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Bradwell: Ancient and Modern
A History of the Parish and of Incidents in the Hope Valley.
By Seth Evans (1912)
Transcriptions by Rosemary Lockie, © Copyright 2013
Chapter XXII.
LONGEVITY AND TRAGICAL DEATHS.
Peaklanders are noted for their longevity,
and none more so than those in this
district. Here are those over fourscore during
the last 100 years. These indicate the
long-lived families:-
John Barnsley, Netherwater, 101.
Widow Hannah Wragg, New Wall
Nook, 81; Widow Hannah Elliott, 95; Widow
Ann Middleton, Hazlebadge, 87.
Ann Bradshaw, 84; Widow May
Burrows, 86; Martin Middleton, Hazlebadge, 9). [sic - maybe 90?]
Widow Jane Evans, Smalldale, 82;
Joseph Hibbs, 83.
Thomas Middleton, 91.
John Ellis, 84.
George Barnsley, Netherwater, 82;
Rebecca Hallam, 89; George Bramall,
Smalldale, 90.
Mary Morton, 84.
Widow Hannah Ashmore, 83.
Widow Ann Hill, 81.
Daniel Stafford, Smalldale, 82.
Nancy Hall, Cotes, 80.
Christopher Jackson, Smalldale, 82;
Sarah Sidebottom, Brough, 92.
Mary Middleton, 81.
Robert Middleton, 80.
John Eyre, 81.
Robert Bradbury, 83, died at Marple.
Robert Middleton, 85; Elizabeth
Elliott, Smalldale, 83.
Robert Hawksworth, 84; Betty
Jackson, Smalldale, 88.
Maria Barber, 80; Ann Taylor, 87.
Thomas Middleton, 92; Edward
Middleton, Smalldale, 82.
Ellen Cheetham, 89.
Robert Middleton, 94; George
Littlewood, 82; Thomas Hill, 83.
Sarah Hallam, 80; Robert Maltby,
84.
William Bramall, Smalldale, 83.
William Kenyon, 81; Adam Morton,
88; Ann Palfreyman, 80.
Ann Eyre, 84.
Edward Hartle, 94.
Jane Sidebottom, Brough, 86;
Hannah Kenyon, 82; Joseph Elliott, 83.
Durham Wragg, 83.
Isaac Middleton, 84; Robert Hall, 87.
George Goodwin, 88; Martha Elliott,
80.
George Elliott, 82; William Bocking,
87.
Charles Middleton, hatter, 83;
Richard Middleton, 88.
Betty Hall, 85; Mary Bennett, 80;
William Stafford, Smalldale, 88.
Mary Bradwell, 80; Charity Maltby,
83.
George Fox. Hazlebadge Hall, 80;
Martha Bocking, 81; Ellis Eyre, 88.
Robert Middleton, hatter, 82.
Betty Barber, 88.
Fanny Somerset, 81; Mary Elliott,
The Hills, 80.
John Middleton, Town Bottom, 82;
Olive Burrows, Smalldale, 85.
Rev. Joseph Hibbs, 80.
George Middleton (pinner), 83.
Nancy Dakin, 83; Mary Maltby, 87;
Robert Furness, 81: Joan Stafford, 85.
Obadiah Stafford, 87; Charlotte
Hallam, 81.
John Hallam, farmer, 81; Jacob
Hallam, 82; Ruth Bocking, 82.
Joshua Jaffrey, 82; Barbara
Middleton, 87.
Joseph Bradwell, Town Gate, 83;
Deborah Elliott, 100, died at New Mills;
William Jeffery, Hill Head, 85; Wm.
Longden, 80.
Mary Hallam, Smithy Hill, 88;
Benjamin Giles, 81.
Rev. Robert Shenton, 83; Isaac Eyre,
87; Hannah Palfreyman, 86; Betty Hall, 83;
William Hill, 82.
Daniel Bocking, 80.
Rebecca Hall, 84; Hannah Middleton,
83.
William Jeffrey, 82: Abraham
Ashmore, Smalldale, 88.
Ann Eyre, 80; Hannah Cheetham, 83.
Hannah Howe, Overgate, 81.
Hannah Pearson, died in Sheffield, 91;
Susan Cockerton, 81.
