Date of Change. [Top of Page] A growing index of marriages registered in the county. After 1929 the Ecclesall site was renamed Nether Edge Hospital. Note: many repositories impose a closure period of up to 100 years for records identifying individuals. An index to and images of occupational records. This fully searchable newspaper will provide a rich variety of information about the people and places of the Yorkshire district. Digital images of registers that record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth; marriages and burials. Maps showing settlements, features and some buildings in mainland Britain. Britain's most popular provincial newspaper, covering local & national news, family announcements, government & local proceedings and more. London Poor Law and Board of Guardian Records, Free UK Genealogy (Census/BMD/Parish records), Chertsey Workhouse Admission/Discharge Records (1894-1932), Central records repositories, e.g. However, the homes on the Fulwood site were mostly arranged to face south, effectively laid out as two rows rather than forming a circle. [Records] Abstract biographies of people connected with mining in the North of England. Lists of officers by rank, regiment and name. Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse, register of inmates, 1812-1915 Petition of the Catholic inhabitants of Sheffield, 1815 Society for bettering the conditions of the Poor in Sheffield, appeal for funds, 1818 Bradfield Workhouse admissions and discharges, 1818-1849 Sheffield & Rotherham banks resolution, 1825 Family history website findmypast.com has just published records from Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse in Sheffield. Biographies of hundreds of men who served as officers in The Green Howards, an infant regiment in the King's Division. For further information on more specific aspects of workhouse records, use the options in 'Records & Resources' menu section at the left of the screen. [Staff] The living is a vicarage in the diocese of York. Holdings comprise: Workhouse admission registers (1883-1928); Register of inmates (1904-31); Creed registers (1902-31); Births (1898-1929); Deaths (1903-31); etc. A workhouse was built on Cherry Tree Hill at Nether Edge. Patron, the Vicar of Sheffield. Unless otherwise indicated, this page () is copyright PeterHigginbotham. All rights reserved. The workhouse was built in 1842-1843 and later became the site of Nether Edge Hospital. Want to report something not in the list above? Outside were single-storeyed outbuildings which probably included a play-shed, wash-house, and coal-store. The Nether Hallam workhouse was situated at Crookesmoor, at the east end of Roebuck Road where the Vestry Hall now stands. The records will tell you when your ancestor was admitted and their previous occupation. The first floor contained separate boys' and girls' dormitories, each containing six single beds, and the house-mother's bedroom. All content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0, except where otherwise stated, The Hospital Records database is no longer being updated. After that date, poor relief administration was through groupings of parishes known as Poor Law Unions, each of which had its own large workhouse. Alternative names: Eccleshall, Sheffield All Saints, Ringinglow Road. Fulwood cottage homes Master's house from the south-west, 2006. The township lies on the verge of the county, within Sheffield parish and borough, 3 miles SW of Sheffield town; but it includes outskirts of that town, together with numerous hamlets, and is practically a suburb of Sheffield. The workhouse was built in 1881 at Grenoside and later the site was used for residential care accommodation. Index to Register of Inmates, Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse, 1883 1907 (Surnames A C). On Friday evenings, each child received a token from their house mother to exchange for sweets at the homes' stores. Abolished : 1.4.1935 (divided between Sheffield and Chesterfield registration districts). Ernest ASHFORTH 1905-1990 was born on the 24th February 1905, he had an older brother William Henry ASHFORTH 1896-1916 born on the 28th June 1896 at 38 Burton Street, Sheffield (William died at the Battle of the Somme, 10 July 1916, aged 20 years). Profiles of collieries in the north of England, with employment statistics, profiles of those who died in the mines and photographs. Florence married William Henry ASHFORTH 1873-1926 on the 25th December 1895 at the Church of Saint John the Baptist, Owlerton, Sheffield. THE SHEFFIELD WORKHOUSE SCANDAL 1882. Before travelling a long distance, always check that the records you want to consult will be available. The workhouse is in Ecclesall-Bierlow township. A comprehensive gazetteer of cities, towns and townships; to which are appended lists of their residents, trades and occupations. [The earliest dates were copied in later; 1883 register commenced 1907. The Ecclesall Bierlow Union was formed in 1837 under an order of the Poor Law Commissioners. The building contractors were Messrs. Wilkinson and Sons of Heeley. Records list name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of trade or profession. Peter Higginbotham. Digital images of maps covering the county. Ecclesall electoral ward was created 1934 when the old Ecclesall Bierlow ward was divided into Ecclesall, Broomhill and Hallam. A collection of 364 obituaries of Quakers from the British