THE MANOR OF ABNEY. I •, ^ 



by the same names to-day, except Clusterberry Low, which 

 name seems to be lost. It is described in another MS. as 

 being at Bagshaw Edge, "above the sitch going to Amott 

 Well." Further down the stream, on the eastwardly side, near 

 the Silver Well, was a piece of land— some 74 acres— which, 

 in 1803, was found to have been for many years a bone of 

 contention between Abney and Hucklow. A wall had been 

 built by the Great Hucklow people, which was pulled down 

 by Mr. Bradshawe, and never rebuilt; but the dispute re- 

 mained. It came to a climax when the Enclosures Act of 

 Parliament brought the notice of the public eye upon the 

 debatable ground— when the case was taken to the assizes 

 in the spring of 1804; with the result that an equal division 

 of the land in dispute was made between the two townships. 

 "A coppy of ye Boundaries of Abney Lordshipp 12 Edward II. 

 It begins at ye Stoke forthl and so goes up Routing Wall sich and so to 

 ye Slack att the Highlow Head2 and so straight over ye Moore to a 

 round hill or Knowie called Berching Hatt3 and so through ye way to 

 ye Dunge Clough Head and following ye Brookei to Burton Books and 

 from Burton Boole following ye gate to ye Woolfe pit down along 

 Saundorson Sich and so to the Clough Head above Vferton^ and from the 

 Clough Head above Ufferton straight following the Sich to Robin Crosse 

 from Robin Crosse to the height of Blacklowe as the water falleth from 

 ye Blacklow7 so to ClusterberryS Low and then to y^ stone yt lies on 

 ye South side of Clusterberry Low and then straight to y* Archer stone 

 lying ye south side (of) Rivenage from Abney and then follow down 

 ye Slack unto Arminett Well and so to ye Sylver Well and so follow ye 

 water to Stark home following y" water down y^ bottom of Bretton 

 Clough and so to Musford green and so to OdstorQ and so following ye 

 \'.-ater to Stoke forth and so wee end where wee began. 



On the 30th of Sept., 1736, "the Boundaries were beaten" 

 in the presence of Mr. Thomas Tilney, the Steward of the Estate. 



1 Ford. 



2 Instead of " Slack," etc., read " to the corner of ffox wall." 



3 Insert here " from thence to Standing Stone." 



4 Instead of "ye Brooke" read " Signeing Sich." 



5 Bole. 



6 Instead read " Odderdale Head." 



7 Insert here, " So following the wall to Rivenage and so to the top 

 of Clusterberry Low." 



S Clusterberry is still the local name for the Cowberry (Vaccinium vitis 

 Idoea), which grows abundantly on the Eyam Moo'rs, but somewhat 

 sparsely at Abney. It makes a verv good preserve. 



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