Pigot and Co's Commercial
Directory for the County of Cheshire 1834
Mottram,
With
the Villages of Hollingworth, Tintwistle and Neighbourhood
Mottram, or Mottram-in-Longdendale,
is a township in the parish of its name, and hundred
of Macclesfield, between 7 and 8 miles S.E. of Stockport,
twelve from Manchester, by Stalybridge, and 10 by the
new road; 29 to Sheffield, by way of Woodhead, and about
the same distance through Glossopdale. The parish extends
to the borders of Yorkshire, and includes a bleak and
dreary promontary, while other scenery in the neighbourhood
of Mottram is very grand; diversified by rugged steep
rocks, swelling eminences, and vallies clothed with
verdure.
Most of the hills have springs, either issuing from
their sides or summits, all of which are of soft water.
The Car Tor, in this parish, is a singular elevation,
eighty feet in its perpendicular height. The face of
the precipice exhibits various strata of rock, coal
and slaty matter, and free stone, all regularly disposed
as if laid by the hand of art: the sides and summit
being partly clothed with foliage present a picturesque
effect.
Mottram hill rises above Car Tor, to the height of 450
feet: from the summits of these eminences prospects
most extensive may be contemplated. Between the Car
Tor and the hills of Derbyshire the Mersey bubbles along
its craggy bed, contributing to the variety of the romantic
prospect, There are extensive moor grounds in this neighbourhoods,
which abound with grouse.
Before the year 1300 the de Burghs had property here;
in 1406 it reverted to the crown by the attainder of
Lord Lovell; soon after, it was possessed in fee by
Sir William Stanley, of Holt, and in 1495 it again was
in the crown; the lord of the manor now is Admiral John
Richard Delap Tollemarche, who holds a court leet and
baron in May and November.
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In the parish are some respectable
concerns in the spinning and manufacturing of cotton,
and calico printing: these, together with collieries
in the neighbourhood, machine making, iron founding,
&c employ many hands. Travellers until lately experiemced
much inconvenience from the want of inn accommodation,
this has been obviated by the establishment of the White
Hart, a comfortable commercial house.
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The church, which is dedicated to
St Mary, has a tower and eight bells, and consists besides
of a nave, chancel, and side aisles, with private chancels
at the end; in one of the latter is a monumental full-length
figure of Ralph Staley, in complete armour, with his
wife on his left side; and on the altar tomb is a figure
of Sergeant Bretland - date 1703.
It is supposed this church was erected about 1480; the
registers commence in 1562. A few years since a fine
toned organ was added. The living comprises a rectory
and vicarage, in the gift of the Bishop of Chester:
the present vicar is the Rev William Johneson. Besides
the church, there are other places of worship for dissenters,
&c.
A free grammar school was founded in 1612, by Robert
Garside, who endowed it with about £53 per annum.
A handsome building for a Sunday school has lately been
erected by voluntary subscription, in which from 5 to
600 children are taught; the new connexion of methodists
have also a Sunday school.
The most distinguished native of this town was Lawrence
Earnshaw, a most ingenius mechanic, universal architect,
and musician; he invented a curious piece of mechanism,
tending to save labour in the operation of spinning
and reeling cotton: this machine, having exhibited to
his friends, with a philanthropy that did honour to
his heart, he destroyed, leaving it to subsequent artists,
less charitably fastidious, to discover and employ similar
works. In clock making his elaborate genius was eminently
conspicuous; he died about 1764.
Under the Reform Act, those of Mottram entitled to vote
at the election of county members for the northern division
of Cheshire poll at Stockport. Two fairs are held here,
viz April 27th and October 31st, for cattle. The parish
of Mottram comprises the twonships of Godley, Hattersley,
Hollingworth, Matley, Mottram, Newton, Stalybridge and
Tintwistle, which, together, contained, the the returns
for 1821, 10,086 inhabitants, and at the census for
1831 the population had increased to 15,536, of which
latter number 2,144 were returned for Mottram township.
HOLLINGWORTH is a small but thriving village and township,
in the parish of Mottram, about one mile from that town.
The principal business here is cotton spinning, and
in the village is an extensive paper mill, as are the
print works of the Messrs Dalton. A chapel for the new
connexion of methodists has lately been built here.
The township contained, by the census of 1831, 1,760
inhabitants.