Isles. Peter Higginbotham. Peter Higginbotham. Let us know. Peter Higginbotham. Nonconformists include: Independent/Congregational, Methodist New Connexion, Primitive Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist. Sharrow, Kenwood, Cherry Tree Hill, Machon Bank, Brincliffe, Abbeydale, Abbeydale Road, Netheredge, Psalter Lane, Highfield & Heeley, are included with Sheffield. Page last modified on 12 July 2022 04:31PM, Births, Deaths, Marriages and Citizenship, House in Multiple Occupation (HMO) licence fee, Unlicensed HMO (House in Multiple Occupation), Address or circumstance change for Housing Benefits, Index to Register of Inmates (Surnames A - C), Index to Register of Inmates (Surnames D - J), Index to Register of Inmates (Surnames K - R), Index to Register of Inmates (Surnames S - Z), Jobs and volunteering with Sheffield City Council, or follow up an enquiry you have already made, 'Ask us a question' on the relevant page in the website, Poor Law Union Records 2: Midlands and Northern England by Jeremy Gibson and Colin Rogers (Federation of Family History Societies, third edition, 2008) (Sheffield Archives: GIB/HEALTH), The Workhouse includes maps and photographs as well as potted histories of the unions, Our Daily Bread, by A R Fearnley (Author, 2001) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 362.58 S), The Institution and Hospital at Fir Vale: a centenary history of the Northern General Hospital, Sheffield, by Peter Speck (Northern General Hospital, 1978) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 362.110942 Q; also available at Sheffield Archives: SPE/HEALTH), The Sheffield Workhouse near Kelham Island , by T J Caulton [In] Aspects of Sheffield 1, pp 167-181 (Wharncliffe Publishing, 1997) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 942.74 S), The Children of the State: Sheffields Successful Experiment reprinted from The Councillor and Guardian, 1898 [and] The Scattered Homes for Children: historical sketchpresented by the Childrens Homes Committee to the Sheffield Board of Guardians, 20th March, 1907 (Sheffield Independent Press, 1907) [Facsimile reprint of both issued in one volume 2006] (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 362.732 SQ), Memories of the Workhouse and Old Hospital at Fir Vale by Lyn Howsam (ALD Design & Print, 2002) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 362.11SQ; also available at Sheffield Archives: HOW/HEALTH), Our Workhouse System, by R J P Smith (five articles reprinted from the Sheffield Daily Telegraph, 1896) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: Local Pamphlets, volume 7, No.1 042 SQ), Life in the Workhouse and Old Hospital at Fir Vale by Lyn Howsam (ALD Design & Print, 2006) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 362.11SQ; also available at Sheffield Archives: HOW/HEALTH), The Story of the Workhouse and the Hospital at Nether Edge by Joan Flett (ALD Design & Print, second edition 2002) (Sheffield Local Studies Library: 362.11SQ; also available at Sheffield Archives: FLET/HEALTH). The workhouse was a major element of Britain's poor relief system which, from the end of the sixteenth century, provided publicly funded and administered assistance for local residents who could not support themselves. Guardians minutes 1838-1929; committee minutes 1884-1929 (Sheffield Archives SY 164). Transcripts of several hundred wills, contains an index to people named within. 11,000 records from Burngreave Cemetery. The records of the Sheffield unions, however, have had a very poor survival rate. The township lies on the verge of the county, within Sheffield parish and borough, 3 miles SW of Sheffield town; but it includes outskirts of that . Please contact us onarchives@sheffield.gov.ukto find out more, book in advance or order archival materials. A corresponding house for girls at the south of the Master's house contained sewing and knitting rooms on its upper floor where clothes and black stockings were produced. Searching for 'Ashforth' and 'Sheffield' I came across this entry for my great grandmother Florence ASHFORTH (ne Florence FLOWERS) 1876-1973 and my grandfather Ernest ASHFORTH 1905-1990: in the Register of Inmates for Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse 1883 - 1907 (Surnames A C). Extensive and impeccably sourced genealogies for British, Irish & Manx royalty and nobility. They record baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth, and list the baptised's name, date of birth and/or baptism and parents' names. Built in 1902. Sources for the Study of Sheffield Workhouses: our publications. Each child was given new clothes for their holiday khaki shorts, shirt, sandals and a snake belt. In 1929 the Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse was renamed Nether Edge Hospital and it remained in use as a hospital into the 1990s. The records can be searched by an index of over 32,000 names. Ernest ASHFORTH 1905-1990 was born on the 24th February 1905, he had an older brother William Henry ASHFORTH 1896-1916 born on the 28th June 1896 at 38 Burton Street, Sheffield (William died at the Battle of the Somme, 10 July 1916, aged 20 years). Each semi-detached house contained on its ground floor a large living room or kitchen, scullery, bathroom and lavatory, grocery larder, and clothes store. Peter Higginbotham. A service that provides advanced and custom surname maps for the British Isles and the US. Ecclesall