46 A NOTE ON BROUGH AND BATHUMGATE. 



of my article. I will here repeat a portion of the evidence 

 which I then collected. 



Samuel Marrison, aged 86, retired farmer and cattle-dealer, 

 told me that he had lived in Castleton all his life, as his father 

 had before him. He said that the old inhabitants of Brad- 

 well were the descendants of " transports, like the people sent 

 from Russia." He said he had heard that these " transports 

 built themselves little stone huts without mortar, and settled 

 down in Bradwell." He had heard about the " transports " all 

 his life; " it was quite true, and had been handed down." He 

 had heard " scores and scores of people talk about it." They 

 were transported to work the lead mines. Some of them came 

 out of Italy and France, and they used to call them " part- 

 bred Italians." 



Henry Ashton, of Castleton, said that the lead-miners of 

 Castleton, as well as Bradwell, were the descendants of con- 

 victs. He thought he had seen that in a book, but could not 

 remember where. 



Robert Bradwell, of Bradwell, formerly a lead-mine owner, 

 aged 88, said that he was the oldest inhabitant of Bradwell, 

 and was descended from the old stock of Bradwell people. 

 He had heard that the lead-miners of Bradwell were sent 

 there as convicts — that was his word — from a foreign country 

 a long time ago. He had heard that from his father. It was 

 an old tradition. He had never seen it in print, but he 

 believed that many people were descended from those men. 

 "We're descended from a nice lot, aren't we?"' he said. He 

 said that the Castleton people used to say that the Bradwell 

 people were descended from convicts, whilst the Bradwell 

 people retorted that the Castleton people were descended from 

 slaves. Mr. Bradwell said that these convicts lived in stone 

 huts near the mines. Mr. Bradwell's daughter-in-law said that 

 the old Bradwell people were "transports," sent over -by some 

 foreign power, and " that is why they differ from other people." 

 I saw Mr. Bradwell many times on this and other subjects, 

 and found him a most satisfactory and conscientious witness. 