Joseph Bradwell, 80.
Joab Hallam, 82; Thomas Walker,
Hills, 87.
Job Middleton, 85; Nancy Morton, 87;
Abram Wilson, 90.
Hannah Andrew, 85.
Elizabeth Humphrey, 82; Elizabeth
Eyre, 80; Samuel Bradbury, blacksmith, 61.
Isaac Cooper, 82.
Harriett Middleton, Smalldale, 84.
Harriett Sarah Oldfield, 84; Harriott
Middleton, 80.
Robert Bradwell, 91; William Barber,
81.
Thomas Ford, The Hills, 90; Mary
Ford, his wife, 88; John Cheetham,
Smalldale, 80; Mary Middleton, Gervase, 87.
Rachel Hallam, Within Housie, 80;
Ellen Cooper, 81.
Robert Middleton, Town Gate, 85;
Caroline Brookes, 85; George Needham,
Windmill, 88; Samuel Longden, 83.
Mrs. Charlotte Hill, Sheffield, 81;
Joseph Bradwell, died at Longstone, 83;
Charity Middleton, Smalldale, 82.
Some Tragic Deaths.
Below will he found, in something like
chronological order, some deaths of a
tragic character during the last century:-
(about) Wharton, found killed in a
field near Eccles; supposed to have been
murdered.
Thomas Bagshaw, Hazlebadge, hanged
himself in a barn.
Rev. John Wright, Wesleyan minister,
Bradwell, died suddenly whilst
preaching at Peak Forest.
August 9th, Joseph Wright (70), killed
by a horse on his farm in Smalldale.
Robert Middleton (freehold), a
prominent Wesleyan, died through
excitement after result of general election.
November 8th, Edwin Fox, thrown out
of his cart and killed near New Wall
Nook.
Mary Ann Bocking, Shoulder of
Mutton Inn, died under tragic
circumstances through loss of blood.
Sept. 9th, Richard Walker (62),
blacksmith, cut his throat in a barn.
Martin Middleton Bland, Abney, killed
and disembowelled in a horrible
manner in a hayfield.
William Howe, Bradwell, both legs
blown off and killed when blasting
at Peak Forest.
William Hallam, Brough, drowned in
River Noe.
Sarah Maltby (51), died suddenly from
paralysis of the heart.
Sept. 19th, Joshua Hallam, killed by
being thrown from a load of coal in
Cave Dale, Bradwell. Cart overturned
and killed the horse and driver.
John Kirkby (49), ruptured blood
vessel and died immediately.
Dec. 2nd, William Bennett (56), miner,
fell dead in Thomas Bradwell's grocer's
shop. Town Gate.
Martha Middleton (73), died suddenly
from fatty heart.
Oct. 10th, Charles Pearson (79), of
Brough House, fell dead in the
Newburgh Arms Inn, when attending a
property sale.
October. Samuel Howe (63), miner,
died suddenly in his chair after returning
from work.
Thomas Middleton, farmer, Abney
Grange, killed by lightning.
May 18th. Edward Middleton (62).
Hugh Lane, died suddenly after
attending a miners' meeting at the “Bull's
Head”.
Mary Hallam, Hill Head, died
suddenly from heart disease.
May 11th. Elkanah Morton (65),
Hungry Lane, died suddenly in his chair.
May. Mrs. Margaret Fox (56),
Hazlebadge Hall, found dead in bed.
Sept 7th. John Andrew (67) Hollow
Gate, killed by falling from a load of
hay.
ct 20th, John Hall (42). killed in a
stone quarry at Dove Holes.
March 19th Francis Palfreyman (6),
died suddenly on his father's knee.
March 31st, Robert, Middleton (75),
hatter, The Hills, died instantaneously.
May 29th. Matthew James Buttery (47),
Smalldale, hung himself in his house
when the police were searching for the
body of his wife. Mrs. Buttery was
never found, and what became of her
still remains a mystery.
Dec. 27th, Elizabeth Middleton (4),
daughter of Samuel Middleton, Hollow
Gate, burnt to death.
May 3rd, George Barnsley (23),
Netherwater Farm, found dead in his house.