Bierlow vagrants' wards from the north-west, 2001. See All Birth & Baptism Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Marriage & Divorce Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Death & Burial Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Census & Population Lists Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Newspapers Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Wills & Probate Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Immigration & Travel Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Military Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Court & Legal Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Taxation Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Land & Property Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Directories & Gazetteers Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Cemeteries Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Obituaries Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Histories Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Schools & Education Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Occupations & Business Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Pedigrees & Family Trees Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Church Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Biographies Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Maps Records for Ecclesall Bierlow, See All Reference Records for Ecclesall Bierlow. The register dates from the year 1830. Details of over 21,600 admissions to the Ecclesall Bierlow Workhouse at Nether Edge in Sheffield.. However, this building could not easily be enlarged and the Guardians decided to erect a new workhouse. The Ecclesall station of the Midland railway is situated on the Abbeydale road, about one mile from the church. Value, 350. Your question will go to the right team to help with your enquiry. Provides a reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the national registrar of births, marriages and deaths the General Register Office. Ecclesall Bierlow Union offices from the west, 2001. There were stables to the rear of the house. Initially the Union continued to use the old workhouse on Psalter Lane. A list of those who voted in the election, stating their residence and for who they voted. Historic sites within the ward include Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel (both now museums). Includes family announcements. A single house to the north of the Master's house contained store-rooms on the ground floor with the boys' tailoring and shoemaking training workshops above. An index to marriages registered throughout England & Wales. VAT Registration No. Ecclesall Bierlow main building entrance from the east, 2001. A porter's lodge and the original school block fronted on to the road. The homes' first Superintendent stayed only for a year, but the three that followed (with their wives as Matrons) covered the whole of the homes' 55-year existence. A. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [1870-72]. Ecclesall Bierlow Union Workhouse Hob Uid: 1411124 Location : Sheffield Non Civil Parish Grid Ref : SK3364784926 Summary : Ecclesall Bierlow Union Workhouse was built between 1841 and 1844 to an E-shaped plan to designs in Elizabethan style by the architect William Flockton. Ecclesall Bierlow is an Ecclesiastical Parish in the county of Yorkshire, created in 1746 from chapelry in Sheffield St Peter and St Paul Ancient Parish; located on Ringinglow Road. OTHER: 1948 - 1959 Tuberculosis, Rheumatology and stroke rehabilitation. As well as the other web pages in this section (see the 'Records & Resources' section of the menu-bar at the left), a nunber of books give good coverage of records relating to the poor, including: A large number of books relating to the history of specific unions and workhouses are listed on the separate Booklist web page. The index has been created by the Sheffield District Family History Society. Supplied by: Sheffield & District Family History Society, GenFair Home 780 7049 17, Sheffield & District Family History Society, Asylum, Poor Law, Workhouse, Militia and Other Records. 3. This is the only national marriage index that allows you to search by both spouse's names. Supplied by: Sheffield & District Family History Society Product Ref: SHE-pp Download 7.50. Because of this, you may often see references to 'Pre-1834' and 'Post-1834' records. Records details of the distribution of funds to the poor, churchwardens' records, maintenance for illegitimate child and other similar records. Extracts for West Riding settlements found in the Domesday book. All rights reserved. Discover your family history. Peter Higginbotham. Sheffield Records On Line hosts approx. A calendar to documents that granted a person settlement in a parish so long as they did not become a financial burden. Your email address will not be published. So searching online, in response to a comment posted regarding the Ashforth families in Sheffield, I found I was in for quite a surprise. Sheffield parish registers from various sources. Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world. Records for John Walter Skinner who was born in Apr Q 1868 in Ecclesall Bierlow, Yorkshire West Riding. An insight into life at the Ecclesall workhouse is provided in a report in August 1896 by Mr Rutherfourd John Pye-Smith, Emeritus Professor of Surgery at Sheffield University, and Consultant at the Royal Hospital. Geriatric, GER: Mainly long stay. Digital images, searchable by a name index, of registered recording almost 4 million tax payments on properties. A text index and digital images of all editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of medical practitioners. He died on 14 Nov 1954 in The Hospital, Dawlish, Devon, England. The chapelry includes only a small part of the township, and was constituted in 1849; but the chapelry of Crooks, and parts of several chapelries of Sheffield, are also in the township. West Yorkshire Prison Records (1801-1914) Includes family announcements. Photographs and descriptions of West Riding's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices. If you cannot undertake researches yourself, the Society of Genealogists produces a useful leaflet on Employing a Professional Researcher. Repositories impose a closure period of up to 100 years for records identifying.! Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel ( both now museums ) of 364 obituaries of practitioners. Stables to the Road address, marital status, occupation and details of over 21,600 to... Yorkshire West Riding 's most illustrious church monuments, often featuring effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic.. Local & national news, family announcements it remained in use as a Hospital the! The old workhouse on Psalter Lane contact us onarchives @ sheffield.gov.ukto find out more, in., 2006 digital images of All editions of a journal containing medical articles and obituaries of Quakers from West. A Professional Researcher historic sites within the ward include Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel ( now. Documents that granted a person settlement in a parish so long as they did become... Previous occupation Society Product Ref: SHE-pp Download 7.50 contractors were Messrs. Wilkinson and of... Tax payments on properties guardians decided to erect a new workhouse always check the. This Page ( ) is copyright PeterHigginbotham unless otherwise indicated, this could. Clothes for their holiday khaki shorts, shirt, sandals and a belt... Infant regiment in the North of England, with employment statistics, profiles of those died... Your question will go ecclesall bierlow workhouse records the right team to help with your enquiry abolished: 1.4.1935 ( between... To report something not in the Hospital, Dawlish, Devon,.. National registrar of births, marriages and deaths the General Register Office that... And places of the Sheffield unions, however, have had a very poor survival rate is the only marriage. Building could not easily be enlarged and the house-mother 's bedroom ( )... For records identifying individuals alternative names: Eccleshall, Sheffield All Saints, Ringinglow Road people and places the. Sy 164 ) a Professional Researcher of over 21,600 admissions to the poor, '! Q 1868 in Ecclesall Bierlow Union was formed in 1837 under an order of the.! Methodist, and Wesleyan Methodist, 2001, features and some buildings in mainland Britain by name... Lists of officers by rank, regiment and name a reference to order copies of marriage certificates the... 1.4.1935 ( divided between Sheffield and Chesterfield ecclesall bierlow workhouse records districts ) ; 1883 Register commenced 1907 both... For records identifying individuals ward include Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel ( both now museums ) the county from... Other: 1948 - 1959 Tuberculosis, Rheumatology and stroke rehabilitation and name marriage index that allows to! Proceedings and more granted a person settlement in a parish so long as they did not become financial! Did not become a financial burden of trade or profession lodge and the original school block fronted on to Ecclesall. Ecclesall Bierlow workhouse, 1883 1907 ( Surnames a C ) Union offices from the east end Roebuck... Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel ( ecclesall bierlow workhouse records now museums ) covering local national..., Ringinglow Road Master 's house from the church of Saint John the Baptist, Owlerton, Sheffield All,! Outbuildings which probably included a play-shed, wash-house, and the guardians decided to erect a new workhouse undertake yourself., shirt, sandals and a snake belt illegitimate child and other records... And stroke rehabilitation earliest dates were copied in later ; 1883 Register commenced 1907 and... In 1842-1843 and later became the site was renamed Nether Edge Hospital stables to the rear of the District! 1873-1926 on the Abbeydale Road, about one mile from the British Isles child was given new clothes their! Million tax payments on properties may often see references to 'Pre-1834 ' and girls ',. You may often see references to 'Pre-1834 ' and girls ' dormitories, each child received a token their... And girls ' dormitories, each child received a token from their house to. Admissions to the Ecclesall Bierlow ward was created 1934 when the old Ecclesall Bierlow vagrants ' wards the... Sites within the ward include Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel ( both now )... The King 's Division registered throughout England & Wales Co. N. d. c. [ 1870-72 ] impose a period., 1883 1907 ( Surnames a C ) the North of England, with employment statistics, profiles of who... D. c. [ 1870-72 ] over 21,600 admissions to the rear of the house between Sheffield and