TINTWISTLE, or Tintwisle, is a village and
township in the parish of Mottram, 2 miles from that
town, pleasantly situated on the great road which passes
into Yorkshire. This is also a village thriving by means
of the manufactories, which give employment to many
hands. The places of worship here are a chapel for the
independents, of which the Rev J C Potter is the minister,
and one lately erected for the Wesleyan methodists;
there is also a Sunday school supported by the former,
in which about 400 children are instructed; in the same
building is a day school, wherein six poor children
are educated free of expense; a house is also provided
for the master rent free. The number of inhabitants
in the township, in 1821, was 1,580, and by the returns
for 1831 they amounted to 1,820. |
POST
OFFICE, MOTTRAM, Robert Wagstaff, Post Master,
— Letters from MANCHESTER arrive every evening
at half-past five, and are despatched every morning
at twenty minutes before seven |
GENTRY & CLERGY
Dalton Mrs Mary, Hollingworth
Hadfield Samuel, esq Old Hall
Hollingworth Capt Dennis, Hollingworth Hall
Hollingworth Capt Robert, Hollingworth Hall
Hyde Geo esq, the Hall, Tintwistle
Johnson Rev Wm M.A. Mottram
Matley Mr Richard, the Hodge
Potter Rev John Cass, Chapel house, Tintwistle
Sidebottom Jas eq, Hollingworth
Sidebottom Mr Jos, Harewood lodge
Simpson John, esq, Bottom's hall
ACADEMIES & SCHOOLS
Field Thos (brdg & day) Mottram
FREE GRAMMAR SCHOOL, Mottram — Gerrard Marsland,
master
Hall Robert (day) Tintwistle
Langwith Mary Ann & Lucy (day and boarding)
Hollingworth
Marsland Jno Tinker (day) Mottram
ATTORNEY
Woodhead George, Mottram
BLACKSMITHS
Goddard Thomas, Mottram
Wagstaff Joshua, Mottram
Warhurst Samuel, Hollingworth
BOOT & SHOE MAKERS
Bardsley Joseph, Mottram
Bradley David, Hollingworth
Bradley James, Mottram
Bradley Joseph, Tintwistle
Chadwick Giles, Mottram
Cooper Joshua, Hollingworth
Elverson William, Hollingworth
Hadfield George, Tintwistle
Roberts Eli, Tintwistle
Shaw James, Mottram
Slinn Richard, Mottram
Sully Charles, Mottram
Woodhead Matthew, Tintwistle
BUTCHERS
Gartside George, Hollingworth
Gartside James, Tintwistle
Hadfield John, Hollingworth
Handford George, Hollingworth
Hill Margaret, Mottram
Hill Robert, Mottram
Hollingworth John, Tintwistle
Platt James, Mottram
Shaw Thomas, Tintwistle
CALICO PRINTERS
Dalton Thos & John, Hollingworth
Matley Samuel & Son, Hodge
CHYMISTS & DRUGGISTS
Roberts John, Hollingworth
Tinker Henry, Mottram
CORN DEALERS
Ashton Jos & Brother, Roe Cross
Cave Thomas, Mottram
Reddish John, Mottram
COTTON SPINNERS AND MANUFACTURERS
Marked thus * are Spinners only
Cheetham Josiah, Vale
house, Tintwistle
Hadfield & Wilkinson, Crodden brk, Tintwistle
*Hollingworth John, Hollingworth
Hull John Robert, Armfield
*Marsland Samuel, Broadbottom Bridge, Derbyshire
Sidebottom Geo & Jos, Broadbottom
Sidebottom George & Ralph, Mill brook, Hollingworth
Sidebottom John & William & Co, Water side,
near Mottram
*Wardle James and William, Bankwood mill, Derbyshire
*Winterbottom John, Bottoms lodge mill, Tintwistle
GROCERS & TEA DEALERS
(See also Shopkeepers,
&c)
Ashton Joseph & Brother, Roe Cross
Bancroft James, Mottram
Cave Thomas, Mottram
Reddish John, Mottram
Roberts John, Hollingworth
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INNS
Angel, William Ashton, Mottram
White Hart (commercial) William Belnkinsop, Mottram
JOINERS & CANINET MAKERS
Hadfield Thomas, Mottram
Ousey Henry, Mottram
Ridgway Samuel, Mottram
Wareham William, Mottram
LINEN DRAPERS
Brooke Jane, Mottram
Coppock Sarah, Hollingworth
Langwith Ann, Hollingworth cotge
Marsland Harriet, Mottram
PAPER MAKER
Oliver Samuel, Hollingworth
PLUMBERS AND GLAZIERS
Burton Benjamin, Hollingworth
Pinder John, Mottram
Robinson John, Mottram
SHOPKEEPERS & DEALERS IN GROCERIES &
SUNDRIES
Barker Charles, Tintwistle
Berry Matthew, Tintwistle
Booth John, Hollingworth
