HAYFIELD, a chapelry in the parish of GLOSSOP,
hundred of HIGH-PEAK, county of DERBY, 4 miles
(N. by W.) from Chapel en le Frith. The population is
returned with the parish. The living is a perpetual curacy,
in the archdeaconry of Derby, and diocese of Lichfield
and Coventry, endowed with £600 private benefac-
tion, £600 royal bounty, and £500 parliamentary grant,
and in the patronage of certain Trustees. The chapel
was rebuilt in 1420, at the expense of Robert de Kinder.
There are places of worship for Independents at Chinley,
and for Methodists at Hayfield, Chinley, and New
Mills. The free school, held in the ancient grammar
school-house, was endowed, in 1604, by John Hyde, with
an annuity of £10; the income, with various augmentations,
amounts to & 20. 6. 2=; fifteen children are
instructed. Eight children are likewise taught by a
schoolmistress, for which purpose Mrs. Dorothy Hague
bequeathed £16 per ann. Fairs are held on May llth,
for horses and cattle, and July 23rd for sheep and wool.