In 1870-72, John Marius Wilson's Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales described Hathersage like this:
HATHERSAGE, a village and a township in Bakewell district, and a parish partly also in Chapel-en-leFrith district, Derby. The village stands on the river Derwent, in the midst of a mountainous tract, 2 miles S of tlie boundary with Yorkshire, and 10 N of Bakewell r. station; and has a post office‡ under Sheffield, and a fair on the Friday after Old-Michaelmas day. ...
The township includes the village, and extends far into the counPop., in 1851, 832; in 1861, 990. Houses, 197. The increase of pop. arose from the extension of wire drawing and needle manufacture, and the introduction of the manufacture of nmbrella frames. Other articles akin to needles are made; and likewise millstones. A Danish camp is supposed to have been at Camp-Green, near th village.—The parish contains also the chapelry of StoneyMiddleton, and the townships of Outseats, Bamford, and Derwent. Acres, 13, 630. Real property, £10, 421. Pop., in 1851, 2, 106; in 1861, 2, 391. Houses, 490. The property is much subdivided. Longshaw is a shooting box of the Duke of R.utland. Hathersage Hall was the seat of the Shuttlewortlis. Rocking stones are on the moors. The living is a vicara n the diocese of Lichfield. Value, £180. * Patron, the Duke of Devonshire. The church is later English; was well restored in 1851; consists of nave, chancel, aisles, and Lady chapel, with tower and handsome spire; and contains an ancient tomb of the Eyres. A spot in the churchyard was said to be the grave of Little John, the companion of Robin Hood; and is now marked by two upright stones, 9 feet apart; and remains of a human body were long ago exhumed from it, in a state of petrifaction. The chapelries of Stoney-Middleton, Bamford, and Derwent, are separate benefices. There are a Wesleyan chapel, a Roman Catholic chape1, a national school, and charities £72.
Hathersage through time
Hathersage is now part of Derbyshire Dales district. Click here for graphs and data of how Derbyshire Dales has changed over two centuries. For statistics about Hathersage itself, go to Units and Statistics.
GB Historical GIS / University of Portsmouth, History of Hathersage in Derbyshire Dales | Map and description, A Vision of Britain through Time.
URL: https://www.visionofbritain.org.uk/place/1771
Date accessed: 05th November 2024
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