Bolsterstone

Bolsterstone
Bolsterstone
 Bolsterstone shown within Sheffield
Metropolitan boroughSheffield
Metropolitan county South Yorkshire
RegionYorkshire and the Humber
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town SHEFFIELD
Postcode district S36
Dialling code 0114
Police South Yorkshire
Fire South Yorkshire
Ambulance Yorkshire
EU Parliament Yorkshire and the Humber
UK ParliamentPenistone and Stocksbridge
List of places
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England
Yorkshire

Coordinates: 53°28′01″N 1°35′38″W / 53.467°N 1.594°W

Bolsterstone is a village in South Yorkshire, England, located south of Stocksbridge, and 8.5 miles to the northwest of the City of Sheffield and within the city borough. It lies on the border of the Peak District national park.

Geography and history

Bolsterstone is located less than 1 km south of the town of Stocksbridge within civil parish of Stocksbridge,[1] and the electoral ward of Stocksbridge and Upper Don.[2] The village is at a height of around 300 m (980 ft) above sea level on the northern side of the east-west Ewden valley, north of the Broomhead reservoir and More Hall reservoir.[1]

The origin of the name "Bolsterstone" is unknown, it may a corruption of the root word "Walder" (also used in local place names, including a barrow.[3]), or may refer to two large stones in the village, which are referred to as the "Bolster Stones". The village is thought to have been established in the Anglo-Saxon period.[4] St Mary's Church, Bolsterstone was founded in 1412, and a fortified manor house ("Bolsterstone castle") is thought to have be built by an Earl of Shrewsbury.[5] Two buildings dating from the 16th or 17th centuries are thought to be remnants of the castle: Castle Cottages are mostly 19th century with parts of walls dating from the earlier period;[6] Porters Lodge, also mostly 19th century is thought to contain elements of the castle gatehouse.[7]

A Free School was built in the village in 1686, (rebuilt 1780). Land around the village was enclosed after 1778, and St. Mary's church was rebuilt in the 1790s.[8] In 1802 the entire manor of Bolsterstone, over 3,460 acres (14.0 km2) was put up for sale, and acquired by James Rimington.[9][10]

The 'Castle Inn' was built in 1840;[11] Bolsterstone National School in 1851/2 and the Free School rebuilt in 1857;[12][13] and a vicarage built in 1862; between 1872 and 1879 St Mary's church was again rebuilt.[12]

As of 2009 the village functions as a residential village; the village has no shops, and both schools have closed; the National School building is used as a village hall.[14]

People

Two first-class cricketers were born in Bolsterstone: the brothers Clem and Rockley Wilson.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ordnance survey. 1:25000. c.2012
  2. ↑ "Area: Bradfield CP (Parish)", 2001 Census: Key Statistics (Office for National Statistics)
  3. ↑ Historic England. "Walders Low (312570 )". PastScape. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.3-3.4
  5. ↑ Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.5-3.6
  6. ↑ Historic England. "Castle Cottage (312545 )". PastScape. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  7. ↑ Historic England. "Porters Lodge (312605 )". PastScape. Retrieved 26 February 2014.
  8. ↑ Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.9-3.11
  9. ↑ Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.12
  10. ↑ "(Bolsterstone for sale)", The Times, 4 August 1802
  11. ↑ Bolsterstone Area (S&DHS), The Castle Inn Public House
  12. ↑ 12.0 12.1 Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.13-3.16
  13. ↑ Bolsterstone Area (S&DHS), Bolsterstone Schools
  14. ↑ Bolsterstone Conservation Area Appraisal (2009), 3.17, 4.4-4.5

Sources

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