| Administrative History | RICHARD SILVESTER, 1790, gave £1 3s to be distributed to the poor of Hathersage Parish on St Thomas Day
BENJAMIN ASHTON of Hathersage bequeathed several sums in his will of 1718 (proved 1725):
- £5 for the education of the poorest boys of Hathersage and Outseats in reading English
- £3 or a yearly sermon to be preached in the Parish Church of Hathersage on St Thomas Day [3 July]
- £2 to be distributed yearly to the poorest people of Hathersage and Outseats on St Thomas Day
- £100 for procuring Queen Anne's Bounty to Hathersage parish church
- £10 10s for the creation of a school
JOAN MORTON and THOMAS EYRE, both of Derwent, gave £200 to be laid out in land, the rents and profits arising from which, to be yearly distributed on St Thomas Day: one half to the poor of Derwent, the other half to the poor of Hathersage, Outseats and Bamford. The sum of £200 is laid out upon a house, outhousing and lands at Aston in the parish of Hope. |