APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE dated 1 May 1719. William HARRISON son of Richard

of Algarkirk apprenticed to William HARDY of Kirton, Taylor. Apprenticeship

discharged 19 July 1722. [HSR 1722/80]

BASTARDY RECOGNIZANCE dated 24 Nov 1806. Mother: Catherine WILLIS of Ulceby.

Putative father: Joseph HARDEY Serving Man son of John Hardey the elder of

Barrow Yeoman. His brother Thomas Hardey of Barrow Yeoman was his surety.

[LQS A/1/343/13]

BASTARDY RECOGNIZANCE dated 5 Jan 1810. Mother: Elizabeth HARDY of Belton

widow. Putative father: John VAUSE the younger of Belton Farmer. [LQS

A/1/367/52]

BASTARDY RECOGNIZANCE dated 3 July 1811. Mother: Susanna BONNER of Apley

singlewoman. Putative father: Robert HARDY of Apley Carpenter. William Hardy

of Apley Carpenter was his surety. [LQS A/1/378/27]

BASTARDY RECOGNIZANCE dated 31 May 1811. Mother: Ann HARDY of Hallington

singlewoman. Putative father: John REVELL of South Somercotes Laborer.

[LQS A/1/378/29]

BASTARDY CERTIFICATE dated 11 Jan 1812. Mother: Susanna BONNER of Wragby

singlewoman. Putative father: Robert HARDY of Apley Servant. Male child.

[LQS A/1/382/39]

BASTARDY RECOGNIZANCE dated 23 Sep 1812. Mother: Ann HARDY of Skidbrooke

singlewoman. Putative father: Thomas JOHNSON late of Skidbrooke Farmer.

Female child born 10 August last at the house of Richard Hardy in the parish

of Skidbrooke.

[LQS A/1/388/22]

BASTARDY RECOGNIZANCE dated 5 Oct 1818. Mother: Ann LILL of Langton near

Wragby singlewoman. Putative father: Robert HARDY of the same Yeoman.

[LQS A/1/439/71]

REMOVAL ORDER dated 8 Feb 1819. William HARDY Labourer from Hagworthingham

to Broughton [in Lindsey]. [LQS A/1/441/122]

BASTARDY ORDER dated 11 Jan 1821. Mother: Judith SHEARWOOD singlewoman.

Putative father: John HARDEY of Barrow Watchmaker. Female child born 11 June

1820 in the house of Joseph Shearwood in the parish of Barrow. [LQS

A/1/454/89]

BASTARDY RECOGNIZANCE dated 22 Feb 1821. Mother: Mary HARDY of South

Somercotes singlewoman. Putative father: Anthony GRAVES of South Somercotes

Servant in Husbandry. Robert Graves of South Somercotes Farmer was his

REMOVAL ORDER dated 28 Oct 1831. Catherine HARDY singlewoman and Thomas her

infant child of the age of 5 weeks from Hagworthingham to Raithby by

Spilsby.

[LQS A/1/540/98]

SETTLEMENT EXAMINATION dated 25 Oct 1806. Thomas HARDY of Horsington,

Carpenter. He lately married his wife Elizabeth at Horsington. [Horsington

parish 13/SE/13]

SETTLEMENT CERTIFICATE dated 16 May 1781. Richard HARDY his wife and their

children legally settled in the parish of Waith. [Tetney parish 13/SC/70 -

photocopy available from the Socieyt]

BASTARDY BOND dated 27 Feb 1805. Mother: Elizabeth SHARP of Crowland.

Putative father: Joseph HARDY of Crowland, Farmer & Grazier. [Crowland

parish 13/BB/27] also BASTARDY WARRANT dated 12 Feb 1805 [Crowland parish

13/BW/7]

BASTARDY BOND dated 20 June 1820. Mother: Sarah HOWE of Crowland. Putative

father: Isaac Congreve HARDY of Crowland, Grazier. [Crowland parish

13/BB/40]

APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE dated 1728. Wm TAYLER apprenticed to John HARDY of

Burgh, Tayler. [Burgh le Marsh parish 13/AP/42]

APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE dated 1818. William HARDY aged 10 apprenticed to

Philip ASHTON of Spalding, Innkeeper & Husbandman. [Pinchbeck parish

13/AP/237]

APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE dated 1822. John ROWE son of Thomas aged 13

apprenticed to Larens HARDY of Guthram in Deeping Fen, Husbandman.

[Pinchbeck parish 13/AP/242]

APPRENTICESHIP INDENTURE dated 1822. John HARDY illegitimate son of

Elizabeth aged 15 apprenticed to John GOOUD of Stamford St John, Cordwainer.

