVERWOOD Dau

3 FYorkshire

Occ:Scholar

Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

John BEAUMONT18MHead

48 MHinchliff Mill, Yorkshire


Ann BEAUMONT19MWife

53 FRotherham, Yorkshire

William BOWERUSon



Dwelling:Top Bank



MarrRel

AgeSexBirthplace

George CLARKMHead

54 MWoolmer Forest Linchburgh, Hampshire

Occ:Labourer at Iron Works

Rachel Annie CLARKMWife

55 FShallbourn, Berkshire

Obadiah Tinker

After John’s death, Elizabeth and her son Obadiah occupied and/or owned a dwelling house and joiner's shop at moved to Edgehill House. (They qualified to vote under the rule that owners, tenants and lodgers for one year were entitled to vote, women over 30 and men over 21.) Obadiah's brother Uriah was employed as an assistant in the joinery business, which stored planks of wood on the west side of the mill at Windmill Green. Did Elizabeth live with Obadiah in Edgehill house? She eventually went to her daughter Dorothy in Bradford.

Around 1885, John Tinker had rented one of the water mills in Thurlstone, which henceforth was known as the Spring Mill Joinery Works. (The mill stands beside the main Manchester Road in Thurlstone on the north side of the River Don.) Obadiah married Mary Marsden in 1890, and they had 3 children. The house in High Bank was probably let to employees of the carpenters/funeral business after Elizabeth moved out - it was let to Annie Turner in 1932.

Elizabeth died on 18 December 1932 in Bradford, followed by her son Obadiah, 7 days later on 25 December 1932. Obadiah’s will left property to his son, George Redvers Tinker (1900-1978), joiner and carpenter of Edgehill House, Thurlstone. This consisted of:

· 7 High Bank Road in occupation of Mrs F Turner

· A strip of garden higher up High Bank that was in the occupation of Squire Beaumont

· A strip of land adjoining with stable and garage

Post-War History

If the property is now 7 High Bank Road, the 2 cottages at the bottom must have been demolished prior to 1924. The present toilets/bus shelter was built as an air raid shelter for World War II.

George lived with his sister Dorothy Mary Tinker. The property at High Bank appears to have been let, probably to workers at Tinkers the undertakers. It was possibly in the 1940s that 5 High Bank was made into a house from being either a workshop or a warehouse. There is evidence that there was an adjoining door to the house through the wall on the right of the kitchen sink in number 7. The cellar door appears to have been in the sitting room adjacent to the kitchen (look at the position of the cellar steps). The back of number 5, 3 and 1 High Bank was dug out to give them space at the back for outside toilets and garden space according to Mr Dyson, former baker at numbers 1 & 3.

George is featured in photos as a member of Thurlstone Primitive Methodist Church concert party. He was a JP. On 7 September 1963 George sold the property to Oliver Roebuck, a plumber of 27 Thurlstone Road, Penistone. He paid a total of £400, borrowing £350 from Penistone Building Society. (Enoch Roebuck was a blacksmith in Thurlstone Rd until 1921: any relation?)

Mr Roebuck sold the property on 27 May 1971 to Mrs Barbara Leese of 18 Roselyn Road, Longton, Stoke on Trent, for £500. Mr Roebuck appears to have lent Mrs Leese £450 of the purchase price, to be repaid without interest at a rate of £7.50 a month. The property appears to have had a considerable amount of improvement work carried out on it. A mortgage was taken out with the Midland Bank in 1978, presumably to pay for improvements. Graham paid the mortgage although the property was in Barbara’s name. Barbara reports that it was very damp, the kitchen extended into the cliff behind the house and had a turf roof, which added to the dampness. This was taken away and a damp proof course was put in. The woodworm was treated in 1985.

The two cottages above had been condemned and compulsorily purchased by the council because they were too damp and a health hazard and this had narrowly escaped the same fate. The staircase to the first floor had been in a state of collapse and was replaced. Gas central heating was installed, which involved taking away the window seats to site the radiators in front of them. The through room on the top floor was probably divided into 2 at this point, or maybe before. There are plans showing the construction of the garage to replace the lean-to workshop and the patio garden above. Patio doors were put in the first floor to give more light and a corridor to the first-floor staircase was taken out making an open-plan room. Not sure when the bathroom was constructed, probably in Oliver Roebuck’s time, as he was a plumber. It was rather old-fashioned by the time it was replaced in the 1980s.