November 25th, Ann Walker (70), wife
of Thos. Walker. The Hills, fell dead
on the floor.
October 7th. Elizabeth Cooper (40), wife
of George Henry Cooper, died from
fright.
Dec. 3rd. Joseph Bland (30), killed at
Abney. by his horse and cart.
Ellen Wilson (64), found dead in bed.
May 27th. John Broadbent, blacksmith,
and his wife Louie, both died and were
buried on the same day.
March 17th, Abraham Cooper, 36,
Church Street, killed by falling from a
plank into a deep cutting at Peak
Forest.
February 17th. Roger Hall (54),
Little Hucklow. killed by a shot on Dore and
Chinley Railway.
June 27th, Elizabeth Bennett (69),
killed by horse and trap at Town End.
August 29th, Thomas Harrison (69),
Smalldale, killed by a cart at Peak
Forest.
Oct. 10th. Miss Harriett Middleton (64).
killed by falling down cellar steps at
Sheffield.
Nov. 15th. Mary Middleton (70), Farther
Hill, found dead in bed.
Dec. 20th. Joseph Hall (61). blacksmith
Nether Side, and Esther, his wife (63).
both buried on one day.
April 7th, Mary Walker (45), wife of
George Walker, The Hills, left her bed
in the night and fell down Bradwell
Dale rocks.
August 16th, Theresa Marsh (43), Little
Hucklow, died from intemperate habits,
probably accelerated by drinking
laudanum.
February 28th, Mary Ann Cooper (18),
found drowned in the River Wye, at
Buxton.
April 4th. William Henry Draycott,
late master of Bradwell Church School,
and organist at church, died from
alcoholic poisoning and exposure on
Clifton Downs.
January 7th, Thomas Middleton (26), a
native of Bradwell, fell dead when on
his way to work at Peak Forest.
Dec. 25th, Benjamin Middleton (50),
miner, found dead in his house in Hugh
Lane
June 12th, Hannah Bocking (63), fell
dead in the kitchen whilst at work.
June 17th, George Walker (47), miner,
fell dead whilst at work in his garden.
June 25th, Joseph Noble Dixon (67),
Woodcroft, retired Inspector of
Lighthouses, found dead in his chair with a
newspaper in his hand.
John Bradwell (39), Church Street, fell
dead from the seat of his wagonette
in the railway station yard.
Sept. 11th. William Hayward (70),
farmer, Coplowdale, run over by his horse
and cart in Bradwell Dale and killed.
February 11th. George B. Hawksworth
(39), Dialstone Villas, died after
breaking his leg coming from Outland Head.
Aug. 28th. Isaac Daniel Hill (62), Station
Road, killed by falling out of a trap.
Sept. 25th, Emma Alice Ashton (47),
Little Hucklow,, died from heart
disease.
Nov. 25th, Harriett Bradwell (75), Yard
Head, died very suddenly in bed.
July 13th, John Christopher Hancock
(18), son of the Rev. John Hancock,
Primitive Methodist, lost at sea.
Nov. 9th, Sarah Cramond (77), wife of
James A. Cramond, tailor, killed by
falling downstairs.
August 23rd, George Bancroft (65),
stone mason, killed by falling from a
new house in Stretfield.
May 12th, Robert Morton Palfreyman
(12), run over by a traction engine and
killed.
November 5th, Abraham Furness (75),
killed by a fall of stone in Pindale
Quarry.
February 23rd, Frederic Cyril
Truelove (20), died suddenly.
Samuel Howe (58), killed in Bradwell
Dale quarry.
February 25th, Ruth Hallam (four
months), Little Hucklow, accidentally
suffocated in bed.
November 4th, William H. Hallam,
killed by a locomotive at Barnsley.
July 11th, Amariah Cooper (59), Little
Hucklow, hung himself.
August 7th, Maria Burrows (49), died
suddenly.
January 27th, Caroline Bradwell (one
year), scalded to death.
February 21st, Oswald John Hill (48),
“Hill Stile”, died suddenly in his sleep.
June 5th, George Edward Johnson (28),
butcher, hung himself.
Aaron Hallam, engine driver, killed in
railway accident.
OCR/transcript by Rosemary Lockie in February 2013.
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