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© P. Truscott and Holymoorside History Society 2009
Chronological History of Village
Before 1300 |
St Peter and Paul, Old Brampton, served Doghole (Holymoor Road), Pocknedge and Load. The area was mainly farming, as was Harewood Grange, which was also penitentiary and burial ground of Beauchief Abbey until 1536 |
c1400 |
Chantry Chapel built for use of monks from Beauchief along with Chander Hill Farm. |
c1500 |
Hipper Hall. Cruck Barn, used as Tithe Barn |
1539-1583 |
Wills made and proved for Loads (or Lodes) residents. |
1581 |
Lead Smelting at Loads. |
c1600 |
Cruck Barn, Pocknedge Lane. |
1650 |
Red Lead Mill at Loads. |
1659 |
Four Lead Smelting works in area (oldest 1581) |
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Red Lead Mill at Cathole to 1812. |
1664 |
Will made and proved for Doghole man. |
1745 |
Howley Corn Mill. |
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HOLYMOORSIDE BECAME A VILLAGE |
c1780 |
Beerhouse known by the sign of the Besom and used by Jaggers (southerly end of Gallery Lane. |
c1780 |
Bull’s Head. |
1780 |
Main three-storey Cotton Mill (1790 Richard Arkwright had and interest). |
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Cotton Mill Dam. |
1812 |
Corn Mill (formerly Red Lead Mill) at Cathole. |
1820 |
Dye Mill |
1820 |
Corn Mill at Loads, also Brick Works. |
1825 |
Old Star Inn. |
1830 |
Great Storm, which flooded Hipper Valley. Two dams on Loads Brook breached. |
1831 |
Primative Methodist Chapel, Loads Road. |
1832 |
Wesleyan Chapel, New Road. |
Simeon Manlove
1839 |
Mill owner and benefactor to the Village lived at Vale Cottage (Holymoor House) Produced and Dyed high-quality sewing cotton. |
1844 |
Built nineteen houses on New Road for workers. |
1861 |
Mill converted to steam power and moved to live at Belmont. |
1862 |
Largely responsible for building Congregational Church. Gave land at rear of dam for Recreation Ground |
1870 |
Built fourteen houses at Wasps Nest (Gallery Lane). |
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One hundred and twenty people employed at Mill. |
1871 |
Two hundred and nine people employed at Mill. |
1871 |
Largely responsible for new School on New Road. (Closed 2003) |
1876 |
Optimum employment at Mill. |
1905 |
Mills closed. |
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