History of Cawthorne

by Charles Tiplady Pratt

A HISTORY OF CAWTHORNE

BY CHARLES T. PRATT, M.A., VICAR OF CAWTHORNE.

"There is not an edifice, a Church, or a Manor-house, a Cross, or a little fragment of ruin, that is not connected with some incident or some character that makes it an object of interest. "-Hunter

PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR;1882.

BARNSLEY:

I. W. DAVIS, 16, MARKET HILL.

MANCHESTER: J. HEYWOOD, RIDGEFIELD.

To

WALTER T. W. SPENCER-STANHOPE,

OF CANNON HALL,

ESQUIRE, M.A., J.P., D.L,&c.,&c.,

AND

TO THE MEMORY OF HER

WHO WAS DEAREST TO HIM,

THE HISTORY OF THEIR PARISH

IS DEDICATED

WITH A HAPPY AND GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE

OF MANY YEARS OF KINDNESS TO

THE AUTHOR.

Contents

• Dedication
• Preface

1. Derivation and Early History, p.1
2. The De Laci Family, Chief Lords of Cawthorne
3. The Saxon Ailric and his Descendants, Tenants of Cawthorne, p.15

   (Present Lordship of Manor, p.23)

4. Cannon Hall, p.25
5. Barnby Hall, Banks Hall, Manor House, &c., p.41
6. The Township of Cawthorne, p49
7. The Parish Church, The Churchyard, Parochial Registers, p.68
8. Endowments of the Church, Incumbents and Curates, p.118
9. The Parochial School, p.148
10. Parish Vestry Books, p.158
11. Appendix
    • Parish notes since 1866, p. 167
    • Corrections, &c. p.173
    • Parochial Events, p.175.