Brightside Bierlow, West Riding

Description
Brightside, a township and a parish in the W. R. Yorkshire, and now included in the city of Sheffield. The township lies near the Sheffield and Rotherham railway, and has a station on the M.R., and a post and money order office under Sheffield, which is the telegraph office. There are many handsome residences in the township. There are two churches at Wicker and Brightside£viz., Holy Trinity, built in 1848 and restored in 1876, and All Saints', erected at a cost of nearly £12,000 in 1869; while a third, St Thomas', Grimesthorpe, was built in 1854. The living of Holy Trinity is a vicarage in the gift of the Church Patronage Society and of All Saints', and a perpetual curacy in the gift of trustees; gross value, £340 and £350 each with residence. The living of St Thomas is a vicarage in the gift of the Crown and Bishop alternately; gross value, £300 with residence. Population of Holy Trinity, 13,146; of All Saints', 11,317; of St Thomas', 13,575. Area of township, 2821 acres, of which 44 are water; population, 67,083. The Duke of Norfolk is lord of the manor. Besides several coal-pits in the district, there are cutlery-works, rolling-mills, and gasworks, a cemetery of about 27 acres, a Church Institute, two Methodist chapels, a library, and charities.