Booth Joseph, Hollingworth
Bradley James, Hollingworth
Brownhill Joseph, Hollins
Chadwick John Tinker, Mottram
Chatterton John, Broadbottom
Dearnely James, Tintwistle
Dearnely Thomas, Tintwistle
Heywood Sarah, Hollingworth
Hollingworth James, Hollingworth
Howard William, Hollingworth
Lyne Malley, Hollingworth
Potts Samuel, Vale house, Tintwistle
Rhodes John, Tintwistle
Ridgway Robert, Hollingworth
Sidebottom James, Mottram
Stead Phœbe, Mottram
Wilson Luke, Hollingworth
SURGEONS
Fernely Moses, Mottram
Sidebottom Ralph, Mottram
Tomlinson John, Hollingworth
TAILORS
Banks George, Hollingworth
Booth James, Mottram
Booth John, Hollingworth
Booth William, Mottram
Chadwick William, Mottram
Robinson John, Mottram
Shaw Henry, Hollingworth
Shaw Joseph, Hollingworth
TALLOW CHANDLERS
Bancroft James, Mottram
Cooper John, Mottram
Earnshaw William, Roe Cross
TAVERNS AND PUBLIC HOUSES
Angel, William Bower, Woodhead
Black Bull, Eli Woodhouse, Tintwistle
Bull's Head, Robert Hill, Mottram
Bull's Head, James Shaw, Mottram
Bull's Head, Mathw Woodhead, Tintwistle
Craven Heifer, Ths Alcock, Hollingworth
Dog & Partridge, Thomas Shaw, Mottram
George & Dragon, Thos Bower, Woodhead
Golden Lion, Moses Ferneley, Mottram
Gun, John Hyde, Hollingworth
Hare & Hounds, Miles
Goddard, Mottram
Organ, William Hill, Hollingworth
Pack Horse, Hugh Garside, Mottram
Quiet Shepherd, Jos Brownhill, Hollins
Roe Cross Inn, John Clarke, Roe Cross
Rose & Crown, Mary Newton, Woodhead
Waggon and Horses, Thomas Hampson, Tintwistle
Waggon & Horses, John Lowood, Matley
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RETAILERS OF
BEER
Blore Solomon, Mottram
Chadwick Andrew, Mottram
Chadwick Thomas, Roe Cross
Clayton John, Broadbottom
Cocker John, Tintwistle
Cooper Joshua, Hollingworth
Green James, Hollingworth
Hadfield George, Tintwistle
Harrison Samuel, Hollingworth
Hollingworth Jonatan, Hollingworth
Kinder Hugh, Nether Staley
Martland John Woods, Hollingworth
Nelson Samuel, Tintwistle
Sidebottom Joseph, Hollingworth
Sidebottom Robert, Mottram
Stringer William, Mottram
Wilson Luke, Hollingworth
TIN-PLATE WORKERS
Blore Samuel Cooper, Mottram
Blore Solomon, Mottram
WOOLLEN CLOTH MANUFTRS
Rhodes Thomas & Sons, Bottom's mill, Tintwistle
MISCELLANEOUS
Atherton John, machine maker and iron founder, Hollingworth
Bancroft John, plasterer & painter, Mottram
Booth Jas, linen thread mkr, Hollingworth
Bradbury Benj, rope, &c maker, Roe Cross
Broadbent Luke, cotton warp maker, Roe Cross
Dakin George, cooper, Mottram
Harrison John, seedman, Hollingworth
Harrison Joseph, surveyor of highways, Mottram
Lindley John & Michael, curriers & leather
Nelson Samuel, stone mason, Tintwistle
Ollerenshaw John, course eathenware manufacturer,
Matley
Platt John, cotton waste dealer, Tintwistle
Stringer Jos & John, tanners, Spout
green
Wagstaff Robert, ironmonger, Mottram
Wrenshaw Joshua, gardener and seedsman, Hollingworth
COACHES
To GLOSSOP, the Royal Mail
(from Manchester) passes through Mottram, every evening
at half-past five — and a Market Coach,
every Tuesday & Saturday evening at seven.
To MANCHESTER, the Royal Mail
(from Glossop) passes thro' Mottram, every morning
at twenty minutes before seven — a Market
Coach (from Glossop, every Tuesday and Saturday
monring at eight—& the Umpire,
the Rail-Way and the Fair Trader
(from Sheffield) every afternoon at laf-past two;
all go through Stalybridge, Ashton, &c.
To SHEFFIELD, the Umpire
(from Manchester) passes through Mottram, every afternoon
at one; goes thro' Glossop, Woodlands, &c—and
the Fair Trader, and the Rail-way,
every day at the same hour; both go thro' Tintwistle,
Woodhead, &c.
CARRIERS
To MANCHESTER, James Sidebottom, from Mottram, every
Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
To SALTERSBROOK, ASHTON and STALYBRIDGE, Joseph Dearneley,
from Tintwistle, occasionally. |
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