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The Combs of Ecclesfield have not yet been actively researched. According to The Archdale Memoirs page 1, John ARCHDALE of Staffordshire "is stated to have been "of kin" to Alice, Elizabeth and Rose, daughters and co-heiresses of John COWELL of Dungworth Storrs, in the chapelry of Bradfield." (Ref. Harleian Ms. No. 326). The reference has not yet been located, but is presumably to the chapelry of Bradfield, Ecclesfield, Yorks where only one record has been located for an Archdale thus far (presumably - see below). Although no early Archdales have been located in other Ecclesfield parish records as yet (and only one late record), there are numerous entries for Sheffield, which is only 5-1/2 miles to the north, and see also Rotherham, which is also only five miles from Ecclesfield.
The sole Bradfield record located in the IGI thus far is:
13 Aug 1596 Bradfield, Yorkshire. Christened: Laurance BRODBENT, s/o John BRODBENT (FamilySearch.Org, #0471978, Computer printout of Bradfield, Yorks source not viewed) [Search Words: BROADBENT]In Ecclesfield parish are found:
12 Sep 1619 Bradfield, Yorkshire, England. Christened: John ARSDALE, s/o Richard ARSDALE (FamilySearch.Org, #0471978, Computer printout of Bradfield, Yorks source not viewed)
13 Oct 1566 Ecclesfield, Yorks. Married: Henrico COMBE and Hellen MACHON (FamilySearch.Org, #690029, Computer printout of Ecclesfield, Yorkshire, 1558-1621 - source not yet viewed) [NIGI 1998] [Search Words: Henry, Helen, Ellen, MATCHEN]Note that there may be numerous additional marriages not yet extracted.
13 Oct 1572 Ecclesfield, Yorks. Married: Elizabethe WYLKINSON and John MACHON (ibid.)
10 Dec 1592 Ecclesfield, Yorkshire. Married: Agnes COMBE and Willm. WYLKINSON (ibid.) [Search Words: William WILKINSON]
30 Jan 1596 Ecclesfield, Yorks. Married: Wilm. COMBE and Anne CARRE (ibid.) [Search Words: William, CARR]
26 Mar 1600 Ecclesfield, Yorks. Christened: Nicholas COMBE, s/o Wm. COMBE (Extracted from IGI, #087284, Pr: 0471930, and #6900028, Computer printout of Ecclesfield, Yorks, 1599-1620 (source not yet viewed))[Search Words: William]
21 Dec 1601 Ecclesfield, Yorks. Christened: Hellene COMBE, d/o Henrici COMBE (ibid.) [Search Words: Helen, Ellen, Henry]
20 May 1604 Ecclesfield, Yorks. Christened: Margret COMBE, d/o Hen. COMBE (ibid.) [Search Words: Margaret, Henry]
28 Mar 1613 Ecclesfield, Yorks. Christened: Isabell COUMBE, d/o Robt. COUMBE (ibid.) [Search Words: Isabel, Robert]
1 Nov 1617 Ecclesfield, Yorks. Christened: Mathew COUMBE, s/o Robt. COUMBE (ibid.) [Search Words: William]
1 May 1808 Ecclesfield, Yorks. Christened: Harriot ARCHDALE, d/o Mary ARCHDALE (IGI, So: 919292, Pr: 6900028, source not yet viewed)
"ECCLESFIELD, a parish in the northern division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, West riding of the county of York, comprising the chapelry of Bradfield, and the townships of Aldward and Ecclesfield, and containing 12,496 inhabitants, of which number, 7163 are in the township of Ecclesfield, 5-1/2; miles (N.) from Sheffield. The living is a vicarage, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, rated in the king's books at £19. 3. 4., and in the patronage of Earl Fitzwilliam. The church, dedicated to St. John the Baptist, is in the later style of English architecture, and has lately received an addition of three hundred and ninety-seven sittings, of which two hundred are free, the Incorporated Society for the enlargement of churches and chapels having granted £200 toward defraying the expense. There is a place of worship for Wesleyan Methodists. The manufacture of hardware, similar to that at Sheffield, is carried on at this place. There are several endowed schools; that at Ecclesfield is supported out of the feoffee estate of this extensive parish, with £21 per annum, for teaching eighteen poor children. Sylvester's hospital, for seven poor persons, was founded and endowed by Edward Sylvester, in 1693; the income, aided by a bequest of £200 