History
Extract from White's General Directory of Sheffield, 1849
Treeton is a pleasant retired village on the banks of the Rother. Its parish contains the townships and manors of Treeton, Brampton and Ulley, and contains 601 inhabitants and 3230 acres of fertile land. The Duke of Norfolk owns most of the Treeton and is lord of the manor and patron of the church, St. Helens, which is a rectory worth about £700 per annum and now enjoyed by the Rev. B.E.Watkins, B.A. Brampton-en-le-Morthen is a village and manor mostly the property of Sir George Sitwell. Ulley or Brampton-Ulley, a small village and township is partly in Aston parish. Sir Francis Wood is lord and owns most of the soil.
Treeton
Mr. John Bilbrough
Thomas Brookfield
John Cottam, brickmaker
John Dennis, parish clerk
John Hill, vict, White Swan
Nancy Marshall, strickle maker
John Martin, Blacksmith
Thomas Rickett, gardener
Joseph Skelton, tailor
Robert and Hy. Taylor, corn millers
John Travis, mason
Thomas Woodward, gamekeeper
Rev B.E.Watkins, rector
John Wheat, Gentleman
Farmers
Misses Boomer
Wm Earnshaw
Wm Jackson
Wm Moody
John Rodgers
Shoemakers
John Hill
John Marshall
Shopkeepers
Jno Foers
Mary Skelton
Brampton-en-le-Morthen
Wm Barraclough, wheelwright
George Potter, Gent
Mrs S Hancock
Thos Skelton, vict, Rising Deer
Jph. Street, smith and farrier
James Wilson, joiner
Farmers
Wm Heward
Chas Heaton
James Hill
Wm Leeson
Matthew Mottram ( See more about Mottram family on our Thurcroft website )
Thomas Roddis
Samuel Shaw,relieving officer
Ed.Thackray
Wm.Thackray
Wm. White
Ulley
Joseph Eastwood, shoemaker
Joseph Hague, shoemaker and beerh
Wm Hague, wheelwright
Farmers
Thos Hawson
John Kneves
Wm Moss
Samuel Pearson
Jarvis Radley
Saml Stenton
S jnr Stenton
John Woolhouse
Joseph White
George Willis
Wales
On a pleasant declivity near the Chesterfield Canal and the Sheffield and Lincolnshire Railway, has in its parish 351 souls and 1950 acres of land, including the hamlets of Norwood , Bedgreave and Waleswood - the latter of which is partly in Treeton Parish. S. W. Lane Fox Esq., owns a great part of the soil and is lord of the manor. The Church of St. John is an ancient fabric and the perpetual curacy is in the same patronage and incumbency as that of Thorpe Salvin, and the tithes of both parishes have been annexed to the livings by the Rev. L. Vernon Harcourt, Chancellor of York Cathedral. The school and poor have about £10 a year from old benefactions left by Henry Sykes Esq., in 1612. The poor also have the interest of £40 a year left by Miss Mary Shirt in 1843; and of £100 left by John Shirt Esq. in 1844.Marked ¹ are in Norwood, and ² at Waleswood and the other at Wales
Robert Arthur, saddler
Samuel Barlow, shoemaker
Henry Booth, butcher
Thos Butler, toll collector
Rev James Coward, curate
¹ Henry Hoult, bookkeeper
Thos Kitchen, wheelwright
George Kitchen,shopkeeper
Johathan Marshall, vict, Leeds arms
John Mirfin, blacksmith
George Schofield, parish clerk
¹ Joseph Selby, vict, Boatmans Inn
Ann Stacy, shoemaker
Joseph Stacey, corn miller, Bedgreave Mill
Captain John Shirt Staveley
George Swann, schoolmaster
Ann White, vict, Duke of Leeds
Samuel Wilke, shoemaker
Farmers
² Thomas Barlow
George Booth
² Thomas Fowler
² Matthew Jarvis
David Jackson
Thomas Marshall
Wm Marshall
² Chas Morton
Wm Pawson
Richard Rushby, also butcher
² George Staniland
Geo Stenton
Wm Sykes
² John Torr
M & C Turner
² Isaac Walker
Geo Widdowson
Carrier
J.White to Sheffield Tuesday and Saturday