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The Church of St Peter and St Paul, Todwick
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The ChurchThe Doomsday Survey of 1086 records: 'In Tatewic . . . a Church is there and three acres of meadow'. This early 11th century building of rubble red sandstone forms the nave of the present Church. The chancel, of limestone, and the porch were added in the l4th century, while the Perpendicular tower with its eight crocketed pinnacles was built in the late l5th century. In the nave the roof timbers date from 1702 and the oak Jacobean high box pews and pulpit from the reign of James I. The war memorial window is 14th century Decorated, mutilated at some time by the removal of the mullion; both the windows on the south side were altered in the 18th century. Plaster was removed from the medieval chancel arch to expose the stone in 1969. There are no north windows in the chancel because a chantry chapel dedicated to the Blessed Virgin originally stood on this side. The piscina behind the choir stalls may be from this chapel. The east window of well-proportioned l4th century intersecting tracery lights had undistinguished mid-19th century glass. The modern stained glass in the south-east window is by Sep Waugh of York, and three pieces of medieval glass hang in front of the next one. In the case behind the 17th century altar rails is the Todwick Byble 1639. Historical survey notes from the Country Ancient Monuments and Sites record The BuildingC11 nave with later porch and windows, chancel of C14 origin, C15
tower, C18 and C19 alterations. Rubble sandstone nave, other ashlar
and coursed, squared limestone; lead and graduated slate roofs. West
tower, 3 bay nave with south porch, 2-bay chancel. Tower: 3 stages,
Perpendicular style, chamfered plinth and moulded band. Diagonal
buttresses flank 3-light west window with cusped, pointed lights in
cavetto-moulded surround with pointed arch and hoodmould. String
courses between stages, slit windows to south-west internal stair. 2
light louvered belfry openings with pointed arches and hoodmoulds.
North and south waterspouts beneath embattled parapet with 8 crocketed
pinnacles. Gabled porch to bay has chamfered, round arched doorway, ashlar gable cabled copings with cuboidal apex sundial and cross; similar inner doorway under hoodmould; C14 roof with moulded, cambered tie beams to king-post trussess, that above outer door with carved scallop shell, rafters renewed 1976. Two C18 nave windows with pointed, square-faced surrounds. Blocked
C11 north door on right of square-headed double-chamfered window, its
tracery removed. Plain parapets. Chancel: narrower and with lower
eaves. Chamfered plinth, quoins. Square-headed priest's door with deep
lintel and dripstone flanked by C19 decorated style 2-light windows,
that on left pointed and on right square-headed. Unrestored C14
3-light east window with intersecting glazing bars and hoodmould. InteriorDouble-chamfered tower arch, its inner order on corbels. Nave has ogee-headed tomb recess on north wall; rood dated 1702 with molded tie beams and short king posts. Chancel: round arch of two orders, reworked. Re-set trefoil-headed piscina in north wall. Fittings: font, brought from Worksop Abbey in 1876 has octagonal shaft and moulded bowl. Box pews, fielded dado panelling and inlaid semi-octagonal pulpit; Royal arms of George III on north wall. Jacobean balustraded altar rail. Monuments: on blocked north wall of nave an early C18 catouche to the Ashley family of Todwick Grange; C19 wall tablet to Fox family also of Todwick Grange. Brass in hooded recess at south-east corner of nave to Thomas Garland (died 1609) has figure pointing to motto "POST TENBRAS SPERO LUCEM". Chancel: to north of east window a black marble tablet to John Garland (died 1691) with winged cherubs and cartouche; on south side a pedimeted tablet to "Eliz.Ixem" (died 1664) and her 2 sons; brass on right to Elizabeth Wrightson (died 1664) with Latin inscription and English verse. Stained glass nave north window depicts St. George and is in memory of 1st World War dead. MemorialsInteresting old memorials include the brass to Elizabeth Wrightson 1664, in the sanctuary, and one to Thomas Garland, 1609 in the nave to the right of the chancel arch; also in the nave is the early 18th century Ashley' cartouche' on the blocked-up north doorway. The coat-of-arms is of George III, and at the east end of this wall is a tomb recess or Easter Sepulchre. The old font was acquired from Worksop Abbey in 1876 at a cost of £3 Os. Od. In the vestry a bequest board lists various benefactors to the poor of Todwick, and the two commandment boards are Victorian illumination on zinc. The tower houses three bells; one is dated 1824 and the others are inscribed respectively 'Feare ye the Lord, G.O.1658' and 'Floreat Ecclesia MDCCXIIII'. The porch was restored in 1976, when a dormer window was inserted and external doors added. The original carving is still visible on the 14th century timbers above these doors. The old seats would once have been used for meetings, and the ancient iron fittings on the fairly modern door into the Church may have been on the original one.