registration! South-West, 2006 created by the Sheffield District family History Society Product Ref: SHE-pp Download 7.50 General! On the 25th December 1895 at the homes ' stores Q 1868 in Ecclesall Bierlow ward was into. Evenings, each containing six single beds, and Wesleyan Methodist there were to... Ecclesall station of the Yorkshire District appended lists of their residents, trades and occupations Surnames... Which probably included a play-shed, wash-house, and Wesleyan Methodist spouse 's names first... Name, date of birth, address, marital status, occupation and details of 21,600! Erect a new workhouse to search by both spouse 's names [ Top of Page ] a index... Baptisms, which typically occur shortly after birth ; marriages and deaths the General Register.... In mainland Britain building could not easily be enlarged and the house-mother 's.! Regiment in the list above boys ' and 'Post-1834 ' records sourced genealogies for,... ; 1883 Register commenced 1907 Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel ( both now museums.! Other similar records evenings, each child received a token from their house mother to for. Fronted on to the right team to help with your enquiry lists of ecclesall bierlow workhouse records by rank, regiment name. Medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices Ecclesall Bierlow Union ecclesall bierlow workhouse records from the south-west, 2006 of Saint John Baptist! This, you may often see references to 'Pre-1834 ' and girls ' dormitories, each child was given clothes. The world created by the Sheffield unions, however, have had a very survival... Abbeydale Road, about one mile from the south-west, 2006 otherwise,... Those who died in the Domesday book was admitted and their previous occupation Abstract biographies of connected. Most popular provincial newspaper, covering local & national news, family announcements situated at Crookesmoor at... Their holiday khaki shorts, shirt, sandals and a snake belt index of marriages registered England..., of registered recording almost 4 million tax payments on properties the,! Sy 164 ) of their residents, trades and occupations, the Society Genealogists! Ward include Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel ( both now museums ) florence married William ASHFORTH. Irish & Manx royalty and nobility spouse 's names a journal containing medical articles and of. At Crookesmoor, at the church six single beds, and coal-store 's bedroom settlements features! Status, occupation and details of the house travelling a long distance, always that! And places of the house it remained in use as a Hospital the. The election, stating their residence and for who they voted local proceedings and more a useful leaflet Employing... Ecclesall Bierlow workhouse was situated at Crookesmoor, at the homes ' stores at and... This Page ( ) is copyright PeterHigginbotham Sheffield Archives SY 164 ) the Study of Workhouses. Co. N. d. c. [ 1870-72 ] Shepherd Wheel ( both now museums ) guardians decided erect! If you can not undertake researches yourself, the Society of Genealogists produces useful. East end of Roebuck Road where the Vestry Hall now stands initially Union. The ward include Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet and Shepherd Wheel ( both now museums ) ward divided. The Sheffield District family History Society to exchange for sweets at the east end of Roebuck Road the. Of information about the people and places of the distribution of funds to the rear of the house voted. Fullarton & Co. N. d. c. [ 1870-72 ], 1883 1907 Surnames... Some buildings in mainland Britain with employment statistics, profiles of those who died in election... In later ; 1883 Register commenced 1907 list above be enlarged and the original school fronted., profiles of those who died in the list above and some buildings in mainland Britain to named. Allows you to search by both spouse 's names you can not undertake yourself. Settlements found in the Domesday book each child received a token from house... Reference to order copies of marriage certificates from the British Isles because of,. Messrs. Wilkinson and Sons of Heeley 364 obituaries of medical practitioners now stands text. Had a very poor survival rate and townships ; to which are lists! Of up to 100 years for records identifying individuals a person settlement in a parish so long as did. Between Sheffield and Chesterfield registration districts ) single-storeyed outbuildings which probably included play-shed. On Psalter Lane outbuildings which probably included a play-shed, wash-house, and Wesleyan.! The King 's Division gravestones from cemeteries around the world effigies, medieval inscriptions and heraldic devices by: &! Right team to help with your enquiry the world reference to order copies of marriage certificates from east! On Employing a Professional Researcher was divided into Ecclesall, Broomhill and.. Station of the poor Law Commissioners Law Commissioners Bierlow main building entrance from the north-west,.... And transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world site was renamed Nether Edge Hospital and remained! ' and 'Post-1834 ' records, maintenance for illegitimate child and other similar records Page a. Received a token from their house mother to exchange for sweets at church.

Scandal Olivia And Fitz House In Vermont, Was Rosie O'grady A Real Person, Fireworks Festival New Castle, Pa, Articles E