On 4 April 1985 the property was sold to Michael Egar and his wife Katrina Egar of 17 Jardine Close, Sheffield for £21,250. During their period of residence they attempted to restore the cottage to its 19th-Century atmosphere without forgoing the comforts of the late 20th Century. They rediscovered the stone fireplace in the ground floor living room, opening it up again and putting in a hooded fire grate. On the first floor they created a sitting room with a small Victorian iron fireplace complete with decorated tiles on the sides. A dark oak effect fitted kitchen was put in, complete with pottery sinks and brass taps. They started replacing 1960s MFI doors with panelled wood doors with brass handles. The house came up for sale again in 1986 when Mr Egar’s job was transferred to Derbyshire.

Mr Frederick Thomas John Grinnell (John) and Mrs Margaret Elaine Grinnell, teachers lately of Bluebell Avenue, Penistone, bought the property for £31,500 in December 1986. (The use of the same Stoke on Trent solicitors as the Leeses was merely coincidental.) A grant was obtained from Barnsley MBC for a new roof. New floorboards replaced poor-quality chipboard floors, double glazed windows replaced rotting ones on the first and second floors, patio doors and a hardwood front door. A new bathroom was installed.

Thurlstone was designated a smoke-controlled zone in 1995, so an open fire with cast iron fireplace was (sadly) replaced with an artificial one in the first-floor sitting room. The English oak surround was made by Richard Lowe of Habilis. Extensive damp proofing was done in the kitchen and dining room in 1998 and in 2001. Margaret built the stone wall, raised the flower beds on the patio and had the boundary wall rebuilt.

� WBC 47, Thurlstone land tax assessments 1802-1803 [Sheffield Archives]

� Penistone baptism records in Bishops Transcript film 919312 [Barnsley Archives]

� D28/12, Penistone Marriage Register [Wakefield Archives]

� The following evidence suggests that Hannah Wagstaff married John Billcliff b 1788, rather than the other candidates by that name.

a)This John is the closest in age to Hannah.

b)A birth year of 1788 matches the age of Hannah's husband's at death.

c)John's first child was named Ann, as was the mother of John b 1788.

� Jno BILLCLIFF owned plots 63 & 119 in the tabulation of Ref � NOTEREF _Ref528242383 \h ��1�.

� Land registry records book GM p 40 [Wakefield Registry of Deeds]

� Land registry records book GM p 41 [Wakefield Registry of Deeds]

� See 1816 enclosure map in Barnsley Archives

� Land registry records book HC p 27, John Hall sold to John Billcliffe who lived in Thurlstone Bank [Wakefield Registry of Deeds]

� Land registry records book GR p 727 no 107 [Wakefield Registry of Deeds]

� Land registry records Vol HB p 133 no 152 [Wakefield Registry of Deeds]

� Land registry records Vol HG p 73 no 79 [Wakefield Registry of Deeds]

� WBC 28, Benjamin Wainwright, journal of accounts 1805-1816 (flyleaf) [Sheffield Archives]

� J E Sterrett & H E Tuttle, The Descendants of Joshua Tinker, born ca 1700 in Yorkshire, England [copy in Penistone library, e-mail or search internet for Tinker genealogy]

� WBC 41, copy of will of John Wainwright of Bankhouse [Sheffield Archives]

� Vera Nicholson, Upper Don Watermills pp 84-85, Sheffield 2001 [The Hallamshire Press]

� WBC 15, Joseph Wainwright, letter [Sheffield Archives]

� John Beaumont was the fourth child of Joseph Beaumont and Harriet Woodcock. He was born on 24 January 1833 at Hinchcliffe Mill, and baptised on 26 June at Lane Chapel Independent Church near Holmfirth. On 23 December 1866 he married Harriet Ann Bower at Netherfield Congregational Chapel. John died at the age of 55, and was buried at Netherfield Congregational Chapel on 6 December 1887. See Diana & Michael Beaumont, Forefathers: A History of the Working Class Beaumonts of West Riding, Yorkshire, vol 2 pp 116-117, Bowie, MD 2001 [Heritage Books]

� Harriet Ann Satherthwaite married John Beaumont as a widow. She had two children from her first marriage. In 1891 she lived at High Stile Lane with her unmarried son, who was then a colliery labourer. See ibid.

� Land registry records 22 May 1885 Vol 12 p 667 no 364 [Wakefield Registry of Deeds]

� Will dated 26 June 1997 proved in Wakefield District Probate Registry on 9 December 1997

� Vera Nicholson op cit, pp 82-83

�2 October 1924 proved at the Principal Probate Office, Wakefield, on 13 May 1933, Vol 58 p 40 no 13

�Wakefield records Office Vol 208 p 161 no 82, 12 September 1963 [Wakefield Registry of Deeds]

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