Related activitiesTodwick NewsProduced monthly not just for the Church but for the whole village. Todwick Church Garden FeteHeld in the Church grounds on the first Saturday of July each year. Atfaluna Society for Deaf ChildrenThe parish sent 259 Christmas presents in December 2004 to the Atfaluna Society for Deaf Children in Gaza:
We received a letter back from the School Principal:
... and some photos of the children receiving and opening their presents:
Church HallLindleys Croft, Todwick, Sheffield S26 1HN Looking for a suitable space for a conference, seminar, meeting, workshop etc? Look no further. We are the ideal venue:
£50 - 9am to 1pm For further details and to book phone Elaine on 07957373334 or e-mail enorman@rotherham.ac.uk Replies: 17 High Street, Whitwell, Worksop S80 4QZ
Church Hall Building - 17th / 21st April 2005
Church Hall Building - Floor Laying - 1st April 2005
Church Hall Building - Plans
Church Hall Building - February 2005
Church Hall Building - December 2004The Church Hall Building is in progress and here are some photographs:
Catalogue of Todwick Church Rectors and VicarsInstitution Rector/Vicar/ Vacation by 1 November 1232 Sir John de Houton 1 December 1304 Sir William de Anstan 1 May 1333 Sir Edmund de Lyvett, Cl (or Lewet) Death 17 March 1350 Sir John de Scardeburgh Cession 25 February 1375 Sir Robt.de Driffield, Pr. Death 24 March 1378 Sir William Stanley, Pr. Cession 11 January 1403 Sir Robert Peynton 3 July 1416 Sir Robert Carneby, Pr Death 12 April 1434 Sir Hugh Roley, Pr. Death 20 October 1435 Sir Edm Williamson, Pr. Death Sir Edm. Arnclyffe Death 27 June 1470 Sir Christopher Martyn Death in 1472 Sir Robert Danby Death 17 December 1475 Thomas Betson Resigned 30 July 1477 Sir Richard Fulwood, Chap. 8 November 1506 Sir William Marshall, Pbr. Death 10 August 1535 Sir Roger Newbold, Cl. Death 18 July 1548 Sir Richard Ashley, Cl. Sir Henry Evans Death 7 July 1579 Thomas Hunte, Cl. Resigned 23 September 1579 William Wasteneys, Cl. Death in 1591 18 January 1592 Richard Hubbald, Cl. Resigned 1 July 1623 Thomas Hancock, Cl. M.A. Death in 1647 Phillip Fletcher Death in 1660 1662 John Ixem Death in 1676 1676 Edward Rishton Death in 1685 1688 Samuel Jerrand Death 6 August 1733 John Bearcliffe, B.A. Death 9 June 1736 Hammond Turner, M.A. Death in 1774 30 January 1775 John Hewett M.A. Death in 1811 1812 Michael Brunskill Death in l816 June 1816 Richard Inman Death 1866 Henry Sandwith, M.A. Resigned 1876 Henry Rudd Hunter, M.A. Resigned 1883 Henry Robert Dunlop Resigned July 1891 George William Dalton, D.D. Resigned 18 November 1893 Walter Cooper, M.A. Death January 1895 Samuel Chorlton Armitage Resigned January 1900 John Crawford Resigned 28 January l902 Alfred Thomas Resigned 1933 27 February 1933 Augustus Dixwell Alderson Resigned 1939 13 May 1939 Albert Henry Thornton Resigned 1945 21 September 1945 Kenneth William Thornton Cession 1953 21 August 1953 John Cyril Sladden Cession 1959 30 July 1959 Victor Lyons Treanor Death in 1960 7 December 1961 Rt. Revd. Michael Hollis Resigned 1964 7 September 1964 Paul Edward Lawrie, LL.D, M.A. Resigned 1978 3 April 1979 Jeffrey Froggatt, M.A. Cession 1985 28 February 1986 John Richard Newton Resigned 1992 28 April 1993 David Charles Bliss, M.Sc., B.Sc. - left June 2008 on promotion to Vicar of Rotherham Minster
