Hope Valley Sources

Hope Valley


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Barber only

1638

1782

incl Castleton, Foolow & others

incl several  villages

Hearth Tax Assessment

Aston

Strays

Bradwell

Bradwell

           

Castleton

Brough

Edale

Castleton

Hathersage

Edale

Hope

Hathersage

Baslow area

Hope

Offerton

Shatton

Thornhill

(Hope) Woodlands

Bradwell is a populous hamlet, in the parish of Hope, about 2 miles S. E. from Castleton. The importance of this hamlet is chiefly derived from the mining operations carried on within it, and the lead smelting works, belonging to Messrs. Furness & Co.; hats are also manufactured here by several individuals. In 1821 the number of inhabitants in the hamlet was 1,130, and in 1831 - 1,153.

Castleton is a parish and village, in the hundred of High Peak, 164 miles from London, 27 S.E. from Manchester, 10 N.E. from Buxton, and 7 E. from Chapel-en-le-Frith. ...........The parish of Castleton, including the chapelry of EDALE, containing in 1821 - 1,428 inhabitants & in 1831 - 1,329.

Hathersage, a village and parish, is 5 1/2 miles E. by S. from Castleton, in the same hundred as Hope, and four miles from that village...........The parish contained in 1821 - 1,856 inhabitants, and in 1831 - 1,794, of which last number 722 were returned for the township.

Hope is a township and village (once a market-town), in the parish of its name, in the same hundred as Castleton, about 1 mile from that town, and about 51/2 N. from Tideswell...... . Hope parish contained, in 1821 - 4,102 inhabitants, and in 1831 - 3,927 of which last number 426 were returned for the township. from Pigot`s 1835 Commercial Directory.