Before 1796
1796 -1799
1800 - 1819
1820s
Late 19th Century
Litton Mill
Land Ownership
Slack & Mill
Connections
Living Conditions
Robert Blincoe
Censuses 1841 - 1891
Parson Brown of Tideswell kept a diary and the original 1792-1799 volumes are kept in Sheffield Archives. His entries citing Littonslack in the 1790s are ...
15th March 1796 ... "I went to Litton Mill Slack to Church Mrs Marples and Christen a child"
Saturday 16th
December 1797 ... "I
went to Litton Mill Slack this afternoon to
Church W'm Wild's wife. I stay'd there about 1 1/2 hours & had a
little Beef Steak Pudding and smoked my pipe etc. They did not pay me
for the churching"
Parish Records and Bishop's Transcripts give the following ...
Burial 22nd February 1796 Thomas (son of Humphrey Gregory) of Litton Mill Slack
Baptism 30th October 1796 Joseph (Son of Tho's and Hannah Marples) of Mill Slack on
Burial 5th February 1797 Mary wife of George Howe of Litton with “v” Mill Slack
Baptism 26th February 1797 Elizabeth daughter of Thomas and Elizabeth Winterbottom of Mill Slack
Baptism 13th November 1797 Sophie daughter of William and Elizabeth Wylde of Litton Mill Slack
Burial 9th April 1798 Sophie* daughter of William and Elizabeth Wylde of Litton Mill Slack
* Note that Sophie was just 6 months and had been the reason for Parson Brown's visit to Elizabeth Wylde the previous December.
All Littonslack Parish Records 1796-1829 are here
An extract from Parson Brown's diary is shown below. This is from October 1795 and references his own birthday.
In this further capture from Parson Brown's diary (of 17th April 1795) we see a fairly common entry showing Parson Brown mixing with the local middle classes. "Esther [his wife] and I drank Tea with Mr and Mrs Blake and Ellis Needham, Hargate wall. It was after 10 when we got home".
