The History of Hayfield Parish Church
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"... in the erection of a Chapel at Hayfield.
Hayfield was an independent Chapelry in the far-reaching Parish of Glossop ; the Chapelry consisted of Great Hamlet, Phoside, Thornsett, Kinder, Beard, Ollersett, Chinley, Bugsworth and Brownside.
During the reign of Charles l several Romish Priests were at work secretly missioning the High Peak.
In 1634, a return of the recusants were presented by the Constable of each Parish to the Quarter Sessions. The names of those presented from the Chaplery of Hayfield are as follows :-
Francis Eyre, Constable of Bowden Middlecale, doth present these popish Recusants for absence from the church and divine service for these two months last past. viz:--
Nicholas Wilkenson of Heafield, cutler. Thomas Mellor, of the same, taylor. Thomas beard, of Ivehole, husbandman, and margaret his wife, Katheryn Ridge, wife of Robert Ridgelate of Higate, yeoman. Thomas Bowdon of Heafield, yeoman, and Grace his wife. Margarett Beignton of the same vid., and Hellen the wife of Edmond Bradbury of the same, labourer.
At the Epihany Sessions for Derbyshire, 1681-2. warrants were issued to the Parish Constables, with a schedule of the names of all persons indieted for absenting themselves from Church one and twenty Sundays. The Constables were directed to summon those persons named on the Schedule to appear at next Quarter Sessions to show cause why they absented themselves from Church. the names for Bowden Middlecale are as follows :-- Ronald Bradbury, Barbara Mellor, Joseph Beard, Katherine Bowden, John Goddard, Thomas Bowen, Allice Ridgeway, Richard Armstrong, William Rollinson.
Bowden Middle Cale was the origional name of Hayfield and New Mills.
Hayfield is described by the Parliamentary Commissioners of 1650 as "a Parochial Chapel fitt to be made a Parish"
During the ministry of the Rev. Christopher Fisher in 1653, there were a number of Baptists in the village, who were sufficiently strong to make matters unpleasant to the duly appointed minister, who petitioned the Derbyshire Justices, that the Baptist opponents, George Hatfield, Edward Hide, John Bennett, George Bennett and Thomas Waterhouse, should be bound over to their good behaviour.
During the incumbancy of the Rev. John Bradley, John Wesley, who was a particular friend, preached several..."
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