Midhopestones
Midhopestones (archaic Nether Midhope, also Middup, or Middop) is a village in the civil parish of Bradfield within the Stocksbridge and Upper Don electoral ward in the borough of the City of Sheffield, England.[7] Also in the near area is the Midhopestones Bridge over the Little Don, circa 1788;[8] a toll bar house from the late 18th century, north of the village and river,[9] and an early 19th-century former inn, both on the former Manchester Road (A616);[10] The name midhope is thought to derive from the Old English words mid (middle) and hop (enclosed or dry place), the suffix 'stones' is thought to refer to stepping stones in the river (now beneath Underbank reservoir), and is not recorded in use before the late 17th century, before the 17th century the village was known as Nether Midhope.[1] The earliest written record of the place dates to 1227, the village is thought to have had its own manor and lord from the 12th century onwards.[13] Acts of Parliament in the early 19th century led to the construction of the Manchester Road (now the A616), and to extensive field enclosure in the valley.[12] In 1919 Underbank Reservoir was constructed by Barnsley Corporation: several houses, the river stepping stones and part of the pottery were lost to this development.