THE REVEREND RICHARD INMAN OF TODWICK, SHEFFIELD, YORKSHIRE and THE INMANS OF GARSDALE, YORKSHIRE: THE ORIGINS AND FAMILY"The first Inman on my father's side is supposed to have come to Garsdale about 1710 & bought Low House. He is described as John or James Inman of the Lodge in Parish of Horton." Thus wrote Barbara Inman on the 5th of February 1883, when living at No. 3 Oxford Parade, Cheltenham, England. Having carefully made a copy of her great grandfather's manuscript (that is, the manuscript of her great- grandfather on her maternal side), Barbara Inman, daughter of the late Reverend Richard Inman of Todwick Rectory in Yorkshire, then devoted the above few words to her father's family. On their mother's side, Barbara and her siblings also had Inman ancestry. Their mother, Deborah Inman, was descended from a well-documented Nidderdale family; well-documented perhaps for the simple reason that Deborah's grandmother, Deborah BAYLES, the wife of Michael INMAN, could trace her ancestry back to King Edward lll and beyond. Having copied the details of this illustrious maternal descent, Barbara Inman must have had some misgivings that so little was known concerning the origins of her father. Parish Register entries certainly confirm that members of the Inman family dwelt in the Yorkshire dale known as Garsdale from the early 18th century. In their book "The Yorkshire Dales", first published in 1956, authors Marie Hartley and Joan Ingilby noted "At Garsdale Foot was born James Inman, who devoted a distinguished life to navigation and naval matters. TheInmans were also connected with Low House, a charm-ing old building, which still contains an oak court cup-board carved with their initials." The earliest monumental inscriptions in the Churchyard at Garsdale specifically mention the Inman family's association with Low House. William Inman of Low House lies buried there aged 58 years, the year of his death no longer legible; however the details of his widow Elizabeth show that she died 14th April 1795 aged 79 years. Beside her lies the body of their son William who died in 1828 aged 83 years. Parish register entries show that William, son of William (and Elizabeth) had been baptised at Garsdale 21st April 1745. His siblings, all baptised at Garsdale, were James in 1736, Thomas 1737, John 1739, Dorothy 1742, Richard 1747, and Margaret 1749. Some of the descendants of this family remained living in the dale well into the 20th century. However one grandchild of William and Elizabeth Inman found fame miles away from his birthplace. James Inman, mentioned by Hartley and Ingilby in their book on the Yorkshire Dales, was a younger son of Richard Inman of Garsdale Foot, and was born there in 1776. Educated at Sedbergh School, he attended Cambridge University, from where he graduated, B.A. 1800, and M.A. 1805. He gained a B. D. in 1815, and D. D. in 1820. Ordained in 1811 he held no parochial preferment but acted as Chaplain to the prison ships in Portsmouth harbour. It had been his intention to take up mission work in Syria, but on account of war he was detained in Malta, and there studied Arabic. After several adventurous years at sea, James Inman returned to England to become the First Principal of the Royal Naval College at Portsmouth. At his suggestion, the School of Naval Architecture was established, and to him was largely due the improvement in ship-building during the first half of the 19th century. He was the author of several works related to naval matters, navigation, mathematics and ship-building. He died on 7th February 1859. But it is on John Inman, baptised 9th February 1739 at Garsdale, that we must focus, for on 14th June 1778, this John Inman presented his own son for baptism at Garsdale, naming him Richard. Details concerning Richard's mother, and any further information on both parents is lacking. Perhaps they left the dale soon after baby Richard's birth, for there is no evidence of any further children being born to them at Garsdale. Unlike his first cousin James Inman - whose attendance at Sedbergh School and Cambridge University was followed by a distinguished career - Richard, son of John, appears to have had no university education. The next notice we have of him is during the early years of the new century when he was