from Ann Reresby, in 1801, amounts to about £100 per annum, which, after providing for repairs, &c., is divided among the inmates. Barnes Hall hospital, for six poor people, was erected in the 15th of Charles I., by Richard Watts, to whom Sir Richard Scott, in 1668, devised certain estates for the purpose. An almshouse, for three poor persons of Ecclesfield and three of Owleston, was erected by George Bamforth, and is kept in repair by the parish. There was formerly an Alien priory of Benedictine monks to the abbey of St. Wandragisilius, in Normandy, which, at their suppression, was granted by Richard II. to the Carthusian monastery of St. Anne, near Coventry. In the neighbourhood are vestiges of a Roman intrenchment, termed Devil's Ditch.
"BRADFIELD, a chapelry in the parish of Ecclesfield, northern division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, west riding of the county of York, 6¾ miles (N.W. by W.) from Sheffield, containing 5298 inhabitants. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £400 private benefaction, £400 royal bounty, and £1000 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of the Vicar of Ecclesfield. This chapelry lies in a mountainous part of the county, and is surrounded by uncultivated and barren moors. Many of the inhabitants are employed in different branches of manufacture connected with the trade at Sheffield. Fairs are held, June 17th and December 9th. An estate, called the Feoffees' estate, produces about £172 per annum, which is chiefly applied in repairing the chapel, and in defraying those expenses for which a rate is usually imposed. The school at Lower Bradfield is endowed with a house (in which the master resides), a croft and a garden, besides a rent-charge of £10 per annum, for which eighteen children are instructed. There is a school at Bolterstone, endowed with about £40 per annum, and a house occupied by the master, chiefly from a bequest by John Hodgkinson, in 1780, for the free instruction of all children within the chapelry. The school at Oncsacre has an endowment of about £14 per annum, and a residence for the master, who teaches sixteen children gratuitously.
"ALDWARD, a township in the parish of Ecclesfield, northern division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, west riding of the county of York, 2½ miles (N.E.) from Rotherham, containing 35 inhabitants.
"STANNINGTON, a chapelry in the parish of Ecclesfield, northern division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, West riding of the county of York, 4 miles (W.) from Sheffield. The population is returned with the parish. The chapel has been recently completed, at the expense of £2607. 19. 3., defrayed by the parliamentary commissioners, and contains seven hundred and twenty-two sittings, of which, three hundred and sixty-six are free; it is in the patronage of the Vicar of Ecclesfield. The manufacture of cutlery is here extensive.
"STAININGTON, a chapelry in the parish of Ecclesfield, northern division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, West riding of the county of York, 4 miles (W. by N.) from Sheffield. The chapel, erected under the late act for promoting the building of additional churches, &c., was finished in November 1829, at an expense of £2607. 19. 3., defrayed by the parliamentary commissioners: it is in the later style of English architecture, with a cupola, and contains seven hundred and twenty-two sittings, of which three hundred and sixty-six are free.
MIDHOPE, a chapelry in the parish of Ecclesfield, northern division of the wapentake of Strafforth and Tickhill, West riding of the county of York, 3¼ miles (S.S.W.) from Penistone. The population is returned with the parish. The living is a perpetual curacy, in the archdeaconry and diocese of York, endowed with £800 royal bounty, and £200 parliamentary grant, and in the patronage of Major-General Bawille." (A Topographical Dictionary of England, Samuel M. Lewis, London, 1831)
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