Meetinghouse Lane

[RichardB]

Who's Meeting House was on Meetinghouse Lane, did they have a burial ground anywhere nearby (well, obviously they did !) ?

[Guest tsavo]

This any good?

Hartshead, the origin of whose name has not been

traced, is one of the most ancient nooks of the town, and is full

of old-world memories.

Many of these centre around the Quakers, whose meeting-houses

have been there for two hundred years.

The first of which any record remains was the

little building on the west side of Meetinghouse Lane, utilised

in later days as the residence of the caretaker and for committee

meetings. The only clue to its date were the figures I705

over a fireplace.

George Fox, the founder of the society, came occasionally to

Ballifield, near Handsworth, where the Staceys

were his adherents; and to Stannington, where the Shaws, of

The Hill, near Revell Grange, welcomed him gladly. At both

places the remnants of gravestones in the burying grounds of

Cinderhill and Bowcroft record the names of the earliest

Friends, some of whom, as an inscription tells,

" suffered much for bearing testimony against the payment of tythes."

The Society of Friends in Sheffield numbered, in I736, 172

members. Gosling's plan of that year shows the early Meeting

House already described, and a small Quakers' burying place

on the north side of Broad Lane.

Again thanks to Eric Youle.

[RichardB]

Approximately perfect :rolleyes:

[jimbob55]

the remnants of gravestones in the burying grounds of

Cinderhill and Bowcroft record the names of the earliest

Friends, some of whom, as an inscription tells, " suffered much

for bearing testimony against the payment of tythes."

[ukelele lady]

Can anyone tell me where Cinderhill and Bowcroft cemetery are?

[Guest Gramps]

Can anyone tell me where Cinderhill and Bowcroft cemetery are?

Leader's text....

'George Fox, the founder of the society, came occasionally to Ballifield, near Handsworth, where the Staceys were his adherents; and to Stannington, where the Shaws, of The Hill, near Revell Grange, welcomed him gladly. At both places the remnants of gravestones in the burying grounds of Cinderhill and Bowcroft record the names of the earliest Friends, some of whom, as an inscription tells, "suffered much for bearing testimony against the payment of tythes." '

suggests the one was in Ballifield and the other in Stannington. Bowcroft should be in the vicinity of Revel grange.

jimbob can probably tell you where he took those photos :)

[ukelele lady]

Leader's text....

'George Fox, the founder of the society, came occasionally to Ballifield, near Handsworth, where the Staceys were his adherents; and to Stannington, where the Shaws, of The Hill, near Revell Grange, welcomed him gladly. At both places the remnants of gravestones in the burying grounds of Cinderhill and Bowcroft record the names of the earliest Friends, some of whom, as an inscription tells, "suffered much for bearing testimony against the payment of tythes." '

suggests the one was in Ballifield and the other in Stannington. Bowcroft should be in the vicinity of Revel grange.

jimbob can probably tell you where he took those photos

Come on then jimbob, it's the Stannington one I'm interested in.

[Guest Gramps]

Come on then jimbob, it's the Stannington one I'm interested in.

This is Revel Grange, - but I'm afraid I don't know where the burial ground is.

[hilldweller]

This is Revel Grange, - but I'm afraid I don't know where the burial ground is.

Bowcroft Burial Ground can be reached from Stannington village by taking the Riggs High Road out of the village, it's the one that goes past the Crown & Glove. This road becomes Long Lane then Rod Side and the burial ground is above Crawshaw Lodge on the hill to the right hand side near the trig point. It's surrounded by a stone wall in a clump of trees and very very spooky. Map reference SK261 883

Hilldweller

It would now appear that the cemetery I am describing is not Bowcroft Cemetery but it's certainly very ancient and perhaps it is the one described as Cinderhill Why would the Quakers require two burial grounds within a mile or so of each other I wonder ? It is marked on the OS maps simply as cemetery and the other one is not marked at all.

HD

[jimbob55]

Sorry i havent replied to any of the former queries ,but for some reason i didnt get any notifications that anyone had replied !!

anyway, here is a google map with the position of Bowcroft Cemetery marked hope it helps.

Bowcroft Cemetery

[ukelele lady]

Sorry i havent replied to any of the former queries ,but for some reason i didnt get any notifications that anyone had replied !!

anyway, here is a google map with the position of Bowcroft Cemetery marked hope it helps.

Bowcroft Cemetery

Thank you, it's given me the information I needed. It only looks a small place.

The reason I was interested is one of my ancestors married a Shaw and I don't really know

if she came from Stannington or Loxley. I was curious to know where Hill and Brookside was.