REMOVAL ORDER dated 6 Dec 1805. Richard BIRD from Louth to Horncastle. Not

removed until 23 Dec due to sickness and infirmity. [LQS A/1/334/27 - two

documents]

REMOVAL ORDER [date missing]. William BIRD and Mary his wife Sarah aged 5

years Mildred aged 3 years and George aged 9 Months their children from

Market Stainton to Little Coates. [LQS A/1/471/175]

BASTARDY RECOGNIZANCE dated 7 Nov 1823. Mother: Sarah FOSTER of Roxby

singlewoman. Putative father: John BIRD of Ulceby Labourer. [LQS A/1/478/14]

BASTARDY RECOGNIZANCE dated 29 Sep 1827. Mother: Frances WILKINSON single-

woman of Mareham le Fen. Putative father: Thomas BIRD the younger of East

Kirkby Labourer. Thomas Bird the elder of the same Labourer was a surety.

[LQS A/1/506/28]

BASTARDY RECOGNIZANCE dated 17 April 1828. Mother: Ann BIRD of Kexby in the

parish of Upton singlewoman. Putative father: Enoch BROADBENT of Kexby

Wheelwright. [LQS A/1/511/43]

BASTARDY ORDER dated 24 Feb 1819. Mother: Elizabeth PARSON. Putative father:

John BIRD of Farcet, Huntingdonshire, Farmer. Female child born 23 Jan 1819

at Crowland. [Crowland parish 13/MO/29] Also BASTARDY WARRANT dated 17 Nov

The population of Eckington jumped from 4401,in 1841 to 6085 in 1861, for many industries were expanding. In the main several Coal Mines were being sunk.

During April, 1844 there was a miner’s strike. The workers were seeking recognition of their association and a rise in wages, but the strike was unsuccessful. (Probably Mrs. Thatcher’s Grandmother lived in the area!!).

To meet the demands of coal, the deeper mines, requiring more capital and machinery, were being sunk by the early 1860’s. Other industries were the production of sickles, scythes and iron. Spinning wheels and chairs were also being made. A local Quarry was also established.

In 1845 three main events took place, the building of the Catholic Church at Spinkhill; the granting of two cattle fairs in April and October at Eckington and the holding of the Eckington Races on the 2nd and 3rd of July. These Races, attracted 7000 people on the first day and a cloudburst on the second.

In 1852, Eckington gained its first Police Station. (Now the Parish Council Offices). In 1860 the Eckington Gas Works were built and in the same year Hornthorpe Colliery Band was formed.

A tannery and a boot factory were being operated. The parish was still expanding and doubled its population in the 30 years from 1861 to 1891, from 6085 to 12357. Coal and iron industries were booming and there was a tremendous increase in building.

On 10 January 1871, there was a major disaster at the Wells Renishaw Park Pit. 25 men and 2 boys were killed and 12 injured. 17 of the dead came from Eckington village, they had been killed not by the explosion but by Gas.

During the late 1870’s there was a slump in coal and 600 men were out of work, following cut backs. The Parish Magazine was discontuinued in December 1878, because the cost of 1.5d. was too dear for the local population.

During 1877-8 the Parish Church at Eckington was restored, services being held in Camm’s school while it was closed. A Burial Board, established in 1875, had by 1878 completed the new cemetery of 6 acres. This contained two mortuary chapels and after 26 March 1878, no graves were permitted in the church yard.

One interesting point was that we had known of a rumour, that one of the relatives had been deported for stealing a sheep. The details of this man has now also been traced.

His name was Joseph Hardy. He was the 3 x Great Grandfather of David Calder Hardy, of New Zealand. and also the brother of William Hardy, who is the 3 x Great Grandfather of Raymond Hardy in New Zealand and of course Gordon Hardy etc.

Joseph Hardy was born 11 March 1792 at Higham, Shirland, Derbys. He married a Sarah Cooper on 15 May 1817, at Saint Marys Church, Wirksworth, Derbyshire.

He was a Butcher by trade and later stole a Cow, at Matlock Green and was sentenced to a period of 12 years detention and deported to NSW, Australia. He received a full pardon after 12 years. Joseph never returned to England and died on 5 November 1854, in his own Butchery premises at Kaiama some 80 miles south of Sydney, Australia.

His wife Sarah Hardy, was born in 1797 at Callow, Matlock. When her husband was deported Sarah remained at Matlock, Derbyshire. She never found out that Joseph had died and kept putting his name on the Census Returns, showing that she was still a married woman.

She took in washing and was very active at the St Giles Church at Matlock. She never once applied for parish assistance and was 89 years old when she died on 28 June 1883, at Church Street, Matlock, Derbys