employed as a curate in the country parish of Hauxwell in Swaledale. By the year 1808 he was master of the school at Bedale.; and in this year he also married, his bride Deborah Inman being the daughter of Whaley Charles Inman, yeoman of Bedale, and his wife Mary nee OLIVER. It has always been stated that there was no blood relationship between bride and groom, and this fact would seem to be correct. In 1808 Rev. Richard Inman was admitted to the Church of Holy Trinity in King's Court, at York. His home, however, continued to be in the market town of Bedale. It was there that the first six of his fourteen children were baptised. By 1816 the family had moved to York where daughter Barbara - the later scribe of the family - was baptised in the church of St Saviour on the 12th November 1816. Preferment to the Rectory at Todwick near Sheffield came at the close of that year, and in this parish the Reverend Richard Inman was to remain, completing, by the year of his death, fifty years there as Rector. Details of the births of all their children were kept by Richard and Deborah in the old family bible:
It is perhaps not really surprising to learn that just nine days after the birth of John, her 14th child, Deborah Inman herself died at the age of forty-one. Baby John's baptismal entry in Todwick Church registers on 18th April 1826, was followed just three days later by the burial entry for his mother. The Rectory at Todwick must surely have been a commodious dwelling. As well as housing the Rector and his large family, it was also home to Deborah's widowed father Whaley Charles Inman, and occasional home to her bachelor brothers Thomas, Charles, Robert and Richard, and her unmarried sister Frances. Just two months after Deborah's death in 1826, her father Whaley Charles also died at the Todwick Rectory; a memorial tablet high on the chancel wall in the church records his death, and also those of his sons Charles (1833), Robert (1820) and Richard (1831). A second tablet to Deborah's eldest brother Thomas was erected in 1865 "in grateful and affectionate remembrance" by his sister Frances "and his nieces Mary, Martha, Barbara, Charlotte Catherine and Annie". The third and main memorial tablet in the chancel is to the Reverend Inman himself, and some of the members of his immediate family: THIS TABLET IS ERECTED IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBRANCE OF THE REVD. RICHARD INMAN FOR 50 YEARS RECTOR OF THIS PARISH WHO DIED APRIL 16TH 1866 AGED 88 YEARS. AND OF HIS WIFE DEBORAH, DAUGHTER OF WHALEY CHARLES INMAN ESQRE WHO DIED APRIL 12TH 1826, AGED 41 YEARS. ALSO OF THEIR CHILDREN ELIZABETH, WHO DIED JUNE 20TH 1838, AGED 24 YEARS SARAH, WHO DIED NOVEMBER 12TH, 1835, AGED 15 YEARS JAMES, WHO DIED NOVEMBER 20TH 1852, AGED 29 YEARS. AND JOHN, WHO WAS LOST AT SEA OFF THE COAST OF MINORCA, DECEMBER 17TH 1856 AGED 30 YEARS. And what of the remaining members of the Todwick family? William Charles, the eldest son, had the benefit of a University education. He graduated B.A. from Cambridge in 1835, went on to take Holy Orders, and served several curacies before being presented to the Rectory of Great Gonerby in Lincolnshire, in 1846. He died there twenty years later, and just two months after his father. He never married. The second surviving son was Richard Inman. He married Mary Ann HARRISON and is known to have had two children, Herbert and Marion. At some unknown date this family moved to Manitoba in Canada. Herbert married and left descendants who have only recently learned some details concerning their Yorkshire origins. Thomas Inman, the third son to survive, also graduated B.A. from Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1849 and priest in 1850 . After he had served in several different parishes as a curate, he became Vicar of