John Wilson Esquire of Broomhead Hall 1719-1783
Okay ! not exactly Russel Crowe
but I fell for him after visiting Leeds Library this summer and I'm sure if he was alive
to-day
he'd belong to the YORKSGEN mailing list and post snippets daily. For example
"1780, Joseph HADFIELD of Wigtwizzle, aged 55, was then a boy of 12 or 13,
and tells the story of a man
who was rescued after falling 40 fathoms down a mine shaft. Within a week he
died after falling off a three legged-stool"
Found at Leeds in the Brotherton Library Special Collections MS 295 and slowly being added to these pages:
Marriage Licences - Bradfield 1757 - 1766 | |
All the Constables and their Deputies from 1644 to 1712. | |
Westnall Overseers of the Poor 1758 - 1779 | Waldershelf Church Wardens 1718 - 1779 |
Westnall Constables 1719-1779 | Waldershelf Overseers of the Poor 1718-1779 |
Westnall Church Wardens 1718-1779 | Waldershelf Constables 1718-1778 |
"Note John Wilson was an antiquarian who lived at Broomhead Hall in the
parish of Bradfield, near Sheffield. The Wilson family had lived in the same
area for several centuries and extensive family archives formed the original
basis for the collection, which was supplemented by acquiring or copying the
papers belonging to other local families, such as the Kayes of Woodsome and the
Bosvilles of Gunthwaite
The collection consists of original deeds, court rolls, manorial records, and
other material, dating from the 13th century onwards and almost exclusively
Yorkshire in character. It includes: (1) Papers, accounts and correspondence of
the Wilson family, and of those families with whom they intermarried; (2)
Documents relating to the churches, parish and castle of Sheffield; (3) Manorial
records of Sheffield, Midhope, Rotherham, Gunthwaite, Almondbury, Cawthorn,
Bolsterstone, Hallamshire, Penistone, etc.; (4) Parochial records of Bradfield,
Ecclesfield, etc., and many abstracts of deeds relating to other Yorkshire
parishes; (5) Papers in law suits, mainly of the 16th century; (6) Copies of
genealogies of Yorkshire families; (7) Miscellaneous copies of medical receipts,
epitaphs, sermons, folklore, and other antiquarian notes, collected by Wilson,
or copied by him from printed works"
Photo from the book Hunter's Hallamshire .. scanned to CD by Colin HINSON , an absolute "must buy" if you're interested in this area.
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