Bradfield, West Riding

Description
Bradfield, a village, a township, and an ecclesiastical parish, in the civil parish of Ecclesfield, W.R. Yorkshire. The village stands on an eminence above an affluent of the river Don, 3 miles W by S of Oughty-Bridge railway station, and 7 NW by W of Sheffield, under which it has a post office; money order and telegraph office, Oughty-Bridge. The township includes the hamlets of Bolsterstone, Brightholmlee, Bradfield, Bradfield Dale, Dungworth, Fairest-Green, Gate, Holdsworth, Lower Bradfield, Midhope,Moorwood,Onesacre, Smallfield, Stannington, Storrs, Ughill, Wigtwizzle, and Worral. Acreage of township, 38,425; population, 12,292; of ecclesiastical parish, 1549. The Duke of Norfolk is lord of the manor. Bradfielddale Dyke reservoir is famous for the terrible inundation caused by its bursting in 1864, when the whole valley was swept as far as Sheffield, nearly 300 people drowned, and much property destroyed; since then additional reservoirs have been constructed. Much of the surface is moor, hill, and mountain, where there is fine grouse shooting; and one summit, called Bradfield Point, has an altitude of 1790 feet above the level of the sea. Traces of a British camp exist, and Roman remains have been found. The ecclesiastical parish comprises only part of the township, and is a rectory in the diocese of York; gross value, £210 with residence. The church is in the Perpendicular style, and was thoroughly restored in 1870; contains a beautiful reredos and a number of stained-glass windows. There are two dissenting chapels.