HATHERSAGE is a large flourishing village and township, 11 miles S.W. of Sheffield, contains 2,958A. 0R. 19P. of land, and in 1861 had 991 inhabitants, most of whom are employed in the manufacture of needles, hackles, gill pins, &c., for which the village is noted. Rateable value, £2,385 17s. 6d. The Duke of Devonshire is lord of the manor and a small owner; J.S.A. Shuttleworth, Esq., the Duke of Rutland, Miss H. Wright, Thomas Eyre, Esq., and Robert Cook, Esq., have also considerable estates here, besides whom are several small freeholders. The Church (St. Michael) is a handsome structure in the later style of English architecture, consists or nave, chancel, side aisles, and tower with spire, and has a peal of six good bells. In 1851-2 the church was thoroughly restored. In the churchyard is the gravestone of Little John, the companion of Robin Hood. The vicarage, value £120, is in the gift of the Duke of Devonshire the Rev. Thomas Stevens, incumbent. The Wesleyans and Catholics have each places of worship here. The National School is a neat stone building, erected in 1868, at a cost of £750 (raised by subscription), exclusive of the land, which was given by Thomas Eyre, Esq. The School, which is well-attended, and has a small endowment, is taught by Thomas Girling and Mary E. Bland. Rock House, in the centre of the village, is a private educational establishment for young gentlemen of the Catholic persuasion. It is conducted by Mrs. Gibson. The old Endowed School has been converted into a reading room. Near the Catholic Chapel is a small neat Catholic School, erected by subscription in 1861. A fair is held on the last Friday after Old Michaelmas day, and the feast on the Sunday before the fair. The Hall, a handsome mansion; is the seat and property of J.S.A. Shuttleworth, Esq. CAMP GREEN, a little east of the Church, is supposed to have formerly been the site of a Danish camp. BOOTHS is a small village, half a mile E. FOX HOUSE is a noted Inn, 3 miles E.; and LONGSHAW, a shooting box, 3 miles S.E., the property of the Duke of Rutland.

BAMFORD is a pleasant village and township, 2½ miles N.W. from Hathersage, contains 1,733A. 3R. 19P. of land, and in 1861 had 857 inhabitants, Rateable Value, £1,233 16s. The principal owners are, Wm. C. Moore, Esq., Messrs. J. and W. Hibberson, Messrs. C. and H.J. Robinson, J.S.A. Shuttleworth, Esq., Thos. Eyre, Esq., Mr. Taylor, Mr. J.G. Platts, Mr. S. Hawke, Mr. Jph. Hancock, and Messrs. J.A. and J. Merryman. The Church (St. John the Baptist) is a handsome edifice in the early English style. It was consecrated on the 17th October, 1861, and contains 250 sittings, the whole of which are free. The cost of erection was £3,434, raised by subscription, aided by a grant of £200 from the Diocesan Society. The living is a perpetual curacy, value £100, in the gift of W.C. Moore, Esq.; the Rev. Edmund V. Amery, incumbent. The Wesleyans have a small Chapel here. The School is a neat structure, erected in 1841, at a cost or £300. Here is a large factory for doubling cotton, which gives employment to upwards of 800 hands; Messrs. S.M. Moors & Son are the proprietors. SICKLEHOLME comprises two farms, 2 miles W., near which is MYTHAM BRIDGE, a neat modern erection, built in 1857, on the site of a more ancient structure, which was washed down by the great flood on August 7th, 1856.

DERWENT is a scattered township and chapelry, 6 miles N.N.W. from Hathersage, contains 3,327A. 2R. 30P. of land, and in 1861 had 164 inhabitants. Rateable value, £867 6s. 6d. The Duke of Devonshire, Duke of Rutland, Francis Newdigate, Esq., and Misses Rodgers, are the principal owners. The Church (St. James) is a stone edifice, with a turret and one bell. The perpetual curacy, value £83, is in the gift of Lord Denman; the Rev. G.W. Guest is the incumbent. The Parsonage, a neat residence, was built in 1859. The Methodists have a small Chapel at Ashopton. The School, which is taught on the National plan, has an income of about £6 per annum. The Hall is a venerable structure, the seat of G. Newdigate, Esq. Ashopton Inn, on the Sheffield and Glossop road, is a commodious house, about 11 miles W. of Sheffield, the proprietor of which has the sole right of the Ashop and Derwent trout streams, which are strictly preserved. Feast, nearest Sunday to St. James's day.

OUTSEATS township consists of scattered houses, extending to nearly 2 miles N. from Hathersage, and containing 4,352A. 3R. 18P. of land, and in 1861 had 251 inhabitants. Rateable value, £1,436 3s. 11d; Miss H. Wright, J.S.A. Shuttleworth, Esq., and Mrs. N. Shaw, are the principal owners.