Appleton Wiske in Yorkshire, 1870-73. Reverend Thomas Inman married in 1850 Lavinia Louisa BURTON. He died 12 January 1894. Mary Inman, the eldest daughter, was said to be a real beauty. She became the wife of a clergyman, the Reverend Henry Austin ORAM; she died the 1st March 1892, leaving many descendants. Her sister Martha Inman married yet another clergyman, a curate at Todwick the Reverend Thomas GAWTHROP. Martha Gawthrop was alive in 1899, and mentioned in the will of her sister Barbara Inman, dated 10th July that year. And Anne Inman, the youngest daughter of the family, married 7 September 1854, the Reverend Anthony Ambrose EDWARDS, Vicar of All Saints Church, Leeds. Anne died 29th December 1905. At the time of the old rector's death in 1866, two of his daughters remained unmarried. By 1881 Charlotte Catherine had left Todwick and was living in Cheltenham at the home of her widowed cousin Emma SETON. Of Charlotte's sister Barbara Inman, rather more is known. By the time of the 1881 Census, Barbara had made her home with her widowed sister Annie EDWARDS at 6 Spencer Avenue, Potter Newton in the Leeds district. But by January 1883, Barbara too had gone south to live in Cheltenham, and here she remained right through to the turn of the century and beyond. She died at 3 Oxford Parade, Cheltenham on 23rd July 1912, at the advanced age of ninety-five. Her will dated 10th July 1899, together with four later codicils, was proved in London, her effects amounting to £3388 5s 9d. To her nearest relatives, sisters, nieces, nephews, and cousins, Barbara Inman had bequeathed many family mementos - 'an oil portrait of my Uncle Christopher' was left to niece Kate Inman Smythe; 'the portrait of my grandfather, Whaley Charles Inman', and 'my gold seal with the Inman crest' were to go to Herbert Inman in far-away Manitoba; sister Annie was to have 'the old family clock', and Martha the 'two pictures of Todwick Rectory and Church.' Piano, music stool, engravings, alabaster figures, gold chains, watches, ornaments - all were itemised in Barbara's will. But by the time of her death many of the intended recipients had also died. The last surviving child of Richard and Deborah Inman, Barbara had taken a keen interest in her family's history. In 1883 she had made copies of the information in the manuscript books of her maternal great-grandfather, Michael Inman, and distributed these copies amongst the younger generations of the family. I was fortunate to be shown one of Barbara Inman's family history copies in 1995 when I visited Mr Reginald Darcy Hunter at his home in Leeds. He also proudly showed me the old family bible in which were carefully recorded the names and birthdates of all the Reverend Richard Inman's children , as detailed previously. Yet another of Barbara's family history copies has since surfaced in an antique shop in Winnipeg, Manitoba, in Canada. And from the brief family notes that have been added to it, there can be no doubt that this particular record had once belonged to Richard Inman, the son who left Todwick last century to make his home in Canada. Descendants of Richard Inman Junior have retained several photographs of their English ancestors - among them is one of the Reverend Richard Inman, Rector of Todwick, born in Garsdale in 1778, and died at Todwick, near Sheffield in 1866. And so it is thanks to his daughter Barbara Inman, that these records have survived today. And but for those few extra words that Barbara wrote in reference to her father's family, we might never have known of the Todwick Inman family's link with Garsdale. This information was sent by Nancy R. C. McLaughlin email: PETER.NANCY.MCLAUGHLIN@xtra.co.nz 91 Major Hornbrook Road, Mt Pleasant, Christchurch, New Zealand 2001
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