Local Parishes
Catcliffe in 1879
Catcliffe is a small township and village in Rotherham Parish Union, county court district and petty sessional division, Handsworth polling district of South West Yorkshire, York Diocese and Archdeaconary and Rotherham Rural Deanery.
The township had 326 inhabitants in 1871 living on 704 acres of land.
Here is a Glassworks established about a hundred years ago by Mr. John May.
The extension of Colliery operations has led to an increase in population.
The Wesleyans have a chapel in the village, built in 1859 at a cost of £450.
A School Board was formed on 18th August, 1875 and consists of J. Blunn, Esq., Chairman, James Guest, Esq., Vice Chairman, and Messrs. J.J. Brightmore, Thomas Brightmore, and J. Platts. Mr. W. H. Platts is clerk. The board built the school in 1876 for eighty children, at a cost of £2500.
Post from Rotherham which is the nearest Money Office.
Trades
Jack Beach, Shopkeeper
Blunn Bros. Flint, glass and bottle manufacturers. Also at Kilnhurst.
Joseph Blunn
Samuel Blunn, Rother Villa
Joseph Brightmore, Farmer
Thomas Brightmore, Farmer
John Brookfield, Shoemaker
Edward Challinder, Victualler, Plough.
William Dugdale, Shoemaker
Mrs. C. Goddard, Board Schoolmistress
James Guest, Blacksmith
William Hallam, Farmer
John Lowe, Board Schoolmaster and Rate Collector
Miss Emily May
George Nettleship, Market Gardener, lives Attercliffe
Elixabeth Oxley, Victualler,Red Lion
John Platts, Shopkeeper and Market Gardener
Robert Platts, Market Gardener
Mrs. Jane Potts, Shopkeeper
Mrs. Rodgers, Market Gardener
George Scott, Farm Bailiff
Richard Slack, Butcher
Henry Warhurst, Farmer, Highfield Farm
Source:White's History & Directory of Rotherham, 1879